 | ENERGY & MINING
[Professor Jan du Plessis] The current state of the mining industry can only be described as an industry in distress. The continuous spiral of lowering commodity prices with the combined steep mining inflation has put many mining operations at the risk of closing down... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Auguste Coetzer] Getting back to serious work in the New Year means getting the diary for the next 12 months into some sort of order. A key issue here is what conferences to attend, where and why... |
 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP
[Daryl Blundell] The start of a new year is always a great time to re-evaluate your business plans and operations, and ask yourself if there's anything you could do better... |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Daniel Dercksen] Family. You want to live without them, but can't survive without them. That's the essence of Koos Roets' quirky satire 'n Paw Paw Vir My Darling, which takes us on a humorous and heartfelt journey into the hearts and souls of a needy Afrikaner family living in the fictional Damnville in 2003. |
 | ESG & SUSTAINABILITY
[Werner van Antwerpen] Buildings are moving from bricks and mortar into what previous generations considered science fiction... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Gareth McKinnell] I am a graphic designer. I am proud of my education, my career and my profession. I carved out a life for myself from this profession and built a proudly designer-owned and -run business... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  BoredPanda From manbuns to nutscaping, political meltdowns and economic downturns, The Donald Trump reality show, global terrorism and war, 2015 was a challenging year, to put it mildly... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Gillian Rightford] There will be an increased focus on integration from a marketer's point of view which means collaboration from an agency's point of view... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA ![[BizTrends 2016] Evolving consumer landscape favours the bold](https://biz-file.com/c/1601/327547-208x117.jpg?2) ©Thanatip Srahongthong via 123RF One of the biggest drivers in 2016 will be consumers' continually shrinking wallet... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Sue Disler] The art of predicting how content marketing will change, or which new technologies or channels we will need to adapt to and/or adopt in this day and age does not get any easier... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Graham Du Plessis] Programmatic buying or RTB (real-time bidding) has ceased to be that concept or 'new channel' confined to the likes of the US and Europe, or let's just say the 'developed markets'... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Stuart Forrest Triggerfish Animation Studios CEO Stuart Forrest explains how film is transforming business on the continent... |
 | A sold out crowd - including a number of international punters and local celebrities who flew in especially for the event - were in attendance as South Africa's top 16 thoroughbreds came together at Kenilworth racecourse on Saturday, for the country's leading weight-for-age horse race, the L'Ormarins Queen's Plate.    
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Brendan Seery] It's hard not to be a cynic at this time of year, when the season of goodwill is hijacked by marketers... |
 | IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS  ©Stefano Cavoretto via 123RF With the advent of stringent data protection laws such as POPI, the potential fallout should data be lost or stolen is even more potentially catastrophic... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Carmen Murray] The Mobile Migration of smartphones has begun, and herds graze through the pastures of a connected world, and the "smartphone herds" are increasing as the sun rises and sets...
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 | ESG & SUSTAINABILITY
[Melissa Baird] Five years ago, the Harvard Business Review announced "The Age of Transparency"... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Tanya Eksteen] If you're feeling in a rut at work, the beginning of a new year is a great time to make a fresh start and begin the hunt for a new job... |
| MARKETING & MEDIA  The Vizeum team celebrating their Annual AdFocus 'media agency of the year' win With so many media agencies servicing the local marketing industry, what does it take to really make an impact? Having clinched the title of 'media agency of the year' at the recent Annual AdFocus Awards for the first time, Vizeum has the answers... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Adegboye Adeniyi] As I sat down to write my next article, I was thinking what should I talk about? Different topics ran through my head and while I was trying to decide, I received an email asking a question about the impact of linking out to a website..? |
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