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South Africans may not be able to fully appreciate how far-reaching the so-called sugar tax, which Treasury introduced on 1 April 2018, really is... |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | WINSTON TAYLOR Much of the distribution sector in sub-Saharan Africa still runs on pen and paper and an awkward mix of popular but business-inefficient communication channels... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS AfricArena panellists offered various case studies on doing business in Africa and explained why it's time to focus on partnerships and collaboration across the continent before setting sights off our shores... Read |
 | Canada will host The Commonwealth Africa Forum in July 2018, convening over 250 delegates and a number of high profile speakers... Read |
 | New platform opens for entrepreneurs in West Africa... Read |
 | Snap Inc. is determined to make its camera-equipped sunglasses, developed for Snapchat users, a hit... Read |
 | Cannes Lions announced the 21 jury members set to judge the Pharma Lions and the Health & Wellness Lions awards at this year's Cannes Lions... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Recent BMi Research reports confirmed that the flavoured alcoholic beverage category declined in volume during 2017, the mageu category volumes suffered a loss in 2017 and the drinking yoghurt category experienced both volume and value declining compared to 2016... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | "It was definitely one of the most challenging harvesting seasons in recent years. But from what we can judge at this stage, the dry growing conditions seem to have had a relatively favourable impact on the quality of our premium quality grapes, depending on growing area." Read |
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| Automotive |
 | AARON TURPEN The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is a luxury favourite in the large sedan market, competing with finesse and ease against some competent and strong rivals. For 2018, the S-Class gets a bit of a refresh... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | TIZIANA SUSCA AND FRANCESCO POMPONI You walk through a park in a city on a warm day, then cross out to a narrow street lined with tall buildings... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Despite low levels of water in the Zambezi River, the Cahora Bassa dam, in Mozambique's western province of Tete, generated more electricity than planned in the first quarter of this year... Read |
 | JEFF MBANGA Black Mountain Resources Limited has decided to sell its license for the Namekara vermiculite mine in Manafwa in exchange for a debt relief of about $4.2m from one of its shareholders... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | VUSUMUZI NKOSI Mining companies are often criticised for dumping waste without taking the necessary precautions... Read |
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| Finance |
 | The versatility of blockchain is disrupting just about every industry... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | In the past decade, generic competition allowed millions of patients access to medicines for key therapeutic areas... Read |
 | Africa is a continent in transition. As more and more people embrace a Western way of life as opposed to more traditional customs... Read |
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| Legal |
 | A man police have identified as the most feared and wanted hitman they have linked to the Glebelands Hostel murders is due to appear in the Umlazi Magistrate's Court this morning... Read |
 | The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) on Thursday announced four new End-User and Subscriber Service Charter Regulations at a media briefing... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | RUTH COOPER Grande Provence in Franschhoek has been serving up classic and delicious French-style dishes since 2004. October 2017 saw Chef Guy Bennet take over the kitchen and instil a stronger focus on championing locally sourced produce and a more modern style of South African cooking. Read |
 | CHARLES SIBOTO Ten years, 18 movies, a lot of hype and finally Avengers: Infinity War arrives. The question is, does the movie deliver? Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | A General Electric (GE) led consortium has signed an interim phase agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) for the Nigerian narrow-gauge railway concession... Read |
 | JASON BYRNE AND EMMA PHARO Public transport that is safe, efficient and effective is a core priority when it comes to city-building. While trains get a lot of attention, buses can also deliver successful public transport services - if we can overcome some common problems... Read |
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| Property |
 | Vantage Capital has provided $8m of funding to Rosslyn Riviera Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya... Read |
 | Growthpoint plans to swap the net proceeds from its $425m Eurobond into euros to fund its expansion in Europe... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | MARIETTE DU TOIT-HELMBOLD If you want your destination or tourism business to grow, you need to understand the female traveller... she often calls the shots when it comes to making travel decisions and is driving the growth in tourism... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | MARTIJN ASLANDER Over the past 40 years our workforce has transcended from doing labour with their hands to working with their brains. We haven't got the slightest clue what knowledge work is and that's an enormous problem... Read |
 | KYLE CONDON Many businesses focus their loss control strategies on preventing unwanted elements from getting in from the outside. While this is certainly an important step in securing assets and minimising risk, what if the truly dangerous element has already made itself comfortable within the operations of the organisation...? Read |
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| ICT |
 | John Robison joined Yahoo in its startup phase and left the company when it was valued at over $100bn to become VP of IT operations at Netflix. A US engineering and tech expert, he shares why he recently joined the board of Xineoh, a South African AI startup... Read |
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