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| Marketing & Media |
 | DOUGLAS KRUGER "Help, they're trying to break my rules!"... so let them. I studied French bikinis and ritualistic shrines, in order to find ways to create a more agile culture... Read |
 | The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity hosted the Creative Effectiveness Lions award ceremony on 23 June 2017... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH A brand is a symbol of the organisation, but reputation is the overall trust and appreciation that observers feel for the organisation. Marketers focus on the identity and brand of an organisation, but externally the image of the organisation is the perception of observers... Read |
 | The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity hosted the Digital Craft Lions award ceremony on 23 June 2017... Read |
 | The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity hosted the Film Craft Lions award ceremony on 23 June 2017, with three SA entries casting a Bronze glow... Read |
 | The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity hosted the Radio Lions award ceremony on 23 June 2017, with SA walking away with the Grand Prix and lots of metal... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT The Afropolitan recently celebrated its 50th edition with a gala evening where publisher Sean Press announced philosopher, Kaya FM radio host and writer Kojo Baffoe the new editor of the magazine. Read |
 | The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity hosted the Integrated Lions award ceremony on its final night, 24 June 2017... Read |
 | The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity hosted the Titanium Lions award ceremony on its final night, 24 June 2017... Read |
 | The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity came to an end on 24 June 2017, rounding out a full week of award shows that celebrated creativity across various categories. Here's how SA fared overall Read |
 | Continent-wide digital skills development initiative aims to train half a million young Africans in one week... Read |
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| Retail |
 | MARC HASENFUSS Liquor giant Distell, which owns best-selling brands such as Savanna, Hunters, Nederburg and Klipdrift, has uncorked a proposal that fortifies the position of its biggest shareholder... Read |
 | According to research by TMR, an increasing awareness among consumers about the importance of a protein-rich diet has had a positive influence on the growth of the pulse flour market... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | An outbreak of the highly pathogenic Avian influenza H5N8 - a strain of avian influenza which is believed to be transmitted by wild migratory birds - has been confirmed in the Villiers area in the Free State... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | General Motors' (GM) withdrawal from South Africa sent shockwaves through the local car market but one local expert believes that the Opel brand, which was owned by GM, will not be unduly affected... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | FRANCK KUWONU There has been much talk about Africa's urban dividends — the increased prosperity and sustained socioeconomic development resulting from the expansion and industrialisation of African cities... Read |
 | ROBERT LAING Five of Group Five's seven board members announced their resignations on Friday, 23 June, leaving just recently appointed CEO Themba Mosai and chief financial officer Cristina Teixeira as surviving directors... Read |
 | Developers, architects and shopping centres are under increasing pressure, due to the rise of ecommerce, to draw customers back to the physical retail environment... Read |
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| Education |
 | Further Education and Training (FET) should strive to achieve three goals, making graduates employable, creating a diverse workforce and meeting the needs of the country's economy... Read |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE A structured and stable education in the early years is crucial to giving children the best developmental start to life. Unfortunately, not all South African children have access to a good early childhood education, but NPO, The Unlimited Child, is looking to change that... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | JEAN D'AMOUR MBONYINSHUTI The new Musanze hydropower plant is expected to add at least 3.6 megawatts to Rwanda's national grid... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Organised by the Water Research Commission (WRC) in collaboration with the CSIR, experts from a range of institutions recently convened in Pretoria to discuss the impacts of environmental refugees and climate-induced migration in Southern Africa in general, and South Africa in particular... Read |
 | TSIDI BISHOP Fumani Mthembi, who runs a renewable energy producing company in South Africa, has no regrets about leaving her secure job in the middle of an economic recession to start her own business in 2009... Read |
 | By the end of August, Capetonians will no longer be totally reliant on their struggling dams for water... Read |
 | QUANDA ZHANG A small boost in microlending to the developing world could lift more than 10.5 million people out of extreme poverty... Read |
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| Finance |
 | The IRBA told parliament that additional measures to drive transformation will be required to address concerns regarding deconcentration of the audit market... Read |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG eCOIDA is not a 'startup' in the obvious sense of the word. A division of an 18-year-old company, we find out how the Barclays Accelerator is helping it to venture into the short-term insurance industry... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | Although diabetes is a global problem, it has a local epicentre.... Read |
 | A guide, which solidifies nine years' worth of experience in developing and implementing community-based HIV-prevention programmes, has been launched... Read |
 | Stem-cell treatment for women with lichen sclerosus is now available in South Africa... Read |
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| Legal |
 | NALEDI SHANGE The Johannesburg Magistrate's Court has rescinded its order that had barred the media from reporting on the bail application proceedings of Sandile Mantsoe, accused of murdering his lover, Karabo Mokoena... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | British comedian, Michael McIntyre, is returning to South Africa with three shows lined up in January 2018 as part of his Big World Tour. Tickets are now on sale... Read |
 | The carefully selected blend of international talent, South Africa's best and tomorrow's stars, provides a perfect focal point for this year's event. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | JOHN LOXTON It is difficult to explain why local fleet owners do not make more use of professional fleet management services. We probably have a lack of trust here in the ability of service providers... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | With the launch of an innovative app, one of South Africa's most popular and important heritage sites have become even more accessible. Visitors can now tour this sprawling precinct with a virtual guide... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Jaguar Land Rover and Gorillaz are on a mission to recruit the next generation of world-class electronics and software engineering talent... [video] Read |
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| ICT |
 | CNN interviewed Mark Zuckerberg in an exclusive broadcast interview - his first in nearly five years. They chat about the company's new mission statement... [video] Read |
 | Microsoft South Africa, in conjunction with Intervate and 2enable, has launched an online portal called Mahala.ms... Read |
 | TOM JACKSON Thomson Reuters is looking at ways to partner with the “vibrant innovation hotspots” of Nairobi and Lagos... Read |
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