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| Marketing & Media |
 | LOUISE MARSLAND Companies should allocate budget to researching their customers' needs and wants and digital behaviour before developing the strategy... Read |
 | The latest Brand Finance Africa top 50 valuable brands in SA have been announced, indicating that despite the recession, political instability and a higher unemployment rate, the total value of brands has increased 3% year-on-year... Read |
 | Total and Worldline partner with African fintech InTouch to support deployment of Guichet Unique, an innovative digital solution for retail networks... Read |
 | A Moroccan court on Tuesday sentenced to three months in jail a journalist accused of having "invited" people to take part in banned protests in the restive north, his website said... Read |
 | Following an extensive and competitive pitch, digital marketing agency Liquorice has been appointed Avon South Africa's digital and social media agency of record... Read |
 | AMANDA ADAM These are the four elements you should look at mid-year to determine whether your online assets are doing what they need to do to deliver awareness of your company online... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This #WomensMonth, we go behind the selfie with Gisèle Wertheim Aymes. She is a founder and director of the Aegle Group and Isiko Media, and shareholder and director in SA Celebrity Worx and describes herself as neither technophobe nor technophile... Read |
 | GARIKAI NHONGO How to create a viable advertising industry in Rwanda from a collection of disparate advertising agencies... Read |
 | A Malian activist whose fierce criticism of politicians and religious figures on YouTube has made him a cult figure, survived an assassination attempt on Tuesday, his family told AFP... Read |
 | ECA-WTO joint publication on role of Aid for Trade in boosting intra-African trade launched in Geneva... Read |
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| Retail |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Primi recently relaunched its breakfast menu, with a handful of new additions sure to please even the most jaded of foodies... Read |
 | ROBERT LAING British American Tobacco (BAT) complained of "the growth in illicit trade" causing its South African cigarette sales and profits to decline... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Land Bank and Pick n Pay have signed an MoU which will see both parties collaborate in supporting black emerging agribusinesses to develop them into fully-fledged commercial businesses... Read |
 | HAMLET HLOMENDLINI AND PUSHO MAKGOLANE Land expropriation without compensation may fast-track land transfer to previously disadvantaged people, but it will also seriously damage the agricultural sector and lead to economic collapse... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | At the recent Business of the Year roadshow, the director of the National Automobile Dealers' Association, noted that motor dealers in South Africa are under increasing pressure... Read |
 | HENRIE GEYSER Renault has enhanced its popular Duster range with the introduction of a new EDC (Efficient Dual Clutch) model which is guaranteed to further boost the popularity of this ruggedly cute SUV range... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | ANDRIES MAHLANGU ArcelorMittal SA sank deeper into the red in the six months to June, as the struggling steel producer buckled under the weight of unrelentingly low steel demand, rising input costs and a stronger rand... Read |
 | The newly launched International Construction Measurement Standards (ICMS) aims to revolutionise the global construction industry by improving cost prediction in infrastructure projects... Read |
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| Education |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE Skills development and job creation not-for-profit Learn to Earn South Africa has been offering “a hand up, not a hand out” to the unemployed in underprivileged communities for almost 30 years... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | What are the next steps in South Africa's journey to becoming a commercial gas hub? Read |
 | GRAEME HOSKEN Eskom wants consumers to cough up more for electricity... Read |
 | Anglo American has set aside $101m to cover potential damages for former South African staff who contracted the fatal lung disease silicosis at work... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | SANBI Marine Programme manager Dr Kerry Sink was recognised at this year's WWF-SA Living Planet Conference with the organisation's Living Planet Award... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS Tasneem Essop has launched an initiative... Read |
 | There has been a fair amount of news about recycling in automotive-related industries. Most of it has been about the demise of Redisa, the tyre recycling agency. But what about waste oil? Read |
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| Finance |
 | The private equity industry is continuously expanding, and the diversity of insights and skills needed offers a wider range of career opportunities... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | NICCI BOTHA With NHI, the Competition Commission inquiry and sky-rocketing costs it's no wonder that the private healthcare sector is wary about what the future holds... Read |
 | The World Health Organisation (WHO) has prequalified the first generic version of sofosbuvir, a critical medicine in treating hepatitis C... Read |
 | Mediclinic International's chief executive, Danie Meintjes has announced he will retire by 31 July 2018... Read |
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| Legal |
 | HANNA ZIADY Proposals contained in a draft bill to change the tax treatment of foreign trusts held by South Africans are aggressive and should be reconsidered, says Andrew Wellsted, director at Norton Rose Fulbright... Read |
 | JOAN VAN NIEKERK The Northern Gauteng High Court recently ruled that all child offenders, victims and witnesses may be identified once they have turned 18... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | With the backing of the African Legal Support Facility, the government of Rwanda has taken a concrete step toward becoming a transportation hub for the East African region... Read |
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| Property |
 | There could be major changes in the pipeline for the commercial property market... Read |
 | ANDRIES MAHLANGU Intu Properties' shares dropped just more than 4% in early trade on the JSE on Thursday, 27 July, after it posted a drop in first-half rental income, and forecast zero growth in the second half... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Redefine Properties, a diversified real estate investment trust, will soon launch the S&J industrial estate in Germiston, as it aims to invest further into high-tech industrial real estate rather than smoke-stack factories. Read |
 | GUY ROGERS A new R145m student accommodation block is rising on the beachfront, promising some relief to the city's crippling student accommodation crisis... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | HVS has released a white paper which brings some peculiarities and challenges of the lodging industry to light and also lists some lessons/best practices for developers... Read |
 | RUTH COOPER This coming November Samara Luxury Private Game Reserve in the Great Karoo celebrates its 20th anniversary. We got in touch owner Sarah Tompkins to get the behind the scenes info on this unique reserve as well as their conservation efforts and upcoming developments. Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | SANParks management confirmed that a number of employees, who are members of the Health and Other Service Personnel Trade Union of South Africa, have abandoned their work stations in different divisions in the Parks... Read |
 | The Seed Academy has released its third Real State of Entrepreneurship in South Africa 2017, one of South Africa's largest entrepreneurial surveys... Read |
 | SABELO SKITI, KYLE COWAN AND MZILIKAZI WA AFRIKA State-owned power utility Eskom has suspended its chief financial officer, Anoj Singh, on a precautionary basis, pending the outcome of a forensic investigation... Read |
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| ICT |
 | KAMAL MOKRANI The most recent figures from the International Telecommunications Union showed that Africa's internet access has increased by up to 28% between 2000 and 2015... Read |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG In this week's #StartupStory, we chat to Retief Gerber, CEO of Spatialedge - a geospatial data insights and marketing company... Read |
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