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| Marketing & Media |
 | BRENDAN SEERY OK, I'll admit MTN already got its foot in the door with me right at the beginning of its new TV ad: I'm a Commodores fan and I think Nightshift (their tribute to soul legend Marvin Gaye - also one of my favourites) is one of the best tracks they produced... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Gavin Forsyth, chief marketing officer of Cybercellar, shares with us the power of collaborative partnerships... Read |
 | The Creative Counsel (TCC) founders and group co-CEOs, Ran Neu-Ner and Gil Oved, were announced as the winners of the Exceptional category at the EY Southern Africa World Entrepreneur Awards 2016... Read |
 | Africa Code Week exceeds targets by training 427,000 students in one week... Read |
 | WARC, the global marketing intelligence service, has released the results of an analysis of the most effective use of social media in marketing, to establish global trends and best practice... Read |
 | More than 200 delegates will convene for IOT Forum Africa 2017, one of Africa's biggest Internet of Things (IoT) conferences to be held over 29-30 March 2017, in Johannesburg. Read |
 | Agency Ogilvy Africa has shone in the MSK and Gong-Gong Awards in Africa... Read |
 | KATHERINE MADLEY Lessons on how we built a culture of Innovation in Alexander Forbes... Read |
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| Retail |
 | With more retailers participating in Black Friday this year, Spree stood out from the crowd by offering a massive 95% discount on a woman's wardrobe staple - the little black dress (LBD). The R399 dress was reduced to R20, and was sold out in less than 30 minutes... Read |
 | Baskin-Robbins, described as the world's largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, will officially launch on 9 December at 11am at the Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Cape Town... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | An interesting upcoming development to hit the African audience is the Continental Free Trade Area to be launched in 2017... Read |
 | CARI VAN WYK As one the economy's key labour intensive sectors, agro-processing is regonised to hold massive opportunity especially regarding the creation of employment opportunities and empowerment... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | UD Trucks has expressed interest in expanding and growing its business within Southern and Eastern Africa... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | HARTMUT WINKLER The long-awaited updated South African IRP has been released for comment... Read |
 | JAMIE MATROOS The UN predicts that around 70% of the world's population will live in cities by... Read |
 | MARK ALLIX Amid paroxysms in the South African steel industry, Afrox said last week that it had reached agreement with ArcelorMittal SA regarding the early termination of a gas supply contract dispute... Read |
 | Climate change is no longer a speculation but a reality in our lives... Read |
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| Education |
 | Educators around the world are invited to participate in Microsoft's annual two-day Skype-a-Thon, where thousands of students will attempt to travel around 4.8 million virtual kilometers... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | The decline in commodity prices had shaved GDP, putting many miners under business rescue... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | RACHEL WYNBERG There are political, environmental and social controversies associated with that most delectable of South African beverages: rooibos tea... Read |
 | RICHARD BETTS The high ambition of the Paris Agreement, to limit global warming to "well below 2°C", was driven by concern over long-term sea level rise... Read |
 | LINDSAY SAMSON Halting the effects of global warming with artificial ice and massive blankets... Read |
 | Pilots participating in the Vintage Air Rally are making their way to South Africa as they prepare to fly over Tanzania's national parks this week... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Roger Norton believes Big Business can learn a lot from how startups think... Read |
 | NICCI BOTHA A policy and legal environment that is conducive to doing business in Africa is critical to attract foreign direct investment... Read |
 | NICCI BOTHA Foreign direct investment into Africa is indeed fraught with legal red tape, but there are platforms that help potential investors navigate their way through... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | An orthopaedic robot arm system that delivers improved accuracy and reproducible joint replacement is now available in South Africa. Read |
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| Legal |
 | GAVIN STANSFIELD, SAMANTHA COETZER AND CRAIG THOMA Many South Africans spend a large part of December and January on leave celebrating the holidays with friends and family... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS "Sensational: Adjective with two popular meanings. 1: Of or relating to sensation or the senses. 2: Arousing a quick, intense interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction."... Read |
 | Tickets are now available for the South African International Tattoo Convention which will be hosted at Cape Town's CTICC from 24-26 March 2017... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | On 26 March 2017, Ethiopian Airlines will commence with five weekly flights to Oslo, the capital of Norway, via Stockholm... Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Sirius Real Estate, the AltX-listed owner of German flexible office space and storage assets, has produced strong results for the period before it expects to move to the JSE's main board next year... Read |
 | According to Tony Clarke, MD of the Rawson Property Group, while the three main groups of homebuyers currently active in SA's housing market have many preferences in common, they also have definite differences when it comes to choosing a new home... Read |
 | ADRIAN GOSLETT Although home staging is not new to the real estate market, its popularity among sellers has seen an increase in recent years... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | South Africa's oldest hotel, the iconic Western Cape Houw Hoek Hotel has been sold to hoteliers Rober Haarburger and Drew Danford for R42 million... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Many organisations hosting top-level strategy sessions and team getaways to define business objectives may end up asking themselves, whether the sessions actually add value...? Read |
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| ICT |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG In 1998, Colin Thornton started Dial a Nerd in the garage of his parents' home, initially fixing the computers of family and friends... Read |
 | A big rise in drone use is likely to lead to a new wave of "dronejackings" by cybercriminals, security experts warned... Read |
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