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ROBIN FREDERICKS With the aim to connect influencers and travel brands, as well as address travel and destination marketing in South Africa, the Big Connect 2017 saw a conversation spark between influencers and travel brands, which included... |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | MultiChoice is under pressure to "come clean" about its contracts with Gupta-owned television news channel ANN7... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY It has been a long, hard, stressful year and South Africans have been at each other's throats for most of that year. So, maybe it is time we took a collective national chill pill as we head into the holiday season... Read |
 | Global consulting firm, Scopen has released research that ranks Joe Public as the top agency for integrated services by client opinion... Read |
 | LOUISE MARSLAND Natasha Omokhodion-Banda is the new managing director of the Lusaka, Zambia, office of Ninety9cents (99c), responsible for growing the agency further into Africa. She is our #AfricaAchiever this month... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Black Friday saw scores of consumers queuing from the early hours of the morning to take full advantage of a range of specials, from gadgets to clothing and household contents... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | "State vets are working with farms to disinfect their chicken houses so that they can start restocking. Common practice is for sentinel birds to be placed in houses as a method of detecting any trace of the virus." Read |
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| Automotive |
 | AutoTrader has launched Car Alerts which allows consumers to complete a pre-set search form; input their car preferences and get notifications on cars matching their criteria sent directly to their inboxes... Read |
 | The new Hino 500 Wide Cab truck range is now in local production at Hino South Africa's assembly plant in Prospecton, near Durban, which involved an investment of more than R20m by Hino SA... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | PPC chalked up soaring attributable net profit in the six months to September, nearly tripling it to R294m from R102m in the same period in 2016... Read |
 | Construction on Deloitte's new Africa headquarters officially got underway with a sod-turning ceremony at Waterfall City, Gauteng.... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | A first for South Africa and the continent, the African Energy Leadership Centre will be a hub of teaching and research aimed at addressing the issues of energy shortages in Africa... Read |
 | Gold Fields has provided a R6m, three-year sponsorship to improve knowledge in the fields of mechanised mining and rock engineering at Wits University's mining school... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | The Professional Hunting Association of South Africa came under fire over the body's reversal of its 2015 policy against the hunting of captive-bred lions... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | A man who had suffered burns over 95% of his body was saved by a skin transplant from his identical twin in a world-first operation... Read |
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| Legal |
 | BRADLEY WORKMAN-DAVIES Employers have no legal obligation to host a Christmas party or provide an end-of-year function for employees... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | Although many people hike up Lion's Head and Table Mountain, not many are aware that there many alternative routes to choose from - some harrowing, while others are simple and enjoyable for the entire family. Read |
 | Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was named the 66th Miss Universe in Las Vegas on 26 November 2017. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | ANDY WALKER We're not sure what you were up to Friday night, but an airport in India had no time for partying. In fact, Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport this weekend broke the record for the most number of flights handled in a single day by a single airport... Read |
 | On Monday, 27 November 2017, France's national state-owned railway company SNCF, the French Development Agency and Prasa signed a tripartite financial partnership agreement amounting to R6.15m in the form of a grant... Read |
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| Property |
 | The Western Cape's year-on-year rental growth rate for Q2 and Q3 is still at the top of the national rental growth index (even though it was down from 11% to 10.2%), according to Payprop's final Rental Index for 2017... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | We need to make people think more about what they choose to eat and how our food products are sourced. We've already lost our fish stocks from over-fishing, and eating this wonderful product is fast becoming a luxury... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Several news reports over the past year have surfaced, exposing candidates in high profile positions across the public and private sectors for misrepresenting their qualifications... Read |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE Lindy Scott may not quite have reached her 30s yet, but this focused Wits Fine Art graduate and 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year nominee has certainly not let her youth dictate her aspirations and career path... Read |
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