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| Marketing & Media |
 | MIKE BROOM One of the difficulties of advertising research is to determine the dimensions to measure. Read |
 | DW launches history project for young Africans in cooperation with Gerda Henkel Foundation... Read |
 | BBM Messenger and Nairabox bring movie tickets service to users in Nigeria... Read |
 | ANN NUROCK Music featured strongly at Cannes Lions 2017. I chatted to Josh Partridge, director for EMEA, LatAm and Canada at Shazam, live in Cannes... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Massmart's Supplier Development Programme (SDP) has supported 32 small local manufacturers to gain access to market and form part of the broader Massmart supply chain... Read |
 | South Africa's struggling retailers are significantly lagging behind other sectors when it comes to appointing customer experience officers... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | ZHANN MEYER Over the past three decades, the South African agriculture financing landscape has undergone some significant shifts, the two most apparent of which have been... Read |
 | "Investing in agricultural assistance today will provide food for tomorrow; and can ensure people have a source of food even when they are cut off from other forms of humanitarian aid." Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Lightstone Consumer has conducted an independent study among the dealerships of all major automotive manufacturers in South Africa to determine the current labour rates charged at dealership level... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | With increased interest from the business community and locals alike, Windhoek's central business district (CBD) is on a path to revival... Read |
 | GENEVIEVE QUINTAL Eskom has appointed Johnny Dladla as the acting group CE, following the removal of Brian Molefe... Read |
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| Education |
 | The Council for Advancement and Support of Education, based in Washington, DC, has announced that WITSReview is the joint winner in the external audience print newsletter category, for its December 2016 issue... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | GIADA MASINA, ALLAN REID AND DEEPA VALLABH Mining companies will need to start amending their legal and corporate structures if the challenges to the Mining Charter are unsuccessful... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | THERINA WENTZEL In a troubled year, it is more important than ever that we help those who help others... Read |
 | NGOs are often able to make money donated go much further than people realise due to the partnerships and pricing they have in place... Read |
 | The Southern African Vinyls Association (SAVA) recently hosted its 2017 Vinyls SA Conference at the Hilton Hotel in Sandton... Read |
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| Finance |
 | LINDA ENSOR Treasury has rejected claims of calamitous job losses resulting from the imposition of a health promotion levy... Read |
 | DEBBIE O'HANLON The current muted growth environment in Africa presents a unique opportunity for private equity (PE) managers to demonstrate their expertise... Read |
 | LAVINE HARIPERSAD Although the motives are good, the negative impact of the ETI is that it places an administrative burden on payroll departments... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | The new Medical Device Code of Ethical Marketing and Business Practice allows for self-regulation by the industry... Read |
 | Smaller medical schemes offer customers value for money, but lack the ability to attract new members... Read |
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| Legal |
 | The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) is offering up to €20,000 in equity-free grant money, access to a mentor network and potential future funding, as part of the HiiL Justice Accelerator's Innovating Justice Challenge... Read |
 | President Jacob Zuma has appointed members to the National Consumer Tribunal, whose term of office will become effective from 1 July 2017... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN Transformers: The Last Knight, The Promise, Tubelight, Everything, Everything and Obsession open at local cinemas this weekend. Read |
 | JUANITA PIENAAR The Greatest Love of All - The Whitney Houston Show celebrates the best of Whitney Houston, when she was at the top of her game... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Imperial Sasfin Logistics has been awarded a 4PL (fourth party logistics services) contract to supply Nando's bastings, sauces, spices, marinades and packaging to Nando's restaurants... Read |
 | Boeing has raised its forecast for new aeroplane demand, projecting the need for 41,030 new aeroplanes over the next 20 years valued at $6.1 trillion... [video] Read |
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| Property |
 | A tenant is required to pay the landlord a deposit, a predetermined sum of money, before taking occupation of any commercial premises... Read |
 | ADRIAN GOSLETT According to a Homeowner Insights study conducted by Absa and Columinate in 2016, only 16% of people selling their properties trusted their estate agents... Read |
 | According to Cyndy Minnaar, Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty area specialists in Newlands and Constantia, the majority of buyers in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs don't need bonds... Read |
 | In an effort to expedite the provision of affordable housing opportunities across the city, the City of Cape Town is seeking additional social housing partners... Read |
 | With a number of new property platforms employing models that 'cut out the middle-man', and in doing so asking for much lower commissions for connecting sellers with buyers, the question of why use an estate agent at all has been asked... Read |
 | New research has revealed that Londoners could move abroad and swap their one-bed flats for a seven-bedroom mansion complete with swimming pool... Read |
 | LEANNE GOVENDER There can be no arguing against the fact that the provision of affordable housing is a vital component of the social transformation and empowerment efforts of local and national governments across South Africa... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | With Generation Y heading to the driving seat in the workforce, their successor, Generation Z, has slowly started to enter the workforce as well and is expected to bring about major disruption and changes... Read |
 | ERAN FEINSTEIN While there is continued growth in online bookings, the market has matured, and the hype has passed. In fact, there is a clear trend of specific market niches returning to traditional travel agents... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA The third annual Future of HR Awards has just announced its 2017 finalists. The awards, hosted in association with Careers24, recognises South Africa's most outstanding, inspiring and effective leaders in people management strategies and HR innovation... Read |
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| ICT |
 | Mobile insurance startup Tabech has been selected as the winner of the Mozambique round of Seedstars World for its Móvelcare product. It was also announced that the annual Seedstars Africa Regional Summit will take place in Mozambique... Read |
 | With analysts putting the global market opportunities around drones at anywhere between $11bn and $13bn by 2020, organisations across all verticals stand to gain by harnessing the new capabilities... Read |
 | Facebook celebrates MENA winners of the first Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge... Read |
 | RESHAAD SHA For those who are into science fiction, the term ‘machine learning' immediately conjures up images of computers taking over the world... Read |
 | IAN SUMMERFIELD As a result of the current climate of economic uncertainty and a highly volatile exchange rate, many organisations are attempting to ‘sweat their assets' for as long as possible in an effort to reduce IT spend... Read |
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