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Mercedes-Benz South Africa and the South African government are to set up a joint working group to help produce a competitive bid for production of the next Mercedes-Benz C-class model in the country.

The inaugural Brand Africa Forum is a one-day summit of pan-African decision-makers in the fields of media, business, nation branding and civil society. The gathering is hosted by Brand South Africa, and takes place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on 16 September.
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The latest World Economic Forum Competitiveness Report ranks South Africa first out of 139 countries for its regulation of securities exchanges. South Africa moved up from 2nd place, overtaking Sweden for the top position.
• South Africa's competitiveness up

The inaugural Brand Africa Forum, a one-day summit of pan-African decision-makers in media, business and nation branding, hosted by Brand South Africa, takes place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg today.

The World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Competitiveness Report 2010-11 ranks South Africa first out of 139 countries for its regulation of securities exchanges. South Africa moved up from second place, overtaking Sweden for the top position.

The Brand South Africa "Legacy" campaign calls on South Africans, each Friday for the next five weeks, to celebrate the values that make them unique; that made the 2010 Fifa World such a success; and that have the power to shape a united, prosperous future South Africa.

Ms. Lynette Oelschig, a marketing communications specialist with over 20 years of post graduation experience has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer of the International Marketing Council of South Africa (Brand South Africa). Her track record extends from public relations and advertising agencies to corporate senior management positions in South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria and Europe.

Comair Limited, operator of low-cost airline kulula.com and the British Airways franchise in South Africa, is again expanding its African network, and will soon be offering five return flights a week between Johannesburg and Dar es Salaam.

Following on significant demand for its outsourced hosting services, managed services and hosted applications, South African telecoms operator Neotel has decided to launch a second data centre in Cape Town.

The Cape Town-based African Institute for Mathematical Sciences is to be the model for three maths training centres on the continent.
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