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Fire at Jumbo Cash and Carry - Crown Mines Store

Written by Super User on 25 February 2016. Posted in No Category Tags.

This morning at 05:00 a fire was reported at the Jumbo Cash & Carry store in Crown Mines, Johannesburg. All night shift employees were safely evacuated and are fully accounted for, no one has been injured.

Johnson & Johnson to pay $72m in case linking baby powder to ovarian cancer

Written by Super User on 24 February 2016. Posted in No Category Tags.

A Missouri jury has awarded $72m to the family of a woman who died from ovarian cancer, which she said was caused by using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and other products containing talcum.

Sainsbury’s facing competition from South Africa’s Steinhoff to acquire Home Retail Group

Written by Super User on 23 February 2016. Posted in No Category Tags.

Sainsbury’s proposed takeover of the Home Retail Group looks to be in jeopardy following the news that another bidder has come forward with a higher offer. .

New R5 coin launches in SA

Written by Super User on 12 January 2016. Posted in No Category Tags.

Staff Writer: By Staff Writer

The South African Reserve Bank has launched the commemorative Griqua Town R5 coin into circulation.

Australian consumer watchdog raps Nurofen over knuckles

Written by Super User on 15 December 2015. Posted in No Category Tags.

Drug giant Reckitt Benckiser was ordered to pull some of its popular Nurofen painkiller brands off shelves in Australia after a court ruled they made misleading claims.

Collapsed silos were 20 years old

Written by Super User on 02 December 2015. Posted in No Category Tags.

Staff Writer: By Nicolette Dirk

An investigation into how 14 silos holding tons of canola seeds collapsed is under way.

Woolworths announces the next phase in the removal of sweets and chocolates from checkout aisles

Written by Super User on 26 November 2015. Posted in No Category Tags.

Following the statement in August that sweets and chocolates would be removed from the checkout aisles of new and large format stores, Woolworths is pleased to announce that the first phase of this initiative has been completed.

Heat on banks over grant payouts

Written by Super User on 16 November 2015. Posted in No Category Tags.

Staff Writer: By: Zeenat Moorad

A storm is brewing between major retailers and banks over SA’s social grant system, with retailers that provide free social grant payout points at the tills pushing banks to cut their ATM charges for grant payouts.

Customers irate as Joburg supermarkets run dry

Written by Super User on 13 November 2015. Posted in No Category Tags.

Staff Writer: By: Lizeka Tandwa,

Supermarkets around Johannesburg are battling to cope with the increasing shortage of water supply. Melville Spar store manager, Godfrey Madisha, said the situation became so volatile on Thursday morning, customers fought among themselves to get the last of the water.