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| Marketing & Media |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The ABC 4th Quarter 2016 results, released via webinar for the first time, show that the total number of products and titles reported on for the ABC 4th quarter 2016 has increased to 982 from 854 in 2015... Read |
 | SAN FRANCISCO - Pinterest on Wednesday infused more machine smarts into its online bulletin boards, pushing harder into e-commerce by enabling people to use smartphones to identify products they might wish to pursue... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with technophile Alan Bell, in his new role as partner and managing director at M&C Saatchi Abel Johannesburg... Read |
 | 140 BBDO launched the third issue of its zine, I Get Paid for This at First Thursdays on 2 February to an overwhelming response... Read |
 | World Food Programme, UNHCR, the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement and many non-governmental organisations received aid from Germany… Read |
 | International airlines are refusing to fly to an alternative hub when the only airport serving Nigeria's capital shuts down, forcing travellers to make lengthy detours at extra cost… Read |
 | The International Committee of AFRIMA has called on the new leadership of the African Union Commission to forge a deeper integration of Africa through cultural exchanges… Read |
 | TOM JACKSON VC firm LoftyInc Capital Management has announced the close of its Afropreneur Fund 1 and the launch of a new US$25 million Afropreneur Fund II... Read |
 | Football legend Didier Drogba stars in a new Turkish Airlines ad shot entirely on the African continent… Read |
 | WASHINGTON - Twitter shares plunged on Thursday as the social network reported sluggish revenue and user growth, with its finances sputtering despite the global prominence given the platform by President Donald Trump's extensive use of it... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Across the retail sector, one category that is on a steep climb is children's wear, with its growth far exceeding that of ladies and menswear... Read |
 | ANN CROTTY The newly appointed chairman of Edcon said the retailer was too important to fail and would be turned around... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Paul Makube believes SA is in a good position to deal with the fall armyworm due to early detection. He answers some questions asked about the recent invader... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | According to a recent article on theguardian.com, McLaren Automotive is to create more than 200 jobs in Sheffield, UK with a new £50m manufacturing plant... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | MATT COETZEE By 2050, the UN predicts that cities will somehow accommodate a massive 2.5-billion more people... Read |
 | SOREN DU PREEZ With 2016 bringing a year of unexpected developments across the globe, there are now diverse global realities impacting the African continent as a whole and Southern Africa's construction industry in particular... Read |
 | The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), together with Securing Smart Cities, recently announced the release of the Establishing a Safe and Secure Municipal Drone Program report... Read |
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| Education |
 | Upon acceptance into a university far from home, one of the top items on that to-do list is finding accommodation... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | The mining landscape in South Africa is often quite different to those of most other African states... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | The annual South African Institute of Environmental Health Conference was hosted lasted week, for the first time, in the Western Cape... Read |
 | Tongaat Hulett Developments have teamed up with the Wildlands Conservation Trust to rehabilitate the banks of the Ohlanga River in Cornubia which have been degraded by years of human settlement, including sugar cane farming, and have filled with alien plants. Read |
 | Global waste management group Averda recently announced its acquisition of Solid Waste Technologies (SWT), a healthcare medical waste company with over 20 years' experience... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | NEO GOBA Breast cancer and HIV activists came out in their hundreds on Tuesday to demand that pharmaceutical giant Roche drop the price of its breast cancer drug... Read |
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| Legal |
 | Controversial drunk-driving Judge Nkola Motata has handed South Africa's dodgy judges a disciplinary hall pass... Read |
 | SAMANTHA COETZER AND FIONA LEPPAN Although an employee has a right to privacy, it is not absolute. An employee argued that his employer's instruction to hand over his mobile phone for inspection violated his right to privacy... Read |
 | SIPHO MABENA Media houses have described the blanket ban sought by children's rights lobby groups, on the identification of child victims of crime, as extraordinary, with far-reaching consequences... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | On 25 February 2017, action sport festival Ultimate X returns to GrandWest for its third consecutive year. The Grand Arena will host the extreme sport spectacular where attendees will witness dramatic stunts by local and international athletes and daredevils. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | The 39th Annual SAPICS Conference and Exhibition for Supply Chain Professionals will take place at Century City Conference Centre in Cape from 4-7 June 2017... Read |
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| Property |
 | SAMUEL SEEFF President Jacob Zuma's 2017 State of the Nation address offered very little new from last year and is unlikely to boost business and investor confidence, desperately needed to re-energise the economy and property market... Read |
 | Bridgitte Mathews has been appointed to Redefine Properties' board as an independent non-executive director. She has also been approved as a member and chairperson of the remuneration committee... Read |
 | Observing a notable increase in liquidity in the sub-Saharan Africa hotel real estate market over the past six months, commercial real estate specialist JLL predicts escalating investment activity in the sector... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | The Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) is changing the look of the plaques which reflects the grading level of establishment, introducing a new high-quality perspex plaque... Read |
 | CARI COETZEE We recently had the pleasure to dine at The Westin Cape Town's ON19 restaurant - apart from enjoying the magnificent views, we also got to indulge in ON19's newest dinners series characterised by one ingredient and one cultivar... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the national minimum wage has been set at R20 per hour or R3500 per month for those that work a 40-hour week... Read |
 | Gauteng Premier David Makhura has placed the Head of the Department of Health, Dr Tiego Selebano, on precautionary suspension in line with the recommendation of the Heath Ombudsman... Read |
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| ICT |
 | As we launch into 2017, it is clear that data will be one of the prevalent assets which a business or a corporation can possess... Read |
 | CRAIG HECKRATH Many of us have experienced the simplicity and convenience of hailing an Uber. It seems like the 180-degree opposite of SA's fragmented, informal public transport networks... Read |
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