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ALAN KNOTT-CRAIG According to Charlie Munger, Warren Buffet's partner at Berkshire Hathaway, you understand the latticework, or mental model, for the industry/country you're entering, before you enter it. |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | LOUISE MARSLAND Bizcommunity.com's 18 trends for 2018 from BizTrends2018 trend analyst, curator and editor, Louise Marsland... Read |
 | IDidTht's March SA Film Reel Monthly Craft Awards were judged by Mariana O'Kelly, ECD at Ogilvy JHB, who selected Sanlam's '100 Years' by Ian Gabriel from Giant Films for Direction Craft... Read |
 | NEWSWATCH: Following Advertising Week's announcement last year of its expansion into new territories, the annual American-based festival is planning to host an event in South Africa next year... Read |
 | GIL SPERLING Gil Sperling, CTO of Facebook marketing partner, Popimedia comments on Facebook's data breach and what it means for advertisers?... Read |
 | SYLVIA SCHUTTE Businesses often take a haphazard approach to marketing but would they do this with a long-term investment portfolio? Definitely not, so why treat marketing with such a cavalier attitude?... Read |
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| Retail |
 | While children know how to wash their hands, they often don't, and this is how the idea of Lunch-Box Buddy was developed... Read |
 | Footwear and apparel brand Adidas will be closing stores as it ramps up investment in online retail, with an aim to more than double its digital sales to €4bn by 2020... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | The first Cape Automotive Forum exhibition and conference will be taking place from 17-18 October 2018 at the Cape Town Convention Centre... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | Each of the regional winners in the 30th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards has been judged top of their tertiary institution and will compete against each other for the top prize of R50,000... Read |
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| Education |
 | JASON SNYMAN This isn't the first time that the entire destruction of our education system has been suggested. Should private schools be nationalised...? Read |
 | South African trusts, foundations, corporations and individuals are donating more to local universities than ever before - but the vast majority of funding is still being channelled to so-called traditional higher education institutions... Read |
 | South Africa's notoriously high drop-out rate among first year university students can be ascribed to a number of factors. One of these include a disconnect between lecturers and students... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | The Chamber of Mines emerged victorious when the High Court ruled last week that South African mining companies aren¹t required to top up black ownership levels if they have previously met the minimum requirements... Read |
 | KATHARINA RALL Information is key to protecting the health and the livelihoods of people in areas affected by economic development. And that is why a 10% cut in the Malawi Human Rights Commission's budget announced recently is such bad news. Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Marking its 20th anniversary in 2017, MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet launched its social media-driven #MySchool20 campaign. The 20 winning customers and their 20 favourite causes have now been announced... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Many insurers still rely on traditional methods to reach customers, despite a very competitive African market... Read |
 | Fact: Most startups fail within the first five years of operations... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | The possibility of listeriosis spreading beyond South Africa's borders has prompted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to offer preparedness and response support to 16 African nations... Read |
 | Having learnt lessons from the Life Esidimeni tragedy, the Gauteng Department has taken extraordinary measures to increase the number of audits at mental health NGOs... Read |
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| Legal |
 | The South African Revenue Service (SARS) will continue to apply normal income tax rules to cryptocurrencies, it said on Friday... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG Mauritius is not what I had expected. As our bus travelled from Mahebourg to Port Louis, the lush greens and palm trees reminded me of Port Shepstone... Read |
 | CANDICE MILLER For those who are unfamiliar with the antics of the anthropomorphic Peppa Pig, Peppa is a cartoon character in a hugely popular series aimed at teaching life lessons to toddlers and pre-schoolers. Read |
 | TERRY LEVIN As a serial visitor to Nieu Bethesda and the Owl House, I have a more than a subjective interest in The Road to Mecca, the 1984 play by Athol Fugard, currently making its maiden performance at the iconic Cape Town theatre which bears his name. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | The Innovation and Leadership in Aerospace (ILA) 2018 event will take place from 25-29 April 2018 in Berlin... Read |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG NEWSWATCH: Uber has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire an electric, dockless bike-sharing service it's been testing in San Francisco, called Jump Bikes... Read |
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| Property |
 | ADRIAN GOSLETT The recent announcement of the interest rate cut was a mini triumph for all South Africans... Read |
 | JSE-listed Investec Australia Property Fund (IAPF) announced recently its acquisition of an industrial property in Dandenong South, Melbourne for AU$19,450,000... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | ROWENA CHRISTIANSEN With any type of human exploration, there are risks as we push boundaries, and there are inevitably mishaps and fatalities as a result. Space exploration is no exception... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | RAYNE HANDLEY Having so much recent focus on women and their roles in society is, of course, a good thing. Even if, very belated. It is clear that change needs to happen and needs to be on a much deeper level... Read |
 | Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has accepted the resignation of Eskom board member Mark Lamberti... Read |
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| ICT |
 | The Cairo-based Flat6Labs is now accepting applications for the 11th cycle of its four-month accelerator programme, which offers selected startups access to training, mentorship and EGP300,000 ($17,000) in seed funding... Read |
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