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‘This year we're expecting to deliver 20 000 gifts, which means that there are 50 000 people across South Africa feeling the love and feeling the connection that that gift brings,’ says Savannah Plaskitt, head of marketing at NetFlorist.

14 Feb 7AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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