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| Marketing & Media |
 | PASQUA HEARD Birsel+Seck's Ayse Birsel gave a thought-provoking presentation at Design Indaba, which included a worksheet and homework activity for conference attendees to practice designing the life they love... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS In the final session before tea on the first day of Design Indaba 2017, Chilean gt2P and SA's own Andile Dyalvane left attendees spellbound and a little shell-shocked at the implications of their work that unravels the DNA of design and respirals it to scale... Read |
 | Cape Town's nightlife is being transported to another level at Design Indaba this week, with Nightscape offering an eclectic mix of live music, exhibitions and design installations... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Technology designer Chris Sheldrick lit up the afternoon session on the first day of Design Indaba 2017 with his talk on tech startup What3words and used small words with big numbers to explain how it is quite literally changing the world for the better... Read |
 | The Orange Social Venture Prize will be awarded to innovative projects which make use of information and communication technologies to improve living conditions… Read |
 | The smartphone revolution is poised to go onto the next level - with "superphones" equipped with artificial intelligence now on the horizon. Read |
 | New research into the leadership landscape in key economic hubs in Africa has revealed that global multinationals throughout Africa are increasingly filling their top leadership teams with executives from the continent… Read |
 | TERRY LEVIN ‘Thinking outside the box' a business term from the 1970s, is still occasionally heard by those in the pursuit of elusive creative solutions deemed to exist somewhere outside the bounds of corporate dry walling... Read |
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| Retail |
 | KYLE WOOLF Business, especially the retail sector, must look to omni-channel integration for a competitive advantage, as unified communications steadily gains in popularity... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | KENNEDY SENELWA Researchers at Germany's University of Hohenheim have developed solar-powered milk cooling refrigerators for small dairy farmers... Read |
 | The beekeeping model being exhibited at Design Indaba aids in the survival of bees; offers a more sustainable option for beekeepers and additional income sources for small-scale farmers... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | According to NAAMSA, the positive trend in new vehicle sales has been maintained during February 2017, characterised by noteworthy gains in light, medium and heavy commercial vehicle sales... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | With the continent having one of the fastest urbanisation rates in the world, Africa's cities need to brace themselves for millions more people over the next few decades... Read |
 | According to the National Budget 2017, government will spend over R50bn to fund national and provincial economic infrastructure requirements... Read |
 | The Gauteng provincial government wants to convert some of its public buildings, including schools, clinics and hospitals into centres of economic activity; saying this could unlock R42bn in value and create 190,000 jobs... Read |
 | Fortress Income Fund has launched the R650m A-grade logistics facility Louwlardia Logistics Park which is currently under development alongside the N1 in Centurion... Read |
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| Education |
 | Renowned Durban political cartoonist Nanda Soobben has defied a directive from the Higher Education Department to shut his school... Read |
 | Government has allocated a “fee adjustment grant” to assist students from poor, working class and missing middle households to pay for increases of up to 8% on the 2017 higher education fees... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | ELA argues that Thabametsi power station did not adequately assess the climate change impact of the facility... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | In a petition, WWF South Africa is calling on Eskom to expedite the use of renewable energy in the country... Read |
 | Manzomthomobo Secondary School in Mfuleni, Cape Town will soon reap the benefits of learning in modern science and computer laboratories, upgraded classrooms and lavatories thanks to the work done by the SAME Foundation... Read |
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| Finance |
 | The ghost of bad loans past at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) is still haunting Nedbank... Read |
 | TERTIUS TROOST Commentators have lauded the finance minister on a well-crafted budget, some even stating that it was a political masterstroke. But, are these descriptions accurate?.. Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | According to the WHO, by the end of 2014, the HPV vaccine was available in 63 countries, including South Africa... Read |
 | DOMINIC HASLAM Tanzania's most recent national census tells us that about one in 16 people has a disability in the Ruvuma region. But what if the true number was closer to one in five?.. Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | BRIAN BERKMAN The Pilanesberg Game Reserve near Rustenburg is especially appealing because of its close proximity to Pretoria and easy access within the hour. From OR Tambo airport in Gauteng it is just two-and-a-half hours journey, a major time saving for guests who typically travel twice as far and more into the Kruger National Park. Read |
 | Los Angeles-based, Grammy-nominated hip hop, neo-soul and R&B outfit The Internet completes the line-up for the 18th Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) taking place from the 31 March and 1 April 2017 at the Cape Town Convention Centre. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | The Automobile Association (AA) is advising people not to repeat rumours about new traffic laws without having the facts at hand… Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Diversified real estate investment trust (Reit) Redefine Properties says its investment in Redefine International is underperforming. Redefine International focuses on the UK and Germany... Read |
 | According to the PayProp Rental Index, the average rental in South Africa breached the R7,000 threshold ending Q4 2016 at R7,062.91... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | CONSTANTINE CONSTANTINIDES Medical tourism is about health-related services provided by a medical doctor and involves some travel, but medical tourism is also about destinations. Are destinations that focus exclusively on medical tourism, sustainable? Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | MICHELLE MOSS Not knowing when to quit is fast becoming the defining characteristic of an entire generation of senior executives who have no intention of being put out to grass on retirement... Read |
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| ICT |
 | Conducted by TechValidate on behalf of Red Hat, and polling more than 200 IT decision makers and professionals, a January 2017 survey around enterprise IoT shows... Read |
 | Samer Abu Ltaif has been appointed as Microsoft president, Middle East and Africa (MEA)... Read |
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