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| Marketing & Media |
 | ISSUED BY HASSO PLATTNER D-SCHOOL AFRIKA The Hasso Plattner Institute of Design Thinking at UCT, commonly referred to as the d-school, officially launches at the university's graduate school next week… Read |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG Joe Gebbia, entrepreneur and co-fouder of Airbnb, was a highlight of day two at Design Indaba 2017. The company is currently worth US$30bn dollars with 2 million listings in over 191 countries... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Global graduates Kamila Izykowicz and Thandiwe Msebenzi, from Poland and SA respectively, left Design Indaba 2017's final day attendees filled with the message that females are stronger than we think... Read |
 | The new, independent Ideas/Idees magazine goes on sale under new ownership on Monday, 6 March. “This provides readers with an almost seamless transition from the final Media24 edition, which has been on the shelves for the first months of the year,” says new owner-publisher Terena le Roux... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Relationship expert and author of Embracing Conflict, Paula Quinsee is currently acting as a coach to the couples featured on the localised TV show, Married at First Sight South Africa... Read |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG If we're going to be designing for the future, shouldn't we maybe challenge ourselves to design beyond human augmentation? How do we design inclusively? Read |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG On day three at Design Indaba 2017, Carina Bonse, an art director and design graduate from Red & Yellow, introduced attendees to Swimming In It (Sii)... Read |
 | MIKE SHARMAN The brainstorming space is an incredibly malleable one. Not all ideas are manufactured within the confines of four glass walls of the boardroom. Some of them are composed – with theme tune – in the shower. In this instance, however, the organic, creative process used client-agency voice notes as the catalyst... Read |
 | TERRY LEVIN Terry Levin of Bizcommunity chats to Brian Collins, CCO of award-winning design and experience company Collins – 'the brand consultancy for the Convergence Era', based in New York and San Francisco... Read |
 | LOUISE MARSLAND A clear thread of emphasising tolerance towards all cultures emerged from speakers at this year's Design Indaba Festival. Here are the trends and key themes that emerged this year... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The industry has expressed its appetite for research such as the All Media and Products Survey (AMPS) and 80% of marketers are saying they're willing to contribute to funding such research, so the decision to go ahead with a new marketing research currency or not will be made within the next four weeks... Read |
 | TERRY LEVIN The discipline of design is increasingly the place where data and the drawing board collide, with almost all of the designers on stage at Design Indaba 2017 touching on, one way or another, how they apply their skills to help make sense of an info-saturated world... Read |
 | CHRIS BREWER This was the phrase used by Lord Acton in 1887 (John Emerich Edward Dalberg, first Baron Acton – which explains why most people refer to him simply as “Lord Acton”)... Read |
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| Retail |
 | G&T lovers rejoice! Fitch & Leedes, known for their range of authentic mixers, has launched South Africa's first pink tonic... Read |
 | CHARLES MBURUGU In e-commerce, order fulfilment involves managing inventory, packaging orders, shipping to customers and handling returns. Many e-commerce businesses are outsourcing... Read |
 | Scan Display is one of many retailers showcasing their product at the global retail trade fair, EuroShop, in Düsseldorf, Germany from 5 to 9 March 2017. Attendee Paul Hugo says so far they've seen, “new ideas, new trends, creativity and wow,” at EuroShop 2017... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | The goal of the Forum is to pro-actively prevent stock theft in the two provinces as well as improve the ability and interaction of all role players to fight stock theft... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Ford South Africa has made progress with the implementation of the safety recall for the 1.6-litre Ford Kuga. More than 63% of the affected vehicles have been repaired and returned to their owners thus far... Read |
 | NEWSWATCH: Speaking at a Naamsa motor industry briefing last week, Econometrix MD Rob Jeffrey said the loss of South Africa's motor industry would cost the country at least 660,000 jobs and R84.5bn in wages... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | BONGANI MTHETHWA While thousands of residents in rural northern KwaZulu-Natal struggle daily to get water, the Umkhanyakude municipality has squandered nearly R1bn, some of it earmarked for water projects... Read |
 | The rise of outdoor urban recreational spaces has enabled city dwellers to experience the world's busiest cities optimally... Read |
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| Education |
 | There is no such thing as free education - someone has to pay... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | ALLAN SECCOMBE AND GENEVIEVE QUINTAL Cabinet has announced the appointment of a low-key Free State official, Thabo Mokoena, to head the Department of Mineral Resources, which has been without a permanent head for a year... Read |
 | Sibanye does not expect a delay in its Stillwater deal, despite CFIUS investigation... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | NCE MKHIZE The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has said that it has decided to press charges against the waste disposal company EnviroServ for "emitting toxic fumes from its Shongweni landfill site"... Read |
 | ROSE HENDRICKS Humans are currently in a war against global warming. Or is it a race against global warming? Or maybe it's just a problem we have to deal with? Read |
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| Finance |
 | There were several potential tax revenue windfalls that could increase the 2017-18 budget revenue estimate by more than R1bn, Treasury officials said in Parliament... Read |
 | LINDA ENSOR The National Assembly its unanimous go-ahead to develop a bill amending the National Credit Act to provide debt relief to consumers... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | A N200m renovation project to sections of the Murtala Muhammed Specialists' Hospital in Kano, Nigeria has been completed... Read |
 | Part of Charlotte Maxeke Hospital is cordoned off because an earlier ceiling collapse still hasn't been repaired... Read |
 | Pharmaceutical company, Cipla, agreed to divest its 100% stake in Cipla Agrimed, South Africa and Cipla Vet, South Africa for a total consideration of R375m... Read |
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| Legal |
 | The UFS Faculty of Law, in conjunction with the IAWJ South Africa Chapter, recently hosted a gala dinner to raise awareness on the development programmes in which women judges in South Africa are involved... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The family friendly Lekkerland Carnival will take place from 10am-8pm on 1 April in Dullstroom - a 2.5 hour drive from Johannesburg and Pretoria. Read |
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| Property |
 | JOAN MULLER The JSE is expected to introduce three new indices to replace the current South African property index (Sapy) within the next three to four months, an eagerly awaited move which industry players believe will further boost the size and stature of listed real estate as an asset class... Read |
 | JAN VLOK A very interesting question almost every investor asks themselves is: "If I want to invest money, do I need to buy a property, keep my money in the bank to earn fixed interest rates or invest in stocks?" Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | CARI COETZEE After starting her food blog in 2010, Sarah Graham has published multiple cookbooks and has been travelling around the country cooking up a storm... Read |
 | Tsogo Sun's new dual-brand 19-story hotel development in Cape Town is entering its final stages with construction expected to be completed by September 2017... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | ISSUED BY GORDON INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS SCIENCE Engaging employees to create effective teams that win in the workplace, as well as in the marketplace, is a challenge common across industries, President of HilburgMalan Alan Hilburg told a recent forum at GIBS... Read |
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| ICT |
 | CAREY VAN VLAANDEREN More than any other security topic, encryption seems to perplex a lot of people. Many may have seen it within their WhatsApp and view encryption as being infinitely complicated.. Read |
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