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| Marketing & Media |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS In addition to Y&R Dubai bringing home their first-ever Grand Prix, Y&R South Africa and the Y&R Mena network stood out as true stars of this year's Loeries... Read |
 | Egypt extends its assault on freedom of expression by blocking dozens of websites, including those of the media, UN experts warn... Read |
 | LOUISE MARSLAND Out of home media in Africa has always had a major weakness in putting pressure on its prominence in advertising budgets because of a lack of audience measurement solutions. New measurement solutions being tested in Africa are changing this... Read |
 | The Windhoek Beer account is out to pitch after parting ways with advertising agency, The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town... Read |
 | TOM JACKSON Nigerian fintech startup CowryWise has launched its savings platform, focused on making personal savings, asset and wealth management services available to everyone... Read |
 | Congolese authorities should immediately drop all charges against Jean Pierre Tshibitshabu, a reporter for the independent broadcaster Radio Television KADEKAS... Read |
 | BABALO NDENZE Prospective SABC board member, Nomvuyiso Batyi, has been accused of "corruption" for not reporting former communications minister Faith Muthambi to the police for trying to "unduly influence" her... Read |
 | LOUISE MARSLAND In this new world of tech disruptors and the rise of robotics, employer branding becomes even more important in talent acquisition and the crafting of internal brand strategies to transform organisations to meet the challenges of the decade to come... Read |
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| Retail |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Why Cook is a Gauteng-based catering company that focuses on delivering modern home-style cooking made from fresh ingredients directly to one's door... Read |
 | LINDA ENSOR SA is one of the most protectionist countries when it comes to poultry and has become "masters" at using anti-dumping as a method of keeping out foreign products... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | The new mandarin, Tango, for which plant breeders' rights were granted in South Africa last year, has made its first appearance on supermarket shelves... Read |
 | For the 20th time, Henré Hablutzel of Hofmeyr Mills Auctioneers, will have his gavel at the ready for this year's Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | SIRAJ AHMED SHAIKH AND MADELINE CHEAH Cyber security is becoming a big challenge to the car industry, especially as vehicles incorporate more and more driverless technology... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | The Chemical and Allied Industries' Association (CAIA) 2017 Responsible Care Initiative of the Year Awards is an annual competition open to all CAIA members... Read |
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| Education |
 | CampusKey is running a competition offering free accommodation at its new Scarborough facility in Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth... Read |
 | PATRICK BEAN AND ANDREW HORSFALL The current education system is ripe for disruption. Historically, institutions have positioned themselves as knowledge leaders and the primary place to receive expertise to prepare students for the workplace... Read |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE Part educator, part writer and part Frank (in more than one way), Diane Awerbuck is the award-winning author of Gardening At Night and other stories. This Women's Month, I chatted to her about life, classic literature, and important lessons we should be teaching our girls... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | TREMAINE VAN AARDT KwaNobuhle's biggest high school, Molly Blackburn High School, received a half-million-rand investment on Tuesday, 29 August, through the donation of mobile science and computer labs aimed at preparing pupils for their future... Read |
 | TONY CARNIE The former head of Africa's most successful rhino conservation agency has sprung to the defence of KwaZulu-Natal rhino baron John Hume... Read |
 | 400 private and public sector leaders gathered on Thursday, 31 August, for the Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg to discuss accelerating and scaling innovations... Read |
 | Africa's Watershed Moment: How better water management can underpin Africa's development - a recently released report commissioned by WWF and AB InBev - highlights how the management of water is fundamental to sustainable development across the continent. Read |
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| Finance |
 | In 2016, McKinsey estimated that only 5% of CEOs in Africa were female, highlighting just how much work is required globally to achieve gender parity in the corporate sector. Read |
 | Gauteng can be the foreign direct investment (FDI) hub for the continent, with Johannesburg being the "New York of Africa"... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | NIVASHINI NARSIAH Digital breakthroughs are empowering healthcare organisations. How we adapt technology to the people who use it - patients, health insurers and providers - is going to define the future of health... Read |
 | Johannesburg and Soweto residents are living on a health time bomb, thanks to one of the largest mine-produced and naturally occurring concentrations of uranium... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN There are seven new films released this week; American Made, First Kill, The Inhumans, The Bounce Back; Sleight; Fun Mom Dinner and Part 2 of the NT Live Angels In America. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | SAA has received a commitment from the Angolan government to pay the money it owes for airline tickets, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba says... Read |
 | BERLIN, Germany: Ryanair chief executive Michael O' Leary on Wednesday said his airline would not make a bid for insolvent Air Berlin, slamming what he called a German "stitch-up" designed to benefit Lufthansa... Read |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG NEWSWATCH: Things have no doubt been abuzz at Uber with new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wanting to take the company public in the next 18 to 36 months. In addition, the company has officially launched its Movement tool... Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Retaining tenants has been Redefine Properties' priority in 2017, says the CEO of the large real estate investment trust Andrew Konig... Read |
 | In response to rapid urbanisation, the forum of Ministers and MECs of Human Settlements (MINMEC) has taken a decision to redirect an over-R650m Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) to the country's five metropolitan municipalities... Read |
 | LIBBY SANDER Bringing nature into the workplace can help reduce stress and increase creativity and focus, research shows... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | The number of markets included in the 2017 African Hotel Valuation Index continues to grow each year, exemplifying the ever-increasing interest in the African hotel market... Read |
 | Facebook and Instagram representatives attended the Annual World Tourism Conference in Rwanda to explore ways in which social media can be used effectively to drive tourism growth across Africa... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | SAMANTHA SWANEPOEL Companies are being challenged by policy makers and gender activists to boost women's representation across all levels in their operations, following on successful implementations at government level... Read |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE As companies grow from small, often family-owned enterprises to larger operations, it's easy to lose the original company values upon which the business was founded. GVK-Siya Zama, however, has sought to hold onto these values... Read |
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| ICT |
 | Apple will be hosting a media event on 12 September 2017 at which the US tech giant is expected to unveil new iPhone models to coincide with the iPhone's 10th anniversary... Read |
 | NICO GOUWS South Africa would struggle to compete in the fourth industrial revolution if its data prices remained high... Read |
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