#BizTrends2018: Why the travel industry should be keeping its ear to the social media ground

[Kelvin Jonck] YouKnow Digital, in partnership with consumer insights platform Crimson Hexagon, launched an extensive South African Consumer Trends Report. MD at YouKnow Digital unpacks the report focusing on the travel and hospitality findings...

#BizTrends2018: Move over 2017, flexible work is about to get bigger and better in 2018

[Phillipa Geard] This year has witnessed a giant leap forward for flexible work in our country and across the globe, as more and more companies begin to embrace a new era of time-wise employment...

#OrchidsandOnions: Hey Proteas! We're coming for you! And Appletiser puts the air in airhead...

[Brendan Seery] I sat down to start writing this column just after the First Test between the Proteas and India got under way at Newlands in Cape Town...

#BizTrends2018: Malls think outside the box to win over shoppers

[Paul Gerard] Time. There is never enough of it. It is an increasingly valuable commodity for all South Africans across the entire social and economic spectrum...

#BizTrends2018: 15 big screen trends

[Daniel Dercksen] Daniel Dercksen gives his top 15 international and local big screen film trends for the year ahead.

#OnTheBigScreen: Brad's Status, Molly's Game and The Commuter

[Daniel Dercksen] This week, a father and son reconcile their differences in Brad's Status, an underground poker game raises the stakes in Molly's Game, and a criminal conspiracy carries life and death stakes for everyone on the train in the action-thriller The Commuter.

2017 digital media learnings

[Audrey Naidoo] It has practically taken me last year to figure out exactly what is going on behind my digital media buys. For the marketers out there, now is the time to ask the questions from your media agency and to dig deep into the operations behind the scenes...

#BizTrends2018: The residential property market in 2018

[Jacques du Toit] South Africa's real economic growth has been on a gradual downward trend since reaching a level of 3.3% in 2011, shortly after the recession of 2008/09...

#BizTrends2018: Buyer's market emerging for property heading into 2018

[Samuel Seeff] The property market has shifted notably over the last 18 months as the fall-out from the weak political and economic climate, poor growth and credit downgrades continue...

#BizTrends2018: What is shaping grocery retail in South Africa - Part 1

[Maryla Masojada] In this two-part report, Trade Intelligence reveals the drivers and trends shaping grocery retail in South Africa in the short to medium term...

#BizTrends2018: How 'community projects' can help with unemployment in 2018

[Professor Elain Vlok] South Africa's employment rate is currently sitting at 27%, which is at its highest level since September 2003...

#BizTrends2018: Putting the 'I' in live.

[Mike Sharman] Live has been the major evolution in digital over the past two years, but it is still under-utilised from a brand perspective in South Africa...

#BizTrends2018: Go where the people are

[Gau Narayanan] Demands on corporates are changing and agencies need to respond better...

#BizTrends2018: A short to-do list for the new year

[Pepe Marais] Where does 2018 leave us mere mortals, all analogue by design, in a digital world that is catapulting forward at the speed of light...

#Newsmaker: Marli de Wet on her award-winning design project

[Jessica Tennant] Last year's winner of the Caesarstone Student Designer Competition, Marli de Wet, will this year take up her prize by attending an international design fair of their choice with her Design Time lecturer...

#BizTrends2018: Business intelligence trends to watch in 2018

[Yolanda Smit] The move towards digital has become a prominent feature on the corporate agenda. And while it will assist in ensuring future competitiveness, it will not be achieved overnight...

#BizTrends2018: Real estate sector should strengthen foundations while economy is depressed

[Lee-Anne Bac] The property sector has seen exceptional growth and expansion over the past ten years, but in keeping with the more recent deterioration of general economic circumstances...

#BizTrends2018: A wave of change

[Pieter Niemand] I foresee three major trends for the automotive industry that will challenge the status quo and bring about noticeable change.

Astrid Stavro announced as speaker at Design Indaba 2018

[Juanita Pienaar] The award-winning designer, Astrid Stavro has been announced as one of the speakers at this year's Design Indaba Conference 2018...