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Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria has taken a step to lead a new phase of telecoms revolution in the country as it announced the completion of the Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial in Lagos, the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria. 
A group of Grade 11 learners at Sinenjongo High School, Joe Slovo Park in Cape Town is leading the charge for free cellphone access to Wikipedia in South Africa. The learners have sent a letter to the four mobile network operators, Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and 8ta, urging them to give their customers free mobile access to Wikipedia. 
Manufacturing production in SA bounced back in October‚ increasing by 2.5% year-on-year (y/y) after a revised 1.7% (1.1%) year-on-year decrease in September‚ data released by Statistics SA on Tuesday (11 December) showed 
A new infographic youth competition and launch of first global SMS campaign by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report calls on governments to help the 200 million 15 - 24-year-olds who never completed primary school and lack the skills to find decent work. 
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: US Google users on the prowl for erotic images needed to be more explicit from Thursday (13 December) after the search engine was tuned to avoid delivering pornographic results for "ambiguous" queries such as "boobs." 
LONDON, UK: Leading independent digital marketing agency, 
RESTON, US: comScore has reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 40 days of the November-December 2012 holiday season. 
NEW YORK, US: 
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Facebook has started rolling out new privacy controls that will make it easier for users to ask friends to remove objectionable pictures. The software will be rolled out next week. 
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Yahoo! said on Tuesday (11 December) it was revamping its email for the Web and mobile devices in a move aimed at streamlining the service and making its look consistent across various platforms. | Government |
SOUTH AFRICAKZN Cabinet requests national support on disasters
The KwaZulu-Natal Cabinet has approached National Government in a bid to declare parts of the province worst hit by the recent flash floods and thunderstorms disaster areas. This after ferocious storms wreaked havoc in the province leaving a trail of destruction on infrastructure, property and leaving thousands of people homeless. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAMolewa slammed for suspending Water Tribunal
[Sue Blaine] Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa contravened the constitution and the National Water Act when she suspended the Water Tribunal, a Pretoria judge ruled last week. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAChina, GCIS discuss communication challenges
An 11-member delegation from the State Council of Information Office (SCIO) in China met on Wednesday with the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) to discuss communication practices. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAPublic called on to handle missing police matter with sensitivity
The Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department has called on the public to handle the matter of missing officer, Constable Dimakatso Mable Peete, with care and sensitivity. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAGovt sets up task teams for music industry
Government, working with musicians, has set up task teams to look into the challenges facing the various sectors of the music industry. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAMadiba "responding to treatment"
The Presidency says doctors attending to former President Nelson Mandela have reported that he has made progress during the past 24 hours and they are satisfied with the way he is responding to treatment. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICATax amendment for non-residents
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