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| Marketing & Media |
 | JESSICA TENNANT ByDesign Communications is celebrating its first year of business this month and has already won a few awards, including being named the SABRE EMEA Best New PR Consultancy in 2017... Read |
 | Nigeria and South Africa: Out of recession, but not yet out of trouble...? Read |
 | Peace Hyde, West Africa correspondent for Forbes Africa, has been appointed head of digital media and partnerships for Forbes Africa Online... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Frost & Sullivan's research finds that prioritising mobile and omnichannel strategies will augment growth opportunities in B2B online retailing... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Maryla Masojada from Trade Intelligence discusses the trends affecting the produce supply chain and their impacts on the way companies do business... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | BEV POSTMA It is imperative that we incorporate climate resilience into all aspects of crop breeding and food innovation... Read |
 | CARI COETZEE Aerial data analytics specialist helping farmers optimise their crops, Aerobotics and Dutch environmental technology enterprise, RanMarine, teams up in #cocreate2Accelerate and looks at river water management... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | FRANKFURT, Germany: A boom in car-sharing could slash the number of vehicles on European roads by 80 million by 2030, a study published on Monday predicts... Read |
 | The Mercedes-AMG Project One premiered at the International Motor Show. According to the car manufacturer, the two-seater supersports show car brings the latest Formula 1 hybrid technology from the race track to the road... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | The 112th annual Master Builders South Africa (MBSA) Congress, under the theme 'Building South Africa Together', kicked off on Monday, 11 September, at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town... Read |
 | MARK ALLIX There has been no full public disclosure by the Department of Economic Development and seven JSE-listed construction and engineering groups over their signing of a voluntary transformation agreement... Read |
 | SAMANTHA HALL Think about where you spend most of your day - home, your office, or university. How does this space make you feel? What do you love (or hate) about it? Read |
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| Education |
 | South African fundraising programme, MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet is launching a new fund Dream2Teach, aimed at investing in teacher education... Read |
 | The Shoprite Group is searching for bright, hard-working young people who need funding in order to continue their post-school education and have a better chance of finding jobs... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has applied to set up three solar power plants in the country, in a move aimed at improving electricity supply.... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | The Lourensford Wine Estate's Art Curator Gallery has partnered with the Cape Leopard Trust and South African artist Fuz Caforio to host a fundraising event in support of ongoing efforts to protect the Cape Leopard and conserve its natural habitat... Read |
 | SHAUN GILLHAM At the forefront of South Africa's energy revolution, Port Elizabeth energy services company Energyworx is poised to supply several Nelson Mandela Bay outlets of a national fast food chain with green power... Read |
 | ZBYNEK MALENOVSKÝ AND ARKO LUCIEER Mosses are sensitive to even minor changes in their living conditions, and scientists traditionally tramped through difficult terrain to collect data on them... Read |
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| Finance |
 | RAGIEMA THOKAN-MAHOMED A professional accountant's obligation to report non-compliance with laws and regulations has become more stringent... Read |
 | LINDA ENSOR Tax revenue in the first quarter of the current financial year to end-June was R13.1bn lower than the printed estimate... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | With the misappropriation of funds, unaffordable medical aid rates and the generally abhorrent state of government hospitals (with some exceptions)... Read |
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| Legal |
 | CHANTELLE GLADWIN-WOOD AND ANJA VAN WIJK The Constitutional Court has ruled that historical municipal debt (meaning municipal debt attaching to a property which is older than two years at the date of application for a rates clearance certificate) does not ‘survive' transfer.. Read |
 | RISHAL BIPRAJ The Competition Appeal Court has concluded that there is a duty to speak or to report to authorities or publicly distance oneself from any uncompetitive behaviour and that silent participation or passive attendance constitutes a contravention of the Competition Act. Silent or passive participants have a duty to report such proceedings... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The Mrs World finals will be held in Johannesburg on 16 December 2017. Mrs World is longest running and biggest global pageant for married women. Read |
 | MARTIN MYERS Mr. Mallum is one of the freshest producers to come out of SA, having started his musical career in 1995. Read |
 | South African band Henry Ate will open for Texas at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town on 8 December 2017 and the Emmarentia Gardens in Johannesburg on 10 December 2017. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG It seems there is no area in South Africa where innovation and creativity isn't disrupting the industry. Especially in the logistics space, there's been forward-thinking individuals and companies all aiming to make the industry more efficient... Read |
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| Property |
 | KARL GERNETZKY AND ALISTAIR ANDERSON Attacq CEO Morne Wilken says the development company is on track to pay its first dividend of 73c per share next year, and will convert to a real estate investment trust (Reit) in the following year... Read |
 | According to the latest FNB Property Barometer data, the Western Cape remains the best performing property market in SA, but is now also showing slowing... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | CARI COETZEE We received word of an Israeli startup that is causing a stir in the hotel bookings industry. Pruvo enables travellers to rebook the same hotel room for a cheaper price... Read |
 | Since opening in 2013, Hotel Verde has focused on sustainable tourism. The hotel hosted a Twitter chat to engage industry players on the topic of water wise tourism in Cape Town... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE The newly launched First Business Wellness Association is an innovative service aimed at making life for SMEs a little easier by offering access to a network of necessary business services they may not otherwise be able to afford... Read |
 | The ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey (MEOS) results for Q4 2017, just released, indicate that South African employers have modest hiring intentions for the coming quarter... Read |
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| ICT |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG Yesterday, 12 September 2017, saw Apple reveal the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X. In addition, it also revealed the Apple Watch Series 3 and the new 4K Apple TV... (video) Read |
 | Apple laid claim to the future of the smartphone on Tuesday, 12 September 2017, with a 10th anniversary iPhone X, touting the device as the next generation of mobile computing... Read |
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