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| Marketing & Media |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This extended #EntrepreneurMonth, we go behind the selfie with Dale Ferreira, MD of creative digital marketing agency, Sconetent (it rhymes with 'content', if you're not sure)... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Here's why the Pendoring Awards' second-ranked Joe Public United believes Madiba's sentiment that when you speak to someone in their mother-tongue, you really do speak to their hearts. Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS The results of the second edition of the Scopen Agency Scope are in! I caught up with Scopen's global CEO Cesar Vacchiano and Johanna McDowell of IAS on the importance of client-agency relationships... Read |
 | LINDSAY SAMSON Lebo Mashile has been announced as one of the speakers at Design Indaba 2018 and here, talks about discovering her voice and why storytelling is part of the fabric of humanity... Read |
 | JUANITA PIENAAR Keagan Clack, an art direction student at the Stellenbosch Academy, was announced as one of three finalists in the student category of the 2017 AdFocus Awards, taking place this evening... Read |
 | Leading digital money transfer company WorldRemit and Arsenal partner to use the power of football to find a better way to connect communities... Read |
 | APO Group and Africa's rugby governing body, Rugby Africa, sign a ground-breaking strategic partnership to develop the sport across Africa... Read |
 | JUANITA PIENAAR Jason Walden, a visual communications student at Vega School of Brand Leadership Johannesburg, was recently announced as one of three finalists in the student category of the 2017 AdFocus Awards... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Lethabo Motsoaledi and Matthew Westaway are the dynamic engineering-educated duo and joint CEOs behind disruptive intelligence innovation studio, Motsoaledi & West. Here's why design thinking is a must for any business. Read |
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| Retail |
 | MICHELLE GUMEDE Despite a dire political and economic environment, retailers are upbeat about Black Friday sales and Christmas spending... Read |
 | On the most recently aired episode of CNN Marketplace Africa, Gareth Ackerman, chairman of Pick n Pay Stores Ltd, shared his experiences with the company and what's in store for the brand in the future... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | THIN LEI WIN Better soil management could boost carbon stored in the top layer of the soil by up to 1.85 gigatonnes each year, about the same as the carbon emissions of transport globally... Read |
 | ISAIAH ESIPISU A simple mobile app has been developed to help farmers and local authorities in East Africa choose the right kind of tree to plant - key to helping countries curb their emissions and adapt to a changing climate... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | ALLAN SECCOMBE There are hopes that platinum could once again be used to make autocatalytic converters for petrol-powered engines, creating fresh demand for the metal amid a deepening supply deficit. Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | SHAFICK ADAMS We need to unlock more water resources and drive efficiency in our existing supplies to stimulate the economy and job growth... Read |
 | Developer Sakhisizwe will break ground in December on the first phase of the multi-billion rand Florida Heights integrated housing development in Nelson Mandela Bay... Read |
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| Education |
 | BEKEZELA PHAKATHI Some of SA's leading universities are in danger of losing their accreditation for undergraduate law degrees... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Despite all the talk about nuclear builds, renewables and fracking, the local energy sector will remain static until regulatory and political stability return... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | South Africa College High School (SACS) in Cape Town has installed a solar system at its Rosedale Boarding House... Read |
 | GreenCape and the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) recently hosted the second annual Atlantis Career Expo, an educational event designed to drive awareness and interest among Atlantis students about career opportunities in renewable energy... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Given South Africa's melting pot of cultures, insurance companies need to take nuances, particularly with language, into account when considering a disputed insurance pay outs... Read |
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| Legal |
 | TRACY ROBBINS When should the Labour Court prevent an employer from exercising its right to take disciplinary action against employees...? Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | RUTH COOPER The heat slams your entire body in a suffocating, damp caress as soon as you step out of the plane's air-conditioned coolness; immediately curling hair into little frizzy ringlets and dew-ifying the face. It's overwhelming for a Capetonian used to fresh sea breezes and dry heats - Jambo Zanzibar, there is no mistaking we have arrived upon your welcoming shores! Read |
 | MARTIN MYERS Latheem Gabriel is an artist who has been writing music since the age of 16. He is trained on the violin and guitar and considers his music social, global, and self-conscious. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | MICHAEL MILFORD Platooning involves a number of trucks closely following one another, connected using vehicle-to-vehicle communication. Typically the lead truck does most of the driving "work"... Read |
 | Volvo Cars said it has signed an agreement to supply "tens of thousands" of self-driving cars to Uber, as the ride-sharing company battles a number of different controversies... Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Balwin Properties CEO Stephen Brookes says the sectional title developer's 10-year plan is on track as the company wades through challenging economic conditions... Read |
 | LOUISE LIEBENBERG An upswing in demand for homes without pools as a result of the drought and the ever-increasing popularity of estate and eco-estate living are among the big national housing trends... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Turkish Airlines has started to roll out embossed boarding passes written in braille. Visually impaired staff at Turkish Airlines were involved in the research and development of the new passes... Read |
 | JOSEPHINE WAWIRA Modern-day travellers are more experiential in all aspects of their journey; from cultural immersion to local food sampling, a trend that has become a major influence in the growth of travel destinations... Read |
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| ICT |
 | Swimming with wild dolphins is something most can only dream of, and jumping into pools with captive animals has become increasingly controversial with environmentalists condemning it as cruel... Read |
 | PIETER ENGELBRECHT Artificial intelligence (AI) often throws up visions of a futuristic Earth, where self-aware robots are programmed to be ethical in their behaviour and protect human lives at all costs... Read |
 | South African mobile phone giant MTN is in talks with Benin's telecoms regulator after its subsidiary was slapped with a bill of more than $200m... Read |
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