Flash Briefing: FB outage prompts SA to promote local SM; UPL asked to pay for forum on chemical spill; SA manufacturing

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*South Africa’s new communications minister said this week’s outage of Facebook Inc. apps and services is a reminder the government can do more to support the development of local social-media platforms.
*UPL Ltd., an Indian producer of chemicals used in agriculture, will be asked to pay for the establishment of a forum that will keep the public informed about developments relating to a spill of hazardous chemicals in the South African city of Durban.
*A new analysis shows that South Africa is one of only 13 economies producing less now than a decade ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6 Oct 2021 7AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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