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| Marketing & Media |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Unless a media planner makes a fatal mistake, then one of the ads you are unlikely to see on Gupta TV - ANN7 - is one of the latest ones for Absa, in the campaign under the “Prosper” banner... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This week we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Matthew Buckland, MD and founder of Creative Spark, an M&C Saatchi company...
Buckland was honoured with a special award for ‘best individual contribution to digital at this year's Bookmark Awards... Read |
 | GIL SPERLING Facebook's ambitions have set the company on a course to radically shift its standing from social media giant to futuristic innovation hub... Read |
 | Nomfundo, a short film produced by Passion Seed Communications, has been selected for the 8th edition of the Helsinki African Film Festival... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT In his closing remarks at the end of the National Prisa Conference on Thursday, Daniel Munslow, CPRP and conference chairman said public relations has to start shaping the agenda to ensure a future-fit industry... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa has announced the sale of 21.5% of its shareholding in Appletiser South Africa in two BEE deals... Read |
 | WENDY KNOWLER The future of the Consumer Goods and Services Ombudsman is at risk because thousands of businesses are refusing to register and fund it... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | MARK MCCALLUM The digital transformation of the agricultural sector will impact billions of people... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | According to Vishal Premlall, director of the Motor Industry Workshop Association (MIWA), an immeasurable contributor to the number of fatalities on our roads is the poor mechanical condition of vehicles... Read |
 | The organisers of the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb has confirmed that a truck carrying several vehicles that had competed in the event caught fire on the N2...[video] Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | SINDY PETERS Jeshika Ramchund opened the second day's morning session at the 24th Annual FIDIC-GAMA Conference on Infrastructure by unpacking the power of technology to disrupt both industries and the notion of the profession... Read |
 | Growthpoint Properties is developing a steel manufacturing and galvanising facility in Gauteng for steel welded mesh supplier Maxishare... Read |
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| Education |
 | Two South African school teams will take part in the ‘F1 in Schools' 2017 world championships in Malaysia in September... Read |
 | Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj has promised to pay university tuition for dozens of fans after a promotional contest metamorphosed over Twitter. Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | ALLAN SECCOMBE AngloGold Ashanti is reviewing its under-performing South African mines after a poor start to the year offset increased output in its international portfolio, prompting the world's number three gold miner to study its options for the Kopanang and TauTona mines... Read |
 | According to Webb Meko, business development director, sub-Saharan Africa, Black & Veatch, the next generation of energy infrastructure is being spurred by new technology that places energy solutions directly into the hands of consumers and businesses... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Dutch officials on Monday, 8 May, opened what is being billed as one of the world's largest offshore wind farms, with 150 turbines spinning in action far out in the North Sea... Read |
 | Local innovators and social entrepreneurs that are solving social problems facing disadvantaged South Africans may now enter the SAB Foundation's seventh annual Social Innovation and second annual Disability Empowerment Awards... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Two South African academics have pioneered a new numerical method that could help ensure greater efficiency and accuracy when pricing financial derivative instruments in markets worldwide... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | If you're a healthy adult and there's nothing to complain about, you likely have no immediate plan to go for a checkup. However, serious conditions can be diagnosed during a checkup... Read |
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| Legal |
 | Egypt's parliament on Sunday adopted a law whose aim is to attract foreign investors to the country as authorities seek to redress its struggling economy... Read |
 | HUGO PIENAAR AND RIOLA KOK In the recently decided case of Mpanza and Another v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Correctional Services and Others, the employees sought an order declaring the deductions from their remuneration to be in contravention of the Public Services Act... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | RUTH COOPER If you find yourself travelling the ever-popular Garden Route, make sure to add Lakeside Lodge and Spa in Sedgefield to your list of places to visit. This peaceful 5-star lodge is a perfect resting spot between Cape Town and Plett or Jeffrey's Bay. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has appointed Oiltanking Grindrod Calulo Holdings to plan, fund, construct, maintain, and operate a new liquid bulk handling facility at the Port of Ngqura... Read |
 | Fleet managers have to stay upright while the entire foundation of the profession is shifting underneath their feet due to rapid technological advances... Read |
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| Property |
 | ADRIAN GOSLETT If a prospective homeowner has not kept up to date with their credit bureau reports, they may be in for a surprise when they apply for finance... Read |
 | API Events is hosting the eighth annual API Summit & Expo in Johannesburg, 24-25 August... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | CARI COETZEE "The right product, the right price, at the right time. In short, delivering a compelling value proposition. Cultural and language nuances aside, this is a fundamental truth across all consumer groups." Read |
 | The ICCA has ranked Cape Town as the number one city in Africa for business tourism... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | The 17th Annual Report of the Commission for Employment Equity indicates 68.5% of top management positions at South African companies are still occupied by white South Africans... Read |
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| ICT |
 | Education and technology organisations from Finland and South Africa have collaborated as part of the CodeBus Africa project which will run creative coding workshops for local students... Read |
 | African mobile telecoms operators, infrastructure owners and service providers are ramping up investment and targeting acquisitions across the region... Read |
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