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 | 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 |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Catherine Bothma, MD of HDI Youth Marketeers, presented attendees at the Sunday Times Generation Next Youth Marketing Conference on Thursday, 11 May, with the key findings from this year's study... Read |
 | Showmax has signed a deal with Play, a Polish mobile operator with more than 14m subscribers, allowing complimentary access to all existing and new Play contract customers... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS JCDecaux is the Loeries branding partner for the year and also sponsor of the outdoor and out of home (OOH) category. I found out more from Wandile Setlhodi, head of marketing SSA at JC Decaux... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS ‘Fake news' was a hot topic at the annual Samra conference held last week. I chatted to CEO Leonie Vorster about the importance of future-proofing decision-making as part of an overarching marketing strategy, especially in the current media climate of fake news... 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 Dan Mace of Egg Films. Read |
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| Retail |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Stakeholders forming part of the broader shopping centre and retail industries are gathering at The Maslow Hotel in Sandton today for the SACSC Research Conference... Read |
 | Mitchell's, the pride of Knysna and the original South African craft beer, has introduced fresh packaging designs for its beers... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | “Innovation, technology, and economies of scale are critical in today's farming environment to ensure sustainability and competitiveness. These new challenges and complexities highlight the need for appropriate financial support..." Read |
 | MARIOLA ACOSTA FRANCÉS, EDIDAH LUBEGA AMPAIRE, LAU Overlooking gender issues in agriculture also comes at a high cost for the economies. A recent study by the World Bank concluded that closing the gender gap in agriculture would increase Tanzania's GDP... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | SINDY PETERS Uganda's Minister of Water and Environment Sam Cheptoris kicked off proceedings in the Water track on the first day of this year's African Utility Week... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Housing developer Calgro M3's CEO Wikus Lategan says the firm has managed to reduce its reliance on the public sector for revenue, having diversified into three businesses... Read |
 | Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has stressed the need to urgently maintain infrastructure, repair leaks rapidly and to operate water systems more efficiently... Read |
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| Education |
 | Parents often query why schoolchildren need to learn handwriting and spelling in a digital age of typing and spellcheck... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | NICCI BOTHA Brian Molefe was a no-show at African Utility Week. Not surprising, given his track record of not pitching at this event when there's a bullet to be dodged... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | FRANK TIETZE To sustain a population of 9.7 billion people by 2050, the world is going to need innovations that make careful use of the available resources, human and environmental... Read |
 | Cape Town has joined the Partnership for Healthy Cities, a global effort to build healthier cities by pursuing a specific policy to reduce non-communicable diseases and injuries by 2018... Read |
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| Finance |
 | MOYAGABO MAAKE With financial services transformation in the spotlight at parliamentary hearings, Barclays Africa is planning to conclude another large empowerment deal... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | MIA MALAN Is getting all you need from one health team far fetched? Actually not. It's one field where the public health system beats the private one... Read |
 | Guidelines for adult ADHD have been published for the first time in the South African Journal of Psychiatry... Read |
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| Legal |
 | The Minister of Labour, Mildred Oliphant, said at the launch of the South African Employment Equity (EE) Annual Report for the 2015/2016 that there was a lack of appetite among South African corporates for transformation and that her department would have no option but to consider harsher consequences for the lack of transformation. Read |
 | A judge has ordered an Uber engineer at the center of a self-driving car trade secrets suit sidelined and files taken from Alphabet-owned Waymo returned... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | SYDNEY, Australia: Australia revealed details of a massive shipbuilding strategy on Tuesday, its largest peacetime naval investment... Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Balwin Properties, a sectional title unit developer, is on track to continue providing investors with strong dividend growth for some time, having grown its payouts 48% in the year to February, according to CEO Stephen Brookes... Read |
 | The appearance of a property can greatly influence the speed and the final price achieved in sale... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | CEO and shareholder of Jamie's Italian South Africa, Stephen Gersowsky, is one of a group of passionate individuals, with a flare for developing the restaurant industry, who brought this renowned chef's brand to South Africa... Read |
 | At Indaba 2017, Cape Town Tourism will reveal how visitor expectations, trends, and developments are all contributing to dramatic long-term changes in the tourism industry... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
| The Sunday Times Top 100 Companies will hold the Directors Event 2017 on 9 June 2017 from 8am to 3pm at the Sandton Convention Centre... Read |
 | NEW YORK, US: US auto giant Ford is poised to cut thousands of jobs worldwide, with reductions expected to total about 10% of its global workforce... Read |
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| ICT |
 | Vodacom is launching new mobile platforms to support service delivery and promote active citizenry... Read |
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