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| Marketing & Media |
 | LOUISE MARSLAND We are entering a new era of brand activism as brands step up to speak out against political decisions they feel are morally wrong… Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS With World Cancer Day having just been marked on 4 February, the dreaded ‘C' word is top of mind. Here's how Cancer Dojo has partnered with the Berklee College of Music and employed design thinking to turn the scary noises of MRI machines into uplifting music... Read |
 | LESLIE PASCAUD Economics has long been based on the assumption that as humans we make rational, purposefully thought out decisions that are in our best interest... Read |
 | Uber and Hubble (previously known as Taxi Media Group) have partnered to offer riders interactive entertainment during their trips... Read |
 | The 11th edition of the Africa Finance & Investment Forum ‘Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Growth' will be hosted in Nairobi for the first time… Read |
 | Rwandan journalist Johnson Kanamagire wins APO competition trip to Dubai… Read |
 | JWT MENA Future 100 report on consumer drivers of change and behaviour for brands across the region… Read |
 | KATE DOUGLAS The pay-TV market in Africa is getting interesting with Econet's Kwesé TV challenging MultiChoice's DStv... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Without wanting to sound sexist, have you noticed that women will watch movies over and over… and over again! And, woe betide the mere male who tries to wrest the remote control from She Who Will Watch Notting Hill For The 17th Time… Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Verusha Maharaj, newly promoted GM – Africa at The Creative Counsel... Read |
 | DAMON STAPLETON Quick, name your top 10 Super Bowl ads from this year. I know, it's a struggle. I am asking you to remember 10 out of a 100 or so ads whose sole purpose is to be memorable... Read |
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| Retail |
 | South Africans will soon be dining at such well-known UK brands as Bella Italia, Café Rouge, Las Iguanas and Belgo, following a franchise deal... Read |
 | According to the City of Cape Town's Economic Performance Indicators (EPIC) Report for the third quarter of 2016, to benefit fully from the shift toward online retail in Africa... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | HAMLET HLOMENDLINI One of the questions posed by Trump's team particularly probed AGOA, which gives some products made in Africa duty-free access to the US... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | The South African GT Challenge kicks off at Phakisa on 25 February 2017, with several sensational new cars set to join the action... Read |
 | GRAEME HOSKEN The tightness of wheel nuts and the operation of air conditioning systems, lights and indicators are just some of the checks Ford requires Kuga owners to do... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | According to Hassan Shaikh, founder of Revolve, a specialist corporate and retail interior design strategy agency, SA companies are getting workspace design wrong... Read |
 | The PPC Imaginarium Awards, together with the artEC Community Art Centre in Port Elizabeth, is hosting a pop-up exhibition showcasing artworks from the Eastern Cape's emerging creatives... Read |
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| Education |
 | HILARY JOFFE As SA's universities begin the new academic year, the private sector has already raised about R140m of a targeted R200m to finance the pilot scheme for the new funding model for poor and "missing middle" students... Read |
 | Building on its solid growth over the past three years, the South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP) has opened its third campus in the country, in Pretoria... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | NICCI BOTHA Minerals minister's opening address at the Investing in African Mining Indaba... Read |
 | NICCI BOTHA People should be buying gold on the back of a strong dollar and a recessionary economic environment... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | If you don't like lifeless hair, dandruff on your shoulders and plastics in your ocean, you can tackle all three in the shower... Read |
 | CHRISTOPHE REVELLI At the beginning of 2017, France announced the launch of its green bonds scheme... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Technologist and serial entrepreneur, Andreas M Antonopoulos has been confirmed as keynote speaker at the Blockchain Africa Conference in Johannesburg from 1-3 March 2017... Read |
 | MICHAEL BOWREN The Indian government is banking its unbanked population by limiting the amount of cash that can be drawn at one time, identifying populations with high potential to ‘go cashless', and by subsidising smart phones... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | Last year the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS), in common with other medical schemes, noted rising healthcare costs in the country... Read |
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| Legal |
 | GILLIAN LUMB AND ANLI BEZUIDENHOUT There are many instances in which an employee's continued employment is dependent upon the requirements of a client of the employer... Read |
 | White-collar crime costs the South African economy a huge amount every year. One expert puts the figure at R930 million a year, and poor conviction rates are estimated to be driving a 50% rise in this kind of crime... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The Dance Umbrella festival programme is out and features over 50 new works, with a strong focus on young artists. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has finalised a firm purchase agreement with Dublin-based regional carrier, CityJet... Read |
 | Parts of the N12 freeway in Gauteng will be temporarily closed between 6am and 2pm this Saturday and Sunday on the Kliptown/Samfur Bridge... Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON The phasing out of the FTSE/JSE South African Listed Property Index (Sapy) and the creation of three indices have been welcomed by numerous fund managers, whose investment choice has been expanded... Read |
 | ADRIAN GOSLETT Unless a property buyer is purchasing a home from a developer or speculator whose ordinary course of business is to sell properties, the CPA does not come into play... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | South Africa's tourism industry could be referred to as the country's proverbial pot of gold and is expected to once again provide an invaluable contribution to the country's national GDP in 2017... Read |
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