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| Marketing & Media |
 | DAMON STAPLETON Many years ago, I was in New York for the first time. I was in a yellow cab I had seen in a hundred movies. It was like cinematic deja vu... Read |
 | Old Mutual Foundation invested development funding with the Pinotage Youth Development Academy which saw 23 students graduating from the PYDA class of 2017... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Cannes Lions kicked off this past weekend, and we have ten SA jurors across the various categories. I spoke to Jenny Ehlers, ECD at King James Group and Design juror, about the areas she predicts SA agencies' work will excel in this year, and more... Read |
 | LISA STEINGOLD Popimedia was invited to take part in a social media manager's boot camp in Dublin during the first week of June... Read |
 | The G20 Africa Summit in Berlin this week explores new investment opportunities in Africa and new incentives for more private sector investments, sustainable investments in public infrastructure and economic participation... Read |
 | Youtap partners with MatchMove to deliver open-loop payments for mobile money customers in Africa and Asia... Read |
 | ‘Focus on Africa', the BBC World News weekday news and current affairs show for Africa, celebrates five years of broadcasting this week... Read |
 | Global economic gravity rapidly pulling towards Africa, according to Abdoulaye Mar Dieye... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Retroviral's Mike Sharman explains the new Russell Hobbs ‘Art of Living' campaign as a long-term win for Boardmans and a first in SA's luxury appliance category... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Already, South African retailers and shopping centres have openly embraced the technological boom but more is on the cards... Read |
 | Unilever South Africa has relaunched its Unilever Deals with a new name, social media support and Vodacom as a strategic partner... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | A concept car come to life, the Lexus LC combines stunning design, scintillating performance, long-distance comfort and premium craftsmanship to join an elite group of international grand touring coupes... Read |
 | Opel has revealed plans to further strengthen the brand and grow its market presence in South Africa with a new distributor and new entries to its portfolio... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | Urban planner Lookman Oshodi seems to think it is possible... Read |
 | MARK ALLIX Allan Gray says Group Five acted in bad faith in advising shareholders... Read |
 | CHARLOTTE MATHEWS Construction tenders worth between R1m and R1bn will be advertised shortly for the second phase of the R25bn Lesotho Highlands Water Project, the executive manager of the project, Mark Matchett, says... Read |
 | BONGANI SHWENI Globally, access to adequate housing remains a huge problem that governments battle to solve, billionBricks provides a self-financing solution... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | The role of renewable energy in generating Africa's power was the topic of discussion in a panel at the TXF Africa Trade Finance Conference in Nairobi, Kenya... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The regulatory environment governing the mining industry in South Africa has never been more complicated - or expensive... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Poachers are now slaughtering one rhino every 33 hours in KwaZulu-Natal, most of them in the flagship Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, where Africa's white rhinos were rescued from extinction in the 1970s... Read |
 | Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has welcomed the arrest of two people and the recovery of 10 rhino horn valued at R2.8m at OR Tambo International Airport... Read |
 | Thursday, 15 June marked Global Wind Day 2017 - a day for re-considering wind, and the power it holds to reshape energy systems, decarbonise our economy and boost jobs and growth... Read |
 | The SheEO SleepOut event has been moved from 22 June to 8 August 2017... Read |
 | In celebration of Youth Day, UCT researchers at the Poverty and Inequality Initiative (PII) are launching an interactive online tool, Youth Explorer, that provides a range of information on the status and wellbeing of South Africa's young people... Read |
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| Finance |
 | NICCI BOTHA This country is never boring. Where else in the real world does the skinniving, intrigue and corruption offer more plot twists than Game of Thrones? Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH South Africa's first years as a democracy saw substantially higher economic growth than population growth... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | South Africans generally evaluate their health positively, while healthcare professionals are less optimistic... Read |
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| Legal |
 | Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has signed and gazetted the coming into operation of various provisions of the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (FICA) Act, 2017... Read |
 | ROBERT LAING Seven beef suppliers were raided by the Competition Commission on Wednesday morning in an investigation into price fixing... Read |
 | JOSE JORGE AND STEVEN ADAMS The recent case of Sampson v South African Post Office serves as a cautionary tale for employers and highlights one of the pitfalls of using the process of inquiry by an arbitrator, in terms of s188A of the Labour Relations Act... Read |
 | ANJA VAN WIJK AND CHANTELLE GLADWIN-WOOD Following the case of Land and Agricultural Bank of SA v Parker and another, described as an ‘abuse of the trust form in business dealings', the Chief Master has issued a directive that all trusts registered for the first time or that are considered ‘family business trusts' must appoint an independent trustee, effective as from 6 March 2017... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN Cars 3, This Beautiful Fantastic, The Hunter's Prayer, Rough Night, Michelangelo - Love and Death, Free Fire and A Case For Christ all open at local cinemas this weekend. Read |
 | EUGENE YIGA Lefa La Ntate, the critically acclaimed exhibition, is coming to the Standard Bank Gallery. Eugene Yiga spoke to artist Mohau Modisakeng to find out more. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | NEWSWATCH: Steve Mabona of the Gauteng Department of Education has urged parents to keep children at home for their own safety during the taxi protests today... Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Specialised real estate investment trust (Reit), Stor-Age grew its dividend 10% in the year to March, following a strong trading performance across its portfolio and the acquisition of Storage RSA in February... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Capital growth player Attacq plans to become a real estate investment trust (Reit), says the company that owns the Mall of Africa near Midrand... Read |
 | Moody's recent slew of downgrades that sliced through the country's financial sector and corporates, as well as state-owned enterprises and local and regional governments are “the economic equivalent of the lower decks of the Titanic filling with water”, comments Lew Geffen, chairman of Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Durban has clinched the rights to host the 40th Annual Mrs Universe Pageant - the first time this event will be held on the continent - giving Durban nine days to dazzle in the global tourism spotlight... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | This year's KPMG CEO Outlook reveals that 68% of CEOs see disruptive forces as an opportunity, not a threat, for their business... Read |
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| ICT |
 | NKULULEKO NXASANA Many countries - especially in Africa - are still finding themselves confronted with difficulties in registering and authenticating voters. The usage of biometrics seeks to ensure voter equality... Read |
 | Durban will this year host South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) iWeek... Read |
 | A recent Frost & Sullivan analysis estimates that the market for tower services is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.8% over the period 2016-2021... Read |
 | The latest approach to characterise a large number of complex, multi-vector DDoS attacks is to use reflection to exploit connection-less lightweight directory access protocols... Read |
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