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| Marketing & Media |
 | EMMA GLOVER As an English girl living in South Africa for the last year, I have noticed stark differences in the ways brands and their audiences behave online. Not only are the content themes noticeably different to the European way of thinking... Read |
 | CHRIS GREGORY How many of you are guilty of recycling the phrase 'print is dead'? Read |
 | The Nedbank VinPro Information Day, which focused on ways to unlock value from the farm gate to the shelf, revealed its annual forecast... Read |
 | FAO targets pastoralists in Ethiopia's southern regions facing failed rains on heels of a calamitous El Niño… Read |
 | Influencer marketing: how Kenyan brands are partnering with celebs and bloggers… Read |
 | Crowdfunding solutions are becoming increasingly popular for African entrepreneurs to raise funds to realise their dreams… Read |
 | AMROTE ABDELLA Mobile and cloud may be global technologies, but African startups have explored their functionalities, shaped their applications and used them to build differentiated business models suited to their markets... Read |
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| Retail |
 | STAFFORD THOMAS With even the darling of the retail sector now showing weakness, prospects for trading this year look bleak... Read |
 | ZEENAT MOORAD From a humble start selling jeans out of a car boot the Aussie retailer has become a global operation... Read |
 | ANN CROTTY AB InBev stresses the voluntary severance targeting management will not interfere with commitments on post-merger employment... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | This year has started off with manufacturers sending test models all over the world. Mercedes is one of the busiest... Read |
 | GRAEME HOSKEN Shocked Ford owners are being told that their Kugas are worthless, as the global motoring giant scrambles to calm the storm over burning cars... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | International trade fair for office furnishing and technology Orgatec took place in Cologne late last year under the theme of 'Creativity Works'... Read |
 | ROBERT LAING The cost of building houses rose on average to R6‚539/m² in November‚ representing inflation of 6.4% over 11 months from January‚ Absa property analyst Jacques du Toit said in a research note on Friday, 20 January... Read |
 | ALLAN SECCOMBE Lonmin‚ the world's third largest platinum miner‚ has to build accommodation for 11‚500 of its employees‚ but the weak platinum price is working against major housing investment‚ CEO Ben Magara said on Friday, 20 January... Read |
 | ROBERT WELLINGTON Yellow-gold swagged curtains, glimpsed in the first pictures from the Trump administration's official duties in the Oval Office, have fuelled speculation over whether America's new president will bring his signature taste in interior design to the White House... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Sibanye Gold has met a major antitrust condition in the US as part of its $2.2bn takeover of Stillwater Mining... Read |
 | Shifting electricity distribution from local government hands to Eskom would have serious repercussions on local and state coffers... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | AGATHE MAUPIN AND MERCY MWANIKAH OJOYI There is an increasing global demand for food, water and energy. All three are inter-linked, a fact that has increasingly become the focus of attention for policy makers and governments... Read |
 | NATHAN NAYAGAR Responsible business and sustainability are not necessarily terms that inspire excitement – but they should. By thinking outside the box, companies are using increasingly innovative approaches to get involved in recycling and become a part of the circular economy... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Life insurers are beginning to re-evaluate their business models as connected customers demand a more seamless experience and fintech introduces innovative technologies... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | JOAN VAN DYK The health department says the problems with placements are overstated... Read |
 | Twin girls joined at the lower abdomen were separated in a six-hour operation... Read |
 | A group of public and private sector leaders who aim to ensure malaria eradication remains a top global priority have launched the End Malaria Council... Read |
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| Legal |
 | ROSALIND DAVEY AND ROVINA ASRAY Many employers provide electronic resources such as e-mail and internet facilities to their employees to enable them to carry out their duties and functions. The inevitable question is whether or not employees can claim a right to privacy when using their employer's electronic resources... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The Sun Met celebrated with Mumm will take place this Saturday, 28 January, at Kenilworth Racecourse. Racegoers are encouraged to dress up to this year's theme, Decades of Glamour. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Imperial Logistics has partnered with Ghanaian conglomerate LMI Holdings to form Imperial LMI Logistics with the aim to deliver world-class logistics services in Ghana and West Africa... Read |
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| Property |
 | According to Claire Harris, sales agent for the Rawson Property Group's Green Point franchise, demographics in Cape Town's Mouille Point are taking a decided shift towards out-of-town investment purchasers and short-term letting... Read |
 | While the new Sectional Title Schemes Management Act (STSMA) repealed several provisions of the Sectional Titles Act of 1986 (STA), the one does not replace the other entirely, explains Mandi Hanekom, operations manager of sectional title finance company Propell... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH With 40 days to go, Meetings Africa launched at the Living Room, in the Moboneng Precinct Johannesburg, with a clear message: tourism must be sustainable and inclusive if it is to be meaningful... Read |
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| ICT |
 | DAMIAN MICHAEL Technology surrounds us. It pervades nearly every tangible object used in our day-to-day lives. We have smartphones, smart TVs, smart offices and smart homes... Read |
 | MAURITZ VENTER Frost & Sullivan recently highlighted the top technology trend predictions for 2017, among them the need for the adoption of content intensive strategies... Read |
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