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| Marketing & Media |
 | TARRYN GIEBELMANN My house has been on the market for four months. In this time, not one person has come to view it, not even when it was on show. Not even a nosy neighbour. It's almost as bad as if no one comes to your birthday party... Read |
 | The new $1 million fund is open to non-profits in Africa with enterprising ideas to help improve the lives the marginalised… Read |
 | Paratus Telecom has installed cutting-edge wireless broadband technology in Zambia… Read |
 | DEAN WORKMAN Blockchain is more than just a new payment system, it can potentially revolutionise transactions over the internet… Read |
 | MARK DE GROOT Traditionally, telecoms companies have struggled to build an ongoing relationship with their customers… Read |
 | UNHCR and WFP are concerned that sustained cuts to food assistance will have severe nutrition and protection-related consequences for refugees… Read |
 | Activity in African capital markets shows significant decline in 2016 amidst economic uncertainty and global political upheaval… Read |
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| Retail |
 | Woolworths has announced it has raised R104.9 million for its MySchool ‘Raise R100 million for Education' campaign, exceeding the original target... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | "We have made some progress in relation to the allocation of land to our people. We have acquired and allocated about 8,149 hectares of land." Read |
 | The Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries plans to spend over R1.7bn and create 60,000 jobs, according to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's Budget Speech... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | KIA Motors South Africa has announced a safety recall on 305 KIA Sportage models manufactured in Korea between 9 August 2007 and 22 May 2009... Read |
 | Hiroto Saikawa has been appointed as Nissan's new CEO. Saikawa will replace current CEO, Carlos Ghosn, as of 1 April 2017... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | HARTMUT WINKLER South Africa's Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan said very little about the energy sector in his recent budget speech... Read |
 | The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has allowed Eskom to raise tariffs by 2.2% in the 2017/18 financial year... Read |
 | Regional power events in Africa, including EAPIC and WAPIC, have been renamed to Future Energy, in order to reflect the optimism and potential of the energy and power sectors on the continent... Read |
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| Education |
 | An acceleration programme aimed at supporting women in biosciences was launched by the NEPAD Southern Africa Network for Biosciences on Tuesday, 21 February 2017... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | The inauguration of Uganda's first gold refinery sparked concern over the possibility of dirty minerals from regional conflict zones making their way into the country... Read |
 | Sibanye soared further into the black for the second half of 2016 with a record annual operating profit of R10,5bn for the six months... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | ISSUED BY CREATIVE CONSULTING & DEVELOPMENT WORKS Creative Consulting & Development Works has launched a training series to impart skills, kickstart rich conversations about creative evaluation practices, and use these to design more purposeful development programmes... Read |
 | A recently released report, African Better Business, Better World puts African CEOs and entrepreneurs in the spotlight as drivers of a sustainable future... Read |
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| Finance |
 | TANDISIZWE MAHLUTSHANA This year's budget speech comes amid heightened political tensions, which appear to have a direct impact on the future of Treasury, and ultimately Gordhan himself... Read |
 | MARC SEVITZ Despite facing dual political and economic pressures, the minister had a job to do, and he seemingly did that well... Read |
 | Of the 200 African private equity deals reported last year, around half were transacted in Southern Africa. Of those 65% were in South Africa... Read |
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| Legal |
 | New Zealand's competition watchdog rejected a multi-billion dollar merger between Vodafone NZ and pay-TV operator Sky on Thursday, saying the combined entity would have too much market power... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The Art Africa Fair taking place from 24 February to 5 March at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town will feature a variety of creative concepts from the 2017 PPC Imaginarium Awards' finalists... Read |
 | Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games returns to Johannesburg and makes its first appearance in Cape Town in August 2017... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy (EAA), ICAO TRAINAIR Plus member and IATA authorized global training centre, recently graduated 184 aviation professionals. Read |
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| Property |
 | DAVID DE WAAL All eyes were on Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan yesterday evening as he delivered his budget speech... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Capital & Counties (Capco) is well-positioned to provide consistent returns for shareholders over the next three years, regardless of uncertainty about Brexit, says its management... Read |
 | ADRIAN GOSLETT Each month homeowners receive a bill for the rates and taxes applicable to their property... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | “The evolution of the hotel market across Africa continues with some of the largest international brands announcing they were opening hotels in new countries." Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Apple on Wednesday announced that workers will start boarding its futuristic new "spaceship" campus in Silicon Valley in April, fulfilling a vision set out by late founder Steve Jobs... Read |
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| ICT |
 | THABISO MOCHIKO The potential tie-up of Cell C and Telkom could boost the government's plans to increase connectivity to all citizens, analysts said on Wednesday... Read |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE In the almost six years that I've had my DSL and internet account with the country's major fixed-line operator (yes, you know who I'm talking about and I can hear you laughing in the back there), much has changed in the ISP sphere... Read |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG I recently attended an event at Groote Schuur Hospital to celebrate the fantastic patient management solution T-Systems and the Wayde Dreamer Foundation have designed... Read |
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