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| Marketing & Media |
 | The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity kicked off on 17 June with the Cannes Pharma and Cannes Health & Wellness Lions award ceremonies, where Y&R SA did SA proud... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Paid advertising is not trusted and ad blocking is only growing. Even bloggers are failing when it comes to communicating and engaging with consumers, as trust between brands and consumers continues to fall. But there is a new kid on the block and he is eager to engage; enter the influencer... Read |
 | SHARON PIEHL Whitney Houston perhaps summed it up best when she crooned about the children being our future... Read |
 | The Cannes Lions Pharma and Health & Wellness Lions shortlists have been released, with SA seeing entries from two agencies make it to the final round at Cannes Lions 2017... Read |
 | ANN NUROCK I chatted to Mandi Fine, CEO of F/NE and juror for the Cannes Lions Pharma Lions as part of Lions Health, live in Cannes, France... Read |
 | WorldRemit launches with Android Pay to offer mobile-to-mobile transfers to the world's unbanked... Read |
 | The Cannes Lions PR shortlist has been released, with SA seeing an entry make it to the final round at Cannes Lions 2017... Read |
 | Innovators from nine African countries shortlisted for their outstanding innovations across the healthcare, engineering, energy and communications sectors... Read |
 | GBENGA JOSEPH SOGBAIKE The trends, challenges and prospects of the Nigerian public relations industry, as outlined in the recent Nigerian PR Report... Read |
 | The Cannes Lions Glass shortlist has been released, with SA seeing an entry make it to the final round at Cannes Lions 2017... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Stronger global trade is expected this year and as reported by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), indicators like export orders and container shipping are on the rise at the beginning of 2017... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Information from satellites is being used in a new way to predict favourable conditions for Desert Locust swarms - helping increase warning time for locust outbreaks by up to two months... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, US: Apple views autonomous driving systems as a "core technology" for the future, chief executive Tim Cook said in an interview recently... Read |
 | Hyundai Motor Co is counting on its first global compact SUV model to revive flagging sales after missing out on the popularity of sport utility vehicles in its major markets... Read |
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| Education |
 | KATHARINE CHILD Twenty percent of South Africa's teachers believe that schools are violent places and suspect their students and colleagues are armed... Read |
 | #CodeClimbers have created a crowdfunding campaign to raise R100,000 for Code4Change to bring coding to three schools in Gauteng... Read |
 | Against the background of Youth Month and the national crisis in higher education, Inyathelo, the South African Institute for Advancement in Cape Town, has released its Annual Survey of Philanthropy in Higher Education in local universities... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | NICCI BOTHA The worst fears of a cross-section of mining industry stakeholders were realised when the latest iteration of the Mining Charter was released last week... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | The Garden Route has been approved as a Unesco Biosphere Reserve... Read |
 | LINDSAY SAMSON UK firm designs cheap solar lamp for clean, reliable lighting... Read |
 | TESSA HOCHFELD, LAUREN STUART, SOPHIE PLAGERSON The South African government recently reported that around 6.5 million job opportunities have been created through its Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) since 2004... Read |
 | The Eco-Logic Awards 2017, hosted by The Enviropaedia, took place at the CSIR in Tshwane on Wednesday, 14 June, honouring individuals and organisations who are contributing to a sustainable future... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Despite the doom-and-gloom investment sentiment, history has shown that there is still opportunity in downside markets... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | In recent years, patient outcomes have improved significantly following major advances in breast and colorectal cancer treatment... Read |
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| Legal |
 | Former SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng intends to challenge the outcome of a disciplinary inquiry that resulted in his being booted out of the SABC... Read |
 | ROBERT LAING Bidvest's and Adcock Ingram's offer to pay a combined R2m fine without admitting guilt was accepted by the Competition Tribunal... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | Experience all kinds of thrills and spills when you book an adventure holiday in the historic town of Livingstone, Zambia... Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Accelerate Property Fund's share price plunged 7.69% to R6 on Wednesday, 14 June... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | A revision to the national tourism strategy, while it maintains a focus on foreign tourism as the driving force for the industry, places greater emphasis on investment in the domestic segment... Read |
 | RUTH COOPER Hosted by Stellenbosch 360 and in partnership with Wesgro and the South African National Convention Bureau, the first ever Business Tourism Indaba was held at Hofmeyer Hall in Stellenbosch... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | DOUGLAS KRUGER What if you helped them?... Read |
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| ICT |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG In the #StartupStory spotlight this week is Flexpay: a product created in response to the high demand in the market for purchasing goods via piecemeal payments... Read |
 | Vodacom has appointed former deputy finance minister Jabu Moleketi as its new chairman, replacing Peter Moyo who gave notice in April... Read |
 | Recognising and celebrating the significant role of Wi-Fi in connecting global communities and driving socio-economic development, is World Wi-Fi Day on Tuesday, 20 June 2017. Read |
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