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| Marketing & Media |
 | NAS HOOSEN What's it like as a person of colour working in the ad industry? Ad industry freelancer Nas Hoosen unpacks the dilemma... Read |
 | A unique new visual identity was created for new African financial brand, Arise, by Brand Union... Read |
 | A new magazine has been launched for Zimbabweans working and living abroad, by the CMG International Media Group... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Playmakers CEO Richard Dunn talks us through their Clio Sports Award win in the 'Partnerships, Sponsorships & Endorsements category' and more as the first SA agency honoured with this win... Read |
 | JUANITA PIENAAR Amri Botha and Carina Coetzee from advertising agency, ninety9cents were announced as the SA winners of Ster-Kinekor Cinemark 48-hour Cannes Young Lions competition... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS I caught up with Samra CEO Leonie Vorster ahead of their annual conference this week for a few pre-event research insights into the importance of this year's theme: Future-proof decision-making, where research becomes breaking news - presenting tomorrow, today. Read |
 | My aunt used to say, years ago when my children were small, that I would wish I could “just put a brick on top of them to stop them growing”...meaning that your kids become adults in the blink of an eye - and then you wish you had paid more attention when they were cute... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS I spoke to some of the people responsible for SA's recent One Show-winning work, behind the scenes. First up is Louis Enslin of Produce Sound. Read |
 | CAS DREIJER South Africa tends to fall into the same style of activations - especially when looking at emerging markets... Read |
 | JUANITA PIENAAR The 2017 Prism Awards took place at a ceremony at The Park House of Events on 6 May 2017 and I chatted to some of the gold winners... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Virtual chatbots are becoming commonplace in the B2B marketing sector as well as for general online consumer shopping. Here's what else to expect from the AI retail startup boom... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Calling all foodies! Fiera Milano Exhibitions Africa held the media launch for the Good Food & Wine Show (GFWS) 2017 at the Pavillion of the Table Bay Hotel last week, and it was a treat for the senses.... Read |
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| Retail |
 | This season the Country Road homeware design team were inspired by the Australian way of life, with natural materials and colours aplenty... Read |
 | The global value of contactless transactions made via payment cards, mobile and wearables, will reach $1.3 trillion by 2019... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | From Indian startup Kheyti, the modular greenhouse is an affordable solution for low-income farmers... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Volvo Cars and Google have partnered to develop the next generation in-car infotainment and connectivity solution... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | The Greenovate Awards Programme is introducing an engineering category to this year's awards... Read |
 | The City of Cape Town has warned all residents and businesses to cut... Read |
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| Education |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Last week saw Jonathan Lun win the judges' vote at the final pitch event for the 2017 SingularityU Southern Africa Global Impact Challenge... Read |
 | Wits University is inviting applications for participation in its MIT Global Start-up Labs Programme, hosted in conjunction with MIT Sloan School of Management... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | JESS AUERBACH It's not often that you get to create a new university from scratch... Read |
 | According to Ashley Maistry, associate director for Accenture Resources, increasing environmental awareness is driving South Africans to invest in a more sustainable future... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Sars has beefed up its transfer fund division to stop multinational companies shifting their profits out of the country to more tax-friendly jurisdictions... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | The Department of Health has done a U-turn on its plan to scrap medical aid schemes... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The Spice Route will warm up winter appetites with its first Brrrrew Event taking place on Friday, 26 May... Read |
 | RUTH COOPER Breathtakingly dramatic, wild and untamed and impossibly romantic Samara Luxury Private Game Lodge is an ideal spot for uncluttered and secluded wild life spotting and leisurely unwinding. Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Investec property and workplace specialists Giant Leap has launched FutureSpace, a high-end, flexible office-on-demand at 61 Katherine Street in the heart of Sandton, Johannesburg... Read |
 | The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is updating its global property measurement standard... Read |
 | BILL RAWSON Prospective investors disheartened by the price of properties in South Africa at present may be interested to learn that smaller and more affordable properties are almost invariably the highest performers... Read |
 | Executive mayor of the City of Joburg Councillor Herman Mashaba was recently hosted at a SAPOA Meet the Mayor Dinner in Johannesburg... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | CARI COETZEE Swaziland Tourism recently exhibited at WTM Africa 2017, showing that this small, landlocked country has big aspirations for its tourism industry... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OAK VENTURES With all the great figures and information around social media, the next step is seeing how the tourism industry can implement effective social media strategies that can boost and influence direct bookings... Read |
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| ICT |
 | SAM SMITH Technology changes the way the world works, that's a fact. It revolutionised communication with the radio, made entertainment widespread with the television, and gave everyone access to information... Read |
 | WASHINGTON, US: A fast-moving wave of cyber attacks swept the globe on Friday, apparently exploiting a flaw exposed in documents leaked from the US National Security Agency... Read |
 | On Friday, 12 May 2017, organisations across the world were hit by a massive ransomware attack, named WannaCry, which exploited a (now patched) Microsoft Windows vulnerability... Read |
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