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 | Yesterday on the weekly Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, we chatted to Cathy Lund from Cosmopolitan SA, Joan Snyder Kuhl from Why Millenials Matter, as well as Justin Williams from Utopian Advertising in our agency focus slot. If you missed the show, listen to the podcast is now available... read more>> |
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 | Gareth Pearson World Entrepreneurship Day takes place tomorrow, 21 August 2014, and is a time for South Africans to review how we facilitate, nurture and encourage entrepreneurship. read more>> |
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 | Neil Roets As credit bureaus now carry much less information about indebted consumers, due to the new dti regulations, it is incumbent upon consumers to do their own credit assessment to see whether they can afford additional debt. read more>> |
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 | Growthpoint Properties has begun its R33-million worth of refurbishment to Rustenburg's Waterfall Mall, scheduled to be complete by December this year. read more>> |
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 | City Lodge Hotels has set aside R475m to build two new hotels in East Africa, and is looking for other opportunities to add hotels in capital cities across East and Southern Africa, the company said. read more>> |
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 | The American clothing company's first ever Pioneer Nation festival aims at helping young South Africans design a passionate, productive future for their generation. read more>> |
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 | Marking the start of its expansion in Central Africa, African e-commerce site Jumia, has now launched in Cameroon. This follows its successful launches in Uganda and Ghana and takes the... read more>> |
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 | Stuart Gonsal Of all e-commerce-related websites there is little doubt that EBay is the biggest. It's hard now to imagine a world in which EBay doesn't exist; so many of us have become reliant on the auction site to sell unwanted items and to purchase stuff that we do want on the cheap. read more>> |
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 | The annual Franschhoek Uncorked Festival, over the weekend of 27 and 28 September 2014, will launch summer's wine drinking experiences with limited releases wines, new releases and wine specials... read more>> |
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 | The 2014 Nederburg Auction lines up some impressive white wines for its auction on 12-13 September, demonstrating that the cellar's ability to make enduring wines is not confined to reds or sweet wines. read more>> |
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 | Haute Cabrière releases 2014 Unwooded Pinot NoirHaute Cabrière has released the 2014 vintage of its Unwooded Pinot Noir. Often described as a 'red white wine', it offers non-red wine drinkers an introduction to red wines. It is best enjoyed chilled and is an ideal match with pastas and salads, roast beef, lamb or duck. It is available from the cellar and selected restaurants and retailers countrywide. For more information, go to www.cabriere.co.za. |
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 | Issued by Rentokil Initial Initial South Africa is pleased to announce the launch of a new hand dryer to the South African market; the Dyson Airblade V available through Initial... read more>> |
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 | Sun International says it will sell a portion of its interests in its African assets to a foreign subsidiary of Thailand-listed Minor International Public Co (Mint) for R664m. read more>> |
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 | The Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) has started phase one of the R40m upgrade of Singaphi Street in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. read more>> |
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 | Linda Ensor The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) believes its jurisdiction over the proclaimed national road network trumps the Cape Town city council's wish that the Winelands toll road project on the N1 and N2 be halted. read more>> |
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 | Social dialogue is of little value in transforming SA's economy as it only reinforces the positions adopted by the government, business and labour, a manufacturing forum in Sandton has heard. read more>> |
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 | Packaging group Transpaco said it expects the tough trading environment in the plastics and metal sector to continue "for a while" following a recent national strike. read more>> |
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 | New research released yesterday by InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) reveals that of more than 10,000 travellers across 13 countries worldwide, nearly 40% pack their smartphone in their suitcases and 67% agree that they will use it every single day. As a result, 1 in 10 travellers clock an average of 70 hours online while on holiday - almost 20% of the actual time spent on a two-week holiday. read more>> |
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 | Issued by Clover The first season of the Clover Little Big Cook Off finished in a gripping finale that was packed with tears, laughter and celebration. The final episode saw Team Sugar and Spice walk off with up to R1,000,000 in prizes... read more>> |
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 | Following a successful trial of digital menu boards in 10 KFC stores over the past five years, PVision and One Digital Media have provided and installed over 5000 digital menus... read more>> |
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 | Jessica Taylor While the concept of a mobile nail technician is nothing new, a business that manages a 'skulk' of them is. Tové de Chazal and Emma Gallo have hit the nail on the head with the launch of FoxBox - a mobile nail service offering treatments in the corporate space and more recently, your home. read more>> |
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 | Zeenat Moorad Continental retail kingpin Shoprite's three top-performing countries outside SA are 80% stocked with non-South African products. read more>> |
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 | Zeenat Moorad Buying out its franchisees is a move that has paid off handsomely for Woolworths, which went on to build a roaring multibillion-rand food business. read more>> |
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 | Cari Van Wyk Late last week saw the convergence of leaders in industries at the Table Bay Hotel, V&A, for the Growth, Innovation and Leadership Conference by Frost & Sullivan... read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: The US Department of Homeland Security has warned businesses to watch for hackers targeting customer data with malicious computer code like that used against retail company Target. read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK, USA: US online company Amazon is preparing to take on Google in one of its core businesses, internet advertising, the Wall Street Journal said, citing sources familiar with the developments. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Uber has moved into dining and travel smartphone applications in a moved at at settting itself up at the heart of mobile lifestyles. read more>> |
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 | LONDON, UK: British supermarket chain Sainsbury's apologised on Monday, 18 August 2014, after staff at a central London store removed kosher food from shelves in response to protesters outside demanding a boycott of Israeli goods. read more>> |
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 | More Matshediso Communications Minister, Faith Muthambi, claims women have shown courage in pioneering economic emancipation in southern Africa and beyond. read more>> |
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 | More Matshediso Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), Senzeni Zokwana, says the contribution made by women in the farming sector cannot be under-estimated as this is how they put food on the table for their families. read more>> |
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 | Rob Rose There's a story about Jacques Schindehütte, Telkom's devil-may-care former finance boss, that provides a measure of the man. read more>> |
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 | Rosebank's Hyatt Regency was refurbished last year at a cost of R80m, and now claims to be one of the country's leading hotels with its flagship restaurant, onenineone. read more>> |
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 | Brian Berkman Following a knockout stay at the historic and charming Coopmanshuijs Hotel in the heart of Stellenbosch, Contributing Editor Brian Berkman asked vivacious general manager Ilzebet Oosthuizen for her 10 Things She Loves About Stellenbosch... read more>> |
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 | Sindy Peters How many courses can you prepare using, say, mushrooms, fennel, or perhaps bacon? Can you imagine a delicious dessert with fennel in it? Chef Matt Manning can; showing off his culinary skills at the One Ingredient new venue launch, he conjured up a titillating tasting menu. read more>> |
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Earn while you learn with our two-year retail sales training program.
There are 15 sought-after positions on the training program in our Pretoria stores. Read more >>
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 The Retail Congress Africa offers a truly high level strategic retail congress specific to the Pan-African markets. Read more >> |
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Red Bag SaleWestgate Super Regional Shopping Centre - 26 Aug 2014 to 1 Sep 2014 Roodepoort SecuritisationUCT Professional Development Project - 27 Aug 2014 to 28 Aug 2014 Johannesburg |
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Margaret Mead "I learned the value of hard work by working hard." Anna Pavlova "No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius." Robert Frost "The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office." Henry J. Kaiser "When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt." Elbert Hubbard "The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today." |
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