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ENERGY & MINING

Is nuke deal behind Eskom's filibusting on renewable PPAs?

[Nicci Botha] The oh-so-delayed signing of PPAs between Eskom and renewable power producers has been postponed again...

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Angie Lawrence

[Advertising]

FCB Joburg has developed a new television commercial for Famous Brands' Debonairs Pizza that breaks through the ‘cell phone barrier'.

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

14 highlights from #MBFWCT17

[Meagan Duckitt] So, irrespective of a change in venue halfway through the shows due to forces of nature, the Cape Town Fashion Week was a huge success!

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Ruth Cooper

[Music]

Francois van Coke releases the music video for Die wêreld is mal. Presented by Converse, directed by Johannes Pieter Nel.

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PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE

What junk status means for property market

[Adrian Goslett] The downgrade of South Africa to sub-investment will have a negative impact on the housing market...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#BehindtheSelfie with... Marisa Louw

Louw’s mottos: Smile and the world will smile back, and laughter is the best medicine.

[Leigh Andrews] This week we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with technophile Marisa ‘just call me eM' Louw, founder and managing director of the Emlo Communications PR agency in Johannesburg...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Does leadership matter in nation brand building?

[Manusha Pillai] It may not be immediately apparent about why, and indeed whether, leadership matters in brand building. After all, at first glance, it may seem that a successful brand can be built through the technical application of principles of brand building and management...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

SouthAfricaIn3Words: one complex country, one complex hashtag

[Andy Walker] South Africa. Another large, populous country in Southern Africa that harbours a wealth of promise, but hasn't yet lived up to it this century...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

How Hyundai is driving female brand ambassadorship

Hyundai Creta brand ambassadors Ayanda-Allie Paine and Leanne Dlamini with Hyundai South Africa marketing director, Oscar Makola.

[Leigh Andrews] Another week, another car ad, but the new #CretaLightTheWay campaign by Joe Public for Hyundai is really gaining traction for putting female influencers behind the wheel...

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ENERGY & MINING

The yo-yo world of commodities

[Danette Breitenbach] While commodities may be on the rise globally, South Africa is a mixed bag...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Today, gatekeepers make the worst brand builders

[Mike Jones] One of the many benefits of working for an advertising agency is that I get to experience working with numerous and diverse businesses. During my interactions one thing is very clear - to create consistency in the mind of the consumer, one needs a single, definable brand expression...

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Ruth Cooper

Falko One - People Like Us exhibition

Graffiti artist, Falko One, exhibited People Like Us last Wednesday night, a collection of 20 paintings specially created to showcase what it means to #LIVEWITHHEART at Upstairs on Bree gallery.

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Ruth Cooper

mille collines AW17 collection

On Friday 7 April designers Marc Collines, Ines Mille and Namnyak Odupoy presented their AW17 collection entitled We Become One, a celebration of diversity at AFI's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town.

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Making digital brand communication human again

[Leigh Andrews] Take your social media marketing to the next-level - from B2B and B2C to P2P (person to person) and H2H (human to human). It's as easy as remembering that you need to be relatable and not sound like a computer, even if the message you're sharing has been automated...

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Ruth Cooper

[Music]

Dan Patlansky releases his new music video for Sonnova Faith, the latest single from album, Introvertigo.

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RETAIL

Smart Shopper card - junk status?

[Clive Evans] I have long been an advocate of Pick n Pay, admiring and talking up how much they do to both attract and retain customers with their Smart Shopper loyalty programme and their various promotions to create sticky customers. That was until...

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