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Today's top stories
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1307/137951.jpg) | Sentech has scrambled SABC's television channels in Zimbabwe, Business Day reported on Wednesday, 3 July 2013. Read more >> |
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![](https://biz-file.com/c/1307/137905.jpg) | [Thabiso Mochiko] E-commerce in Africa has grown dramatically over the past year‚ and is poised to support the massive consumer boom on the continent‚ according to Robin Philip of payment services provider PayGate. Read more >> |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1307/137914.jpg) | Following the inaugural Social Business Summit last year, sponsors Cerebra and WyseTalk have confirmed that Dion Hinchcliffe, chief strategy officer of Dachis Group, will be the keynote speaker at this year's Social Business Africa conference. Read more >> |
General Electric Transportation, a unit of General Electric Company, was the recipient of two awards at the recent Transport Africa Awards dinner held at the Sandton Sun Hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa, recognising the company's contribution to the African transport sector. Read more >>
SOUTH AFRICA Leave your tribute to AdVantage magazineOn Tuesday, 2 July 2013, AdVantage Magazine announced that after 20 years of covering the South African media, marketing and advertising industry, final edition had been sent to the printers. We at Bizcommunity invite you to honour this iconic industry print title - and our now former media partner - on our special tribute page. If you have any images or multimedia you'd like to submit, please email them to production@bizcommunity.com.
[Perpetual Sichikwenkwe] Government has urged media practitioners to uphold the highest level of ethical and professional standards in their reporting. Read more >>
[Peter Matambanadzo] The Zimbabwe Newspapers Group board of directors has resolved that all political advertising will be published in its newspapers in the last two weeks before polling day in accordance with electoral laws. Read more >>
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has condemned draconian sentences handed down by Somaliland Court in Hargeisa. Journalist Hassan Hussein Abdullahi, known as Keefkeef, received a two-year jail term and two million Somaliland shilling fine; while journalist Mohamed Ahmed Jama, known as Aloley, received one year jail term and one million Somaliland shillings. Read more >>
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1307/138083.jpg) | A new research conducted by Eskimi showed that 40% of the current users are planning to switch to other mobile operator and are not happy with the current service. Customers are planning to switch motivated by cheaper call rates, better quality of service or better internet being main arguments for the decision. Read more >> |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1307/137860.jpg) | MTN Uganda announced revised Mobile Money rates effective Tuesday, 2 July 2013. Read more >> |
Burson-Marsteller, a global public relations and communications firm, has announced a new exclusive partnership in Kenya with the creation of Engage Burson-Marsteller. Read more >>
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/b/1306/268286.jpg?1) | [Abram Molelemane] The media has long been a powerful tool for marketing and growing your business. Read more >> |
Hospitality and tourism industry specialist, HTI Consulting has appointed marcusbrewster as its PR agency of record. The firm will manage a spread of communication channels integrating publicity and media relations with other marketing support services to further HTI's business expansion. Read more >>
Are you an Africa-based researcher? Do you have what it takes to be on TV? Good Morning Africa, a digital satellite TV show aired across Africa, has joined forces with Research Professional Africa to offer African scientists a platform to communicate their research to an audience of millions. Read more >>
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/b/1305/260345.jpg?1) | [Paddy Hartdegen] Some people seem to think that South Africa is the king of oddities and curiosities, particularly when it comes to the many schemes aimed at fleecing unsuspecting and gullible consumers of their money. But there are oddities all over Africa and there just as many crooks, thieves and scammers in other parts of Africa as there are in South Africa. Read more >> |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1307/138049.jpg) | Kontor entertains creative directors with real vinyl. Read more >> |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1307/138047.jpg) | SAN FRANCISCO, US: Yahoo on Wednesday continued a months-long take-over binge with word that it had bought Xobni, a start-up behind tools for better managing contact lists and email inboxes. Read more >> |
[Zeenat Moorad] SA's quick-service restaurant groups are seeing an improvement in the UK market‚ where trading over the past few years has been difficult as rising labour costs and depressed consumer spending weighed on operations. Read more >>
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1307/137972.jpg) | WASHINGTON, USA: - The US State Department came under fire on Wednesday (3 July) for spending US$630,000 over two years to win millions of "likes" on its Facebook pages at a time of severe government austerity measures. Read more >> |
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![](https://biz-file.com/c/1307/138043.jpg) | Government, organised labour and business have signed the Framework Agreement for a Sustainable Mining Industry, which is aimed at, among other things, resolving problems in the industry. Read more >> |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1307/138042.jpg) | The Ministry of Finance has warned the public against accepting any requests from fake Facebook accounts purporting to be those of Minister Pravin Gordhan. Read more >> |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/b/1305/260345.jpg?1) | [Paddy Hartdegen] Anyone with half a brain and no mathematical training can follow this simple reasoning: it is cheaper to do a job properly the first time without taking shortcuts than to do it badly, using inferior methods and materials in the hope that it will save money. It should be obvious to everyone that this is never the case. Sadly it isn't. Read more >> |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1307/137877.jpg) | [Johan Botes] The Minister of Labour has announced an increase in the minimum remuneration payable to employees engaged in either the taxi or the hospitality sectors. The salary increase is effective from 1 July 2013, and follows hot on the heels of the increase in the general Earnings Threshold communicated by the minister recently. Read more >> |
More Government news
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1307/137967.jpg) | Online travel agency Travelstart recently carried out its Inflight Sex Survey on 7,600 South African travellers. The results reveal that more South Africans are cottoning on to the idea of the Mile High Club. Read more >> |
SOUTH AFRICA ![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/newsletter/grey-bullet.png) AfricaCom 2013 teams up with Networx PR - more info
SOUTH AFRICA ![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/newsletter/grey-bullet.png) SKNP appoints a new managerial team - more info
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