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| Marketing & Media |
 | BRENDAN SEERY When I first met Jacob Zuma he was, believe it or not, the head of the Moral Regeneration Movement. He was still deputy president to Thabo Mbeki and, in a long conversation with him in Pretoria, he struck me as a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) type of guy. Straightforward, reliable and, yes, honest... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS With the rise of social media, there's a deluge of that 'breaking news' information to sift through. You need to be ready to switch focus at the drop of a hat - even while on-air... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Bizcommunity is proud to announce that from a huge response of global submissions to the UK-based Women in Marketing Awards, Biz Editor-in-Chief Marketing & Media, Leigh Andrews has been shortlisted as a finalist... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS The 2017 Pendoring Awards are taking place tonight, Friday, 27 October 2017 at Vodaworld. Carl Willoughby, ECD at OpenCo, lets us in on the essence of this year's Pendoring campaign... Read |
 | JACO MARITZ The consumer-facing sector has been pivotal to Africa's growth story, with McKinsey & Company estimating it accounted for almost 50% of GDP expansion between 2010 and 2014. Here are some of the latest FMCG trends... Read |
 | The Chartered Institute of Customer Management (CICM) has launched Zimbabwe's first of its kind Customer Satisfaction Index... Read |
 | The Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa: from political commitment to actions on the ground... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Pick n Pay has expanded its partnership programme with independent spaza store owners to the Western Cape... Read |
 | Pick n Pay has announced it will once again be cutting prices on 500 essential items and adding a number of promotions ahead of the festive season... Read |
 | Builders Warehouse has extended its roots in Zambia, opening a second store in the country last week... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | To date, a total of 92 locations have been identified that tested positive for HPAI H5N8, and reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health... Read |
 | ALEX WHITING If the world's major agriculture companies go ahead with planned mergers and gain greater control of the way food is produced, farmers will face higher costs and food will eventually become more expensive... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Designers have been piloting Microsoft HoloLens technology for a year now in Ford's Dearborn studios in the US, allowing them to see proposed virtual design elements as if these pieces were part of physical vehicles... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | DOMINIC PREUSS SA's steel production grew by 9.9% year-on-year in September to 556,000 tonnes, after surging by 24.4% in August, and following July's 6.3% decline and June's 15.9% plunge, according to the World Steel Association... Read |
 | Africa must double its spending on infrastructure over the coming years, the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) said on Thursday, 19 October... Read |
 | RIAAN MARAIS If given the thumbs-up by the National Disaster Fund, the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality plans to pump more than R7bn into infrastructure aimed at relieving drought conditions... Read |
 | ANDRIES MAHLANGU ArcelorMittal SA said on Tuesday, 24 October, that CEO Wim de Klerk is to retire in January... Read |
 | Public Works Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko on Monday, 23 October, called on the construction industry to embrace innovative technologies that have superior energy efficiency performance compared to conventional materials... Read |
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| Education |
 | The Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) revenue has increased by 11% from 2015 to 2016, according to the Financial Statistics of Higher Education Institutions, 2016 report... Read |
 | From a record number of 36 entries received, the winners of the 2017 South African Institute of Professional Accountants' (SAIPA's) 2017 Tax Thesis Competition, sponsored by EY, were announced on 19 October... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Former Eskom boss Brian Molefe insists that he was a permanent employee at Eskom and therefore qualified to be a member of its pension fund... Read |
 | Growing the economy, creating jobs and taking care of the environment are all high on South Africa's agenda.... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Pollution claimed the lives of nine million people in 2015, one in every six deaths that year, according to a report published on Friday, 20 October... Read |
 | CHRISTINE COLE The dominant position that China holds in global manufacturing means that for many years China has also been the largest global importer of many types of recyclable materials... Read |
 | SHELLEY SEID "An ecological disaster and an environmental emergency" - that's what conservation and environmental organisations are calling the millions of plastic pellets, known as "nurdles", that have been washing up on KwaZulu-Natal beaches in the past two weeks... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Blockchain presents solutions to a host of challenges facing the insurance industry... Read |
 | There has been talk for some time now about the National Health Insurance (NHI) and how it will be funded... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | Fewer than 40 polio cases were reported worldwide in 2016, thanks to the 10-billion doses of oral vaccine that have been administered since 2000.... Read |
 | Genetic testing is invaluable in predicting health disorders and tailoring treatment best suited to the patient's DNA... Read |
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| Legal |
 | JOON CHONG AND HILLARY BOTHA The case of ABC Proprietary Limited v C: SARS suggests that taxpayers should carefully consider their options before challenging reduced penalty assessments, as courts may not find in their favour... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The winners of the 2017 WWF-SASSI Trailblazer Awards were announced at the Harbour House in the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on 23 October 2017. Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT The city is a feast of purple blossom this time of year. Yes, spring has arrived in Johannesburg and so has Urbanologi's new menu... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Uber has announced the appointment of Lola Kassim as its new general manager for West Africa... Read |
 | The winners of the ACI (Airports Council International) Africa Safety Awards were announced at the 27th ACI Africa World Annual General Assembly... Read |
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| Property |
 | Only 53% of wage earners think their place of work helps their productivity... Read |
 | Set to be located on the Cape Town foreshore, the Amdec Group recently launched its R10bn Harbour Arch development... Read |
 | ELSIE NYALELA Property developer Attacq said on Tuesday, 24 October, that Morné Wilken had resigned as its director and the CEO, effective from 31 December... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | The new-look JHP Gourmet Guide 2018 has been launched. The top 21 plated restaurants have been announced and this year sees the first of three plate awards... Read |
 | CARI COETZEE Emirates has launched a $15m campaign to inspire travel and promote the airline's network of global destinations. We go behind the scenes of the campaign with Boutros Boutros... Read |
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| ICT |
 | TOM JACKSON Cape Town-based drone operator UAV Industries has raised R6.84m ($499,000) in funding from Glenheim Venture Capital Company, the first direct investment made by Glenheim's Section 12J fund... Read |
 | Lexmark's board of directors has unanimously selected Richard Geruson as Lexmark president and chief executive officer... Read |
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