The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has launched a bid to resuscitate use of international credit cards, saying the country had lost a significant amount of foreign currency after local banks abandoned provision of the service to foreign visitors due to an economic crisis now in its ninth year. 5 Feb 2008
Consumers are unlikely to be the direct beneficiaries of the competition trial into the milk price-fixing scam. 5 Feb 2008
Every month we go shopping at four large food retailers and keep track of the prices of the items in our trolley. 5 Feb 2008
Icon Media-branded trolleys will be buzzing around selected Dischem stores, thanks to a new media partnership signed with the pharmaceutical chain - providing benefit to customers and an incredible point-of-purchase visual advantage for advertisers. 5 Feb 2008
Today, the protection of the environment is one of the biggest challenges and concerns the world faces. Striking a balance between economic development and environmental preservation is a problem that all consumers and businesses need to address. 5 Feb 2008
Petpak, a member of Nampak Rigid Plastics and a division of Nampak, Africa's largest packaging company, has expanded its Coke Bottler network, with the recent announcement that a new in-plant has been opened at Coca-Cola Fortune (CCF) in Polokwane, Limpopo. 4 Feb 2008
Sahara Computers, a frontrunner within the domestic ICT channel, in conjunction with its internationally established technology vendor partner, Foxconn, has recently introduced its latest range of motherboards and graphics cards. 4 Feb 2008
The Malawi government has scuppered South African Comair's bid to take over Air Malawi. 4 Feb 2008
In these days of sophisticated technology one would expect that keeping a track of performance of campaigns and so on would be relatively simple and marketers and others would have accurate figures at their finegrtips. Not so, apparently. 4 Feb 2008
Both globally and locally, Kyocera Mita South Africa says they are taking their environmental commitments a step further, with the goal of becoming truly carbon-neutral. 4 Feb 2008
Addis Ababa – International humanitarian organisation Oxfam and Afro-flag Youth Vision have urged African governments to jointly oppose the European Union's (EU) proposed Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). 4 Feb 2008
The profitability of South Africa's agricultural businesses rose by a significant 24% last year, mainly as a result of increased turnovers and improved management styles. 4 Feb 2008
South Africa imported over 15% more electricity from other countries in 2007, than it had in 2006, according to figures released on Thursday, 31 January 2008. 4 Feb 2008
The Competition Commission goes after the price-fixers. 4 Feb 2008
Datran Media recently released the results of its second annual survey of over 2000 online marketing professionals in the United States, finding that 82% of the marketers surveyed indicated that they plan to increase their use of email marketing in 2008, and 55% of the respondents cite that they expect ROI from email to be higher than any other channel. 4 Feb 2008
Beijing and the Olympics are going Kosher. 4 Feb 2008
Indebted South Africans can breathe easier for the next two months, as the repo rate remained stable at 11%. 1 Feb 2008
On Saturday, 9 February, 567 CapeTalk's Moonstruck with BP Express will once again bring Capetonians together on Clifton 4th Beach for an evening of music and family fun – without alcohol, however. 1 Feb 2008
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) has welcomed the decision by the Reserve Bank to leave interest rates unchanged at this stage. 1 Feb 2008
Safeguarding organizations against insiders with malicious intent requires effectively enforcing data access policies and auditing user activity with sensitive and confidential data and systems. The stories that have surfaced about company insiders stealing sensitive data worth millions of dollars - if not billions - is a nonstop cycle. 1 Feb 2008
