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         <title><![CDATA[UK hotel industry should look to the South African sector for lessons learnt from the 2010 World Cup]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Even though 2012 promises to be a bumper year for hoteliers in London, they need to tread cautiously and brace themselves for a challenging 2013, when demand levels for hotel rooms fall to a more regular basis after the Olympic games, warns Professional Services Firm PwC.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 May 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[PwC study shows that businesses want increased internal audit involvement in risk identification and management]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The recent global economic uncertainty is considered the biggest risk to companies this year by chief audit executives and stakeholders, according to a report issued by Professional Services Firm PwC.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 May 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bill proposes stiff penalties for companies that violate privacy laws]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Companies and other organisations that violate SA’s proposed privacy law may be in for hefty fines of up to R10 million or their directors could even face jail time, according to the Protection of Personal Information Bill (PoPI).]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[New safe harbour will protect children’s privacy rights]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[New privacy laws in South Africa will regulate the way in which children’s personal information is processed without infringing their privacy.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Renewable Energy market attracts foreign investors to continent and stimulates job growth]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s first foray into Renewable Energy has every chance of success with billions of rands from foreign investment expected to flow into the country, says Professional Services Firm PwC.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Kenyan tax law could trap South African multinationals with investments in Africa]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[South African multinationals considering investing in Kenya and other parts of Africa stand to fall into a potential tax trap which could prove to be costly to their business operations, warns Professional Services Firm, PwC.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s retirement fund industry faces higher standards of governance and regulation]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.pwc.co.za/za/en/press-room/retirement-fund-indudstry-faces.jhtml?WT.rss_f=PwC+South+Africa+Press+Releases&WT.rss_ev=a&WT.rss_a=South+Africa%E2%80%99s+retirement+fund+industry+faces+higher+standards+of+governance+and+regulation]]></link>
         <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s retirement fund industry has undergone significant regulatory changes, with higher standards of governance being imposed on trustees, according to PwC’s 2012 Retirement Fund Strategic Matters and Remuneration Survey released today.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Executive pay rises likely to be lower for 2012]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s executives can expect to take home less pay in their pockets this year than originally budgeted for in the wake of the recent global economic uncertainty, says Professional Services Firm PwC.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Investors place pressure on private equity firms to develop responsible investment policies]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.pwc.co.za/za/en/press-room/investors-place-pressure-on-private-equity-firms.jhtml?WT.rss_f=PwC+South+Africa+Press+Releases&WT.rss_ev=a&WT.rss_a=Investors+place+pressure+on+private+equity+firms+to+develop+responsible+investment+policies]]></link>
         <description><![CDATA[Worldwide private equity firms say their action on environmental, social and governance issues (ESG) is set to increase over the next five years, largely driven by investor concern, according to a report issued by Professional Services Firm PwC.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Talent crisis threatening business growth and economic prosperity, say CEOs]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[An inability to recruit and keep the right people, and a skills mismatch are hitting companies’ bottom lines worldwide, according to a report issued by Professional Services Firm PwC.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[PoPI also requires protection of information about companies]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Russell Opland, an Associate Director within PwC’s Advisory Division, who leads the firm’s national privacy practice, says that when one reads the title of the “Protection of Personal Information Bill” (PoPI), one assumes it protects information only about people. However, one of the aspects of PoPI is that it may catch some organisations unaware in that it also applies to information about ‘juristic’ persons, he says.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s major insurers remain resilient despite global economic uncertainty]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Despite the recent economic uncertainty, South Africa’s major long and short-term insurers have remained well weathered from the recent global economic uncertainty, according to a report issued by the Professional Services Firm, PwC today.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[M & A activity to increase in developing markets]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The outlook for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for 2012 is clearly improving in the developing markets, says Simon Venables, head of transactions, PwC. Venables says companies are turning to markets where they can access faster growth and as a result improved returns.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Companies need to consider amending dividends policies to ease burden of new dividends tax]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[South African companies should consider amending any dividend policies they may have in place to help ease the burden of the implementation of the new dividend withholding tax system, says Professional Services Firm PwC.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 18 Mar 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s banks remain well positioned despite global economic uncertainty Combined headline earnings up 17,7%; average return on equity 16%; bad debt expenses down 14,8%; total income up 5,1%; operating expenses up 2,6%]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The financial results of South Africa’s four major banks’ (Absa, FirstRand, Nedbank and Standard Bank) for the six months ended 31 December 2011 are a positive reflection of the financial health of the industry in that they show that the banks remain stable, despite the recent global economic uncertainty, according to a report issued today by Professional Services Firm PwC.]]></description>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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