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| Marketing & Media |
 | The new Socio-Economic Measure (SEMs) will replace the market segmentation tool, Living Standard Measure (LSMs), over the next two years. Kantar TNS feels this is a more accurate reflection of South African society in terms of how people live... Read |
 | ‘World leaders on Instagram' is Burson-Marsteller's latest research into how world leaders, governments and international organisations communicate via social media... Read |
 | A new study from Verint and Opinium Research reveals that customer experience (CX) is considerably more nuanced than many businesses realise and they should focus on both traditional and digital interactions... Read |
 | ROBYN DE VILLIERS A view of how seriously South African companies are taking the challenge of women being able to shape - not just fit into - the economy... Read |
 | PARUSHA PARTAB In prehistoric times, great stories were told sitting around a campfire. In the glow of the flames storytellers would share exciting tales to impart information, to teach, to encourage and to entertain. Storytelling is an evolutionary mechanism crucial to human communication and central to our success... Read |
 | ANNABEL PORTER A new generation of celebrities are teaching brands a great deal about how to generate content consumers engage with. Read |
 | Cannes Lions has launched new projects to support young creatives by opening the Night School and announcing the 2017 Masters of Creativity client brief. There's also a 48-hour local film challenge from Cinemark... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Following its reacquisition from Tiger Branded Consumer Goods of South Africa, the Nigerian Dangote Flour Mills has returned to profitability after four years of losses... Read |
 | Nigeria and more than 100 other nations have signed a key trade facilitation agreement (TFA) with the World Trade Organisation... Read |
 | The Crazy Store opens its 300th store today, 13 April 2017, at the Kyalami Corner Shopping Centre in Midrand... Read |
 | Primedia Unlimited Malls (PUM) will undergo a year-long rebranding project in response to changing markets, ensuring it still delivers on value through its ability to optimise how brands engage with shoppers. Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Guidelines on CDS will act as an internationally-recognised "gold standard" for governments and businesses looking to establish systems that can trace fish from their point of capture through the entire supply chain - from sea to plate... Read |
 | The objectives of the Manafwa Earth Market is preserving traditional and local products and bringing together small-scale food producers and consumers... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | HENRIE GEYSER Chinese automaker, BAIC, has begun its onslaught on the local car market with the introduction of a new D20 hatchback and sedan... Read |
 | NOBUZWE MANGCU The South African job market is becoming ever more competitive with the emergence of new industries requiring us to keep moving, be proactive, and not be the inactive spare wheel that sits in the boot... Read |
 | NEW YORK, US: A group of Tesla shareholders has urged the electric car maker to recruit two independent directors to add to the company's board to limit the influence of Elon Musk... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | A local blasting company is adapting mineral scanning technology to identify reactive ground conditions that could lead to blast site incidents... Read |
 | ALVAR MWAKYUSA Over 7,000 households in Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi are set to benefit from 80 megawatts of electricity from the Rusumo Falls hydro-electric project... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | SINDY PETERS With the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme for SMEs in SA (GCIP-SA) now open for applications, we interviewed Gerswynn McKuur, national project manager of GCIP-SA, to get some insight on how clean technologies could address some of SA's most urgent challenges... Read |
 | The Department of Environmental Affairs says it will probe reports that some plastic supermarket carrier bags, which claim to be recycled, are allegedly not... Read |
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| Finance |
 | NALEDI SHANGE An MTN financial accountant has been bust for allegedly stealing R24m from the company, the Gauteng Hawks said... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | mLab Southern Africa, CSIR and the DST will continue their ReHealthAfrica initiative, focused on skills, product and enterprise development in healthcare tech... Read |
 | To highlight the poor state of public healthcare in the province, the Sama KwaZulu-Natal coastal branch will embark on a protest march on 5 May... Read |
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| Legal |
 | NEC4 suite of standard form contracts, including the widely used engineering and construction contract, will be released on 22 June 2017. Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | JARRED MANASSE The Western Cape has always been a big crowd-puller in South Africa. Apart from its abundance of beautiful mountains and beaches, the Western Cape is also home to over 100,000 hectares of vineyards. Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN This week you can set your imagination free with new film releases; Beauty and the Beast; The Fast and the Furious 8 and The Artists' Garden: American Impressionism. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | In an aim to make getting from A to B less challenging for those individuals with special needs, Uber has launched a new pilot in Cape Town called uberASSIST... Read |
 | NEWSWATCH: On Saturday, 15 April 2017, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) called off the nationwide three-day bus strike after accepting the 9% wage offer... Read |
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| Property |
 | MSCI has released the IPD South Africa Annual Property Index for 2016... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | The biggest problems travellers regularly encounter are due to lack of proper preparation such as not checking to make sure their passports are valid for at least six months... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Minister Koenders showed significant interest in the “attractions of Cape Town as a business destination” and was “impressed with how the Dutch entrepreneurs were facing their challenges in the local market.” Read |
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| ICT |
 | The Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services invites members of society to provide written inputs on three strategies that are aimed at leveraging technology to modernise service delivery... Read |
 | Developers are invited to enrol for the Blockchain Academy Blockchain for Developers course on 25 April 2017 in Johannesburg... Read |
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