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| Marketing & Media |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This #WomensMonth, we go behind the selfie with Tracy Jones, managing director at Positive Dialogue Communications, who dubs herself “a technophile out of necessity.”... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Native VML software engineer Phillipa Hickman and copywriter Karmen Wessels, digital crafts judges for this year's Loeries, share the need for women to have an equal say in order to produce fully thought-through work... Read |
 | TOM JACKSON Ugandan startup Qwicart is bidding to change the way people shop for groceries with a mobile app that allows people to shop from a variety of supermarkets using their phones... Read |
 | One inventor from the DRC believes he has developed a device that can make emailing over 100-times cheaper than it would be via cellular networks... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The ABC figures for Q2 released this morning contained few surprises with press and magazines declining over Q1 and over the prior year... Read |
 | iflix has secured additional $133 million funding, led by Hearst, following on its successful global rollout of its service in emerging markets, including Africa... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Embracing online food delivery, Mr D Food's delivery service app has been downloaded more than 200,000 times in the last six months... Read |
 | Pick n Pay's latest version of its mobile app for Android exceeded 10,000 downloads within the first 24 hours of its release... Read |
 | A new app, Feastfox, offers Capetonians the ability to book spontaneously at a lineup of over 60 top eating and drinking spots... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | MARK ALLIX It spreads fast, is deadly to poultry and is potentially extremely costly, especially for an industry that is already reeling from the pressures of competing in global markets... Read |
 | ELITA CHIKWATI Zimbabwe and SA have lost over one million chickens to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, it has been learnt. The disease hit the two countries recently, threatening the livelihood and food security status of... Read |
 | The improved Gala-variety apple strain Bigbucks, discovered by Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing's new variety expert, has delivered an impressive 93% pack-out - a 30% improvement on Gala strains... Read |
 | ISAIAH ESIPISU Over the past year, herders in Kenya's Rift Valley have lost thousands of animals to worsening drought, causing them to switch to farming. Chillies are a safe bet for farmers... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | KwaZulu-Natal motorsport fans are in for some action when the Mopar SA Endurance Series heads to Dezzi Raceway outside Port Shepstone... Read |
 | SIAVOSH GHAZI TEHRAN, Iran: French automaker Renault this week signed a long-awaited joint venture deal with Iran worth €660-million ($779-million) to build up to 300,000 cars per year... Read |
 | JOHN BRYSON AND TASOS KITSOS The ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040 is perhaps the most significant policy announcement made by the UK government in the past decade (with the possible exception of Brexit)... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) minister Des van Rooyen will visit the communities of Mbashe Municipality in the Eastern Cape on 15 August to assess progress of the R10m Mpame Bridge project... Read |
 | The Maluti Crescent Shopping Centre in the Free State is undergoing a major redevelopment... Read |
 | The Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA) will be hosting a free CPD-accredited workshop in Pietermaritzburg on 31 August... Read |
 | KEVIN WINTER In pre-colonial times the Khoisan called Cape Town, //Hui !Gaeb, the place “where clouds gather” and Camissa “the place of sweet waters”... Read |
 | The format of the new NEC4 Alliance Contract, recently released by the NEC, is designed specifically to elicit feedback from the construction and infrastructure sectors... Read |
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| Education |
 | Terry Tshesebe, a Health and Environmental Sciences student at the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) has won the national 2017 Adzuna Graduate of the Year competition... Read |
 | JACKIE CARROLL Functional illiteracy rates in South Africans over the age of 20 are on the decline. But, this doesn't necessarily point to either a satisfactory education system or an equitable employment environment... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | LOUISE STEENEKAMP Mining organisations are realising that industrial-scale 3D printing for the spare parts and components of machinery could reduce costs and downtime... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | CHRIS DOUCOULIAGOS A world where a few people have most of the wealth motivates others who are poor to strive to earn more... Read |
 | WEBB MEKO The business case for transforming waste to address critical energy shortages is mounting... Read |
 | KEVIN FLYNN Modern biofuels have been touted as a greener alternative to petrol and diesel since the early 1900s... Read |
 | In true Cousteau fashion, this marine conservation project uses modern technology to protect and restore underwater life... Read |
 | Inyathelo, the South African Institute for Advancement, has been provided a grant of $150,000 (about R2m) from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation for capacity building... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Legislation is needed to compel pension fund administrators to increase efforts to trace beneficiaries and pay out billions of rand in unclaimed funds... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | LIESL PRETORIUS, AFRICA CHECK The health minister said that private healthcare serves only 16% of the population. But his claim is misleading... Read |
 | In South Africa, only 28% of senior management positions are held by women... Read |
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| Legal |
 | The public hearings on the proposed amendments to the South African Copyright Act of 1978 have indicted that considerable thought is needed before the proposed Bill can become workable and enforceable in a modern digital economy... Read |
 | Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane says the Chamber of Mines was consulted on the draft of the Mining Charter... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The Sommeliers Selection 2017 winners were announced at a special Awards Ceremony where the public and trade had an opportunity to taste the winning wines... Read |
 | MARTIN MYERS Songstress Ernestine Deane celebrates her return from Europe on Wednesday, 9 August 2017, with her first full-length concert in the Mother City with an all-female band in honour of Women's Day. Read |
 | American hip hop trio, Migos is live in South Africa for the first time this October. The culture tour, presented by Mabala Noise in association with MTV Base, BET Africa, YFM and Gagasi FM, will bring live shows in both Durban and Johannesburg. Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN Below Her Mouth, The Lost City Of Z, My Cousin Rachel, Son Of Bigfoot and Snatched open at local cinemas this weekend. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Imperial Logistics has invested in a fleet of branded vehicles to match the new corporate identity of long-standing client, Italtile... Read |
 | Organisers of Automechanika 2017 say that trucks, vans, buses, the transport and logistics industries, as well as materials handling will feature strongly at the show... Read |
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| Property |
 | ADRIAN GOSLETT Although there is a vast amount of information available to homeowners online, there is currently no site or programme outside of the real estate profession that can accurately evaluate a property... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON The South African real estate investment trust (Reit) sector is poised to enter a period of sustained stress as SA's economic woes continue to hit hard... Read |
 | JACQUES VAN EMBDEN For many of South Africa's 4.2-million middle-income earners, owning a well-located urban home is but a dream... Read |
 | ROBYN GRAY How do you restore work-life balance to encourage happy, healthy and motivated employees... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Lufthansa Airlines chats to Maira Madeleine Nolte, a Lufthansa flight attendant, about the importance of flight attendants, providing insight into what the profession really entails... Read |
 | With strong indications that women entrepreneurs are on the rise, the World Travel Market Africa team have announced the addition of the Women in Travel Meetup to its 2018 programme... Read |
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| ICT |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG Lynette Hundermark is the woman behind Useful and Beautiful - a consultancy that makes memorable mobile experiences across the South African and African markets... Read |
 | On Wednesday, 16 August 2017, the final One Giant Leap event takes place in Johannesburg during which the startups will pitch their businesses to a judging panel of entrepreneurs, specialists, and investors... Read |
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