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| Marketing & Media |
 | NEW YORK - Recent high-profile advertising missteps by Pepsi and skin-care company Nivea underscored anew Madison Avenue's awkward relationship with racial diversity at a time when the United States is becoming less white... Read |
 | SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube on Thursday stopped placing ads on channels with fewer than 10,000 views in a move aimed at preventing people from making money off offensive or pirated videos... Read |
 | Finalists in the mobile category have been revealed for One Show 2017... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Take your social media marketing to the next-level - from B2B and B2C to P2P (person to person) and H2H (human to human). It's as easy as remembering that you need to be relatable and not sound like a computer, even if the message you're sharing has been automated... Read |
 | MIKE JONES One of the many benefits of working for an advertising agency is that I get to experience working with numerous and diverse businesses. During my interactions one thing is very clear - to create consistency in the mind of the consumer, one needs a single, definable brand expression... Read |
 | UPDATE: Tony Koenderman's family have announced the details for his memorial service... Read |
 | ANDY WALKER South Africa. Another large, populous country in Southern Africa that harbours a wealth of promise, but hasn't yet lived up to it this century... Read |
 | ANDREW GIBSON Companies that have stood the test of time are those who are the most creative and innovative. Even more so in the event industry. Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This week we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with technophile Marisa ‘just call me eM' Louw, founder and managing director of the Emlo Communications PR agency in Johannesburg... Read |
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| Retail |
 | RCL Foods, manufacturer of the Number One Mageu brand, has upgraded its product packaging to high-density polyethylene (HDPE) from the carton packaging in use since 1969... Read |
 | CLIVE EVANS I have long been an advocate of Pick n Pay, admiring and talking up how much they do to both attract and retain customers with their Smart Shopper loyalty programme and their various promotions to create sticky customers. That was until... Read |
 | Here, a Q&A with TFG CIO Brent Curry on the retailer's strategy for partnering with startups for mutual gain... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | The timing of these developments is most unfortunate as there were already clear signs of improved growth prospects in both the agro-food sector and the economy of the country as a whole... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | STUTTGART, Germany: Hermes and Mercedes-Benz Vans have entered into a strategic partnership which will see the courier company receive electric vehicles for its fleet. Read |
 | CARZAR STAFF WRITER As Marilyn Monroe said: “It's okay to live in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.” But is the car industry really a man's world? Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | Water and Sanitation minister Nomvula Mokonyane has performed a sod turning to mark the commencement of phase two of the Lushushwane Bulk Water Supply Project at Bettysgoed Village, in Mpumalanga... Read |
 | An estimated R875.70bn has been committed to a number of ambitious government infrastructure projects... Read |
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| Education |
 | BEKEZELA PHAKATHI Three Sector Education and Training Authorities (Setas) remain under administration for various reasons, including poor governance and noncompliance with the Public Finance Management Act... Read |
 | After five years of clamping down on unregistered colleges, the Department of Higher Education and Training is battling to shut down these bogus institutions... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Anglo American has sold its Eskom-tied domestic thermal coal operations in South Africa for R2.3bn to black-owned Seriti Resources... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH While commodities may be on the rise globally, South Africa is a mixed bag... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | LINDA ENSOR The Department of Environmental Affairs has suspended EnviroServ Waste Management's licence to accept, treat and dispose of waste at the Shongweni landfill site in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, because of the "catastrophic" situation there... Read |
 | The world added a record 138.5-gigawatts of renewable power capacity in 2016 despite a 23% drop in investment, reflecting the falling cost of clean energy, the UN announced on Thursday, 6 April... Read |
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| Finance |
 | TUMISHO GRATER Global ratings agency, Fitch, has added its voice to growing disquiet in the markets that South Africa is no longer a safe bet for investment... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | High-profile media campaigns have made most South African women aware that breast cancer poses a very real risk... Read |
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| Legal |
 | WILLIAM MIDGLEY If the Regulation of Agricultural Land Holdings Bill is enacted in its present form, it will have far-reaching consequences on the agricultural sector... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN If there's one gateway to blissful showbiz, it's the super sumptuous and glamorous Gate 69, a cosy and intimate pleasure palace where Brendan van Rhyn's divine creation Cathy and the Trolley Dollies offers five-star entertainment. Read |
 | Electronic music heavyweight Diplo heads to Johannesburg for one night only on 23 April for ‘One Night with Diplo', set to take place at the Fox Junction event venue and The Goodluck Bar. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | One of the biggest roadblocks to ensuring the safe and efficient transport of goods on South Africa's roads is without a doubt the severe shortage of skilled and experienced truck drivers. Barloworld Transport is addressing this problem... Read |
 | Technical University of Kenya (TUK) has landed high-tech aviation training devices in a joint initiative by Kenya Airways, General Electric, and Boeing... Read |
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| Property |
 | Tony Clarke, MD of the Rawson Property Group, shares his list of the top five property trends and features that are likely to make their mark on SA's local scene this year... Read |
 | According to Knight Frank's Africa Report 2017, Africa's property markets are continuing to develop, despite recent challenges faced by some of its commodity-driven economies... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS Neale Petersen, founder and publisher of Real Estate Investor Magazine, kicked things off at the recently launched Property Buyer Show. The first leg of the show took place at the CTICC in Cape Town, 8-9 April... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | From new lounges to the latest generation Wi-Fi, British Airways recently launched its investment plans for customers with a focus on excellence in the premium cabins and more choice and quality for all... Read |
 | More than 200 national and international guests recently gathered for the grand opening ceremony of the Novotel and ibis Setif site - a joint project developed by the Algerian private group GIMMO and the AccorHotels group... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | In today's global economic order, executive remuneration has become a symbol of inequality. It seems that excessive executive reward will continue to attract push-back from investors... Read |
 | KARL GERNETZKY The High Court in Pretoria ordered the immediate reinstatement of the former board at the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa)... Read |
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| ICT |
 | ROME, Italy: An Italian court banned the use of smartphone apps for the ride-hailing group Uber, saying they contribute to traditional taxis facing unfair competition... Read |
 | STRASBOURG, France: The EU will abolish mobile phone roaming charges from 15 June 2017, following a vote in the European Parliament... Read |
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