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We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2017 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Lifestyle & Entertainment portal over the past year below. |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Earlier this week, it was announced that M&N Brands has acquired Mela Events. Here, M&N Brands Group CEO Zibusiso Mkhwanazi and Mela Events' owners, Tiziana Tucci and Enelra Booth, let us in on what the acquisition foretells of M&N Brands' pan-African future... Read |
 | A record number of journalists remain imprisoned throughout the world for their work, the annual census by the Committee to Protect Journalists finds. In Africa, Egypt and Eritrea top the list... Read |
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| Retail |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG While the demise of physical retail abroad is sure to cast a shadow on the plans of local counterparts, Brett Kaplan believes the long-term outlook for local apparel retail is a good news story... Read |
 | Woolworths has issued a product recall on three children's t-shirts after being alerted to the use of animal fur in the pom-pom trims... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | ELITA CHIKWATI SADC member states and stakeholders were challenged to make strong commitments by allocating more funding, developing programmes and putting in place infrastructure for the management of the Fall armyworm... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG With 66 years of the Patrol brand history, it is understandable that the Patrol has an almost cult-like following. Believe me, I've met a couple of them... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | A total of R213m has been paid by municipalities to water boards, Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane said on Wednesday, 13 December... Read |
 | MELUSI MAPOSA The Minister of Water and Sanitation's recent announcement of water restrictions has brought home the criticality of South Africa's water scarcity... Read |
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| Education |
 | The University of the Witwatersrand has announced that Dr Sibusiso Sibisi has been appointed as director and head of the Wits Business School (WBS) as of January 2018... Read |
 | With SA's high unemployment rate and many candidates competing for limited opportunities, the job search can be a daunting task. Two education experts advises graduates on how to go about the search... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Since a large portion of Africa's population lives in remote areas, receiving power from the grid could still be decades away... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Digitata Insights and Sunlight have together embarked on a water saving awareness campaign with the aim of... Read |
 | The UN warned on Wednesday, 13 December, that waste from discarded electronics like mobile phones, laptops and refrigerators is piling up worldwide... Read |
 | EDWARD WEBSTER It is widely accepted that South Africa is one of the most unequal societies in the world... Read |
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| Finance |
 | An investigation into possible wrongdoing by auditing firm KPMG in its report on the South African Revenue Service (Sars) "rogue unit" and its author, Johan van der Walt, could grind to a halt over restricted documents... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | PENWELL DLAMINI An official of the Gauteng department of health has been convicted of conspiring to commit murder, Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa said. Read |
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| Legal |
 | The High Court on 13 December 2017 handed down a decision dismissing President Jacob Zuma's application to set aside and review the public protector's remedial action given in the State of Capture report... Read |
 | GRAEME HOSKEN AND KATHARINE CHILD Embattled Steinhoff executives face hefty prison sentences and fines if allegations of multibillion-dollar accounting fraud are proven true... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Man Who Invented Christmas, The Foreigner, The Wedding Party 2 and Adès's: The Exterminating Angel open at local cinemas this week. Read |
 | Chris De Burgh will perform at the GrandWest Grand Arena in Cape Town on 28 February 2018 and at the Sun Arena, Time Square in Pretoria on 2 March 2018. De Burgh will tour South Africa in support of his new album A Better World. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | EJIOFOR ALIKE The Apapa port was originally designed to receive imported goods and petroleum products and move them out by railway and pipelines, and not to receive articulated trucks and heavy-duty vehicles... Read |
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| Property |
 | A recent study conducted on behalf of the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) has determined that malls are getting bigger... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | The campaign, themed #WeDoTourismResponsibly urges tourists to be safe and responsible while exploring the country, ensuring safety and environmental aesthetic preservation of tourism destinations... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | E² has selected four small businesses to partake in a high-intensity four-month accelerator programme... Read |
 | SINETHEMBA MAFANYA Black empowerment has not worked as well as it should. What we have not really succeeded in doing is create a substantial number of black-owned, entrepreneurial businesses that have the potential, in time, to rival Anglo American, Discovery and the rest of the JSE giants... Read |
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| ICT |
 | KERRY HOPE On 25 May 2018, South African companies with an EU customer base must comply with new rules and legislation concerning the collection, storage, and processing of personal information also known as the General Data Protection Regulation... Read |
 | Students from various universities will be representing South Africa at the International Student Cluster Competition hosted at the 2018 International Supercomputing Conference in Germany next year... Read |
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 | ACDOCO SA is a specialist consumer packaged goods distributor centred on the health and beauty sector. We are a subsidiary of Astley Dye Chemical Co. Ltd, founded in the UK in 1919, and have been in Southern Africa for over 20 years. |
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