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| Marketing & Media |
 | Among the winners announced for the One Club's Young Guns 15 is South African filmmaker SJ Myeza from 7Films... Read |
 | The Mobile Marketing Association South Africa (MMA SA) celebrated creativity, innovation and talent across mobile marketing at the MMA SA Smarties Awards 2017 earlier tonight... 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 continue the global and local insights with BBDO... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT In the annual Cannes Lions Global Creativity Report, Native VML has been named the global 'Entertainment Agency of the Year' for 2017... Read |
 | 9mobile, Nigeria's fourth largest telecommunication company, has launched the 9mobile Photography Competition... Read |
 | Consumer goods are powering the next generation of Africa-GCC business links, finds a new EIU study... Read |
 | Over 75% of marketers say their advertising doesn't resonate with African women... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Trends recorded in the latest vehicle price index (VPI) are suggestive of an about-turn that may see new car purchases regaining some of their lost popularity... Read |
 | MIKE WHITFIELD In the coming decades, it won't be a question of if the general public will adopt electric vehicles (EVs), but when. Naamsa noted that 2015 saw the adoption of 1.5 million EVs and plug-in hybrids worldwide... Read |
 | Former Porsche CEO, Peter Schutz has passed away at the age of 87. Schutz took over as president and CEO of Porsche AG in January 1981... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | NEC4 Design Build and Operate (DBO) is the latest addition to the international NEC suite of contracts... Read |
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| Education |
 | The Gauteng Department of Education has reopened the Online Application System for parents who missed the 12 June deadline... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | CHARLOTTE MATHEWS Natural gas developer Renergen will stop funding a hydro-electric project in Ivory Coast so that it can focus on its Tetra 4 project in SA... Read |
 | The low oil price, competition for revenue growth and local talent, together with new expectations from investors and regulators has created an environment in the oil & gas industry ripe for disruption... Read |
 | With smart policy reforms and innovative business models, African countries can meet their Paris Agreement promises and catalyse trillions of dollars in private investments... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | 25 young scientists from 21 countries were honoured at this year's Green Talents award ceremony... Read |
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| Finance |
 | The PIC has put Eskom on terms to install a new board by the end of November and is reviewing the basis on which it invests in all SOEs... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | Healthcare in South Africa is a study in contrasts, which requires a two-pronged approach; addressing both ends of the healthcare spectrum. ... Read |
 | Free healthcare for all is not only a long-standing election promise, but also the cornerstone of the National Health Insurance White Paper... Read |
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| Legal |
 | MTN Group, facing the prospect of a damages claim from rival Turkcell more than four times the size of the 1bn (R14.4bn) settlement it reached last year with Nigerian authorities, is hoping the case will be thrown out by the High Court in Johannesburg on its merits before it is even heard... Read |
 | The two suspects arrested for running an illegal abalone processing facility worth R5 million are expected in the Kuilsriver Magistrate's Court, Cape Town, this morning... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | Music star, Akon, has been announced as host of the 4th annual All Africa Music Awards (Afrima), taking place on Sunday, 12 November at the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. Read |
 | River Republic, in partnership with Savanna and the Red Hot Events, will take place from 24-26 November 2017 at the Round the Bend Lodge, Breede River, Swellendam. Read |
 | The Bazique Festival will be held at the Elgin Grabouw Country Club in Grabouw on 16-18 March 2018. The three-day festival will feature international acts and performing arts across six stages. Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN The House On Willow Street, Flatliners, Wind River, Only The Brave and Hotel Salvation open at local cinemas this week. Read |
 | The Standard Bank Young Artist (SBYA) awards winners for 2018 have been announced. Read |
 | UK singer-songwriter Emily Capell will be performing at Cape Town's Kirstenbosch Gardens along with Henry Ate and Texas on Friday, 8 December, and in Johannesburg with Henry Ate and pop-rock sensation Monark on Sunday, 10 December 2017. Read |
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| Property |
 | Emira Property Fund recently launched its new USA investment strategy, to be undertaken with its strategic US partners, which will focus on grocery-anchored convenience retail centres... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON One of the largest owners of South African shopping centres, Resilient Reit, told a Competition Commission inquiry on Tuesday, 31 October, that exclusivity clauses served no purpose for landlords or the general economy and should be outlawed in SA... Read |
 | South African cities leave much to be desired, that is according to the latest released Schroders Global Cities Index... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | The SA Board for People Practices (SABPP) National Leadership Standard was launched at the fifth Annual SABPP HR Standards Conference at the Theatre on the Track in Kyalami on 26 October 2017... Read |
 | AUGUSTE COETZER Entrepreneurship is widely celebrated. Since 2010, National Entrepreneur's Day on 19 November has been presidentially proclaimed in the USA and has now been joined by National Entrepreneurship Month (November), National Entrepreneurship Week and Small Business Saturday. Read |
 | The SME community is expected to provide 90% of new employment opportunities by 2030, according to the National Development Plan, making SMEs the driving force behind South Africa's economy... Read |
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| ICT |
 | Earlier this year, Vodacom opened a laboratory to facilitate the development of propositions and applications relating to Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) technology. Its first commercially available NB-IoT network is now operational... Read |
 | COLIN THORNTON In the midst of an excruciatingly tough economic year, SMMEs are undoubtedly in survival mode. No matter their size or sector, South African businesses have to scrutinise their balance sheets and find any cost savings - and efficiencies - that they possibly can. Read |
 | Messaging apps like WhatsApp have revolutionised the way we communicate with friends, family, and even business contacts, clients, and colleagues. The downfall though is that once a message is sent, it's sent. No cancelling. No retrieving. No escaping potential embarrassment or a bruised reputation. Until now... Read |
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