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The Consumer Protection Bill - Bolstering the Rights of Franchisees

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Issue 66 20 November 2008

Welcome to another edition of the dynamic and informative BizSmarts Newsletter – South Africa's premier SME & Technology mailer.


tech news you can use

Neotel Phone - No installation Necessary

Neotel may well become the preferred service for SME's and home businesses.
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Interim Results Show ADSL Usage Growth

Telkom SA released its group interim results showing that ADSL subscribers increased by 46% for the six months ended 30 September 2008 .
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What Mweb's hosted document server means for small businesses

MWEB has recently announced the introduction of a new hosted messaging and collaboration tool, SharePoint is a web-based server solution which offers all the functionality of Microsoft SharePoint 2007 without the overheads of buying or maintaining an in house server.


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PR Success Strategies For Your Business - Conference
Date: 20/11/2008 - 20/11/2008
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Debt Counsellor Training
Date: 24/11/2008 - 28/11/2008
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Problem Solving and Decision making Workshop - JHB
Date: 20/11/2008 - 21/11/2008

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