Marrying luxury and sustainability at Blue Rock Village

[Sindy Peters] The R14bn Blue Rock Village development will comprise 1000 luxury residential apartments built on 40 hectares of land...

[Orchids & Onions] Investec gets an 'A' for helping to make a difference

[Brendan Seery] The marketing gurus tell us that, as consumers drown in a tsunami of commercial messaging, they are going to want to connect (and therefore possibly do business with) those brands which genuinely try to make a difference to a community, a city or a country...

#AfricaMonth: Adopting a new mentality to small-scale farming

[Cari Coetzee] It's necessary for smallholder farmers in Africa to innovate and form partnerships with organisations that can help them do so. In this, the farmers of Nakuru county has...

#InTouch2016: Digital opportunity in the automotive arena

[Lauren Hartzenberg] Michael Frans, head of business operations: automotive at T-Systems South Africa...

#Africa Month: Marrying money and media campaigns

[Nicci Botha] The problem nowadays is that technology has created a netherworld, where the clearly defined borders between industries have become irreparably blurred... In a good way...

Gerald Clark, the nomadic Afro-Boer

[Ruth Cooper] After the release of recent album 'AfroBoer & The Golden Goose' Gerald Clark packed his tent and his 'Golden Goose' (his gf) and hit the road, embracing the nomadic life while touring the new album all over the country. We sent him a few questions to find out more.

Are you managing the people or the tech?

[Jed Hewson] Technology, when implemented effectively in a contact centre, is a powerful tool. But, what is often overlooked is that call centres are about the people first, and the technology is simply...

Emirates launches swish Cape Town lounge

[Nicci Botha] For us mere mortals boarding a plane means endless waiting, long queues and uncomfortable plastic seats. But for Emirates' top-end clients...

#AUW2016: How nuclear build programmes can be a strategic game changer

[Nicci Botha] A while back, South Africa reeled in shock when a rand figure of trillions was mentioned in the same breath as nuclear power...

Collaboration needed within the one economy - Joanne Yawitch

[Sindy Peters] According to Joanne Yawitch, CEO of the National Business Initiative (NBI), the first step in the path to sustainable development is to acknowledge that there is only one economy...

#AfricaMonth: Authentic African stories and why we should tell them

[Cari Coetzee] We spoke to Ryan Wallace, event director for We Are Africa, about the importance of telling authentic African stories and how this will influence tourism and growth in Africa...

#WeeklyWineWrap: Zimbabwe-born sommeliers becoming our finest wine stewards

[Anna-Bet Stemmet] It was quite an eventful week in the world of wine and we are happy to bring you some good news from around the globe.

The independent publisher strikes back

[Leigh Andrews] The digital independent publisher, having endured most of the disruption of recent years, has emerged into the sunlight with its true worth being recognised and a champion in the form of the ACME network by its side...

Discussing sustainable certification with SA's first Fairtrade coffee roaster

[Cari Coetzee] Fairtrade SA recently hosted a topical discussion on sustainable certification in South Africa. We spoke to one of the panelists, Jonathan Robinson, director of Bean There Coffee...

How commercial is 90% local?

[Rose Setshoge] It is Thursday afternoon, the first day of playing 90% local music on 18 of SABC's radio stations. I'm driving home and listening to Metro FM...

#InTouch2016: Survival strategy for the digital future

[Lauren Hartzenberg] The key problem in business is that while technology changes, business processes don't...