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COLIN THORNTON With breaking news of major South African insurer Liberty Holdings falling victim to a cyberattack, local companies have to heed the warning and pay more attention to their internal systems and processes... |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | BRENDAN SEERY It doesn't take a lot to make South Africans angry... and facts, especially, are not needed when there is an angry argument to be made on social media... Read |
 | Sisters Working in Film and Television (Swift) will once again have a strong presence at the 2018 Durban International Film Festival (19 - 29 July) and the Durban FilmMart (20 - 23 July)... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Pick n Pay is experimenting with compostable bags as an environmentally friendly alternative to plastic bags. To mark International Plastic Bag Free Day today and as part of its efforts to reduce plastic waste... Read |
 | ANDRE ROSSLEE The world is in a grip of an entrepreneurial revolution, and with African startups raising in excess of $200 million in 2017, it's clear that the culture of innovation is alive and well on our continent... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | South African agriculture still offers many investment opportunities despite headwinds caused by drought in parts of the country and policy uncertainty... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | JASON SNYMAN Less than 10% of South African families use child car seats. That's according to the AA. Parents and caretakers of infants should be aware that since May 2015, it is illegal to have a child under the age of three unrestrained in your vehicle... Read |
 | DAVID TAYLOR The Honda HR-V has been facelifted for should be launched in South Africa shortly before the end of 2018. As one of the more spacious contenders in the highly competitive compact family car category, the Honda has broad appeal... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | Energy management and automation specialist Schneider Electric participated at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) Regional Roundtable with President Cyril Ramaphosa... Read |
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| Education |
 | KUTLWANO RAMABOA If 99.6% of businesses in a country like Nigeria employ fewer than 10 workers, does it make sense to teach Nigerian business students how to manage Fortune 500 companies in the US using Harvard Business School case studies...? Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Two years of navigating legal, governance and logistical challenges to obtain an operating licence to fly its own drones has paid off for Kumba Iron Ore... Read |
 | The draft Mining Charter is moving in the right direction, but it is still full of ambiguities that need clarity. Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | TONY ROBERT WALKER Twenty five years ago, I spent a summer removing plastic packing bands and plastic nets from 135 entangled Antarctic fur seals... Read |
 | The City of Cape Town has launched its pilot Safe Space facility for street people... Read |
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| Finance |
 | The new IFRS Insurance Contracts Standard (IFRS 17 - Insurance Contracts) will impact insurance companies in South Africa including those offering motor vehicle insurance, life insurance and medical schemes... Read |
 | The South African's Mint's 2018 South African Inventions coin series celebrates the computed tomography scan, or CT (cat) scan, a medical technology developed by South African-born Allan McLeod Cormack... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | While the proposed amendments to the Medical Schemes Act seek to lower the cost of private healthcare, they may have the unintended consequence of threatening the sustainability of medical schemes... Read |
 | The Life Esidimeni tragedy highlights the need to review South Africa's bioethics, abandon its denial mentality and learn about true accountability... Read |
 | If the issues of antimicrobial resistance and multidrug-resistant pathogens are not addressed, we will head into a post-antibiotic era analogous to the 18th and 19th centuries... Read |
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| Legal |
 | South Africa has signed the African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement with the African Union, which will pave the way for the country to benefit from inter-regional trade within the African continent... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | Wear SA has introduced the inaugural Gala Fashion Dinner as a complement to the Vodacom Durban July. The gala dinner will be held at the Durban Convention Centre in Durban on 6 July 2018. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | MARK KLEINMAN AND CHARLENE ROHR Cities across Europe are taking steps to become increasingly car-free. London Mayor Sadiq Khan is aiming for 80% of all trips to be made on foot, by cycle or using public transport by 2041... Read |
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| Property |
 | In the second half of 2018, the global sell-off in emerging markets, an intractably weak domestic economy, an oversupply of business space... Read |
 | As key players within the residential property markets, commercial banks have become expert in managing the associated risks of being exposed to the mortgage market... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | "There's a consistently negative stigma around travelling in Africa which has been snowballing for years. We need to position ourselves correctly and draw attention to the positive experiences that can be had here." Read |
 | AVUKILE MABOMBO In marketing, generating a narrative is a complex blend of strategy, goals and voice; what makes it interesting in terms of hotels is that each individual hotel has an additional narrative according to its surroundings... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | LINDA RONNIE Some experts believe that more than a third of jobs in South Africa are at risk of being lost because humans are going to be replaced by digitisation and computer technology... Read |
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| ICT |
 | MORNE BEKKER In search of solutions to proactively identify impending natural disasters and ultimately protect innocent bystanders, scientists are now looking towards technological solutions - and data management in particular... Read |
 | BYRON CLATTERBUCK With over half the world's population currently living in urban metropoles and an estimated three million people moving into cities every week, it's safe to say that the concept of smart cities is becoming more crucial than ever... Read |
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