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| Marketing & Media |
 | DANNY BRYER One brand has maintained its cool factor for seven years running, but how did they do it? Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS I chatted to the four recently revealed international jury presidents for the Loeries. First up is Götz Ulmer, partner of Jung von Matt in Hamburg, Germany... Read |
 | Finland is the best country for love-making, stated in Sultan's campaign video that has gained a million organic views in Finland alone... Read |
 | WERNER LINDEMANN Mobile is rapidly outpacing traditional channels such as television and print as the medium of choice by African consumers for accessing information and entertainment. Read |
 | ORESTI PATRICIOS Fake news, false claims, invented opinions and online rumour can seriously burn your reputation. Oresti Patricios, CEO of Ornico, unpacks a strategy for putting out fake news fires before they rage out of control and explains how to manage your reputation in the wake of a fake news onslaught against your brand... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS I chatted to SA's own Xolisa Dyeshana, CCO at Joe Public and member of the One Club's international board of directors, post-Creative Week for his One Show reflections... Read |
 | Standard Bank SBG Securities repeats its top ranking for research, with RMB Morgan Stanley, Peregrine Securities and ABSA Capital maintaining their top positions for equities dealing, derivatives dealing and fixed interest securities dealing respectively... Read |
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| Retail |
 | LINDSAY SAMSON Researchers at MIT use living cells to give this unique garment a cool advantage... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Development impact is possible when established role players in the sector commit to the transfer of knowledge and skills and provide the necessary technical support to new entrants... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Chinese auto giant Geely on Wednesday announced it was taking a 49.9% stake in Malaysia's troubled Proton as well as a 51% share in British sports car brand Lotus... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | MARK ALLIX Barloworld and Caterpillar are cementing their 90-year heavy equipment partnership in southern Africa by consolidating separate warehouse facilities into a new distribution centre... Read |
 | KARL GERNETZKY The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) is to award R3.1bn in tenders for two megabridges in the Eastern Cape in the next two months... Read |
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| Education |
 | The Mpumalanga Department of Education has set aside over R1 billion for infrastructure related to the sector... Read |
 | DEVON KOEN Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University has agreed to a 6.4% monthly salary increase for staff... Read |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE The brand-new Johannesburg-based fashion design college, Fashion Academy Network (FAN), has opened its admission doors for its first intake of students in 2018... Read |
 | Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the Council of Education Ministers (CEM) wants half of all schools to offer African languages to learners... Read |
 | Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the Council of Education Ministers will appoint a panel of experts to look at the viability of introducing an independent National Examinations Council... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | DAVID GERNON Cape Town's water crisis has seen many companies' cash dry up, while the same crisis has seen new businesses profit... Read |
 | The renewable energy sector employed 9.8-million people worldwide in 2016, almost twice as many as in 2012, the Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency said on Wednesday, 24 May... Read |
 | MARTIN SULLIVAN, OLIVER PHILLIPS, AND SIMON LEWIS Around 2 million km² of Africa is covered by tropical rainforests... Read |
 | BLESSING MBERU, KANYIVA MUINDI, AND PATRICIA ELUNG Globally, there's a general decline in the number of women who die from pregnancy or childbirth complications. However in Kenya, it remains high.. Read |
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| Finance |
 | Various new taxes aimed specifically at the country's wealthiest are in the pipeline... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The revamped Iziko Planetarium and Digital Dome will finally open the doors of this unique new facility to the public on Saturday, 27 May 2017... Read |
 | The Parklife Gourmet Food and Music Festival will launch in Durban on Sunday, 11 June 2017, at the Durban Botanic Gardens... Read |
 | Scottish pop band, Texas will be performing in South Africa in December 2017 for an exciting two-city tour... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | ERICK KABENDERA Tanzania is struggling to find financiers for its proposed $1.2bn standard gauge railway as leaders continue to raise questions about the viability of the project... Read |
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| Property |
 | Since listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in November last year, Spear REIT Limited has declared a first dividend of 16.75% over its forecast in the company's first set of financial results... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Arrowhead Properties is likely to reach about double-digit dividend income growth in the next two years, as long as political and economic shocks do not persist in SA... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | JOSEPHINE WAWIRA Using technology to connect African nations through tourism will grow the continent's economy and improve its competitiveness with other global tourist destinations... Read |
 | FEDHASA CEO, Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa, recently expressed concern regarding Airbnb's "non-compliance", stressing the importance for all accommodation providers to abide by the same set of rules. Airbnb responds... Read |
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| ICT |
 | FNB Business and Endeavor South Africa have shortlisted the finalists for the FNB Business Innovation Awards 2017... Read |
 | CHARLES MBURUGU Here are some of the ways you can maintain your WordPress business site to ensure optimal performance... Read |
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