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| Marketing & Media |
 | This Senegal-based blogger has built up an adoring online audience of thousands by whipping up mouth-watering meals from all corners of the globe... Read |
 | STEPHEN SANDMANN The concept of innovation drives me. I love taking calculated risks. I enjoy doing the associated R&D. Most of all I like to watch it unfold as a campaign... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS We use WhatsApp to send snaps of ourselves trying on outfits in changing rooms to our loved ones and keep neighbours informed of suspicious goings-on. But watching a TV-style drama unfold on the messaging platform? That's new. Here's how Sanlam and agency King James got an innovative series rolling, on a phone near you... Read |
 | MATHEW WEISS Four lessons for multinational brands when building brands in Africa, according to Brand Union Africa MD, Mathew Weiss... Read |
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| Retail |
 | The packaging for the future requires bold, agile, visionary thinking beyond the aisle. It requires innovative designing for the experience and not just shelf impact... Read |
 | A new whitepaper reveals the key drivers of the ever growing sharing economy, outlining the challenges and future opportunities surrounding it... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Four of South Africa's neighbours have banned poultry imports from the rainbow nation following a serious outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian influenza... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | NEWSWATCH: British sports car maker Aston Martin has confirmed production of 155 of its first all-electric model, the RapidE, to kick off in 2019 with Williams Advanced Engineering as lead engineering partner... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | Rustic Homes, a player in the timber home design and construction market in South Africa, has recently undergone a change of ownership... Read |
 | ANN CROTTY Group Five has said it will withdraw the time restriction it imposed on the submission of proxy votes for the coming extraordinary general meeting of shareholders... Read |
 | Clients and contractors involved in the cost comparison and cost planning process in expressing building cost should use the 'cost per square metre rate' with extreme caution... Read |
 | Thanks to groundbreaking research from the University of the Western Cape (UWC), the artificial coal-ash mountains that changed the landscape of the Highveld and Mpumalanga, posing a significant environmental threat, could become a thing of the past... Read |
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| Education |
 | Mwabu Academy, in partnership with MRP Foundation, has made a major commitment to the South African market in terms of its extensive curriculum-focused online content, with plans to introduce translations in local languages... Read |
 | The Bayer Foundation Fellowship programme, which enables candidates to undertake international study and research projects in scientific areas related to health and agriculture, is calling for applicants... Read |
 | There has been an increase in bogus colleges, exploiting the complexities of the regulatory environment for gain, and students and their parents must avoid unregistered and unaccredited colleges... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | ALLAN SECCOMBE AngloGold Ashanti could cut up to 8,500 jobs at its unprofitable South African mines, reducing its workforce by nearly a third... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | SINDY PETERS Since its launch in 2013, Rethaka has manufactured and distributed 10,000 Repurpose Schoolbags in six African countries, recycling 400,000 plastic bags in the process... Read |
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| Finance |
 | A staggering 58% of unemployed people are young people between the ages of 15-34... Read |
 | The Hollard Insurance Group has completed its R1.8bn acquisition of the Regent Insurance Group from Imperial Holdings... Read |
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| Legal |
 | The Johannesburg Global Pound Conference, being held on 29 June 2017 at Bowmans' offices in Sandton, will address the issue of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and the South African position... Read |
 | The South Gauteng High Court this morning ruled that public schools cannot promote one religion to the exclusion of others... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | RUTH COOPER This year, Wine Cellar Fine Wine Merchants and Cellarers once again identified SA's hottest young winemaking talent breaking the rules and pushing the limits at their annual ‘Young Guns' event. We chat to one of this year's “Young Guns” and rising wine star, Callan Williams of Garajeest wines. Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN All Eyez on Me, Paris Can Wait, Heartbeats, Despicable Me 3, Outcasts, Once Upon A Time In Venice and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf open at local cinemas this weekend. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | The opening of the Musina Intermodal Terminal (MIT) earlier this week signalled a new era of promoting regional economic integration... Read |
 | LINDA ENSOR South African Airways (SAA) continued on its loss-making trajectory in 2016-17, notching up an unaudited loss of R1.9bn for the year to end-March... Read |
 | At the 7th Day of the Seafarer (DotS), more than 1,000 high school learners from the rural town of Bizana in the Eastern Cape were empowered with information on how they can enter the maritime economy... Read |
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| Property |
 | Bordering Woodstock, Salt River is part of a R20bn urban renewal initiative across Cape Town... Read |
 | Cape Town is now home to nine of the 10 richest suburbs in the country... Read |
 | Comprising all South African listed REITs (real estate investment trusts), members of the SA REIT Association represent a market capitalisation of around R400bn. Izak Petersen has recently been appointed its chairman... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | CARI COETZEE The Sales and Marketing Director of Fortis Hotels, Siyanda Dlamini has been honing his skills in the hospitality industry for the past 15 years. A year ago, Dlamini bought shares with Fortis Hotels - becoming a co-owner... Read |
 | Africa's hotel sector has remained resilient in the face of strong economic headwinds. South Africa's hospitality sector is poised for further growth in the next five years... Read |
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| ICT |
 | NEWSWATCH: At its new narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) lab at Vodaworld in Midrand, Vodacom aims to incubate and commercialise machine-to-machine and IoT systems using narrowband networking... Read |
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