#BizTrends2018: Top mobile trends for the 2018 consumer

[Lynette Hundermark] Before we can start talking about any trends, marketers need to be aware of the fact that mobile starts with an understanding of how fiercely personal this device is, it has become more of an appendage than a device...

#BizTrends2018: Smart disruption - the grid of 2018

[Vinny Perumal] The famous revolutionary hall of fame has a new name - technology. It changes regimes, rules and industries. It transforms the traditional, it disrupts the conventional and it redefines the future...

#BizTrends2018: Creating new hospitality paradigms

[Gillian Saunders] Hotels' offerings must be relevant for a new generation of guests. These do not just include millennials, but also refer to modern travellers who expect more innovation from hotels...

#BizTrends2018: The tough get going

[Doug Woolley] Even if you have been living under a rock, you still would have noticed the sweeping changes technology is causing in our world. In 2010 less than 10% of South Africans had smartphones, but in 2017 that crossed the 50% mark...

#BizTrends2018: E-sports in South Africa - it's only just begun

[Barry Louzada] E-sports in the last two years has exploded onto the South African scene with not much in the way of any sort of understanding of how to get involved. The biggest question is, where is this going to go in 2018 and onwards?

The internet will be free one day

[Alan Knott-Craig] What is the one thing your kids can't live without? It's not water. It's not electricity. It's not school. It's the internet...

#BizTrends2018: The car of just before tomorrow

[Arthur Goldstuck] The car of tomorrow will be self-driving, will all but eliminate accidents, and will transform roads, cities and working lives. But that is a tomorrow that is still a decade or more away...

#BizTrends2018: Unlock value in supply chain and rise to the challenges

[Mungo Park] Mungo Park, president of leading Southern African supply chain and operations management association Sapics, shares his insights on supply chain trends in 2018, and offers advice to organisations seeking to unlock value in their supply chains and rise to the challenges in the year ahead.

#BizTrends2018: Creating value remains key in the premium spirits brand experience

[Elizabeth Lee Ming] In challenging economic times, consumers either choose less expensive brands that allow them to buy more, or opt to buy less and trade up to indulge their tastes for aspirational brands...

#BizTrends2018: Identity crisis - the business of being WOKE

[Dion Chang] In many ways 2017 was the watershed year for being 'woke': politically, economically, socially and culturally. Technology has for many years been the primary disruptor of business, but a socio-cultural wave will hit businesses in 2018. Brace yourselves for a year of dual disruption...

#BizTrends2018: The rise (and rise) of influencers and specialists

[Kevin Welman] There are two major trends affecting communications this year: influencer marketing and the rise of specialists...

#BizTrends2018: Are you a reputational resilience expert or crisis fodder?

[Daniel Munslow] 2017 was not a good year for companies handling crises. The number of casualties was alarming. We had our pick of it - from motoring, to beverages, to aviation, and everything in between...

#MusicExchange: Jonathan Rubain

[Martin Myers] Jonathan Rubain is starring in his own production now, called Cape Jazz is Lekke! which runs at the Baxter Theatre complex till 13 January...

#OnTheBigScreen: Greatest Showman, Jumanji and Beatriz at Dinner

[Daniel Dercksen] Inspired by the legend and ambitions of America's original pop-culture impresario, P.T. Barnum, comes The Greatest Showman, an inspirational rags-to-riches tale of a brash dreamer who rose from nothing to prove that anything you can envision is possible...

#BizTrends2018: Six food trends for 2018

[Janine Fourie] The trend is still leaning to eating light and healthily, diners want to know the source of their food (farm to table is still very popular) and they are also considering eat-in options where they enjoy the best of both worlds by ordering their favourite dishes from their preferred restaurants.

Keeping the romance alive with a Date Night at Vista Marina

[Cari Coetzee] Our most recent couples evening out took place at Vista Marina, a chic little Mediterranean restaurant on the water's edge in a quieter corner of the V&A Waterfront...