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| Marketing & Media |
 | MIKE BROOM About two weeks ago saw the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, marking the mass acceptance of the smartphone. In truth, the technology had already been developed five years earlier. That technology, together with the global roll out of the internet a scant five years previously, have transformed society forever... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS There's been a rise in criticism for only performing acts of good on Mandela Day, but there's a similar trend of eye-rolling at the clicktivism of keyboard warriors or ‘slacktivists'... Read |
 | DAMON STAPLETON The thing about process is that it leaves very little room for madness, obsession and mistakes. To be human... Read |
 | BBM Messenger partners with Ariiyatickets to offer event tickets service to users in Nigeria... Read |
 | Leniency for cartel conduct in Kenya has unique elements, according to pan-African law firm Bowman's... Read |
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| Retail |
 | The challenge of improving employees' customer service expertise, as well as performance ability, is an ongoing quest for the retail industry... Read |
 | LINDA ENSOR The South African Liquor Brand Owners Association (Salba) has criticised the government's inadequate socioeconomic impact assessment... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | WESSEL LEMMER It is increasingly becoming important to explore newer and more innovative approaches to successful farming. Urban agriculture is one of the techniques considered to be on the cusp of advancements within the sector... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | HENRIE GEYSER Volkswagen has added a double salvo of fire power to its popular Golf range with the addition of a sporty GTD diesel version of its iconic GTI and a new Golf R, the hottest Golf yet unleashed on the local market... Read |
 | BERLIN, Germany: German luxury carmaker BMW has denied any collusion with industry rivals on emissions from its diesel engines... Read |
 | The overall cost of motoring is on the rise despite recent cuts to interest rates and fuel prices... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | GIULIETTA TALEVI SA government's long delayed decision to impose higher tariffs on certain steel imports has come too late for ArcelorMittal SA... Read |
 | BONGANI SHWENI The Shanghai Bund Financial Center is a collaboration between Foster & Partners and Heatherwick Studio... Read |
 | DR JO BURGESS As a result of the drought, businesses in towns or cities do not have secure access to water to carry out their operations... Read |
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| Education |
 | The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) is investigating the owners of a suspected fraudulent international university on allegations of operating an illegal private institution in central Pretoria... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | CONAKRY - Two women and a man who slipped past security in northeastern Guinea to pan for gold died in a landslide... Read |
 | Hulisani has made its third acquisition in three months by injecting R82.5m into wind tower manufacturer GRI Wind Steel SA... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | DAVE CHAMBERS Climate change is threatening the survival of African wild dogs. Rising temperatures have cut the endangered animals' hunting time and their pups' survival rate is plunging as a result... Read |
 | LEAH OYAKE-OMBIS There's been a great deal of contention and debate in Kenya over what should be used to replace plastic bags following the country's announcement that it's banning them... Read |
 | We are all familiar with the expression ‘green fingers', however, in the Indian Ocean Island of Seychelles it would probably be more fitting to say ‘reef fingers'... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Entrepreneurs advancing interest-free funds to a company, held by a trust of which he/she is a beneficiary, will be affected by the tax law changes... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | NICCI BOTHA There's been Increased focus on pharmaceutical pricing, both domestically and internationally... Read |
 | NICCI BOTHA The NHI might have progressed to white paper stage, but South Africa is still stuck in the midst of a healthcare crisis... Read |
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| Legal |
 | Interested parties, wishing to comment on the South African International Arbitration Bill, have until Friday 28 July 2017 to do so... Read |
 | VIRUSHA SUBBAN, LEE-ANN ANNANDALE AND BUSISIWE VIL Importers in South Africa should be aware of the new customs valuation development affecting goods imported under franchise agreements, as this could affect the price they pay for the goods... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | RUTH COOPER Like many other millennials, I live in a small flat in the city where space comes at serious premiums and peace and quiet often needs to be found at yoga studios - because of this, I always jump at the chance to head out of town and play country-house-living. Read |
 | In celebration of the awakening of nature in all its forms, the annual Bot River Spring Weekend will be taking place in the Overberg town between 1 to 3 September 2017, and will feature a kaleidoscope of wine, food and genuine, country-style fun. Read |
 | NATALIE LE CLUE For decades films based on comic book series have raked in the cash and generally entertained the masses. But every so often one misses the mark, and today Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, by Fifth Element director Luc Besson, well and truly lost the plot, pun intended. Read |
 | RUTH COOPER DJ, producer and co-founder of Do Work Records, Das Kapital, is calling on music producers and artists across South Africa to submit tracks for possible inclusion in his upcoming album Das Kapital Presents Overtime Volume 2, due to be released in October 2017. We got in touch with him to find out more. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | The government is identifying state assets it can sell to offset its recent R2.2bn bail-out for South African Airways (SAA) and so ensure the cash injection has no effect on the 2017-18 budget... Read |
 | British Airways is increasing its passenger capacity to Nigeria through its refurbished Boeing 747-400s to Lagos from September... Read |
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| Property |
 | Capital & Counties Properties (Capco) managed to raise its first-half net rental income as a result of a positive performance at Covent Garden estate, which is located in London... Read |
 | JACQUES VAN EMBDEN South Africa has been downgraded to junk status by two ratings agencies, meaning that an even weaker rand, higher inflation, mounting petrol and food prices as well as interest rate hikes are on the cards... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | SUSANNE BECKEN Wouldn't it be great if something as simple and pleasurable as international travel could help end something as grinding and enduring as global poverty? After all, the industry is booming... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Business leaders from across Africa discussed the effect of anti-globalisation on emerging markets at the CEO Agenda: the new rules for global business, held in Sandton on 17 July 2017... Read |
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| ICT |
 | IT spending in South Africa is forecast to increase by 2.4% from 2016 to reach R266bn in 2017, a 2.4% increase from 2016, according to Gartner... Read |
 | According to the Internet Access in South Africa 2017 study, the internet has become a vital tool for communication and information in South Africa... Read |
 | The role of open data in Africa was discussed at a recent open data conference in Nigeria... Read |
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