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::: 28-08-2008 18:00 The first Convention for a Safer South Africa ended in Midrand today. The convention discussed factors that feed the cycle of crime, and also encouraged South Africans be part of the solution. ::: The Gauteng government today briefed the media about the partnership between retail-banks and government, to help fight business-crime and ATM bombings. ::: Retailer Pick n Pay says it's stores will be "open for business as usual," in spite of tomorrow's planned strike. ::: Nurses union Denosa and representatives of the Sandton Medic Clinic are meeting this afternoon to find a way of averting a pay strike due to begin at the private hospital this evening. ::: Economists warn that inflation is far from being under control after the latest Producer Price Index figures for July rose to its highest levels in 22 years.

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