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Beginning Sunday, Jan. 27, merchants have the ability to tack on a new surcharge for customers paying with Visa or MasterCard credit cards.

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has found a way to circumvent a banking blockade by financial giants VISA and MasterCard that prevented many of its donations over the last 18 months.

Visitor visa denials for South Africans convicted under apartheid laws needs to end, say critics. The government agrees.