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| Marketing & Media |
 | Today, Avatar and M&C Saatchi Abel have announced a share deal that will see each of the agencies acquire a minority stake in each other's operations. Click through for more... Read |
 | MURRAY ROBERTSON Advertising is fun, we all love it and we love watching those classic South African humour based television or radio adverts. But how often do we get one of those? Wimpy and their “Talk Foreign” or Klipdrift with “Met Eish”... Read |
 | In a debate hosted by CNBC Africa in Davos at the World Economic Forum, business and political leaders in Africa stress the need for industrialisation in Africa... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Price comparison site, PriceCheck has launched 'Marketplace', which simplifies the route to purchase. "Consumers will stay on-platform and purchase directly on PriceCheck using our unique one-click checkout," says founder Kevin Tucker... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | HAMLET HLOMENDLINI Good rains have fallen since October 2016 and this has without a doubt brought back production of agricultural crops especially in grain areas around the country... Read |
 | WANDILE SIHLOBO The 2016-17 summer crop production season started on a slightly positive note for Southern Africa's agricultural sector after emerging from a devastating drought in the 2015-16 season... Read |
 | With a number of wine farms being adversely affected by the recent spate of fires in the winelands of the Western Cape, the issue of risk in this sector has once again been brought to the fore... Read |
 | Rather than continuing to treat wastewater like garbage, it should be managed as a resource that can be used to grow crops and address water scarcity in agriculture, says the FAO... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG There's a new pop-up shop in the Mother City and the brand in question is as premium as they come... Read |
 | The second annual Cars.co.za Consumer Awards kicked off last night at the Vodadome in Midrand. The Awards recognised the best derivatives... Read |
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| Education |
 | ISSUED BY VEGA SCHOOL Every year in January, the media reports extensively on the desperate situation in which thousands of matriculants find themselves – that of having qualified for entry into a degree programme, yet not being able to enrol at a public university due to lack of space... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | ROBERT LAING BHP Billiton and Vale have agreed to pay R$155bn (about $47.5bn) to settle a civil claim for the Samarco tailings dam disaster in November 2015... Read |
 | LUTHO MTONGANA Independent power producers (IPPs), who are waiting for Eskom to sign power purchase agreements (PPA), are entitled to approach the courts to force Eskom to sign these agreements, the South African Renewable Energy Council (SAREC) said on Wednesday, 18 January... Read |
 | The mining sector fatality figures improved by 5% in 2016, compared to 2015... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | The number of female graduates at the University of KwaZulu-Natal outstrips that of males by at least 9000 annually, yet gender transformation at the educational institution still has a long way to go... Read |
 | PETER WHITEFORD A new Oxfam Report has a number of startling claims... Read |
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| Finance |
 | HILARY JOFFE SA should shake up its tax system to focus incentives in those sectors where the private sector is most likely to invest to create jobs and lift SA's economic growth rate... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | Working in the sun could lead to one death and around five new cases of melanoma skin cancer a week, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer. Read |
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| Legal |
 | A South Korean judge began deliberating Wednesday whether to formally arrest the heir to the Samsung empire over his alleged role in a corruption scandal... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | Cape Town will play host to South Africa's first International Public Art Festival (IPAF) from 10-20 February, bringing art and art lovers out of the galleries and onto the streets. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | A US startup pursuing Elon Musk's vision for near-supersonic rail transport announced an agreement on a feasibility study for a "hyperloop" system connecting two European cities... Read |
 | A factory producing affordable bicycles, and bike racks at public transport stations are on the cards as Cape Town aims to increase two-wheeled commuter trips... Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Redefine International, the FTSE 250 income-focused, UK-based property group and Israeli pension group Menora Mivtachim have sold four German office assets to a US private equity group for €106m (R1.53bn)... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | MAREIKE PIETZSCH While conservation is as much a buzzword as almond milk, the last few months has seen strong and positive success stories emerging in conservation for Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WORLD TRAVEL MARKET AFRICA With registration officially open, the local and international travel sectors are gearing up for a bigger and better year than ever with WTM Africa 2017 - Africa's most extraordinary B2B travel exhibition... Read |
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| ICT |
 | LEANDRO MINKU How would you feel about getting therapy from a robot? Emotionally intelligent machines may not be as far away as it seems... Read |
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