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ANDY WALKER The City of Cape Town has this week made spying on friends, family or even neighbours' water usage habits even easier... |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Its goal to become the best advertising and communications agency in Africa in the next five years may sound crazy, but considering the last five years, Nic Simmonds, Clockwork Media's executive director, believes they have a shot... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This week, we go behind the selfie with technophile Odette van der Haar, CEO at the ACA (Association for Communication and Advertising)... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This week, we go behind the selfie with Nkanyezi Masango, creative director at King James Group... Read |
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| Retail |
 | MARK ALLIX Former Shoprite Holdings CEO Whitey Basson says he vouches for the honesty of his friend and fellow Shoprite shareholder of many years, former Steinhoff chairman Christo Wiese... Read |
 | E-commerce has changed the way the world conducts business, and the rise in technology has made it easier to interact with customers quickly and across borders... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | IAN SCOONES Zimbabwe urgently needs a new system of land administration to harness development in the agricultural sector... Read |
 | With a focus on SMEs and smallholder farmers creating the high productivity jobs and sustainable economic growth, the latest Africa Agriculture Status Report has indicated that agriculture will be Africa's quiet revolution... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | BRUCE PETERS Although the local outlook for new vehicles sales is gradually becoming more positive, it's still a very tough and highly competitive market... Read |
 | Automotive alliance, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, has launched a new corporate venture capital fund that plans to invest up to $1bn to support open innovation over the next five years... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | SUNÉ PAYNE Plans to increase water supply to the Voëlvlei Dam, scheduled to come on stream in 2024, have been fast-tracked to 2019 to help with Cape Town's water crisis... Read |
 | SIYAMTANDA CAPA Building plan tariffs in Nelson Mandela Bay are expected to remain the same for the next five years... Read |
 | THETO MAHLAKOANA The majority of employers in the steel and engineering sector have implemented self-determined wage increases for workers in the absence of an industry wage agreement... Read |
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| Education |
 | After 11 years of conducting hospitality training and higher education in Stellenbosch, The Private Hotel School (TPHS) will be opening its second campus in Rosebank, Johannesburg this year... Read |
 | The UnSchool of Disruptive Design is heading for Cape Town and is inviting applications for a unique edu-adventure this May... Read |
 | Members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL) will embark on a school readiness drive from Wednesday until Friday (17 - 19 January 2018) to assess issues such as registration, teaching and the state of affairs in schools... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | More than one million (estimated) manpower hours by 400 scientists from across the globe created the Wendelstein 7-X, a machine that could be capable of replicating the reaction that powers the sun, but using plasma. Read |
 | An exceptional quality 910 carat, D colour Type IIa diamond was recovered from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | OLAF WEBER AND VASUNDHARA SARAVADE The "tragedy of the horizons," a term coined by Canada's Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, has been haunting the financial sector ever since climate change began posing serious threats to the planet... Read |
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| Finance |
 | If its application is granted final approval by the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb), Bank Zero will become the country's fourth mutual bank... Read |
 | DOMINIQUE COLLETT Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies were the hot topics in 2017, and will continue to be headliners this year, while there will be a number of other interesting developments around fintech in 2018... Read |
 | ETTIENE RETIEF Trusts have long been the silver bullet for estate planning, but the way in which our living situations, financial planning, tax and legal provisions have changed over the past few decades... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | An advanced oncology facility, costing R36m, has opened at the Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital (GDMAH) in Ga-Rankuwa, Tshwane... Read |
 | PENWELL DLAMINI Suspended Gauteng health department head Dr Barney Selebano has resigned. This was confirmed by a senior official in the department... Read |
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| Legal |
 | KHULEKANI MAGUBANE On Monday, Media Monitoring Africa announced a "legal defence fund" for journalist and author Jacques Pauw to fight legal challenges over his explosive 2017 book, The President's Keepers. Read |
 | An Ontario man made his first court appearance on Monday, 15 January 2018, to answer charges of running a website that collected personal and password data from some three billion accounts, and sold them for profit... Read |
 | As the new school year starts in earnest this week, parents need to be aware of aware of the potential personal litigation risks that their children could face if they engage in bullying behaviour... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | MAREIKE PIETZSCH As we hit the N12, we leave the Garden Route's cool breeze behind us. The last time I see the ocean is in George and I give it a wistful wave. I'm not sure what to expect from the Klein Karoo. Read |
 | Elrow South Africa will take place at The Sheds in Johannesburg on 17 March 2018 and at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town on 24 March 2018. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Described as one of the most voluminous aircraft in existence, the initial BelugaXL is expected to be flying by mid-2018... Read |
 | A shortage of specialised skills that operate the technology optimising the distribution of goods to customers is threatening even the best efforts at scaling operational capability... Read |
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| Property |
 | BILL RAWSON As a long-term investment, it makes sense to start building a property portfolio as early in life as possible... Read |
 | TARIRO WASHINYIRA The Maitland house crammed with 52 immigrants who shared one toilet is under renovation, following action taken by the City of Cape Town... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | NATALIA ROSA In your dual role as travel marketer and Facebook consumer, the news that Facebook is going to 'clean-up' your News Feed will likely be met with a mix of joy and despair... Read |
 | BRENT DICKSON The term 'timeshare' all too often conjures up images of late-night phone calls and promises of freebies if you can endure the persuasive sales pitch. Despite this poor reputation, timeshare in South Africa has been growing in stature... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Briefing and engagement sessions aimed at educating workers about the National Minimum Wage (NMW) policy, which takes effect from 1 May 2018, are set to resume this week... Read |
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| ICT |
 | Investment into African tech startups hit the highest levels since records began in 2017, with 159 startups raising in excess of $195 million... Read |
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