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| Marketing & Media |
 | LYNN MADELEY, ISSUED BY HAVAS JOHANNESBURG Frankly, the current way of working between marketing agencies and clients is in a state of flux and we are not sure what's coming next. We have seen this before, but this time it's different... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Just when you thought the Loeries buzz was over, the Loeries' rankings are in! I chatted to some of this year's top-ranked creatives post-celebrations. We kick off with the ever-disruptive TBWA\Raad team, based in Dubai in the UAE... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS O'Brian is a true SA advertising rarity - a 100% black-owned through-the-line agency with a 20-year track record. Cofounder Mxolisi Evan Tyawa lets us in on the agency's highlights, as well as his views on economic transformation in advertising over the last 20 years - or rather, lack thereof - and how to make this a reality going forward... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalist of the Year 2017, City Press' Sipho Masondo, says he received death threats as well as bribes when he was working on the story that earned him the Award... Read |
 | Innovation is key to supporting Africa's transformation, as trade, ICT and climate smart industrialisation, were a few areas that represent Africa's efforts to leapfrog through innovation... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Figaro Digital recently featured Exponential's Land Rover campaign in their case studies section... Read |
 | The Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2017 winners have been announced, with Investigative Journalism category winner, Suzanne Venter from Rapport winning the SA Story of the Year for Life Esidimeni... Read |
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| Retail |
 | JORDAN MAJOR With the rise of e-commerce and demise of physical brick-and-mortar retail, consumers are continually hungry for experiences that engage and excite them... Read |
 | ROBERT LAING Lewis Stores is acquiring the United Furniture Outlets (UFO) chain for R320m, the JSE-listed furniture retailer said on Thursday morning... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | We have to produce more food with less. This can only be done through innovation and technology in food production, but for many consumers and retailers, innovation and technology are misunderstood... Read |
 | The drought has caused a 21% drop in the production of oranges - South Africa's most precious fruit export... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Suzuki Auto South Africa will not participate in the customary fourth quarter industry price hikes, which already started earlier this month. Instead, it has placed a general freeze on all vehicle prices... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | Discovery's new 112,000m2 global head office in Sandton Central has received a five-star Green Star rating by the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA)... Read |
 | ASIT K. BISWAS AND KRIS HARTLEY The United States is retreating from the global community under a president who rejected the Paris Climate Accords and denigrates NAFTA and NATO. This provides an opportunity for China to play a greater role in global affairs... Read |
 | MARK ALLIX Afrimat, after mostly shooting the lights out in its results over many years, appears at last to have been stymied by the poor South African economy... Read |
 | JOHN BINGHAM-HALL There is little more important for the sustainability of cities than the ways we move around them... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS The future of large public utilities, such as Eskom, is uncertain... Read |
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| Education |
 | Minister for Public Service and Administration Faith Muthambi presented awards to dedicated public service trainers during the public service trainers' forum (PSTF) 19th conference Tuesday night... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | The Eastern Cape High Court has set aside a 2015 decision to invoke the fracking regulations necessary for shale gas exploration... Read |
 | The fate of suspended acting group CEO of Eskom Matshela Koko will be decided this week as his disciplinary inquiry got under way late on Wednesday afternoon... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Coinciding with International Day of the Girl Child, Mastercard recently launched the African leg of its Girls4Tech programme... Read |
 | According to Professor Edgar Pieterse, urban sprawl will continue to be encouraged if private- and public-sector land investment in our cities concentrates on keeping the haves away from the have-nots... Read |
 | ROB BELLAMY The prospect of engineering the world's climate system to tackle global warming is becoming more and more likely... Read |
 | Africa holds the key to feeding 9 billion people by 2050, Dr Akinwumi Adesina says during Norman Borlaug Lecture... Read |
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| Finance |
 | SUNITA MENON The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has allegedly deliberately withheld tax refunds so it could reach its revenue target... Read |
 | Basani Maluleke looks set to become SA's first black woman bank CEO... Read |
 | Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane told Parliament that beleaguered auditing firm KPMG did not raise any concerns about impropriety related to a dairy project in Vrede... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | In South Africa, the healthcare expenditure as part of GDP is 8.5%, which is lower than the WHO's global average of 9.95%... Read |
 | A R3.6m contribution towards providing health screening to mining communities emphasises the power of partnerships in making the NSP 2017-2022 for HIV, TB and STIs a reality... Read |
 | Undescended testes affects almost 4% of all newborn males, and is about 30% prevalent in premature babies. .. Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The Cell C Wololo Music Festival takes place on Saturday, 28 October 2017 at Puma Stadium, Emalahleni, Witbank... Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN The Mountain Between Us, Happy Death Day, Geostorm, Boo 2! A Madea Halloween and Secret Superstar open at local cinemas this week. Read |
 | RUTH COOPER Poor working conditions, minimum access to beneficial networks and lack of skills and resources for promotion are just a few of the challenges that disadvantaged artists face when aiming to make viable careers from their creativity. Read |
 | With his dish titled Isicupho, sous chef Vusumuzi Ndlovu from the Pot Luck Club pop up at Marabi Club has been announced as the winner of the S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2018 Africa and Middle East... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | CONSTANT MUNDA Nairobi's proposed smart traffic control system will go live in just over two years, officials said of the plan that seeks to ease congestion on key city roads at an estimated cost of Sh1.88 billion... Read |
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| Property |
 | The third biennial SA REIT Conference is set for 15 March 2018 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg... Read |
 | While many landlords may rely on the rental income on their properties during tough economic times, they may also have to deal with disappearing tenants... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Rampolokeng was unemployed when he came into contact with the Wits Bird Club and Birdlife SA. The former groups gave him the chance to take part in a bird guide course that changed everything... Read |
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| ICT |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG A startup born in a dorm room in 2007 is now a successful business with 36 stores around the country. To date, weFix has expertly repaired smartphones as well as tablets, laptops, and DJI drones for over 700,000 customers... Read |
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