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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:05:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[VWSA wins huge Polo export order]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Volkswagen South Africa is set to double the number of cars it exports from its Eastern Cape plant, after the company won an order to export 19 000 new-generation Polo hatchbacks in 2009 and 55 000 of the same cars to international right-hand-drive markets in 2010.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/trade/export/vwpolo-201109.htm]]></link>
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Telkom opens 'green' data centre]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South African telecoms firm Telkom has launched a new, state-of-the-art, "green" data centre - boasting features such as "virtualisation" and free-air cooling - to take advantage of a local data centre operations market that is expected to grow at around 22% a year.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/investing/datacentre-201109.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:06:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Positive growth to resume: SARB]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While South Africa's recovery from the global economic downturn is lagging, there are convincing signs that the low point of the cycle has been reached and that positive growth will be recorded for the fourth quarter, the Reserve Bank says.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/economy/economy-191109.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:35:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Jump in property sales]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Massive increases in South African residential property sales have been
reported by Seeff Properties.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/399868.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:35:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Wage inflation cools down]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Inflationary pressure from the country's labour markets has moderated in recent months, the South African Reserve Bank says in its November Monetary Policy Review.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/399849.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:35:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Three senior appointments at Eskom]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South African state electricity company Eskom has announced three senior appointments.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/399870.htm]]></link>
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:05:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Call centre investment for Cape Town]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[London-based firm Teleperformance UK, a leading provider of outsourced call centre services, has announced a major investment that will see the creation of over 2 000 new jobs in South Africa by 2012.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/investing/teleperformance.htm]]></link>
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:35:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa leaves rates unchanged]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The South African Reserve Bank left interest rates unchanged on Tuesday. Newly appointed governor Gill Marcus said the domestic economy was expected to continue on its recovery path, but that growth was expected to remain below potential for some time.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/386210.htm]]></link>
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:35:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Domestic air travel 'to resume growth']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa low-cost airline Mango expects domestic air travel to resume positive growth by the third quarter of 2010 as the aviation industry sees hints of a recovery.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/386204.htm]]></link>
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:26:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Stanbank launches currency warrants]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Standard Bank has launched JSE-listed currency reference warrants, a first for the South African market, in response to the growing popularity of currency trading in the country.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/investing/opportunities/crw-171109.htm]]></link>
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:04:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SA, Nigeria to push trade, investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While trade between South Africa and Nigeria rose from $16.5-million in 1999 to $2.1-billion in 2008, this was barely "scratching the surface" of business opportunities between the two countries, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe told the SA-Nigeria Bi-National Commission in Pretoria.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/international/nigeriabnc-171109.htm]]></link>
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:14:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Soccerex: the business of football]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Soccerex, the leading business convention for the global football community, kicks off at Johannesburg's Sandton Convention Centre on 28 November. The event consists of a two-day football festival and a three-day conference and exhibition.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/conferences/soccerex-171109.htm]]></link>
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:30:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Mobile banking on the increase]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[More South Africans now turn to their mobile phones rather than their personal computers for banking services ranging from balance inquiries to account payments, and the trend will only continue, new research finds.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/trends/newbusiness/cell-171109.htm]]></link>
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:30:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Vodacom pushes broadband access]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With users switching increasingly to broadband access technologies, mobile operator Vodacom has been laying fibre-optic rings in South Africa's major centres, both to build its own transmission capacity and to offer "last-mile" fibre access to its corporate clients.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/economy/infrastructure/voda-161109.htm]]></link>
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:15:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe up for sale]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe, Africa's last remaining commercial steam locomotive service, is up for sale. The Choo-Tjoe made its first journey between George and Knysna in the Western Cape in 1928.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/379889.htm]]></link>
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:35:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Phaswana to chair Standard Bank]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fred Phaswana has been appointed chairman of South Africa's Standard Bank group, following the retirement of Derek Cooper.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/375374.htm]]></link>
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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:04:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa to cut mobile rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africans will be charged 36 cents less for mobile phone calls from early 2010 after the country's operators agreed to reduce their mobile termination rates, says Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/mtrrates-131109.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:10:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[British research firm opens SA office]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[UK-based communications research company Informa Telecoms & Media is to open a new office in Johannesburg, giving it direct access to the fast-growing African telecommunications market.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/investing/informa-121109.htm]]></link>
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:35:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[PetroSA reports a profit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South African state-owned oil and gas firm PetroSA made a small profit in 2008/09, with net profit after tax increasing by 3% year-on-year to R1.96-billion, up from R1.9-billion the previous year.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/348316.htm]]></link>
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:35:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa 'to debate currency']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The South African government is to invite business, labour and civil society to have their say on how best to achieve a more competitive exchange rate, says Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/348293.htm]]></link>
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