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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Zweli Mkhize has declared the drought and water crisis affecting parts of the country as a national state of disaster... |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | The African Entrepreneurship Award will fund $1 million USD to African entrepreneurs with scalable and sustainable businesses in two new categories: sports and innovation... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Corporate social responsibility, as a concept, sounds fine in theory... but in practice, it often turns out to be another marketing scam... Read |
 | Zee TV Africa's Harish Goyal to speak at Satellite 2018 In Washington DC on Pay-TV services in Africa... Read |
 | Africa's first monthly consumer confidence index (KIC Score) rose 1% in February to +13, its highest level since the inception of the measure in June 2016... Read |
 | The Africa Innovation Summit will bring together 1,000 innovators, entrepreneurs, policy makers, business and political leaders, as well as academics, researchers and investors in Africa... Read |
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| Retail |
 | MARC HASENFUSS Consumer brands giant AVI, which performed commendably in the half-year to end-December, is determined to reboot its footwear division... Read |
 | DAVID NOEL LARDIN Technology developments will continue to revolutionise payment in both the real and virtual worlds across the globe. As always, though, local conditions will dictate exactly how global trends affect local markets... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | The Namaqualand region is one of the regions where Conservation South Africa promotes stewardship within communities to support climate-smart livestock production and improved rangeland conditions for the benefit of people and nature... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | FRANKFURT, Germany - Germany's massive car industry is the biggest investor worldwide in electric vehicles, a study found... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | MIKE MULLER Each year UNESCO releases a World Water Assessment Report, a document that explores potential solutions to the globe's water problems. The 2018 report will focus on nature-based solutions... Read |
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| Education |
 | Professor Heidi Hudson has been approved by the Council of the University of the Free State as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities for the institution... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | NICCI BOTHA The much-anticipated signing of South Africa's renewables power purchase agreements (PPAs) has once again been delayed. This time by an application for an interdict to prevent the contracts being concluded... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | OLORUNJUWON SAMUEL Big companies operating in developing countries often use corporate social responsibility initiatives to position themselves as development agents and friends of the host communities... Read |
 | Cell C recently announced its 16th Take a Girl Child to Work Day is set for Thursday, 24 May... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | Katy Perry has added an extra date to the South African leg of her Witness: The Tour. Read |
 | RUTH COOPER Offering coffee, brunches, light lunches and Benguela Cove wine tastings the new Somerset West eatery Nom Nom, which replaces fine-dining restaurant Benguela on Main offers residents of the area a more relaxed, less formal, yet no less delicious spot to get their daily calories. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | DOMINIC PREUSS TNPA said there was an error in the formula calculation for iron ore in January 2018, which had been corrected in February 2018... Read |
 | Not much improvement in the profits of South African Airways (SAA) is expected for the 2017-18 financial year but recently appointed CEO Vuyani Jarana, who took up his post in November, has brought a new drive and energy to the implementation of the national airline's turnaround strategy... Read |
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| Property |
 | MARCUS 'THE MALTESE FALCON' BREWSTER "I hate you", I said to the pregnant pharmacist. The vilification was justified. She had the second best house in the village... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Investors are seeking more exposure to property funds that offer some level of specialisation, says Evan Robins of Old Mutual Investment Group... Read |
 | TRACY ANDERSON The impact of the millennial generation on workplace design has been significant. It's all about communication, collaboration, flexibility and happiness... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Facebook recently rolled out a new ad-optimisation programme called Trip Consideration. The new tool is only applicable to travel-related companies and offers an opportunity to turn travel intention into conversion... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | If a company relies on security systems to track the movement of staff to determine their remuneration, then they may need to consider other ways of measuring a person's output... Read |
 | "Promises of policy certainty and consistency seem to have had a further positive effect on confidence and the strength of the economy thus far. These factors combined make for a more positive backdrop for employment in the country..." Read |
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| ICT |
 | LOUISE KELLY AND KATE LETHEREN We're all used to targeted advertisements on the internet. But the introduction of voice assistants like Apple's Siri and Google Assistant mean that companies are capturing all new kinds of data on us... Read |
 | Creating new ways of generating revenue, advancements in analytics technologies and convergence of technologies have led to transformational breakthroughs in the business landscape... Read |
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