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| Marketing & Media |
 | CHRIS MOERDYK The burning Ford Kuga issue is not only a PR nightmare but a demonstration of how badly social media is handled in South Africa... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Skills, technology and trust are the three key areas of concern for South African CEOs according to PwC's latest CEO Survey, the 20th Annual Global CEO Survey... Read |
 | CHEMORY GUNKO Content marketing is defined as a strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly-defined audience... Read |
 | J. PETER PHAM These are the top 10 African economies to watch in 2017 when evaluating Africa's economic prospects… Read |
 | Call for Papers for AU ECHO 2017 with the theme, ‘Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investments in Youth'… Read |
 | Africa will need about 360 billion dollars by 2040 to apply the planned ‘16-16-16' infrastructure development programme in Africa… Read |
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| Retail |
 | KYLE ROZENDO Kyle Rozendo, CTO at SID puts forward nine simple ways to make sweeping changes to e-commerce website performance... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | MARK ALLIX The EU says the link between imports from the bloc and "alleged disturbances" in the South African chicken market is not clearly established - especially in relation to two years of drought in SA... Read |
 | Mastercard has launched a digital platform which connects smallholder farmers, agents, buyers, and banks in East Africa. 2KUZE will enable farmers to buy, sell, and receive payments for agricultural goods using their feature phones... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Tyre maker Bridgestone has come out in support of legal action by the Brits Industrialists Association (BIA) against the Madibeng Municipality... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | TOM NEVIN In the months ahead, the Kariba Dam hydroelectric scheme must deal with the twin challenges of not holding enough water on the one hand and too much of it on the other... Read |
 | Cashbuild says its revenue from the 20 new stores it has opened since July 2015 have contributed to a 4% increase in revenue for the second half of 2016... Read |
 | KENNY INGRAM Huge tower blocks built in weeks under one roof, automated bridge-building behemoths, bricklaying robots... Read |
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| Education |
 | A principal of an unaccredited college in Johannesburg got the shock of his life on Monday when Department of Higher Education and Training officials paid him a visit and declared his college bogus... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | PERICLES ANETOS Mining output plunged 4.2% in November from a year earlier, Statistics SA said on Tuesday, 17 January... Read |
 | Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell will sign a deal to sell its Gabon oil assets to US fund Carlyle this month, a source close to the talks said Monday, 16 January, as unions threatened further strike action. Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | ADEMOLA ADENLE The aim of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is to transform lives around the world over the next 13 years... Read |
 | NATHAN NAYAGAR The threat of global resource management is growing. While the milestones of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement, which South Africa has adopted along with support for the Common African Position (CAP), help raise awareness of the challenges ahead, there is a growing need for businesses to play a leading role... Read |
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| Finance |
 | First National Bank (FNB) and RMB have been recognised as the Best Forex Provider in South Africa at the 17th annual World's Best FX Provider for 2017... Read |
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| Legal |
 | The South African Police Service (SAPS) has sanctioned investigations into officers who were on the scene during a fatal shooting of an officer in Katlehong in Gauteng... Read |
 | Carmaker Ford had to be threatened with an ultimatum to make it take action - "Either you sort out your combusting Kuga SUVs or we will"... Read |
 | GAVIN STANSFIELD Following Gezani Isaac Masingi's unsuccessful application for the post of Municipal Manager of the Greater Giyani Municipality, Masingi sought to find out why... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | ALEXANDRE TORRAO Alexandre Torrao, MD of MUCHOMOO Experiential Marketing & Events Agency, Johannesburg identifies key trends for 2017 in the live experience space. Read |
 | Taking place at the Green Point Sports Fields on 17 April 2017, Parklife Music & Gourmet Street Food Festival will be headlined by Australian Rock Group The Temper Trap. The festival gates will open at 10am. Read |
 | MARTIN MYERS Martin Myers, founder of music conference Music Exchange, chats to emerging talent Roeshdien Jaz aka Mr Jaz in our new weekly music focused column: #MusicExchange. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | KARL GERNETZKY SAA has appointed aviation consultants Seabury to advise its board on the restructuring process being undertaken by the airline... Read |
 | Uganda Breweries under the "Red Card Campaign" has partnered with Uber where their consumers will receive free Uber rides to encourage zero tolerance to drunk driving... Read |
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| Property |
 | Baby Boomers are challenging the stereotypes of retirement, grand-parenting, and what type of home they are likely to live in as they age... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Investec Australia Property Fund (IAPF) has bought two office properties to expand its exposure to New South Wales, Australia's largest and strongest-performing economy... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Expectations were exceeded with visitor traffic at the city's major attractions and Cape Town International Airport in December 2016... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Despite a challenging 2016, there are certain sectors that are ripe with opportunity for astute entrepreneurs to capitalise on in 2017... Read |
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| ICT |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Five semi-finalists have been chosen to progress to the next phase of Mozilla's $250,000 Equal Rating Innovation Challenge... Read |
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