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Cari Coetzee
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Building security awareness: Q&A with Simeon Tassev

Simeon Tassev
Simeon Tassev
[Cari Coetzee] As the digital world grows and starts to permeate all facets of our lives, more attention is given to the importance of cyber security, with a focus on the weak link in the security chain...

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Danette Breitenbach
RETAIL
African hair care market set for massive growth

African hair care market set for massive growth
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[Danette Breitenbach] The hair business in South Africa, Nigeria and Cameroon is estimated to be worth more than $7.6 billion. Of this figure the black hair-care market is worth $4.2 billion. Euromonitor International, which reported on the figures, says the African hair care market will be a massive growth market for the continent...

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Ruth Cooper
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
Seafood winning at Seelan

Seafood winning at Seelan
[Ruth Cooper] If a lux seafood hankering is upon you, Seelan at the V&A Waterfront should really be at the top of your list. My partner and I were lucky enough to be treated to a three-course meal at Chef Seelan Sundoo's restaurant last Friday night.

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Shan Radcliffe
Shan Radcliffe
[Public Health] 

Resolve Capacity has won the Corporate Innovation Award at the 2015 MyWorld of Tomorrow SA Innovation Awards for its Clinic-in-a-Box, a turnkey infrastructural concept for the rapid deployment and commissioning of a clinic. These prefabricated structures can be erected within less than a day, and contain all the components required to deliver a total solution, packed and ready for delivery in 20 to 40 ft containers.

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Frances Aron
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
Further Than the Furthest Thing

Further Than the Furthest Thing
[Frances Aron] Norman McFarlane directs a group of highly committed amateur actors from the Hottentots Holland Dramatic Society (HHDS) in Further Than the Furthest Thing...

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Louise Burgers
MARKETING & MEDIA
[Communications] Tips for crafting a PR career

[Communications] Tips for crafting a PR career
©yanlev via 123RF
[Louise Burgers] Since we've pegged PR as a top career choice, we asked top communications professionals what advice they would give young public relations professionals entering the industry...

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Stuart Thomas
MARKETING & MEDIA
Mxit: how did Alan Knott-Craig Jr's R500m bet go so badly wrong?

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Image source © Memeburn
[Stuart Thomas] Mxit as we know it is dead. The company announced on Friday that it had shut down its commercial operations and would be transferring its IP to the Reach Trust, its charitable arm...

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Louise Burgers
MARKETING & MEDIA
[Communications] Global communications trends

[Communications] Global communications trends
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[Louise Burgers] Changes in the media landscape have dramatically altered the practice of public relations and media relations. Finding and reporting the news is very different today...

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Arthur Kamp
FINANCE & INSURANCE
Mini-Budget 2015: More restraint needed

Mini-Budget 2015: More restraint needed
[Arthur Kamp] In tandem, the slowdown in economic growth and a higher than expected increase in government's wage bill continue to make it difficult for the National Treasury to balance the books...

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Kirsten Hunt
ESG & SUSTAINABILITY
Will carbon tax legislation become effective in 2016?

Will carbon tax legislation become effective in 2016?
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[Kirsten Hunt] It is going to be a challenge for organisations to put in place the required systems and processes if the current deadline is adhered to...

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Louise Burgers
MARKETING & MEDIA
[Communications] PR: the job for the decade

[Communications] PR: the job for the decade
[Louise Burgers] This is the time for PR to shine. There has never been a more challenging space, nor a time when public relations skills in earned media are critical in the content revolution sweeping the marketing communications industry globally...

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Louise Burgers
MARKETING & MEDIA
[NewsMaker] Andre Fourie

[NewsMaker] Andre Fourie
[Louise Burgers] Andre Fourie has been appointed Strategic Communications Director of integrated PR firm Marcus Brewster. In the newly created position in the Cape Town office...

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Brian Berkman
TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
This Logan's Run is the slowest paced of all

This Logan's Run is the slowest paced of all
[Brian Berkman] Hotelier David Rawdon was championed for his elegant eye for interiors, his Midas-touch when it came to operating hotels and, perhaps most importantly, for defining what would become a whole new category of hotel - the Country House or Boutique Hotel...

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Leigh Andrews
MARKETING & MEDIA
[Mobile 360 Africa] Local digital content for Africa!

[Mobile 360 Africa] Local digital content for Africa!
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[Leigh Andrews] The need for greater digital literacy was addressed at the recent Mobile360 Africa conference...

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Sven Hammar
RETAIL
How to build an efficient control centre for your digital business

How to build an efficient control centre for your digital business
© Mathias Rosenthal – 123RF.com
[Sven Hammar] How do you measure an e-commerce site? Which KPIs are good to have when running a digital business, and should control the daily e-commerce activities? How can e-commerce companies get a comprehensive view of KPIs from multiple systems?

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Adam Hunter
MARKETING & MEDIA
Calling all media & marketers: would you cope with a six-hour working day? - Hook, Line & Sinker

Calling all media & marketers: would you cope with a six-hour working day?
[Adam Hunter] As efficient as we strive to be, we often wish for more hours in the day. The media and marketing world is not for the faint-hearted...

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Sufyan Mkwanda
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Business opportunities in the growth of mobile app usage in South Africa

Business opportunities in the growth of mobile app usage in South Africa
[Sufyan Mkwanda] If you have not yet joined the mobile app bandwagon now is the time for you to contemplate on this ideology so that you don't get left behind...

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Neil Cameron
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING
Now is the time to deploy smart building technologies

Now is the time to deploy smart building technologies
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[Neil Cameron] The grid - the infrastructure that delivers electricity from our local utility and municipalities to buildings - is over-taxed...

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Henrie Geyser
AUTOMOTIVE
Clio automatic with turbo boost

Clio automatic with turbo boost
[Henrie Geyser] The Renault Clio has extended its local range with the addition of an 88kW Turbo-charged Expression model equipped with a six-speed automatic transmission...

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