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Lauren Hartzenberg
RETAIL
Smart streetwear with Sol-Sol

Mathew Kieser. Image credit:
Mathew Kieser. Image credit: GQ
[Lauren Hartzenberg] South African fashion label Sol-Sol's signature brand of smart casual streetwear is founded on a commitment to great fit, fabric and design...

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Leigh Andrews
MARKETING & MEDIA
#FortReview: "How creativity can save lives when put to good use" - Annie Raman

Human rights activist Annie Raman on Fort Review.
Human rights activist Annie Raman on Fort Review.
[Leigh Andrews] Here's how Fort Review is changing perceptions and giving a voice to issues of industry equality, as well as the rise of advertising that goes beyond just punting a product to actually solving a societal issue...

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Hlumelo Ndoni
MARKETING & MEDIA
How to budget influencer marketing

How to budget influencer marketing
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[Hlumelo Ndoni] Hlumelo Ndoni shares some thoughts on how to structure and budget for your future influencer campaigns...

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Aphelele Tapile
LEGAL
Is it legal for someone to record you without your knowledge?

Is it legal for someone to record you without your knowledge?
[Aphelele Tapile] Recent times have seen the uprising of smartphones against not-so-smart people, and a trending weapon-of-choice in this regard is Call Recording Apps. However, this triggers the ethical question: is it even legal to record conversations without a person's knowledge...?

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Leigh Andrews
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
Add Italian Friday lunches at 95 Keerom to your to-do list

Add Italian Friday lunches at 95 Keerom to your to-do list
[Leigh Andrews] Those of us who work in or around the CBD but travel long distances to the Cape suburbs at the end of the workday can rejoice at the chance to finally incorporate corporate (or not) Italian Friday business lunches at 95 Keerom - formerly only open for dinner - into our bustling schedules...

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Hadlee Simons
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Go go Google Go: all the Go apps in one convenient place

Go go Google Go: all the Go apps in one convenient place
[Hadlee Simons] The last year or so has seen Google release a variety of lightweight "Go" apps for emerging markets, using less data and requiring less storage space than the standard apps...

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Ruth Cooper
Ruth Cooper
[Music] 

Fokofpolisiekar release the music video for ballad, Komma. The video was shot at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in Cape Town as part of the 2018 Summer Concert series.

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Julia Breakey
MARKETING & MEDIA
Why is South Africa not watching South African movies?

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Image © – Memeburn
[Julia Breakey] You hear it all the time (at least in the hipster parts of Cape Town): support local. Wear locally-made clothes, buy fruit and veg from your local vendors. Whether these efforts are helping is unclear, but one area it isn't? Local film...

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Ruth Cooper
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
New Coco Safar flagship store brings indulgent coffee bar and pâtisserie to Sea Point

New Coco Safar flagship store brings indulgent coffee bar and pâtisserie to Sea Point
[Ruth Cooper] With the abundance of juice cleanse diets, S.W.E.A.T 1000 and yoga classes, and not-so-humble fitspiration brag posts clogging up our diaries and social media timelines, it's sometimes deliciously rebellious to give a middle finger to #cleaneating and truly indulge.

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Ilse van den Berg
AUTOMOTIVE
Geely buys $9bn stake in Daimler, now biggest investor

Geely buys $9bn stake in Daimler, now biggest investor
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[Ilse Burger] Chinese manufacturer, Geely, is buying a $9.2bn stake in German automaker, Daimler - which will effectively make it Daimler's biggest shareholder...

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Nicci Botha
ENERGY & MINING
Mantashe: Just the man to mend fences in the mining industry

Gwede Mantashe, newly appointed minister of mineral resources
Gwede Mantashe, newly appointed minister of mineral resources
[Nicci Botha] The appointment of African National Congress stalwart and former unionist, Gwede Mantashe, as mineral resources minister will hopefully end the prickly relationship between the mining houses and the department...

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Brendan Seery
MARKETING & MEDIA
#OrchidsandOnions: Up and over - to the place called Obsession gets an Orchid for Toyota's Prado...

Screengrabs from the Toyota Prado ad by FCB Joburg.
Screengrabs from the Toyota Prado ad by FCB Joburg.
[Brendan Seery] My colleague and friend, Paballo, is a photographer and, as is the mark of a top camera person, he can be slightly obsessive about getting things right: exposure, composition, expression - they all have to be just so...

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Glenn van Eck
MARKETING & MEDIA
The top tips for live experiences in 2018

The top tips for live experiences in 2018
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[Glenn van Eck] The younger generation offers valuable insight as to where brands should be focusing their efforts...

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Danny Bryer
TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup series 2018 to boost Cape's tourism coffers

Image via  Instagram account
Image via Epic World Cup Instagram account
[Danny Bryer] Cycling events in the Cape already boost the economy to the tune of more than R1bn per annum, and 2018 will see the UCI World Cup series kick off the season in Stellenbosch for the first time...

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Ilse van den Berg
Ilse Burger
[Automotive] 

China's Huawei used the artificial intelligence capabilities of its flagship Mate 10 Pro phone to drive a sports car as the Mobile World Congress got underway in Barcelona. The Porshe avoided several obstacles, including a dog and a bike, as it drove in a straight line to demonstrate the AI-powered object recognition technology in the phone's camera.

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Leigh Andrews
MARKETING & MEDIA
#BehindtheSelfie with... Rob Stokes

Stokes in his Red & Yellow happy place.
Stokes in his Red & Yellow happy place.
[Leigh Andrews] This week, we go behind the selfie with Rob Stokes, chairman of the Red & Yellow Creative School of Business...

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RETAIL
Consumer behaviour is shifting - Shouldn't your brand be too? - GO Content Lab

Our packaging connects people to your brand.
Our packaging connects people to your brand.
[Gidgette Osborne] The 9th Packaging Conference on consumer insights and packaging trends, hosted by Stratcom Branding, is coming to Johannesburg on 2 March...

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Martin Myers
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
#MusicExchange: Zolani Mahola

#MusicExchange: Zolani Mahola
[Martin Myers] We chat to lead singer of the seminal South African band Freshlyground, Zolani Mahola.

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Cari Coetzee
TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
How the President Hotel plans to defeat Day Zero

How the President Hotel plans to defeat Day Zero
[Cari Coetzee] With the drought holding sway in Cape Town, both consumers and businesses have had to find ways to preserve water and Cape Town's luxury hotels are no exception...

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Lauren Hartzenberg
RETAIL
Menswear in Africa: bold, brave and patriotic

Menswear in Africa: bold, brave and patriotic
[Lauren Hartzenberg] African fashion is seeing growing recognition abroad, and menswear, in particular, has become bolder, more expressive and less restricted by social norms...

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