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The online group buying industry (often called social buying, collective buying or even social commerce) has literally boomed in South Africa, as it has all over the world.Rather interesting, especially when one looks at the fact that other countries have up to six times the internet penetration than South ...

South Africa's group buying market adds another contestant with the launch of Zappon.co.za, just two and a half months after project initiation. The startup, owned by South African media company Avusa Media, joins many other Groupon like deals sites in the country. The only difference is it comes into to ...

Groupon, the collective buying phenomenon, faces a legal wrangle over its South African domain name, groupon.co.za.The company recently announced the launch of Groupon India, Groupon Israel and Groupon South Africa via acquisitions of similar daily-deal sites in those countries, namely SoSasta, Grouper, and Twangoo.Twangoo, the South African acquisition, will most ...