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| Marketing & Media |
 | SHERI GOVENDER Social media and digital marketing provide the perfect breeding ground for brands to remain visible and generate awareness of business offerings, regardless of marketing budget... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Celebrity endorsements are big business these days, because brands believe that being associated with winners - be they in the sport or entertainment biz - means that sweet sound of ringing tills. Read |
 | UK Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled an ambitious package of support to create new wealth in Africa... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This week we go behind the selfie with technophile Louis Enslin, sound engineer and owner at award-winning post-production company, Produce Sound... Read |
 | WENDY BERGSTEEDT The benefit of having seen both sides of the client-agency coin should equip both marketers and agency folk to apply more of a fair approach to their partnership... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Swiss firm Ethical Coffee Company, which has long butted heads with Nestle over its capsules compatible with Nespresso machines, said it was winding down production of the "losing" format. Read |
 | SodaStream has launched a new video featuring Mayim Bialik and Kristian Nairn to emphasise the devastating effect of single-use plastic bottles... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Sustainable wine farming isn't just about the grapes - it's about all elements involved in making wine, from lighter bottles and composting to protecting air quality and giving back to the community... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | ANÉ THERON When the Toyota Etios launched in 2012 as a replacement to the much-loved Tazz, the entry-level Etios Hatch 1.5 Xi carried a R115,800 price tag... Read |
 | The regional market for commercial vehicles (CVs) like rigid trucks and flatbed trailers is being strengthened by rising urbanisation and infrastructural developments in Africa... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | CRAIG MCLACHLAN New job creation is virtually unattainable without decent transportation infrastructure and good mobility networks... Read |
 | The City of Cape Town says plans of potentially partnering with the private sector to create a short-term emergency water supply using desalination, storm water capture or aquifer extraction are progressing well... Read |
 | The National Home Builders' Registration Council (NHBRC) has introduced new builder registration and enrolment certificates as a means of reducing fraud in the sector... Read |
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| Education |
 | BEKEZELA PHAKATHI Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has established a 10-member committee to fast-track transformation in the tertiary sector... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | The Eskom board is taking disciplinary measures against its former acting CE in a bid by the power utility to clean up its corruption-tainted image... Read |
 | JOHAN OLIVIER The latest version of the Mining Charter is much tougher on employment equity targets than its predecessor... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | SINDY PETERS Founded by Phillip Shapiro in 2006, Build the Future is a non-profit organisation that facilitates early childhood development through learning and nutrition programmes in informal settlements in Johannesburg and KwaZulu-Natal... Read |
 | The sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, scientists have warned... Read |
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| Finance |
 | There's huge potential for home-grown peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms, according to a recently released report on alternative financing vehicles... Read |
 | MARK MOBIUS Thailand's currency had been pegged to the US dollar, but on July 2, 1997, the government shifted to a floating exchange-rate system, effectively devaluing it... Read |
 | KENNEDY KANGETHE Barclays Bank of Kenya (BBK) is closing seven of its branches in the country... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | JOAN VAN DYK Skyrocketing medico-legal claims threaten to cripple South Africa's public and private health sectors as specialists face exorbitant litigation... Read |
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| Legal |
 | A task team will be set up by the Gauteng Provincial Government to deal with the illegal occupation and hijacking of buildings... Read |
 | The CCMA has ruled that an employer had unfairly discriminated against farm supervisors by grading and paying them less than farm foremen, who performed the same work but who had different academic qualifications... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The Eat Out Woolworths Sustainability Award, which was launched last year as a first for South Africa, gives recognition to a restaurant that brings its customers seasonal, local and responsibly produced food. Read |
 | EUGENE YIGA The Whisky Wednesday evening, hosted by Ginga Ginja Restaurant at Newmark's Victoria & Alfred Hotel at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, in its third and latest instalment, offers a five-course dinner paired with Three Ships Whisky, at a cost of R295. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | The global telematics market is exploding in connectivity and growth. Trucking is no stranger to this sort of change - many fleets are leading the way... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Seychelles has been named the top island destination in Africa and the Middle East in the Travel + Leisure's 2017 World's Best Awards... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Diverse, inclusive companies are more successful than those that do not nurture diversity, shows international research by McKinsey... Read |
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| ICT |
 | FUNDISIWE MASEKO The second edition of the Global Cybersecurity Index 2017, measured the commitment of ITU Member States to cyber security and highlighted a number of illustrative practices from around the world.... Read |
 | With Microsoft planning to build hyper-scale data centres in South Africa, enterprise adoption of IaaS, SaaS, and other cloud services is reportedly set to get a massive boost... Read |
 | JACOBUS EKSTEEN Never before have industries had the power to use information to enhance their products and services as they do today... Read |
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