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Following its launch in South Africa, Amazon could offer local customers its Prime service – a paid subscription service you can use to stream movies and TV series, and make use of additional services such as one- or two-day delivery on goods. Photo: Archive
Following its launch in South Africa, Amazon could offer local customers its Prime service – a paid subscription service you can use to stream movies and TV series, and make use of additional services such as one- or two-day delivery on goods. Photo: Archive

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Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, the company has grown from a humble virtual bookseller to an international e-commerce juggernaut selling everything from electronics, toys and music to homeware, fashion and sporting goods.

Amazon has been described as one of the “most influential economic and cultural forces in the world”.

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