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A Group of journalists from the United Arab Emirates are on a fact-finding mission to South Africa to learn more about the country’s economy and business environment.
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Journalists from the Middle East, visiting the country as guests of Brand South Africa, are introduced to the constructive role businesses play in reaching SA's economic growth, development and transformation goals.

The South African Social Security Agency is embarking on a major project to re-register and verify the identities of the country's social grant beneficiaries in order to rid the system of corruption and ensure that grants are paid to the right people only.

Thirty-six new schools will be opened in South Africa's Gauteng province during this year's first term, with 13 of these expected to be ready for occupation when inland province schools open on Wednesday.

Ratings agency Moody's has kept the outlook for South Africa's banking system stable, citing the continuation of benign macroeconomic conditions and solid capital buffers.

The one document no South African can do without, the identity document or ID, is about to get smart, with the Department of Home Affairs planning to begin a pilot project to replace the ID with a smart card system in early 2012.
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South Africa has climbed one place to 35th out of 183 countries on the World Bank's latest Ease of Doing Business Index, boosted by SA's new Companies Act, which has made it easier to start a new business in the country, and by its retention of first place for ease of access to credit.

House price growth slowed to 0.6% in September according to a report by Standard Bank, with the slowdown running in parallel with the weakening South African economy.

The number of mobile phone users in South Africa who’ve registered their network connection or sim cards in accordance with the new Regulation of Interception of Communication Act (Rica) has jumped to over 37-million.
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The Eastern Cape provincial government is on a mission to encourage youngsters to enlist for a range of newly established aviation and maritime learnerships.
• Siren of the SA skies