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| Marketing & Media |
 | Despite Ficksburg's reputation as South Africa's cherry capital, Ceres is increasingly getting a bigger piece or the cherry pie... Read |
 | PASQUA HEARD Continuing its mission to make South Africa's creative industry more accessible and inclusive, Umuzi, a creative academy and agency based in Johannesburg, will be expanding to Cape Town this year... Read |
 | LOUISE MARSLAND A week in politics can indeed change the world, bringing us “alternative facts”, “black ops” war rooms and social media resistance fighters… Read |
 | PILIRA MWAMBALA It's imperative for the local digital advertising ecosystem to be unified so that knowledge sharing remains at the core of this cutting-edge industry… Read |
 | TOM MANNERS How do you create a powerful brand narrative in the age of the smartphone..? Read |
 | New media award to promote evidence-based journalism on migration… Read |
 | Ghana's telecommunications sector could be in for a major shakeup… Read |
 | MTN Group confirmed its support of a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) led drive to rewrite Africa's history from an African perspective, through the General History of Africa (GHA) initiative… Read |
 | There has been global condemnation for a terror attack in which seven journalists were also wounded… Read |
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| Retail |
 | JESSICA TENNANT I recently met with Catharina Eklof and Victor de Koc from Mastercard to discuss some of the emerging trends in merchant payments... Read |
 | JULIA AHLFELDT Poor performance over the festive season suggests shoppers are spending elsewhere... Read |
 | LONDON - Supermarket chain Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, announced Friday it has agreed to purchase food wholesaler Booker for £3.7 billion ($4.7 billion, 4.4 billion euros)... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | MARK SMYTH While investigations continue into the Ford Kuga fires crisis, the company has now been dealt another blow... Read |
 | Good news! The new Volvo S90 is now available in South Africa. Making its local debut as the second brand-new Volvo since the company began its ‘New Dawn' renaissance... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | DOMINIC PREUSS South African steel production fell by 4.2% in 2016 to an estimated 6.141-million tonnes, according to the World Steel Association. This compared to an 0.8% rise in global steel production to 1.6285-billion tonnes... Read |
 | The fifth instalment of the Women in Construction Awards is now open for nominations... Read |
 | GAVIN HOLME AND RUDRAKSH BHAWALKAR As technology evolves at an exponential pace, and increasing numbers of individuals live in urban areas, the concept of smart cities is gaining momentum... Read |
 | The implementation of tougher water restrictions from 1 February 2017 has been approved by the City of Cape Town's Council... Read |
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| Education |
 | KHULEKANI MAGUBANE Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande is to meet with the South African Further Education and Training Students Association on Friday to iron out ongoing concerns... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | One third of the world's population has no electricity, and the same applies for South Africa, where the majority of these people live in rural, remote areas... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | More than 1,000 students from the “missing middle” stand to benefit from a new student funding scheme... Read |
 | WAYNE MARTINDALE Beef from Brazil, avocados from Mexico, lamb from New Zealand, wines from South Africa and green beans from Kenya – food shopping lists have a distinctly international flavour... Read |
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| Finance |
 | LIONEL SHAWE The IASB has issued its new international accounting standards, which removes the distinction between finance leases and operating leases with effect from 1 January 2019... Read |
 | Further insights by Mark Mobius on investing in China... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | SA's health department plans to adopt a no-compromise position on vaping and related products... Read |
 | US pharmaceuticals giant Johnson & Johnson is buying Europe's biggest bio-pharmaceutical firm, Actelion, for $30bn in a deal that creates a new spin-off company... Read |
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| Legal |
 | The Department of Home Affairs has dismissed reports that it has ordered the immediate deportation of undocumented migrants in the country... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS A few weeks into the work year, there's nothing more revitalising than a quick night away. That's just what we did when we were invited back to Wellington's Val du Charron. And the food at their new on-site restaurant, Piza e Vino? My goodness, the food... Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN There are four films opening this week: La La Land, Hoener Met Die Rooi Skoene, Collateral Beauty and XXX: The Return Of Xander Cage. Read |
 | Having launched in Johannesburg four months ago, UberEATS, an on-demand food delivery app powered by Uber, will start serving Cape Town... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Angola's sovereign wealth fund, Fundo Soberano de Angola, has committed to invest $180 million in a strategic deep sea port in Angola. This investment will create the first deep sea water port in Angola... Read |
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| Property |
 | SAMUEL SEEFF The recent decision by the Monetary Policy Committee of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to keep the interest rate at the current level of 7% (home loan base rate of 10.5%) for the fifth successive meeting is most welcome news... Read |
 | Property sellers should not rely on the “blind protection” of the voetstoots clause if they don't have approved building plans, warns Liesel Greyvenstein, one of the directors of Greyvensteins Attorneys... Read |
 | ADRIAN GOSLETT South African Reserve Bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago announced recently at the first Monetary Policy Committee meeting of 2017 that the repo rate will remain unchanged at 7% with the prime lending rate staying at its current figure of 10.5%... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Turkish Airlines has enhanced its in-flight entertainment system, featuring a completely redesigned and improved user interface. Read |
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| ICT |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG The number of mobile phone users is expected to hit 4.8 billion in 2017 and 2,55 billion people are predicted to engage on social networks... Read |
 | Social media giant Facebook announced late Wednesday it had recruited Hugo Barra, who recently quit a top position with Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi... Read |
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