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| Marketing & Media |
 | LONDON, UK: UK public relations firm Bell Pottinger has received at least one South African government tender, valued at more than R8m. Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT BBC Worldwide recently appointed Sarah-Jane Harling in the newly created role of advertising account director for its Africa division, based at BBC's Melrose Arch office... Read |
 | MIKE BROOM In the 40 years I have worked in marketing research, the elephant in the room has been using focus groups to ‘evaluate', ‘investigate', ‘dipstick', ‘research', ‘copy test' or any other of the politically correct terms for ad testing... Read |
 | Shortly after moving premises from Rosebank to Parktown, Times Media Group today announced that it is operating under a new name... Read |
 | JOE OTIN It has become increasingly clear that content needs to be local - this engages audiences much more than international content... Read |
 | TIFFANY MARKMAN How not to be an ass-hat when it comes to telecons and video conferencing... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This #YouthMonth, we go behind the selfie with technophile Zwelethu Radebe, one of the newest - and youngest - commercial directors to join Egg Films, the country's most-awarded production company in 2016... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Despite the fact that we're all drowning in a sea of video - and despite the fact the advertising industry “clevers” will tell us that moving images are the future of humankind - still photographs or images still have the power to fascinate... Read |
 | TOM FELS Over the past two decades, the digital world has undergone a rapid evolution - from marketing mix newcomer, to a mandatory (yet not fully understood) element of brand communications... Read |
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| Retail |
 | MORAG SAUNDERS South African retailers have long lagged their counterparts in the U.S. and Europe in terms of embracing new digital channels to improve business operations and marketing... Read |
 | The inaugural Africa-ASEAN Business Expo (AABE) 2017 launches 6-8 November at the Sandton Convention Centre to establish a new trading launch pad... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | With droughts likely to become more common in Africa due to global warming, Farrant hopes her work can mitigate the effect of disrupted weather patterns on food security. She wants to find out how resurrection plants can... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | ANÉ THERON I remember finding the Elantra a little bland. They were good, solid cars - but entertaining to drive? Hardly... Read |
 | Seasoned motoring journalist Jesse Adams of Star Motoring fame, has potentially set a new Guinness World Record for the longest drift in a motor vehicle... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | Tanzania has received $51m (over 110bn/-) financial boost from Kuwait for construction of the 85-kilometre Chaya-Nyahua road in Tabora region... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH No sector is more in need of long-term policy certainty than mining... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The mining industry hasn't really changed much in mindset from the gold rushes of old... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | JOE GEBBIA In more than 65 emergencies around the world, our community has opened their doors, and spare bedrooms, to those in desperate need of a safe harbor... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Losses caused by Western Cape fires and storms could cost the insurance industry in excess of R3bn to R4bn... Read |
 | South African children are simply not equipped to manage their money... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR DIETETICS IN SOUTH AFRICA ‘Eat Fact Not Fiction' is the theme of Dietitian's Week 2017, held from 12-16 June, highlighting the important role of dietitians who are able to interpret nutrition science and dietary guidelines in order to customise nutrition advice... Read |
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| Legal |
 | KATHRYN KIMBERLEY Tax fraud charges have been reinstated against suspected gang boss Shaun Ah Shene, just five months after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) opted to withdraw the criminal case... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | MARTIN MYERS Carli J Myers has l new single called Crazy, produced by the talented Ameen Harron. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | ABDULLATEEF ALIYU No fewer than 26 airlines have discontinued the process for the acquisition of the air operator certificate (AOC) over stringent conditions set by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), it has been revealed... Read |
 | Austrian company Electronic Toll Collection has pocketed 74% of the money collected from motorists since the inception of e-tolls, according to the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse... Read |
 | Bidvest Tank Terminals will invest R1bn in a new liquid petroleum gas (LPG) import and storage facility in Richards Bay for global LPG logistics company Petredec... Read |
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| Property |
 | In what is understood to be a South African auction first, a (completely unoccupied) 8.5-hectare cemetery in Winterveld AH will go under the High Street Auction Co.'s hammer at the end of the month... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | FEDHASA Cape announced new members elected to the regional board at its 13th Annual General Meeting. Members will drive key segments for the association in the Western and Northern Cape provinces... Read |
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| ICT |
 | MARCIN BUDKA The alarm on your smartphone went off 10 minutes earlier than usual this morning. Parts of the city are closed off, so congestion is expected to be worse than usual. You'll need to catch an earlier bus... Read |
 | COLIN THORNTON With some analysts predicting that the global power over ethernet (PoE) market will reach $1bn by 2022, we are living in exciting times for the technology that uses the electrical wiring of a home as a wired data network... Read |
 | DANNY DREW Agile processes are imperative to the success of any business looking to successfully compete in a rapidly changing environment... Read |
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 | NEW YORK, US: General Electric on Monday announced the departure of chief executive Jeff Immelt, who had made the risky bet of refocusing the American conglomerate on its industrial roots... Read |
