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| Marketing & Media |
 | ShowMax has launched a mobile-first product with a strong focus on local South African content. It is available exclusively to Vodacom customers on an add-to-bill basis... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town has been appointed lead agency for Tracker South Africa after a competitive pitch against two other agencies... Read |
 | PASQUA HEARD Inspired by the imagination of children, Net#work BBDO and visual effects and animation agency Sinister Studio applied technology to advertising to create a virtual reality (VR) campaign for Mercedes-Benz South Africa... Read |
 | Brandnew Creative Agency, based in Salt River, Cape Town, has launched its 'Brandnewbies' internship programme, comprising seven internship positions from March to August 2017... Read |
 | As a partner to over 4m advertisers across a wide range of organisations and objectives, Facebook has announced updates to increase transparency for advertisers and increased choice in buying options for video ads on Facebook, Instagram and across Audience Network... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Imagine an interview based on gazing at gallery pieces in wonder, nodding your head at the pearls of wisdom sprouting forth and nestling in the sheepskin mouth of Porky Hefer's Lolita Blackfish hanging chair, part of his London Design Biennale installation, where he and Southern Guild represented South Africa last year, and you'll have an idea of my recent time spent at Southern Guild in Woodstock... Read |
 | DHS Media has obtained the publishing rights to BBC Top Gear Magazine South Africa... Read |
 | International hotel chain Tune has introduced the no-frills hospitality concept in Kenya's capital Nairobi. This is the company's first foray into Africa… Read |
 | Smart Procurement World (SPW) and Commonwealth Investment Corporation (CIC) will host the Africa Trade Summit and Expo, 7-8 March 2017… Read |
 | Customer experience has become an emerging battleground for most organisations, as they seek ways to extract further value from customers… Read |
 | TopCheck, Nigeria's leading price comparison site for financial services, offering free online comparison for insurance products, loans, and broadband internet plans, has been bought by Silvertree… Read |
 | West Africa media round-up: hope for The Gambia, police crackdown on Nigerian media and more… Read |
 | The high levels of complexity and uncertainty attached to the key political and security issues for the year, mean that boards will need to undertake comprehensive reviews of risk management… Read |
 | Turner International's new Digital Ventures & Innovation Group has taken an equity investment in Bigballs Media (BBM), parent company of one of the world's fastest-growing digital video platforms for football content, Copa90... Read |
 | DAVE NEMETH Ambiente is one of the leading trade fairs showcasing design across dining, giving and living… Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY In the ad world, the Super Bowl weekend in America – the biggest annual sporting event in that country – is a huge deal. Brands spend tens of millions of dollars making the commercials, which will be flighted during the hours-long Super bowl spectacular. They then pay even more multiple millions to buy the air time... Read |
 | DHARMESH NAGAR SONA 2017 highlighted two key issues that must be carefully balanced: addressing economic inequality and encouraging FDI... Read |
 | The 6th Connect Nigeria e-Business Fair promises to be the biggest yet… Read |
 | DOUGLAS KRUGER Rules are a great idea. Except when they aren't. If you're fascinated by the idea of breaking rules, last Thursday's amazing travelling circus show, the State of the Nation Address, will have struck you as a veritable feast of chaotic delights. Wearing your proudly South African cap, your emotional reaction may have been somewhat different, but let's put national dignity aside for a second and think about the idea of strategic rule-breaking... Read |
 | Copenhagen, Denmark – Snaplytics, the SaaS company offering Snapchat marketing insights, has released a comprehensive survey of Snapchat data to better understand how brands are using the site to communicate with their followers... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Ultimate Braai Master Season 5 returned to e.tv this past Sunday, 5 February at 4pm. Show host Justin Bonello and executive producer at Cooked in Africa, Peter Gird, share the show's success as well as what we can expect from this season's contestants and celebrity judges Pete Goffe-Wood and Benny Masekwameng… Read |
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| Retail |
 | UberEats, which launched in South Africa in late September 2016, and extended to Cape Town in late January 2017, has announced further extensions... Read |
 | Want a coffee while you shop? A glass of wine? Those are just few of the gimmicks being rolled out by retailers as they fight to boost store traffic... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | DAVID OLIVIE By talking to the farmers we found that even having a small backyard food garden puts you in touch with neighbours, NGOs and local government, which in turn creates a wealth of spin-off benefits... Read |
 | Agriculture will, as from March this year, start paying R15,39 per hour. This is in light of an 8% increase in minimum wage levels for agriculture announced by the Minister of Labour... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Ford Motor Company has announced that it's investing US$1 billion during the next five years in Argo AI, an artificial intelligence company... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, has launched a R50m road rehabilitation project between Meyerton and Alberton/Katlehong in Sedibeng... Read |
 | ARRCC is the only South African design company to be included in an exclusive list featuring the most influential interior designers in the world. Read |
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| Education |
 | MICHELLE GUMEDE Thousands of prospective university students' funding applications have been turned down by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for the 2017 academic year... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | ALLAN SECOMBE AngloGold Ashanti has warned there could be negative consequences for its South African mines if the third iteration of the Mining Charter is gazetted largely unchanged... Read |
 | With the end of load shedding, government is now more committed to the Independent Power Producers Programme, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday, 9 February... Read |
 | Powering the Impala Platinum Refinery using fuel cell technology... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | SINDY PETERS Collaboration between the urban development and health sectors is key to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Habitat's New Urban Agenda... Read |
 | KARA PERROW, AMY WYATT, AND MARTINA SANDERSON-SMIT As children we are encouraged to dream big, and many young people – including young women and girls – aspire to a career in science... Read |
 | Cape Classics, a New York-based wine importer, has established the Indaba Education Fund (IEF), a fully accredited 501(c)(3) organisation which provides early childhood teacher training, learning materials, and educational infrastructure to young, at-risk children living in the South African Winelands... Read |
 | SOSA Investments recently launched its first Project Light campaign with the aim of donating 50,000 solar-powered lanterns to underprivileged grade three learners so as to replace their current use of kerosene lamps... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | In a new finding that could lead to fewer complications for diabetes patients, researchers have found that changes in the size of mitochondria in a small subset of brain cells play a crucial role in safely maintaining blood sugar levels... Read |
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| Legal |
 | CHANTELLE GLADWIN AND ANJA VAN WIJK Here we examine what “squatter rights” are in the context of the South African Law of Landlord and Tenant, in relation to both commercial and residential property... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | MEAGAN DUCKITT Talented designers showcased their Autumn/Winter 2017 range at Lexus SA Menswear Week in Cape Town. Read |
 | RUTH COOPER Over 75 exhibitors from established and emerging art centres will be showcasing their art for the fifth edition of the Cape Town Art Fair (CTAF) at the Convention Centre from 17-19 February 2017. We got in touch with chief curator Tumelo Mosaka to get some insight on what it takes to create and curate an event of this scale. Read |
 | SA's sexiest man, according to Cosmopolitan, has been crowned, and his name is Tiro Mosete. Mosete was awarded at the magazine's Sexiest SA Men 2017 event at Madison Avenue in Rivonia, Johannesburg. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Simon's Town naval base will become the 'garage' for the maintenance of the government's maritime fleets... Read |
 | A Nigerian government agency said it had taken over the country's main private airline Arik Air to prevent it from going bust... Read |
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| Property |
 | President Jacob Zuma noted on Thursday, 9 February, during his State of the Nation address that less than 5% of the property market in SA is managed by black South Africans... Read |
 | The South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) has partnered with the Department of Public Works' (DPW) Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) for skills development training and facilitation within the division... Read |
 | GARY PALMER 2016 was a year many people would like to forget. Both local and global politics increased investor caution as the winds of change continued to stir up uncertainty. Macro economic data painted a gloomy picture for South African investors and consumers alike. Inflation passed the Reserve Bank's 6% benchmark, unemployment hit a 13-year high and GDP growth slid to a negligible 0.1% according to IMF figures... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | The Century City Conference Centre and Hotel has exceeded its first-year target of hosting 50,000 guests within the first eight months and as of February this year, almost 80 percent of its 2017 target has already been booked... Read |
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| ICT |
 | HEINO GEHLE From Google's self-driving cars to Amazon's purchase predictions, artificial intelligence (AI) is any program that does something we would normally consider an intelligent human act... Read |
 | Britain will be "just fine" after it leaves the European Union, Apple's chief executive Tim Cook said in an interview broadcast on Friday... Read |
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