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Ken van Ginkel

[Advertising]

Safely Home, the Western Cape Government's Department of Transport & Public Works' road safety campaign, has released a new hard-hitting TV commercial created by FCB Cape Town and Egg Films.

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Loeries2017: Building the new creative economy at the speed of thought

[Jessica Tennant] An interview with Fort CEO Shukri Toefy, where he shares insights into the changing value chain of the new creative economy...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#CEMAfrica2017: "Be an experience business or be out of business" - Adobe

Maksym Chornii © – 123RF.com

[Leigh Andrews] CEM Africa attendees were presented with a choice of workshops to attend throughout the two-day summit. Here's why I'm glad I went with the session by James McDonald, solution consultant at Adobe, on how to be an experience-driven business...

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

Sweet treats and creative eats - Tessa's Bakery opens in Cape Town

[Angie Lawrence] On an ordinary Tuesday afternoon, the very extraordinary Tessa's Bakery opened the doors of its brand new store. The ‘Made like Mom's' bakery chose a unique location in Milnerton, Cape Town, opting to stay near to the loyal client base they've built up...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#CEMAfrica2017: Your employees are always on - now TRUST THEM

You hired them, now trust them to get the job done. JR Bale © – 123RF.com

[Leigh Andrews] Chantel Botha of BrandLove shares why you need to trust your employees to run with their own ideas of the best possible customer experience they can offer at the first day of CEM Africa 2017.

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#Loeries2017: Why small agencies fail (masterclass)

Allon Raiz Raizcorp.com

[Jessica Tennant] An interview with Allon Raiz, founder and CEO of Raizcorp to find out what one could expect to learn from his masterclass on ‘Why small agencies fail'...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#CEMAfrica2017: CX predictions for the future, action to take TODAY

Simply put? Cut the red tape and empower your staff. Scott Griessel © – 123RF.com

[Leigh Andrews] If all you do is talk about customer experience or CX in your silos, chances are your brand will be left in the dust. Here's why you need to cut the red tape and take the plunge, straight from the opening panel of CEM Africa 2017...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#Loeries2017: A deep dive into YouTube and video advertising (masterclass)

Lorraine Landon

[Jessica Tennant] An interview with Lorraine Landon, head of agencies at Google South Africa to find out what one could expect to learn from the Google masterclasses on ‘YouTube: all you need to know for campaign success' and ‘video advertising: what works best when'...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#WomensMonth: Women in marketing: The new specialist generalists?

[Sheila McGillivray] It's not enough for young women to focus on a specialised marketing career; we now need to be “specialist generalists,” and know an awful lot about a lot, writes Sheila McGillivray...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Artificial intelligence is cool, market intelligence is cooler

[Mike Saunders] Mike Saunders writes that using the right market intelligence platforms will drive the successful implementation of your future artificial intelligence programmes...

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

#WomensMonth: #MBFWJ17 profile on Leigh Shubert

[Ruth Cooper] Local fashion designer Leigh Shubert will be showcasing her latest Spring/Summer collection at the upcoming Mercedes-Benz Joburg Fashion Week. We got in touch with her to find out more.

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FINANCE & INSURANCE

Long live the King

Mervyn King

[Nicci Botha] Despite the King code, many firms are having their ethics questioned as the Gupta email saga unfolds...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#OrchidsandOnions: How sour milk founded a sweet business empire... and how to Gupta a well-known saying

Screengrabs from the ad.

[Brendan Seery] One of the greeting card platitudes that annoys me is the one that says: “You can be anything you want to be...”

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Ruth Cooper

[BizTakeouts Radio Show & Podcasts]

Hein Kaiser from Mix 93.8 FM chats to Brendan Seery the Orchids & Onions editor, on his latest Marketing & Media show.

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MARKETING & MEDIA

MultiChoice dominates first-ever CXA Awards

[Juanita Pienaar] MultiChoice won four out of the six awards awarded at the first-ever CXA Awards held at the Century City Convention Centre in Cape Town last night...

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TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

#WomensMonth: The woman behind Table Mountain

[Cari Coetzee] Wahida Parker was appointed as Table Mountain Cableway's MD in June 2016. A little more than a year later, we chat to her about her time with Table Mountain Cableway...

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LEGAL

Varying decisions on bargaining agreements and cancellations

[Johan Botes] A curious statutory effect of collective agreements is that a collective bargaining agreement amends the contracts of employment of individual employees...

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

Eight noteworthy stops along Route 62

[Ruth Cooper] A road trip along South Africa's picturesque Route 62, which meanders from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth, is a travel adventure that uniquely captures the welcoming, quaint and quirky sides of the Western and Eastern Cape.

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