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DANETTE BREITENBACH While there has been an upward revision in growth for the year - 1.5-1.8% for South Africa - with business confidence also increasing, the country is still not where it needs to be by a long shot... |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This week, we go behind the selfie with technophile Matt Ross, chief creative officer at King James Digital... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS How will the advertising industry adapt AI at a larger scale? Can we innovate with data analysis and profiling without creeping out customers? I discussed the possibilities and explored the power of digital with three of this year's scheduled female powerhouse speakers for the fourth IAB SA Digital Summit, taking place next week on 1 March 2018 at the Theatre on the Track... Read |
 | ANDY WALKER While the City of Cape Town is using apps, Twitter campaigns and Mmusi Maimane's bucket delegation skills to remind South Africans to save water, the nation's Department of Water and Sanitation is taking a - ahem - different approach... Read |
 | Discovery Channels is renewing its partnership with the Jozi Film Festival once again to find its next great African filmmaker... Read |
 | An African Union high level panel on emerging technologies is to meet at #AIS2018 in Kigali, June 6-8, 2018... Read |
 | The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Ethiopian authorities to drop an incitement charge against Zone 9 blogger Atnafu Berhane... Read |
 | Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of the Thomson Reuters Eikon mobile app to give their customers in Africa access and instant connection to financial analysis... Read |
 | Moroccan authorities should drop all charges against Akhbar al-Youm columnist and publisher Taoufik Bouachrine... Read |
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| Retail |
 | With economic conditions in South Africa likely to remain weak, the apparel retail industry growth forecast for 2018 is muted... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | WESSEL LEMMER Budget speech should address some of the sector's challenges to ensure food security... Read |
 | "Immediately after the first OFF was caught the national action plan was implemented... All growers and packhouses in the region were notified and an area of a 5km radius of the trap was placed under quarantine." Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Isuzu Motors has announced the official launch of its business operations in South Africa... Read |
 | HENRIE GEYSER South African roads are densely populated by family-hauling SUVs, cross-overs, station wagons and MPVS which is hardly surprising, considering that there are about 650 variants on the market... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | NEIL CAMERON Buildings have become so much more than brick, mortar and glass... Read |
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| Education |
 | The University of Johannesburg (UJ) will be awarding world-renowned economist and the 2003 Nobel laureate in economics, Prof Robert Fry Engle with an honorary doctoral degree in economics today, 19 February 2018... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | iThemba Primary School in Capricorn near Cape Town recently opened its doors to 105 disadvantaged children... Read |
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| Finance |
 | As we approach #Budget2018 day, Rob Cooper, director of legislation at Sage, has a few thoughts about how the minister could plug the R50bn hole in the bucket... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | One of the big questions the finance minister faces this year is whether to do away with the modest tax credit taxpayers receive for their medical aid payments... Read |
 | Increased investments in 10 vaccines administered in low- and middle-income countries over a 15-year period could avert up to 36-million deaths and 24-million cases of medical impoverishment... Read |
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| Legal |
 | The Chamber of Mines has agreed to postpone its court application in respect of the reviewed Mining Charter, which was due to be heard in the High Court this week... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | LERATO SERUMULA For a film industry enthusiast such as myself, I have never once come across a movie so intensely anticipated by folk outside of movie-going culture. I don't even think your cult classics such as the Star Wars franchise have sparked such interest in the general public across the globe. Read |
 | Santana will include a stop in Durban during his Divination World Tour in South Africa. Santana will perform at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town on 11 April 2018, the ICC in Durban on 13 April 2018, and the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg on 14 April 2018. Read |
 | MARTIN MYERS Jody Abel and Callen Petersen formed the dynamic duo that is Acoustic Element on Christmas Day in 2010. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Drop&Pick is a new parcel shop technology launched by FarEye, a digital logistics platform. Launched in January 2017 the technology facilitates paperless, high-speed, and secure dispatch/delivery of parcels through its parcel shop network... Read |
 | LONDON, UK - US ride-hailing app Uber on Friday announced new safety features for its service in Britain, as it appeals against the withdrawal of its licence in London... Read |
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| Property |
 | CHRIS RENECLE Whether you own a property in a sectional title complex or are looking to invest in one, the financial standing of the body corporate is the single most important thing that can affect your investment or your buying decision... Read |
 | JOAN MULLER SA investors are slowly but surely starting to climb back into UK-focused property stocks, which have been out of favour since Britain announced its exit from the EU in mid-2016... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | "A key focus must be on shifting the international perception of investing in South Africa, which has recently been negative. To ensure that this happens, structural reforms will be needed to ensure that our credit ratings improve as soon as possible." Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Following the observance of National Epilepsy Week this past week (12-18 February), as well as International Epilepsy Day (12 February), it's time to take a closer look at the condition that affects one out of every 100 South Africans and explore the issues around disclosure. Read |
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| ICT |
 | MARIAM ABDULLAHI For African telecoms providers, who have feasted on near-uninterrupted subscriber and revenue growth over the past two decades, the need to adapt is paramount... Read |
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