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| Marketing & Media |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Not one to do things by half measures, Nidhika Bahl shares her success story to date and how Joyce Meyer changed her life... Read |
 | LOUISE MARSLAND Critical questions about SA's political future, media and its sustainability, and how to combat the fake news scourge, were all addressed at the Daily Maverick's The Gathering 2017 series... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Stuttafords has finally closed shop, after a last-ditch effort to rescue the stores in Eastgate and Sandton failed this week... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Canadian shoe company Aldo has agreed to acquire the footwear and accessories operations of the Connecticut-based Camuto Group... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Female winemakers in SA are making waves in the winemaking sector and producing fine wines which are causing immense excitement worldwide. Wine Cellar has curated a case of six of SA's top female vintners... Read |
 | After much anticipation, the winning wine producers of the 2017 Absa Top 10 Pinotage competition have been announced... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | TOKYO, Japan: Toyota has announced that it would discuss strengthening its partnership with Mazda as reports said they were close to a deal on a capital tie-up and building a $1.6bn factory in the US... Read |
 | CHRIS EBBERT Aston Martin has historically been Britain's number one stronghold of virile, automotive traditionalism, always offering vehicles with a robust core of well-proven, rather conventional technology... Read |
 | TREVOR HILL Ever-increasing urbanisation and the subsequent demand for development of cities is the catalyst needed to bridge both the greatest challenges and most creative solutions for a future of the automotive sector... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | SRK Consulting has developed a rapid vulnerability assessment (RVA) tool that has the potential to assist local governments in responding to climate change... Read |
 | ANTONY WOOD AND DARIO TRABUCCO In the 160 or so years since the first skyscrapers were built, technological innovations of many kinds have allowed us to build them to reach astonishing heights... Read |
 | Building in under-serviced areas is tough, but the socio-economic payoff makes it worthwhile in the long run... Read |
 | Land is integral to securing shelter, agriculture for food security, mobilising investments and for the sustainable management of resources... Read |
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| Education |
 | The inaugural Singularity University South Africa Summit takes place on 23-24 August 2017 at the Kyalami Grand Prix and International Convention Centre in Midrand... Read |
 | Online maths assessments (OMAs) provide deaf and hard-of-hearing learners a fair chance to improve their understanding and marks... Read |
 | Generation Education has launched a bursary scheme aimed at learners from the age of 15 years and older within both its schools and their surrounding communities... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Nigeria has signed financing deals with oil majors Shell and Chevron to develop projects that would boost reserves and revenue, the state-run oil firm said this week... Read |
 | Tina Eboka has been re-elected as vice chair of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency High-Level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes (HLG-MR)... Read |
 | Mining Review Africa has decided to extend the nomination deadline for its Mining Elites in Africa recognition of excellence project to Friday, 11 August 2017... Read |
 | Gold Fields sold its unprofitable Darlot mine for A$18.5m in cash and shares to Australian Stock Exchange-listed Red 5, which plans to use the mine's infrastructure as a central processing hub in Western Australia... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | ORLY RAZGOUR Climate change is not something that will just go away... Read |
 | Schroders recently launched its Climate Progress Dashboard which aims to give investors insight into the progress governments and industries are making towards limiting global temperature rise to 2°C... Read |
 | Attended by approximately 200 delegates from nine African states and a further 10 countries from other continents, the inaugural African Marine Waste Conference recently took place in PE... Read |
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| Finance |
 | KYLE COWAN South African Revenue Service chief financial officer Matsobane Matlwa has resigned... Read |
 | GRANT MEINTJES Maintaining a well-diversified share portfolio is one of the best ways for any investor to preserve their wealth... Read |
 | South Africans are notoriously bad savers... Read |
 | If passed by Parliament, the Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill proposal to remove foreign remuneration tax exemption will impact the willingness of South Africans to work abroad... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | After the Community Medical Aid Scheme (Commed) was placed under provisional curatorship by order of court in June, it has now been decided that all its members will be transferred to Bonitas Medical Fund... Read |
 | Mediclinic Southern Africa has expanded its base into the primary healthcare market by buying into the Intercare group of companies... Read |
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| Legal |
 | A coalition opposing a coal mine in Mpumalanga have launched further proceedings in the Pretoria High Court... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | Sixty-one individually crafted wines go under the hammer at the 33rd Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction on 30 September 2017 in Stellenbosch, conducted by... Read |
 | BRIAN BERKMAN Durban has always boasted a wide selection of accommodation options along its seaside, but the Protea Hotel by Marriot in Umhlanga is fast becoming the epicentre of the food and drink scene. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | SINGAPORE, Singapore: Singapore Airlines is offering cabin crew unpaid leave in a cost-cutting measure as it struggles to keep up in an increasingly tough market... Read |
 | The Oppenheimers argued in court this week that the Guptas were behind the government's decision to block their plans for a luxury international terminal at OR Tambo airport.. Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Resilient Reit's strategy of owning a diverse range of shopping centres in SA and interests in several offshore groups is paying off, with the company continuing to outdo its peers... Read |
 | The recently released PayProp Rental Index has reported that in the past quarter, the weighted average national rental exceeded R7,000 for the first time... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | JAY L. ZAGORSKY Agreeing to use your home currency in a foreign land can significantly inflate the cost of every purchase. Thinking a bit more like an economist can help you avoid this mistake, and save a lot of money... Read |
 | The challenge, championed by Distell, is hotly contested as hotels around SA present their protégés. The candidates compete in different categories over a period of months... Read |
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| ICT |
 | TOM JACKSON “This is done on a tech hub by tech hub basis. Each is figuring out their own business models for continued support and growth.” Read |
 | MTN Group CEO Rob Shuter has announced a strategy that means to reposition the mobile network operator to claw back market share and capture the growth in African consumer spending... Read |
 | Chinese company, Huawei, went from being a name no-one could pronounce, to a brand of cellphone that most consumers are well aware of... Read |
 | Seacom has acquired Cape Town-based internet service provider (ISP) and managed services provider, MacroLan... Read |
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