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| Marketing & Media |
 | ISSUED BY KANTAR Kantar Millward Brown's annual digital and media predictions highlight the scale of the challenge presented by a new generation with high expectations and values... Read |
 | With contracts across Africa running into billions of dollars, Morocco is placing business at the heart of its strategy to win support for its re-entry into the African Union... Read |
 | A big rise in drone use is likely to lead to a new wave of "dronejackings" by cybercriminals, security experts warned... Read |
 | GABRIELLA MULLIGAN Global entrepreneurship community Metta has opened a dedicated space for entrepreneurs and investors to network and collaborate in Nairobi, Kenya... Read |
 | Take lessons from the startup economy to innovate in the future in Africa, says GE... Read |
 | TOM JACKSON The World Bank Group is to launch a series of accelerator programmes across Africa, aimed at helping tech startups commercialise and scale innovative digital products... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Tony de Barros, sales and marketing director for Lamelle Research Laboratories, which started in his garage and is now one of the leading skincare companies in SA... Read |
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| Retail |
 | As the festive fever finally begins to take hold, retailers that can connect more to their customers while still offering world-class products and services will find themselves in high demand... Read |
 | COLLEEN GOKO The retailer takes on game-changers with its 'deliver 2 me' service for online fashion purchases... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Maintaining biological diversity is important for producing food... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Ford's new state-of-the-art 'Weather Factory' will enable engineers to test forthcoming vehicles in the most demanding weather conditions... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | ANDRIES MAHLANGU Invicta announced on Monday, 5 December, that its CE Charles Walters had resigned, with effect from January... Read |
 | Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi on Thursday, 1 December, officially opened an upgraded portion of the N14 freeway between Krugersdorp and Diepsloot... Read |
 | HESAM KAMALIPOUR ET AL. Informal settlements house around one-quarter of the world's urban population... Read |
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| Education |
 | JAN BORNMAN AND SHENAAZ JAMAL Wits University has increased its fees by 8% because it had been left in the lurch by the government, which had short-changed it by R54-million... Read |
 | In an effort to contribute to the education system, the Federated Employers Mutual Assurance Company (FEM) has established the R750 million FEM Education Foundation... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | FOLA ESAN Overcoming energy poverty is still one of the greatest challenges facing Africa... Read |
 | GRAHAM SCHWIKKARD Mines are awash with data and the flood keeps building, creating more and more complexities and unmanageable systems... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | The heavyweights of world trade, including the United States, China and Japan, meet in Geneva this weekend to establish a list of environmentally friendly products for which tariffs can be eliminated or reduced... Read |
 | JENNIFER FITCHETT AND GIJSBERT HOOGENDOORN Towards the end of each year hundreds of thousands of people escape dark, cold, rainy winters in Europe and North America for a break in sunny South Africa... Read |
 | EMILE UYS Morocco, Singapore and India are investing heavily in the abundant power of the sun... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Auditing firms have always inspired trust, but is their expansion into consulting services posing a risk to audit quality and investor protection?.. Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH South Africa has fallen 31 places from 20 out of 189 in the World Bank's Paying Taxes study... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | The UN said the deaths of psychiatric patients is a human rights violation resulting from poor planning... Read |
 | Samwumed has announced that it will be extending its partnership with Medscheme to include its medicine management and HIV/Aids disease management programmes... Read |
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| Legal |
 | BEKEZELA PHAKATHI The ad hoc committee looking into the crisis at the SABC will not allow evidence to be presented in camera unless there are compelling reasons for it... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | Following last year's successful event, the V&A Waterfront's 2016/17 New Year's Eve celebration will take place from 6.30pm-2.00am on 31 December 2016. Read |
 | Cape Town Opera's 2017 season, the third in the Naspers Grand Masters series, brings Rigoletto, Tiger Bay, Der fliegende Holländer, The Magic Flute and Grace Notes to the stage. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Transport for Cape Town, the City of Cape Town's transport authority, will extend the operating hours of the MyCiTi bus service during the festive season Read |
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| Property |
 | ADRIAN GOSLETT Although most home buyers will have a checklist of must-have items such as the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, the size of the garden or the possible commute to the office, often home buying decisions are driven by emotion and not necessarily the facts... Read |
 | RICHARD GRAY Over the last two weeks, South Africa has undergone a second round of ratings reviews for the year... Read |
 | SAMUEL SEEFF It is that time of year when people start thinking about buying property... Read |
 | BRUCE SWAIN Many buyers have purchased their dream home, only to realise that the plans they had to add another storey, or to sub-divide the property can't be realised because of restrictive conditions they weren't aware of... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Turkish Airlines is expanding its global reach by adding the Cuban capital, Havana, allowing South Africans to fly from Cape Town... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | As the festive season approaches, some lucky employees will be looking forward to a bonus or a 13th cheque... Read |
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| ICT |
 | A focus on distinct innovation and product development capabilities is paying off for some companies... Read |
 | Cloud computing will experience even greater innovation in the next 10 years than it has over the past decade... Read |
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