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| Marketing & Media |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Girls are supposed to be polite, submissive and supportive, so why did Angel Campey ignore the rules and become a stand-up comedian? She explained exactly why at the equality-themed talk at the latest Creative Mornings Cape Town... Read |
 | CHRIS BREWER Clue: Not very long. Read |
 | A ‘hackathon' contest looks for Egyptian solutions to environmental problems in the fields of energy, recycling and sustainable farming... Read |
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| Retail |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Diageo SA sees itself as having a responsibility to ensure that its people, its suppliers, and the communities around its operations thrive as a result of the business... Read |
 | SIMEON TASSEV According to a recent study conducted by Mastercard, over 50% of the South African population still transact using cash on a daily basis... Read |
 | Continental Free Trade Area negotiations are expected to conclude at the end of 2017 with a firm policy in place to benefit all countries in Africa and reduce poverty... Read |
 | Twiga Foods, the Kenyan business-to-business food supply platform, has raised $10.3m in Series A Investment Round... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | The Eastern Cape government intends to ensure that black farmers in red meat production become part of the mainstream economy. This would involve reducing the amount of meat bought from other provinces... Read |
 | We speak to Young Gun Jessica Saurwein about the Saurwein nom Pinot noir, her recent 92 point rating by renowned international wine critic Neal Martin and her love for the queen of grapes, Pinot noir... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Last week saw the 100th anniversary of Ford Motor Company's Model TT, a small truck based on the Model T car and launched on 27 July 1917... Read |
 | Forrester, in collaboration with Christian Austin and Sal Schiano, has researched the downstream impact of widespread automation in transportation... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | A total of 307 projects from across 32 African countries qualified to enter the inaugural Africa Architecture Awards... Read |
 | The R16m P41/1 road rehabilitation project near Nigel has restored the road for a further 15 years... Read |
 | Rural communities will get an opportunity to access home building information and services when the national regulator for the sector undertakes a roadshow. .. Read |
 | Designed by SVA International, the R100m, 3,572m2 Virgin Active officially opened its doors on Saturday, 29 July in PE... Read |
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| Education |
 | DEVON KOEN Discussions over transformation "including a name change" were in the spotlight at Rhodes University this weekend, as the Rhodes University Alumni Trust released the findings of a recent survey... Read |
 | Riovic has launched Anzani Institute, a complete online academic institution where users can take advantage of various learning materials in a virtual classroom... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | DAN PAGET Ever since his election in 2015, Tanzania's president John Magufuli has been a subject of public fascination. Read |
 | CHARLOTTE MATHEWS Coal of Africa (CoAL) is reviewing prospects for a second acquisition, soon after completing its purchase of Uitkomst Colliery from Pan African Resources... Read |
 | The Nigerian government is pushing for the Dangote refinery in Lagos to come online before its scheduled completion date of December 2019... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | DAVE CHAMBERS Adapting to drought is old news in the Western Cape, scientists have found... Read |
 | GUANG ZENG AND JASON WEST Climate change is set to increase the amount of ground-level ozone and fine particle pollution we breathe... Read |
 | When marine scientist Dr Brent Newman visited Durban harbour recently, he was astonished to find not a single crab in a section of mangroves near the Bluff Yacht Club... Read |
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| Finance |
 | RENE MILES Certain stereotypes associated with the financial services industry remain true - it's still male dominated, men earn more than their female counterparts and women aren't adequately represented in senior leadership positions... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | FRANK GRAEWE Aaron Hairundu from Windhoek, Namibia started developing keloids in his early 20s... Read |
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| Legal |
 | International law firm BonelliErede has signed an exclusive partnership with leading Ethiopian law firm Tameru Wondm Agegnehu to encourage inward investment by Italian and international business looking for commercial opportunities in Ethiopia... Read |
 | PERICLES ANETOS The Competition Tribunal has confirmed a R180m settlement that a division of DStv will have to pay after admitting to colluding with media groups on pricing, discounts and payment terms for advertising space... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | MAROEFAH SMITH The Cut suggests that you don't have to wait until you are a grandmother to dress like one and fashion houses agree... Read |
 | Dungeons & Dragons has been announced as the official theme for this years' 2017 MCQP which takes place on Saturday, 16 December at the Castle of Good Hope. Read |
 | Bushman's Kloof Wilderness Reserve has been named Best Diamond Award winner by the Diners Club Winelist Awards. Read |
 | For its seventh anniversary, Music Exchange (MEX17) will be hosted at Academy of Sound Engineering studio complex in District 6, Cape Town on Saturday, 9 September and Sunday, 10 September 2017. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | LOS ANGELES, US: Known for its bouts of heavy smog , the city of Los Angeles has announced plans to have a fleet of fully electric, zero-emissions buses by 2030... Read |
 | BAS DE VOS Without going into the specifics too deeply, blockchain is a huge, global distributed ledger or database running on many devices and open to anyone within the blockchain... Read |
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| Property |
 | Real estate investment trust (Reit) Liberty Two Degrees (L2D) on Monday, 31 July, declared a distribution of 30c per share in the six months to end-June... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Departing CEO of Rebosis Property Fund Sisa Ngebulana says he chose to step out of his role as CEO and become deputy chairman because he had reached many career goals in the six years he was at the helm... Read |
 | The 2017 South African Institute for Black Property Practitioners (SAIBPP) Annual Convention & Property Indaba, set to take place from 2-3 August 2017, will launch with a full day development site tour of Johannesburg... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | MMATŠATŠI RAMAWELA It's time for us to liberate tourism, for the sector to take its rightful place as the economic engine that will kick-start economic growth quicker and more sustainably than any other sector. ... Read |
 | On the heels of the successful mega merger between Marriott International and Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Marriott has announced a new Brand, Marketing, Sales and Consumer Services (BMSC) Leadership Team... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | VALTER ADÃO The future of work is being shaped by two powerful forces; the growing adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace and the expansion of the workforce to include both on- and off balance sheet talent... Read |
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| ICT |
 | In October 2016, Joffe and James Winter, co-founders of Apple Doctor, embarked on an aggressive strategy to bring down the prices of iPhone repairs in South Africa. Read |
 | Taking place from 5-6 August 2017, the 2017 GirlCodeZA Hackathon (#GirlCodeHack) has secured a total of R300,000 in prizes... Read |
 | Project Isizwe has appointed Dudu Mkhwanazi as its new CEO. Mkhwanazi is deeply committed to enabling social justice and empowering South Africans through free access to the internet... Read |
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