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| Marketing & Media |
 | Finalists in the ‘branded entertainment' category have been revealed for One Show 2017, with one SA entry making the grade. Read |
 | Finalists in the ‘moving image craft' category have been revealed for One Show 2017, with three SA entries making the grade... Read |
 | The Good Report, a collaboration between ACT Responsible and The Gunn Report, identifies the campaigns, agencies, networks and advertisers that use creative campaigns to promote sustainability and social responsibility... Read |
 | Finalists in the ‘social influencer marketing' category have been revealed for One Show 2017... Read |
 | Finalists in the ‘radio' category have been revealed for One Show 2017, with nine SA entries making the grade... Read |
 | The women's entrepreneur competition, Fairlady Women of the Future 2017 has opened for entries. The competition, sponsored by Fairlady, in partnership with Santam, seeks businesswomen making waves in the South African small business landscape... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY I was having an interesting discussion last week with someone who is in the image processing business and he was lamenting the fact that there is so much video around these days - in all areas of life, not just in the marketing sector - that it is becoming like wallpaper and in danger of losing its impact... Read |
 | NATASHA MARRIAN AND GENEVIEVE QUINTAL UK-based public relations firm Bell Pottinger announced on Wednesday that it was cutting ties with Gupta-owned Oakbay, saying its ability to be an effective advocate for the company had been compromised... Read |
 | Growthpoint Properties gets Primedia Unlimited as tenant... Read |
 | Smart data report out now from Wan-Ifra... Read |
 | Celebrate World Design Day 2017 on 27 April... Read |
 | The New York Festivals International Advertising Awards has announced the 2017 finalists from entries submitted from 57 countries... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS A little over a month ago, Experian SA MD Simon Russell kicked off an exclusive media roundtable explaining their new Mosaic tool and the power for local marketers in finally creating a single view of their customers and targeting by interests rather than demographics... Read |
 | Private radio operators in Mali on Sunday denounced a state crackdown on pirate broadcasters, with 47 stations threatened with closure for failing to obtain licences... Read |
 | EMMA GLOVER Communications agencies are always on the lookout for fresh new talent, but there are many reasons why your CV and cover note could be stopping you getting a slice of the action... Read |
 | Burson-Marsteller Africa is a big winner at the first-ever African SABRE Awards in public relations... Read |
 | DANIEL MUNSLOW Key findings from the USC Annenberg CPR's global communications report... Read |
 | JAY SMITH In a dazzling splash of lights, big screens and booming sound, Adobe hosted over 12,000 attendees at their 2017 Summit in Las Vegas... Read |
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| Retail |
 | The UK mid-market restaurant brand Las Iguanas comes to South Africa... Read |
 | COLLEEN GOKO Retail was pumping in the early 2000s. Sales growth hit a record high of 15.50% in September 2006 and averaged about 12% a year from 2004 to 2007... Read |
 | Online food marketplace iamcooking.co.za has launched... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Mondelez International, one of the world's largest snacks companies, is extending its cage-free egg commitment globally... Read |
 | HAMLET HLOMENDLINI What will the downgrade mean for the South African agricultural sector which has been and remains a significant contributor to the country's employment creation? Read |
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| Automotive |
 | SHERRYN DE VOS Parliament has heard about a proposed rehabilitation programme to be launched at the same time as the new demerit system... Read |
 | The Jaguar F-Pace has officially been named Car of the Year at the 2017 World Car Awards. In addition, it also scooped the World Car Design of the Year title... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | Covering a total area of 750m2, the latest restaurant node to overlook Camps Bay was designed by SVA International... Read |
 | The Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards has been held annually for the past 29 years to reward and advance excellence in the architectural profession countrywide... Read |
 | SHAUN GILLHAM In a bold initiative directed at relieving ongoing water shortages, discussions have begun around establishing the region's first large-scale, commercial desalination plant... Read |
 | ESTELLE ELLIS Drone footage taken late last week has revealed massive sewage spill pollution flowing from the Kelvin Jones Waste Water Treatment Plant into the heavily polluted Swartkops River... Read |
 | Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Mzwandile Masina has announced a R2.4bn programme for the electrification of informal settlements across Ekurhuleni, with over 16,000 households to be completed by the end of this financial year... Read |
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| Education |
 | The Walter Sisulu University has six months to hire required academic staff to teach LLB or face losing accreditation to offer the course... Read |
 | MICHELLE GUMEDE The Department of Higher Education and Training has released about 233,000 National Certificate (Vocational) certificates out of the outstanding 236,000 at TVET colleges... Read |
 | The 2016 report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed that educational institutions worldwide are failing to equip learners with the global competencies they will need to be employable in coming years... Read |
 | The interim report released by the Basic Education Ministerial Task Team (MTT) has found that textbooks used in South African schools generally adopt a mildly inclusive approach to diversity... Read |
 | The national reading-for-enjoyment campaign, Nal'ibali is giving away books to the value of R250,000 to its literacy development partners in honour of World Book Day on 23 April 2017, and is calling on the public to help increase that... Read |
 | Dr Thulisile Mphambukeli, lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning at UFS, has been awarded a R150,000 research grant by the South African BRICS Think Tank... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | The downturn clearly demonstrated why we need to rethink rents-based mineral sector management... Read |
 | Koeberg power station has shut down its Unit 2 for routine maintenance after a record uninterrupted run of 492 days... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | The Cape Bar has launched an initiative with legal firms in Cape Town to tackle the lack of transformation in the sector... Read |
 | Illegal poaching, logging and fishing of sometimes critically endangered species is taking place in nearly half of the world's most protected natural sites, environmental campaigners WWF warned on Tuesday, 18 April... Read |
 | KATHARINE CHILD The operational budgets of state-run game reserves in KwaZulu-Natal are facing a 40% cut, which conservationists say will affect anti-poaching efforts, biodiversity, tourism and the running of game parks... Read |
 | This device also works in arid regions... Read |
 | TIM LANG Consumers are in an unprecedented dilemma over food... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Bank Windhoek has embraced mobile technology to launch the first mobile fuel payment system in Namibia... Read |
 | At the recent annual Banker Africa - Southern Africa Awards 2017, FNB was selected as the Best Retail Bank in Southern Africa... Read |
 | Business giants like Raymond Ackerman and Christo Wiese may have been able to rely on gut feel, but business leaders today need to fine tune this with financial data... Read |
 | DAVID ZAHN UK prime minister, Theresa May's decision to call a snap general election for June 8, 2017 caught just about everybody off guard... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | A recent Stats SA analysis of mortality found that NCDs were responsible for 55.5% of all deaths in this country during 2015... Read |
 | ANN CROTTY Aspen Pharmaceuticals' failure to disclose its 2016 €5.2m Italian competition authorities fine for price gouging has backfired. Read |
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| Legal |
 | JONATHAN RIPLEY-EVANS The Constitutional Court recently handed down a judgment that may ultimately prove to be a significant departure from South Africa's established legal practice, at least insofar as contractual relations in the petroleum retail industry are concerned... Read |
 | DUDUETSANG MOGAPI AND LARA GRANVILLE Despite Dawn Consolidated Holdings' and Sangio Pipe's argument that its conduct should not be characterised as collusive, the Competition Tribunal has found that they engaged in market division... Read |
 | GENEVIEVE QUINTAL Former head of the Hawks Berning Ntlemeza is still on leave and will approach the courts if he is stopped from returning to work next week, his lawyer Comfort Ngidi said on Tuesday... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | BRANDON DE KOCK Here's how to top up your ‘I-heart-Cape-Town' tank in just 48-hours. Read |
 | MARTIN MYERS Mark Haze is a consummate professional and hardworking musician who was runner up on Idols South Africa in 2011. Read |
 | RUTH COOPER Ah good ol' JC Le Roux, a sparkling wine synonymous with NYE parties from my student days. Its customary sweet flavour perfect for youthful undeveloped palates. Read |
 | BRITTANY HAWKINS Cape Town's culinary culture is alive and booming! The vibrant Mother City recently won first place in Conde Nast Travelers Best Food Cities in the World 2016 and is spoiled for choice when it comes to great wines as it's surrounded by award-winning wine estates. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | SHERRYN DE VOS Taxis play a dominant role in public transport in South Africa. Not only are they a key feature on South African roads, but they are the main source of transport for millions of passengers daily... Read |
 | The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has formally reopened for operations after six weeks of closure with an Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350-900, the first plane to land at the repaired runway.... Read |
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| Property |
 | ADRIAN GOSLETT The change of ownership of an immovable doesn't happen when the Offer to Purchase is signed, or even when the purchase price is paid to the seller... Read |
 | RICHARD GRAY Global real estate innovation has never evolved as rapidly as it has in recent years... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON UK-invested Atlantic Leaf Properties, which has strategically positioned itself to own commercial properties in light-industrial nodes in the UK, is seeing strong results... Read |
 | GARY PALMER The rise of the shared economy is not only shifting how we work, but where we work... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | CARI COETZEE "Africa's online landscape is mobile but mostly feature phone based. Travel still needs to better embrace mobile by delivering mobile and thumb ready experiences to the African youth." Read |
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| ICT |
 | Local online cellular contract comparison engine, Phonefinder, has expanded its offering by adding insurance comparisons... Read |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, US: Google on Tuesday launched a re-imagined version of its free Earth mapping service, weaving in storytelling and artificial intelligence and freeing it from apps... Read |
 | JOHN WALUBENGO In an unprecedented policy suggestion, some members of the AFRINIC community have proposed denying internet to African governments that shut it down in their respective countries... Read |
 | The Kingdom of the Netherlands launched Inspiring Fifty South Africa with an open call for nominations for “Inspiring South African Women” in technology and innovation... Read |
 | In the early 1800s, William James Chaplin did something daring. Chaplin was called the ‘Napoleon of Coaching,' due to his overwhelming market share in the UK's horse-drawn coach services... Read |
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