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 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Ogilvy South Africa was recognised as Best Performing Agency of the year at the 2017 IAB Bookmark Awards, where one of its major long-standing clients, KFC, was also named Brand of the Year... Read |
 | Net#work BBDO was tasked with creating a campaign for UDoTest, a revolutionary no-fuss, no-mess way of testing for colon cancer – essential, as it is one of the top five killers in South Africa... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from Dan Pinch, ECD at King James Group's Society and Matt Ross, Group ECD at King James and Punk… Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from Jacques Shalom, ECD at Cerebra... Read |
 | CHRIS BREWER Well, the AMPS funeral is over and several concerned bodies are making progress on instituting something with which to replace it... Read |
 | Honouring the global restaurant brand's creative communications, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced Burger King as the Creative Marketer of the Year 2017. Read |
 | The Academic and Non-Fiction Authors' Association of South Africa (ANFASA) has recently awarded 24 South African authors with substantial grants, as part of the ANFASA Grant Scheme for Authors (AGSA)... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH By next year the African Reputation Index (AFI) should have a country or countries from Africa to add to the data set… Read |
 | Microsoft has launched East Africa's first #Insiders4Good fellowship programme affording entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase their solutions for social challenges in communities… Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from Charlie Stewart, CEO at Rogerwilco... Read |
 | ‘Afrikanist in Motion': The African public transport story, through the lens of Yasser Booley… Read |
 | The Red Cross Society of Côte d'Ivoire has launched a new app to “digitise and optimise” its services to humanity… Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from Brad Reilly, ECD at Net#work BBDO... Read |
 | KATE KENYON Great content that works is a real asset to any organisation. .. Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from Klyne Maharaj, marketing manager at Superbalist... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from Katlego Phatlane... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Italist, a large online shopping portal dedicated to selling luxury goods from Italy's multi-brand independent fashion retailers, has launched in SA... Read |
 | A faceless group is lining its pockets with the profits made from tons of European Union (EU) chicken that is dumped in South Africa... Read |
 | GABRIELLA MULLIGAN Mozambican e-commerce startup Izyshop is looking to raise US$300,000 funding, to enable it to expand its product variety and service quality... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | "Smart farming solutions will become the cornerstone of global food production over the next decade." Read |
 | UCook will contribute a portion of its gross profits to Abalimi Bezekhaya, its preferred supplier of organic produce, to support the organisations upskilling urban farming project, Harvest of Hope... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Tata Motors has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a long-term partnership with Volkswagen Group and Skoda to explore strategic alliance opportunity... Read |
 | The Opel Astra is the Wesbank South African Guild of Motoring Journalists' 2017 Car of the Year, on the back of a multitude of awards both in South Africa and abroad for the 11th-generation Astra... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | The aquifers in the greater Cape Town area could offer some relief if the current drought conditions endure... Read |
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| Education |
 | MICHELLE GUMEDE Advocacy organisation Equal Education (EE) made an impassioned plea for the provision of free, quality higher education at the fees commission on Wednesday, saying SA had an abundance of resources that were mismanaged... Read |
 | The Volkswagen Community Trust has opened its first literacy centre at Ntlemeza Primary School in Uitenhage, with the aim to provide structured literacy support to learners, teachers and parents... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | A renewable energy project on degraded land is aimed at creating economic opportunities for communities after the life of a mine... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | CHARLENE LACKAY If we truly want to create value from our corporate social investment (CSI) efforts - the question we should be asking is... Read |
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| Finance |
 | LINDA ENSOR Further work needs to be done to understand the effect and consequences of mandatory audit firm rotation that the IRBA has decided on... Read |
 | NICCI BOTHA The continent's mobile banking revolution is only just beginning, and although payment systems are becoming more seamless, cash is still king in Africa... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | Researchers have produced the first set of risk charts to help predict CVD events, while taking into account limited lab availability in poorer countries... Read |
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| Legal |
 | LIONEL EGYPT, SARAH MCGIBBON AND YANA VAN LEEVE The private sector, involved in current private public partnerships (PPP), needs to be aware and learn a lesson from the current SASSA/CPS saga... Read |
 | LIONEL EGYPT, SARAH MCGIBBON AND YANA VAN LEEVE On Friday, 17 March 2017, the Constitutional Court delivered judgment in the case of Black Sash Trust v Minister of Social Development and Others and illustrated how far a private company's obligations may reach when acting as an organ of state and performing constitutional obligations... Read |
 | Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko has noted a decision by the North Gauteng High Court to set aside the appointment of General Berning Ntlemeza... Read |
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| Property |
 | With the advent of a flexible work culture and urbanisation, commercial real estate investors are realising the need to adapt to the changing environment... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | The Elephant Café has been named The Luxury Travel Guide's Boutique Restaurant of the Year (Africa and Middle East) in the international 2017 awards, further establishing its reputation for bush gourmet cuisine... Read |
 | If wellness tourism is increasing while usage of hotel gyms is decreasing, where are travellers getting their fitness fix? Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | ANTOINETTE POMBO The reason it is so difficult to recruit graduates that are able to fit in and positively contribute to their team is the generational gap between the Millennials (graduates entering the workplace) and previous generations... Read |
 | The City of Cape Town is embarking on an innovative approach to boost skills development and employment opportunities for residents through an outcomes-based tender... Read |
 | NICOLA TYLER During a recent trip to Innsbruck to work with SOS, I learned a lot about the parallel workings of the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds... Read |
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