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 | An effective water-filtration system is crucial to the smooth running of industrial cooling tower operations and ensures optimum efficiency. Filtration systems prevent corrosion and reduce the risk of growth of the deadly Legionella bacteria and other microbes. An effective filtration system minimises downtime due to scheduled or unscheduled maintenance and reduces unnecessary loss of water. read more>> |
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 | PRETORIA: Illegal power connections have come under the spotlight as Eskom's National Electricity Safety Week continues. read more>> |
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 | Jana Marais Africa's changing demographic over the next three-and-a-half decades could transform the continent into the next China, but only if its youthful population is educated and entrepreneurial. read more>> |
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 | LONDON, UK: The heads of Britain's largest companies earned 143 times more than their average employee last year, a study has revealed, exposing the growing pay gap between bosses and workers. read more>> |
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 | Charlotte Mathews The imminent revival of the Integrated Energy Planning (IEP) process, which allows the public to give its views on what SA's future energy mix should be, provides an opportunity to move well beyond conservative and fatalistic thinking. read more>> |
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 | Amanda Visser The latest survey of employers and self-employed South Africans by Statistics SA shows the informal sector's contribution to gross domestic product has remained at about 5% from 2001 to 2013. read more>> |
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 | Beer drinkers cannot tell the difference between the major brands of lager, blind tasting carried out by academics has shown... read more>> |
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 | The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) is talking to government and private companies to help fund a multimillion-rand agricultural venture to farm soya beans. read more>> |
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 | Even before its assets registration process has been completed, the Gauteng provincial government has already identified more than 37,000 properties, many of which it is looking to offer to township businesses. read more>> |
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 | David Furlonger South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai is preparing to build vehicles in SA and has confirmed it will assemble light delivery vehicles in Gauteng from next year. read more>> |
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Samsung is buying a US home automation start-up SmartThings, as the South Korean electronics company seeks to expand beyond the increasingly saturated smartphone market. read more>> |
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 | NEW DELHI, INDIA: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said a "digital India" could compete with the world and hailed its information technology professionals for banishing the country's image as a land of "snake charmers and black magic". read more>> |
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 | HONG KONG - Lenovo has posted a 23% jump in quarterly net profit, beating market estimates as the Chinese technology company logged strong sales of personal computers and smartphones. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: A rise in low-cost smartphone sales, notably in emerging markets, helped Google's Android platform extend its dominance in the mobile market in the second quarter according to a survey released this week. read more>> |
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 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Sony says that global sales of its newest PlayStation have past the 10m mark in less than a year, a record for the Japanese electronics company. read more>> |
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 | Nosihle Shelembe The Deputy Minister of Finance Mcebisi Jonas has called on the Land Bank to assist farmers and increase the level of commercial farming in South Africa and simultaneously create thousands of jobs. read more>> |
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 | Linda Ensor The annual financial results released by state-owned arms manufacturer Denel show that the company has returned to profitability on a sustainable basis‚ group Chief Executive Riaz Saloojee says. read more>> |
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 | A rural agricultural cooperative, which uses animal fat to make bars of soap won the 2014 North West Female Entrepreneur Award. read more>> |
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 | The deaths of 34 people in Marikana was a tragedy and should be marked as a day of reflection and recommitment to peace and tolerance in the country, says President Jacob Zuma. read more>> |
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 | Chris Bathembu Southern African leaders have made renewed calls for regional economic integration and cross-border infrastructure development as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit got underway. read more>> |
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 | Nosihle Shelembe Government has set itself the goal of 'creating' 100 black industrialists in the next three years to contribute to the economy and create jobs, Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Mzwandile Masina said. read more>> |
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 | The Mining Lekgotla has officially kicked off at Gallagher Estate, with the gathering set to see many robust discussions on issues around transformation and the industry's role in growing the country's economy. read more>> |
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 | South Africa and Africa in general benefitted immensely from the recent US-Africa Leaders' Summit held in Washington last week, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on his return. read more>> |
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