| |
PIYUSH MANDHARE With the aim to revolutionise the farming industry as well as increase their market reach and revenue, organisations have been gearing up for new robotic technologies in recent years... |
|
|
|---|
|
| Marketing & Media |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This week, diversity was a strong focus on social media as H&M announced the appointment of a diversity manager following the 'racist hoodie' outrage and the #pinkifying hashtag spawned lovers and haters alike... Read |
 | MARWA MORGAN Egypt's parliament voted for a third time to extend a state of emergency. So far, authorities have used the state of emergency to censor media outlets and publications, bring "false news" charges against journalists, reports CPJ... Read |
 | South African digital and content marketing studio, Content Candy, is expanding its operations to Zimbabwe... Read |
 | MEGAN BOWMAN The digital age poses challenges for all brands in every sector, and yet for the luxury market, the conundrum is a particularly tricky one... Read |
|
| Retail |
 | SHANEEV BOODOO Like so many other sectors, the South African beverage market has not escaped the effects of the country's economic slowdown... Read |
 | We recently saw a global clothing retailer unwittingly become the target of consumer fury locally, as a result of their sizing... Read |
|
| Agriculture |
 | In South Africa, we raise more than one billion farm animals for food every year. Now is the time to join the green revolution, with sustainable food consumption on the rise and plant-based protein predicted to be one of the biggest food trends in 2018... Read |
|
| Automotive |
 | As South Africans are itching to get their hands on bitcoin, there's been an increase in swops and bitcoin-only sales on Gumtree.co.za, says Claire Cobbledick, head of core at Gumtree... Read |
|
| Construction & Engineering |
 | Investments continue to be made in construction-related equipment in spite of the fact that the industry is predicted to continue to experience moderate growth over the next few years... Read |
|
| Education |
 | Tomorrow is the last day for those 2017 matriculants who still need to register for the supplementary examinations, to do so... Read |
 | Maths geniuses, mad scientists, engineering wizards, IT wonderkids and tech boffins - ACSA needs your skills... Read |
|
| Energy & Mining |
 | SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA Embattled electricity producer Eskom, which has described its financial situation as "very dire", is in secret discussions to terminate the employment of controversial executive Matshela Koko... Read |
 | Diversified miner South32 produced 8% more manganese from its local mines in the six months to December than it previously forecast, enabling it to take advantage of favourable prices... Read |
 | ALLAN SECCOMBE Lonmin, one of the world's major platinum producers, has warned its debt-covenant levels, which have been temporarily suspended, will be breached because of an impairment of its assets... Read |
|
| ESG & Sustainability |
 | SCOTT NADLER AND JEREMY SOBOIL Customers have tremendous power in the business-to-business (B2B) sustainability world. Just by asking questions of their suppliers, customers send powerful signals about what matters... Read |
|
| Finance |
 | LUKE MCMAHON AND SHAWN PHILLIPS For South African investors, rand appreciation against the US dollar played a major role in investment performance during 2017... Read |
 | The New Year kicked off with a positive start with the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) leaving the interest rate unchanged at 6.75%... Read |
|
| Healthcare |
 | DEBORAH MINORS Changing behaviour is difficult - particularly amidst million-dollar advertising onslaughts... Read |
 | Aspen Pharmacare's Cape Town-based subsidiary, Fine Chemicals Corporation, is so concerned about risks posed by the region's drought that it is investing in new infrastructure... Read |
|
| Legal |
 | People who are injured in accidents are warned not to fall victim to 'touts' offering legal services for personal injury claims... Read |
|
| Lifestyle |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN A lonely lab assistant becomes the object of affection of a scaled creature that lives in a water tank in the masterful The Shape Of Water; a woman's love transcends her husband's disability in the excellent Breathe; a former Marine corporal wants to reunite with her canine partner in the heartbreaking true story Megan Leavey; and a psychic unleashes hell in Insidious: The Last Key. Read |
 | Multi-genre British trio Foreign Beggars has been added to the Bazique Festival line-up. The Bazique Festival will be held at the Elgin Grabouw Country Club in Grabouw from 16-18 March 2018. Read |
|
| Logistics & Transport |
 | Boeing and automotive seating company, Adient, have launched a new Adient Aerospace, a joint venture that will develop, manufacture, and sell a portfolio of seating products to airlines and aircraft leasing companies... Read |
 | A joint venture involving three international shipping companies - Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) - has been given conditional approval by the Competition Tribunal... Read |
|
| Property |
 | DR ANDREW GOLDING It was a stable start to the New Year with the Reserve Bank on Thursday, 18 January, announcing no change in the repo rate... Read |
 | JOHN LOOS According to the FNB Estate Agent Surveys through 2017, the estimated average first-time home buyer level was 20.27% of total home buying for the year... Read |
|
| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | The hotel industry is a highly competitive field, so it is no surprise that an effective PR strategy is paramount to enabling long-term, sustained messaging to keep your establishment top of mind... Read |
 | EUAN MCNEIL Collecting data remains a challenge and turning it into relevant and useful insights is a greater challenge still. We see this as a unique opportunity for the professional travel management company to deliver true value... Read |
|
| HR & Recruitment |
 | MARISA JACOBS A new report compiled by expatriate solutions provider Xpatweb, titled Critical Skills Survey Results 2017, confirms that local companies are hard pressed to find the right expertise to achieve their corporate goals... Read |
 | JENNIFER DA MATA Leaders can build or destroy the organisations they are mandated to lead. Selecting a leader without the proper due diligence can invite trouble - at worst, catastrophe - whether the organisation is a corporate business, government department or non-governmental organisation. Read |
|
| Featured Press Office of the day | More | Join |
|
|
 | Business ownership and management can be daunting. This is why we are committed to providing exceptional coaching to businesses of all sizes. Our goal is to enable people to thrive in business – in all circumstances. |
| Jobs offered |
|
|
|
|
|
|
