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Shoprite Group rolls out fully recyclable potato bags

Shoprite Group rolls out fully recyclable potato bags

Issie Kirsh has passed away at 90. Source: Primedia.

Issie Kirsh, pioneering force behind 702 and Primedia, passes away at 90

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Bradly Howland, president-elect: Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (Prisa) says while the public relations profession is changing, that change is nota collapse. Transformation is not crisis (image supplied)

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