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| Marketing & Media |
 | NEWSWATCH: Allan Gray has let go of ad agency, Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town, effective 31 July, and is in the process of appointing a new agency to manage the account... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Christian Kurz, senior vice president, global insights for Viacom International Media Networks unpacks the media company's latest global study and some game-changing insights on Generation X... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Safrea chair Laura Rawden speaks about the benefit of belonging to a professional body, especially as a freelancer while the world of work continues to evolve across the continent... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS One of the biggest drawcards to this year's One Show Creative week was the Educators' summit workshop sessions. Our very own Ross Chowles presented one of these. I chatted to him post-Creative Week for his One Show reflections... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Nominations for entries into this year's PriceCheck Tech and E-Commerce Awards will open on 1 June and close on 15 June 2017... Read |
 | COLLEEN GOKO Analysts have praised Steinhoff's decision to list its African assets separately, saying the move allows the businesses to emerge from the shadow of its international operations... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | A new report describes certain plants that possess a trait known as biological nitrification inhibition (BNI). The trait allows the plants to suppress the loss of nitrogen (N) from the soil and improve the efficiency of its uptake and use by themselves and other plants... Read |
 | FANIE BRINK The gross production value of this season's maize crop is totally overrated... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | NEW YORK, US: Four automakers including Toyota and BMW agreed on Thursday to pay $553 million to settle a US lawsuit over the defective Takata airbags... Read |
 | NEW DELHI, India: US auto giant General Motors will stop selling cars in India by year end, putting the brakes on efforts to penetrate one of the world's fastest growing markets... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | SINDY PETERS The ever-vibrant and inspirational brand and reputation expert Thebe Ikalafeng delivered one of the keynote talks at the recently concluded 2017 African Utility Week... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS One of the many pertinent questions asked at this year's African Utility Week was... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Construction group Stefanutti Stocks should return to profitability in the next financial year, after one-off costs in the year to February put its earnings under pressure... Read |
 | SUNITA MENON Low business and consumer confidence are placing the property sector under pressure... Read |
 | STEPHEN LABSON South Africa's National Energy Regulator (Nersa) is soon to decide if the country's power utility, Eskom, should be granted an exemption from a long list of regulatory reporting requirements when it submits a new tariff application next month... Read |
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| Education |
 | ISSUED BY UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS UCT GSB has claimed its place in the 2017 Financial Times rankings of the world's top customised executive education offerings, beating competitors from as far afield as France, Canada, Italy, Norway and Belgium... Read |
 | South African musician, Loyiso Bala and comedian, John Vlismas have been awarded MBA Music and Creative Industries scholarships from Henley Business School... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | NICCI BOTHA Despite persistent conspiracy theories and media speculation, Eskom's nuclear boss is adamant there is no secret plan or corruption linked to the nuclear plan... Read |
 | The Just Gold project, a system to trace legal and conflict-free artisanal gold has moving from the pilot stage... Read |
 | The Swiss will vote in a referendum on replacing the power from its ageing nuclear reactors with renewable sources... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | The City of Cape Town has appointed Craig Kesson as its first chief resilience officer... Read |
 | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs deputy minister Andries Nel participated in the Second International Conference on National Urban Policy in France... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Deputy Finance Minister Sfiso Buthelezi has been appointed as chairman of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and the terms of three other non-executive directors renewed... Read |
 | RICHARD BEZUIDENHOUT The finance industry has proven itself to be innovative and pioneering; seen as one of the most disruptive industries for business... Read |
 | Three in 10 C-suite executives interviewed say they are investigating blockchain as a means of doing business, an IBM study shows... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | There is some controversy about alternative reimbursement models in the commercial healthcare industry... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | JANINE FOURIE Chef Janine of Big Easy Durban throws caution to the wind and shares the sheer indulgence of chocolate with bizcommunity readers. But there's a twist - chocolate is full of health benefits and more... Read |
 | STEPHEN MARSHAL South Africa is the up and coming new fashion destination with its brilliant designers and labels churning out amazing clothes and making their way to the biggest fashion weeks all over the world... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | According to Kamendran Govender of Accenture Consulting, advances in automation are transforming the supply chain workforce of the future... Read |
 | MANDLA MNYAKAMA According to the TomTom traffic index, Cape Town is the most congested city in the country and 48th in the world, ahead of cities such as New York... Read |
 | MiX ReportMyDriving is a new in-house driver monitoring service launched by MiX Telematics, a global provider of fleet and mobile asset management solutions... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Due to the heavy rain received this year, the KNP is experiencing malaria cases, and has advised visitors to take precautionary measures against the disease... Read |
 | TOURISM rebounded to a remarkable extent last year after former Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba's visa restrictions were amended.... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | NEO GOBA Former SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng plans to approach the Labour Court to have his disciplinary hearing stopped... Read |
 | MATT BROWN The death of a business is not like a car crash and as sudden as many tend to presume, but disasters do happen whether you are prepared for them or not... Read |
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| ICT |
 | The Google Play store is essential for downloading Android apps, however, without the right settings, it can be less enjoyable... Read |
 | VITALY MZOKOV While virtualisation can improve IT agility and efficiency for a business, it also adds more layers of technology. Maintaining full visibility for each layer- and how they interact - can be a difficult task... Read |
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