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World Service,04 Oct 2023,26 mins

Indonesia's ban of e-commerce on social media comes into force

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The government says it wants to protect local small businesses, which were facing competition from online cheaper retailers. We get the latest from our correspondent in Jakarta. Also in the programme, we talk to the energy minister of the United Arab Emirates, Suhail al-Mazrouei, about the role of the OPEC+, fuel prices and the rumours about the UAE mulling a departure from the oil producers cartel. And South Africans in the province of Gauteng are seeing water supply cuts as part of a "water shifting" scheme, the latest stopgap to one of the many infrastructure issues the country faces. (Picture: An Indonesian children clothing trader sells live on her social media at a shop in Tanah Abang textile market, Jakarta, Indonesia. Picture credit: BAGUS INDAHONO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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