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 | Saul Aryeh Shoot The ASA's claims in respect of its regulation of medicine advertising are misleading. Read more >>
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 | Sony Mobile has introduced the Xperia C3, claimed to be the world's best selfie smartphone, fully optimised for selfies, featuring a new 'PROselfie cam' and selfie apps. Read more >>
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 | The Swiss-made Luminox brand, first launched in 1989, has a new range coming out in South Africa in August 2014. Read more >>
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 | The 'Surfers Helping Surfers' campaign is a newly launched campaign that calls on the surfing community to donate old wetsuits that can then be reused... Read more >>
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 | Lyndsey Moorhouse South African organisations have a significant opportunity to improve their customer service performance, by more closely aligning their back-office people and processes with those in the front-office... Read more >>
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 | In partnership with MTN, South African e-commerce technology company, uAfrica, has announced the first phase of its expansion plan into Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda with key business partners reportedly... Read more >>
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 | Emilian Popa has been appointed as the new CEO for Groupon South Africa. With a record of accomplishment of founding and co-founding a number of online retail businesses. Read more >>
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 | Wellness Warehouse has partnered Innervation, to integrate its in-store loyalty rewards programme seamlessly for online shoppers. Read more >>
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 | The Edge, a new secure chip and PIN card reader that plugs into a smartphone, coupled with the iKhokha mobile app, transforms the phone into a secure mobile Point of... Read more >>
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 | Fashion ecommerce retailer Zando has recently developed a brand-new website based on the latest technology. Read more >>
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 | The 2014 finalists for the annual Rising Star Awards have been announced. These are young, talented business people under the age of 40 who have been selected from hundreds of... Read more >>
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 | The winter Falke Trail Run, which was rained out last weekend, will take place at Muratie wine estate on Sunday 13 July 2014. More than 300 participants took to... Read more >>
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Mini Port Festival on Sunday 27 July at MuratieMuratie Estate in Stellenbosch, in conjunction with Juvenal Corks, will be hosting a Mini Port Festival from 10am to 4pm on Sunday 27 July with South Africa's top 10 port producers. The festival offers food stalls, the Muratie Farm Kitchen and purchases of port at cellar door prices. Due to limited space, visitors are advised to book in advance by calling +27(0) 21 865 2330 or emailing info@muratie.co.za.
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 | Brendan Peacock More than 200 South African and international artworks sold for a total of R36m at the Strauss & Co auction this week... Read more >>
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 | In a global search to find the next runway 'It' girl, fashion designer Vivienne Tam has collaborated with WeChat, the social communications app, in an online contest. One girl will... Read more >>
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 | Jessica Taylor It was a dress that caught my eye - like a pure off-white pearl contrasting the burnt remains and harsh scaffolding of the building next door. Read more >>
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 | To boost conference bookings during the winter period, Kievits Kroon Country Estate has launched a R150,000 incentive competition Read more >>
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 | Bakers SA, having purchased a site in 2011 from JHI Properties, has now purchased the adjoining site in Sheffield Business Park in Lansdowne Road, Cape Town... Read more >>
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 | Autodesk University Extension (AUx), described as one of the largest design events in South Africa, returns to Johannesburg on 4 September 2014 at The Forum in Bryanston. Read more >>
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 | Leading Chinese automotive manufacturer First Automotive Works (FAW), has launched its R600m assembly plant in Zone 2 of the Coega Development Corporation's (CDC) Industrial... Read more >>
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 | South African manufacturing is facing a range of challenges that the sector must meet and beat if the sector is to take its rightful place in the SA economy and beyond SA. Read more >>
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 | Ilse du Plessis There was an interesting article in a publication called TBO (Trademarks and Brands Online) entitled Fluid Trademarks: Keeping Them Watertight. So what are fluid trademarks? Read more >>
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 | Tiffany Conley The value of intellectual property has never been more important than the present, with local and international fashion houses and manufacturers in the clothing, footwear... Read more >>
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 | Ice-cream manufacturer Ola Magnum conducted a 'Me Time' survey to understand how South Africans choose to spend their leisure hours... Read more >>
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 | According to the recently launched 2014 BPeSA Key Indicator Report, the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry employs over 40,000 people, of which approximately 11,500 are because of foreign direct investment. Read more >>
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 | According to Alvanon, the international sizing company that provides state-of-the-art body scanners for surveys, this Woolworths' South African national sizing survey is the most successful sizing campaign rolled out globally to date. Read more >>
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 | On the last Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding chatted to Andrew Hall, Kevin Jacobson and Toby Shapshak. [twitterfall] Read more >>
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 | As part of its winter campaign, Ocean Basket has launched a TVC, 'The Prawn Extravaganza' with leggy prawns doing the can-can, which encourages consumers to... Read more >>
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 | Rolf Akermann All other categories in the liquor sector have a very strong and focused positioning. Why not wines? It seems as if wine estates believe their... Read more >>
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 | Emerging craft producers have earned R590,000 by trading at two prominent Cape Town venues - the Castle of Good Hope and the Red Shed at the V&A. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Openfield Openfield has successfully negotiated a partnership with Mercedes-Benz South Africa as one of the commercial partners for the V&A Waterfront Partners Programme. The 12 month agreement, centres on Mercedes-Benz attaining... Read more >>
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 | Allan Seccombe De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) is close to completing a probe into the leak of sensitive data about its pricing of rough diamonds and details of sales to South African clients, company CEO Philip Barton has said. Read more >>
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 | RiCharge has announced its newest product, the Super Station, set to become the ultimate tablet and smartphone charging solution in Africa. It charged up to 12 devices simultaneously with each... (video) Read more >>
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 | Pinnacle Africa has launched The Division, its new high-tech hub focussed on high performance computing and electronics, with a team of technology experts selecting the best... Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: - Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk has agreed to donate $1m to help fund a new museum dedicated to inventor Nikolai Tesla. Read more >>
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 | MOSCOW: RUSSIA: The father of a Russian man detained by the US on hacking charges warned on that his son would die without medical help, in yet another spat between Moscow and Washington. Read more >>
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 | BEIJING, CHINA: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has accused US technology company Apple of threatening national security through its iPhone's ability to track and time-stamp a user's location. Read more >>
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 | BRASILIA, BRAZIL: A scheme that has been skimming funds from Brazilian bank payments over the past two years may be the largest cybercrime heist in history, at some $3.75bn, security researchers say. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, US: The FBI and National Security Agency monitored the emails of prominent Muslim-American activists, academics and a political candidate, according to a report co-authored by journalist Glenn Greenwald. Read more >>
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 | DüSSELDORF, GERMANY: Grohe has launched a new showroom experience, which puts its spa products centre stage and invites visitors to be inspired in an oasis of indulgence. Read more >>
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 | Ian Henderson KFC succeeds in China, where Home Depot, Mattel and eBay could not, by localising the brand itself and not just its collateral. Read more >>
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 | TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Taiwan's struggling smartphone maker HTC said it has swung back to profit in the April-June quarter thanks to a boost from sales of a new flagship handset, but... Read more >>
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 | The country's economy has battled to fully recover from the impact of the 2009 recession due to low productivity in the mining and manufacturing sectors. Read more >>
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 | NEWSWATCH: Faith Muthambi, the minister of communications, will appear before a parliamentary committee to explain why she confirmed Hlaudi Motsoeneng permanently in his position as the SABC's COO. Read more >>
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 | Douglas Kruger Oprah said that the best answer to racism was personal excellence. The concept can be taken even further. Personal excellence is the solution to a great many things, one of which is the catastrophically damaging labour unrest currently choking our economy into negative growth. Read more >>
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 | Leadership problems and the SABC's lack of investment in content may finally be catching up with the public broadcaster. Read more >>
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 | Debbie Hathway National Arts Festival artistic director Ismail Mahomed's invitation to the Grand Théâtre de Genève (Geneva Ballet) to perform in Grahamstown in early July this year brought the company to Cape Town afterwards and has put the wheels in motion for a tour to Bloemfontein, Durban and Johannesburg in 2015. Read more >>
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 | Brian Berkman People who think that the Pansy Shell is what most identify with as the symbol of Plettenberg Bay are wrong. Read more >>
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 | Prana Lodge Private Beach Estate and Spa in Chintsa East, East London, has recently added to its wellness offering a flourishing herb garden on its premises. Read more >>
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 | Women on Wheels (WOW) has announced the finalists of the 2014 WOW Women's Car of the Year Awards. Read more >>
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 | Brian Berkman All top hotels now enquire about dietary requirements when you book but this is the first time I've been presented with a full menu tailored to my low-carb, high-fat, no sugar diet. Read more >>
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 | Angie White I've been acquainted with Chef Seelan Sundoo's visionary culinary skills once before, so I knew I was in for a treat when invited to dine at his very own Seelan - a restaurant and bar offering a celebration of flavour in the best sense of the word and a relaxed yet refined atmosphere. Read more >>
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Robert Louis Stevenson "To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life." Peter Marshall "Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned." William James "If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it." Joe Girard "The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time." Jim Rohn "You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour." |
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