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Shoprite’s Tanzanian business faces wage dispute
August 1, 2008, 3:30 pm
Filed under: Local Company News

A wage dispute at Shoprite’s loss-making Tanzanian business was continuing, but staff had returned to work following a one day illegal strike, Whitey Basson, the chief executive, said yesterday.

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State’s plan amounts to a get-out-of-jail-free card
August 1, 2008, 3:25 pm
Filed under: Opinion/Analysis, Retail

Shoppers’ paradise

It is no secret that a large number of the African tourists whose spending benefits our economy are in fact crossing our borders to do their monthly shopping, or to stock up on goods to sell.

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Truworths ups profit despite sluggish sales
August 1, 2008, 3:23 pm
Filed under: Local Company News

Same-store sales growth at Truworths slowed sharply in the second half, but the fashion retailer still managed to boost full-year profit, according to Mark Ansley, a portfolio manager at Cadiz.

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KKR seeks $15bn market value in plan to go public
August 1, 2008, 3:19 pm
Filed under: International News

KKR, formerly known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, plans to convert to a public company by the end of the year in a transaction that may give it a market value of as much as $15 billion (R114.6 billion).

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