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| Marketing & Media |
 | WERNER LINDEMANN Digital technology has transcended age barriers, with tech-savvy people across age groups relishing new ways to connect with others and engage with content and services... Read |
 | KHANGELANI DZIBA There is a need for more collaboration from all the different parts that make up brand communications.... Read |
 | Early-bird ticket sales now open for Design Indaba Conference and Festival 2018, performance lineup to be confirmed early in 2018... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS I recently sat down with OJ Van Jaarsveld, account director for Young Gun Films to find out about their success in the niche world of car advertising and their recent foray into the music video space... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS What does the time-sapped, permanently distracted digital consumer want from your advertising? It's probably simpler than you think. Kantar Millward Brown's global media and digital CEO Gonzalo Fuentes recently let SA marketers in on the secret... Read |
 | Adeola "Eunice" Oladele Fayehun of Sahara Reporters has quit her job with the medium... Read |
 | Top African officials convened with international CEOs at a summit in Dubai, to position for huge potential investments on the continent... Read |
 | CHRIS BREWER Very sad that Tiso Blackstar is about to close The Times because it remains unprofitable. Read |
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| Retail |
 | TFG plans to introduce one of its own brands into the Australian market after acquiring menswear company Retail Apparel Group earlier in 2017... Read |
 | A millimetre-accurate map now allows OR Tambo International Airport visitors to navigate around retailers in the domestic and international terminals... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Bayer has announced the opening of a new local office in Maputo, Mozambique, cementing its presence and demonstrating commitment to its growing business interests in Africa... Read |
 | Eastern Cape farmers are facing extreme circumstances. Cash flows are exhausted, dams are empty and livestock losses can lead to further increase in meat prices... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | The new merger agreement between AutoTrader and OLX Group will reportedly bring substantial benefits to the South African vehicle market... Read |
 | Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa will be investing R3bn to expand production capacity for the Ford Ranger. It has also announced the local production of the Ford Ranger Raptor in 2019... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | MARCEL LEY The latest FNB BER Civil Confidence Index, released towards the end of September, has shown that confidence in South Africa's construction sector in the last quarter fell to its lowest level since 2000... Read |
 | A project which commenced in November 2014, TDS Projects Construction is now completing the installation of extensive ground handling infrastructure at Petra Diamond's Finsch Mine... Read |
 | When first approached about the possibility of constructing a viewing elevator down the Graskop Gorge cliff face in Mpumalanga, the engineers' first thought was 'pie in the sky'... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | CHARLOTTE MATHEWS Civil society organisations have called for Sasol to renegotiate the terms of its Mozambican licences, based on research concluding that it is paying too little for the gas it is extracting... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Some corals may naturally adapt to climate change, but their ability to survive could be outpaced by global warming unless cuts are made to greenhouse gas emissions... Read |
 | CASSANDRA BROOKS Last week, representatives from 24 countries plus the European Union met in Hobart to discuss plans for a vast marine protected area (MPA) off the coast of East Antarctica... Read |
 | Nissan South Africa and the Reach For A Dream Foundation recently partnered to host a family day at the Red Star Raceway, at which fifteen children were given the opportunity to experience the racetrack... Read |
 | G-Eco (Growthpoint Eco) is the latest green initiative from Growthpoint Properties, a pilot project that turns the large volumes of food waste generated by client businesses at its properties into compost... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Saica has convened an independent inquiry after reports that some of its members employed by KPMG have allegedly engaged in conduct which is in contravention of the Saica Code of Professional Conduct. Read |
 | NALEDI SHANGE Cosatu has demanded that all those behind mismanagement of the billions of taxpayers' funds, as revealed by the Auditor-General's latest report, be held accountable... Read |
 | US business schools are beefing up training in the software that underlies digital currency bitcoin... Read |
 | The conduct of a pension fund, its chairperson and its administrator have been forwarded to the FSB by the Pension Funds Adjudicator for remedial action... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | While acknowledging systemic challenges, Judasa has called on the DoH to release the first round of allocations for intern and community service pacements today... Read |
 | In 2004, the government introduced transparent pricing for medicines, including a single exit price for medicines sold in the private sector, to put a stop to discounts and additional levies on medicines... Read |
 | KATHARINE CHILD Former Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu is studying for her second MBA at the University of Bedfordshire in London... Read |
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| Legal |
 | NATASHA MARRIAN The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica) has put together a panel with inquisitorial powers to investigate KPMG employees... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN The House On Willow Street, Flatliners, Wind River, Only The Brave and Hotel Salvation open at local cinemas this week. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | The government remained confident that South African Airways (SAA) could return to profitability, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said in parliament recently... Read |
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| Property |
 | While the introduction of South Africa's Consumer Protection Act was publicly hailed by many, it has in some instances led property buyers to believe that they are afforded blanket protection... Read |
 | LEON BREYTENBACH Drones, also known as remote piloted aircraft or RPAs, have become increasingly popular in recent years, both recreationally as well as commercially... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Emirates Airlines will be adding an extra flight to its service between Dubai and Algiers as of 13 December 2017, complementing Emirates' current six flights a week and making it a daily service.... Read |
 | In How to Adventure, South African explorer and adventurer, Riaan Manser will take several ordinary South Africans out of their comfort zone, travelling the length and breadth of SA on extraordinary adventures... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | The SAB Foundation Tholoana Programme is open for application, with space for 60 entrepreneurs in the 2018 intake... Read |
 | Cabinet has approved the National Minimum Wage Bill, Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill and Labour Relations Amendment Bill... Read |
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| ICT |
 | NEWSWATCH: WhatsApp has evidently ceased working in South Africa, as well as a couple of other countries around the globe. Twitter is flooded with #WhatsAppDown tweets - some extremely serious, others quite hysterical... [Article updated] Read |
 | COLIN THORNTON More than ever before, technology drives our world. It powers businesses, cities and governments, and shapes individual lives in a hugely impactful way... Read |
 | Cell C says consolidation among SA's telecommunications operators is "a real possibility", hinting that the mobile network operator may play a part in possible mergers or acquisitions... Read |
 | GABRIELLA MULLIGAN Networking and business card replacement app Veza has launched in South Africa, aiming to make it easier to follow up with new contacts from business events... Read |
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