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| Marketing & Media |
 | All the finalists for this year's Loeries Awards have been announced. Here are the total entry numbers per agency, school and brand... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT An interview with Fort CEO Shukri Toefy, where he shares insights into the changing value chain of the new creative economy... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Here's why Nicola Wielopolski, creative director at DDB, is obsessed with turning great creatives into great creative leaders... Read |
 | SONJA FAHN According to AdAge, only 11% of creatives globally are female. And the 3% Conference started a few years back because someone worked out only 3% of creative directors were women... Read |
 | ARON HYMAN The SABC 8 followed in the footsteps of former public protector Thuli Madonsela on Tuesday when they received an award for bravery. Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Thursday, 17 August marked Tanja Lategan's first day on the job as new MD of Creative Spark. As it so happens to be Women's Month, we interviewed her to find out what it took to crack the so-called glass ceiling as a woman in leadership in the digital space and how she'd encourage other women to do the same... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH “The power of women is that if you empower one, others will follow. If we work together, we will rise and lift others with us. This is the responsibility that the 20,000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 gave us...” Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH For gender equality to be achieved by 2030, women will have to overcome many challenges... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The Fourth Industrial Revolution could allow women to leapfrog the gender gap to create a future that is truly equal and inclusive. This is because this new world will require different talents and skills; ones that are inherent to women... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Science is an indication of a country's wealth, and the best indicator of a country's GDP and productivity is its scientific productivity. The investment of a country into science creates a healthy country and a healthy country is a wealthy country... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH It's not often you attend an awards event where the recipient of the Lifetime Award breaks out into song... Read |
 | Limited capacity, investment and collaboration are among the challenges facing data communities working towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Africa's Agenda 2063... Read |
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| Retail |
 | ROBERT LAING June's retail sales grew 2.9% from the same month in 2016, taking its growth for the second quarter to 2.2%... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG It's often agreed that the trickiest part of the supply chain is not the sourcing, but getting the product to the consumer... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | “The single most important factor that determines the sustainability of agricultural production to provide food security to any country is the fact that it can only be achievable if the production of food is profitable." Read |
 | AHMED TAHIR AJOBE Niger State government is set to boost poultry production through the introduction of mobile kits. The mobile poultry is part of the youth empowerment scheme with agriculture entrepreneurship as the driving force... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Gumtree South Africa is to launch the country's first Pre-Owned Car Awards in November 2017, judging them on criteria unique to pre-owned cars... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | SINDY PETERS Why sit back and complain about life's challenges when you can actually do something about it? Read |
 | The NHBRC Disciplinary Committee has imposed a fine of R1.6m on a developer after failing to enrol residential units which were under construction at Elarduspark in Gauteng... Read |
 | DAVE CHAMBERS Two of Cape Town's worst water wasters became the first to have their supply restricted on Wednesday, 16 August... Read |
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| Education |
 | In celebration of the upcoming World Teachers' Day, Woolworths and MySchool have launched their annual Teachers' Day competition for learners to put their superhero teachers into the limelight... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | STEPHAN HOFSTATTER AND SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA An investigation into irregularities costing Eskom billions of rand and triggering the suspension of chief financial officer Anoj Singh in July could lead to the suspension of five more senior managers... Read |
 | African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and its mining partner, Brazil's Vale, have extricated themselves from an expensive investment in the Lubambe copper mine in Zambia... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | SINDY PETERS Meet Nana Madikane, a qualified chartered accountant with over 15 years' experience and a partner at PwC South Africa... Read |
 | PIETARI KAAPA The media is at the forefront of generating awareness over environmental issues... Read |
 | GARETH WILSON The man who shot dead a leopard in what was claimed to be self-defence on a hunting farm outside Grahamstown will be criminally charged for allegedly hunting the animal... Read |
 | Influential women from across Africa shared their findings on land policy initiatives, including women's rights to own land... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | The first robot-assisted surgeries to treat prostate cancer in the Eastern Cape were performed by Netcare Greenacres... Read |
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| Legal |
 | SAMIKSHA SINGH AND SAMANTHA COETZER In South Africa, there are several laws ensuring the protection of women in the workplace. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa confirms, “Everyone is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit of the law..." Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | In celebration of Women's Month, the Cradle of Food & Wine Festival, in conjunction with Wine Menu, features some of the country's best craft wine and gin made by female wine and spirit makers... Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN Finders Keepers, Annabelle: Creation, The Hitman's Bodyguard, Detroit, A Family Man and Angels in America open at local cinemas this weekend. Read |
 | Cheapflight.co.za has compiled a list of the top 15 most popular destinations from around the world, which should be on everyone's travel bucket list. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Emirates SkyCargo in collaboration with DuPont is rolling out a new white cover solution as part of its endeavour to offer a range of innovative cool chain temperature solutions... Read |
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| Property |
 | HARRY HATTINGH The effects of the ratings downgrades are beginning to hit home, throwing the country into an economic recession... Read |
 | RICHARD GRAY We get a lot of enquiries, both internally and externally, about the validity of the for-sale sign... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Airbnb and Vice Media have teamed up to send 100 people on a once in a lifetime experience trip to Paris, Harlem, Cape Town and Tokyo through the Airbnb Trips platform... Read |
 | JOSEPHINE WAWIRA Nairobi is the only city in Africa whose airports are recording higher growth for domestic capacity than that of international capacity, with a 22% boost... Read |
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| ICT |
 | Australia is set to regulate virtual currency exchanges such as Bitcoin and strengthen the powers of its financial intelligence agency... Read |
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