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| Marketing & Media |
 | ANGIE WHITE In part two of this three-part series based on the media monitoring industry, ROI Africa's Tonya Khoury explains the algorithms she uses, live sentiment tracking and big content... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Angelika Kempe, executive consultant at AdOps Value, shares what to look out for when assessing production cost estimates, as well as the impact of the ANA's recent report that advertising agencies and their holding companies are less-than transparent regarding production costs and the risk associated with it... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Tiso Blackstar Group's automotive standalone supplement, Sunday Times Motoring is going to be inserted into the Sunday Times Lifestyle magazine section, as Lifestyle Motoring... Read |
 | PwC's ‘Entertainment and media outlook: 2017 - 2021: An African perspective' foresees content and distribution moving aside as user experience takes centre stage. The report was launched yesterday at Urban Brew Studios in Johannesburg... Read |
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| Retail |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The recent launch of the Mastercard SpendingPulse Report is a first for South Africa. The Report is an early indicator of consumer spending trends... Read |
 | Reyka Vodka made its debut in Iceland in 2005, when William Grant and Sons set out to make "the cleanest and smoothest vodka in the world"... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | According to Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist at FNB, the demand for suitable land for macadamia nuts production has increased sharply, with orders almost two years ahead at nurseries for plant supplies... Read |
 | FAO director-general José Graziano da Silva has joined in calls for a renewed global commitment to zero tolerance on food loss and waste... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | MARK ALLIX AfriSam is confident that its proposed merger with SA's largest cement maker, PPC, has the potential to create significant benefits for all stakeholders... Read |
 | GIULIETTA TALEVI Construction group Aveng has thrown the kitchen sink at a host of long-outstanding claims - and plans to book a R2.7bn impairment charge as a result... Read |
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| Education |
 | Around 2.9-million South Africans are living with disabilities, yet only 1% have jobs... Read |
 | ‘Writing Your World' is the latest massive open online course (MOOC) launched by the University of Cape Town (UCT)... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | For months now, Africa's rough diamonds have been increasing in value but the sale proceeds do not reach the people... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | MARY-ANNE GONTSANA Long wait before Cape Town's train stations will provide access for people with disabilities... Read |
 | The MyPlanet Rhino Fund has become one of the biggest citizen-driven fundraising initiatives for rhino conservation raising more than R9.1m over the past six years... Read |
 | Forty students from China's Tongji University in Shanghai have spent the last few months contributing to the fight against rhino poaching in Africa... Read |
 | Currently in pilot phase at the Welgevonden Game Reserve in Limpopo, MTN's Connected Wildlife Solution aims to tip the scales in favour of endangered species like rhinos and those working to save them... Read |
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| Finance |
 | The Reserve Bank will meet SA banks about possible negative consequences should KPMG have to close its doors... Read |
 | JOON CHONG The draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill extends the existing controlled foreign company (CFC) rules to include foreign trusts and foundations, and foreign companies... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | Instead of chasing financial reward and success in first-world countries, Dr Desmond Kegakilwe chose to come home and build his nation... Read |
 | British scientists have used genome "editing" technology to reveal the role of a key gene in the early development of human embryos... Read |
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| Legal |
 | JOHAN BOTES The levels of corporate wrong doing being uncovered at the moment highlights the need for employees to stand up and blow the whistle... Read |
 | TOM JACKSON Having quantifiable, measurable, and verifiable data about justice needs and challenges is essential for the legal profession to move into the 21st century... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | South Africans will be treated to an extended Heritage weekend - from Saturday, 23 September 2017 to Monday, 25 September 2017. Here are four things to do this Heritage weekend. Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN Vasselinetjie, The Emoji Movie, Stronger, Yerma, Kingsman: The Golden Circle and Asinamali will be opening at local cinemas this week. Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Vukile Property Fund was forced to make a formal mandatory offer for Atlantic Leaf Properties on Wednesday, 20 September, after its shareholding in the UK-focused real estate group exceeded 34%... Read |
 | GLEN ROBBINS As with all of South Africa's larger urban areas, rapid urbanisation has continued to place pressure on the eThekwini Metro... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Following a R4.6m make-over, Bushman's Nek Berg and Trout is sporting a new look that is set to keep it a favourite Underberg family vacation destination... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | AMICA GRABER If you're in a leadership position at your current job when was the last time you congratulated your team? If it's been a while, you should probably check your employee turnover rates... (infographic) Read |
 | According to the Industrial Action Report, South Africa experiences an average of 85 strikes per annum. The research shows that ±335,000 workers are responsible for 5.2 million working days lost per year... Read |
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| ICT |
 | Today, Friday, 22 September, nine of Senegal's most promising seed-stage startups will compete to represent the country at the regional and global Seedstars Summits... Read |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG Peter Sondergaard, Gartner executive VP for research, addressed CIOs and senior IT executives in his keynote at the annual Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Cape Town... Read |
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