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The City of Cape Town announced on Monday, 21 May, that the temporary desalination plant in Strandfontein is now delivering... |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS With warm lighting and a can-do attitude at the no-queue-in-sight, just-walk-up-and-chat reception desk, this is not your average 'government office' - this is the InvestSA one-stop shop (OSS)... Read |
 | NICOLAS BAKER For any company, from small entrepreneur to blue chip corporate, Google AdWords provides the tools to unlock a wealth of new business. But, just as pay-per-click (PPC) may provide amazing opportunities and leads aplenty, if not set up correctly, it has the potential to blow ad budgets and quickly snowball marketing costs to devastating levels... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Sharon Keith made a name for herself as marketing director at Coca-Cola Africa, but is now bubbling over with the need to pursue other professional and personal interests... Read |
 | Brand Finance has just launched the results of a report listing South Africa's most valuable brands in 2018... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY When I grew up, there was never much money in the house. And, with Irish ancestry, I have a fear of poverty in my DNA, which can probably be traced back to the Irish Famine. So, I am careful with money... Read |
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 | With an estimated 30 to 50% of domestic water consumption going to the garden, many consumers faced with tightening water restrictions have had to rethink how they keep their gardens going... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | "AGCO is making major investments in Africa to engineer food security and support sustainable productivity through technology and innovation... As a 'first mover' in innovation, we are meeting the challenge to grow more food with fewer resources head-on." Read |
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| Automotive |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG The face-lifted Ford Fiesta is bold and bright-coloured and the manufacturer has nipped and tucked various things in order to give the hatchback a more premium feel... Read |
 | DAVID TAYLOR The flagship luxury sedan from Lexus has arrived in South Africa. Lexus claims it brings premium levels of powertrain smoothness, spaciousness, handling, ride comfort, safety, craftsmanship and attention to detail. Let's meet the new Lexus LS 500... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | MELISSA MCHALE, DAVID BUNN AND EDDIE RIDDELL World attention has recently been focused on the water crisis facing the South African city of Cape Town, a metropolis of four million people... Read |
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| Education |
 | The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has reminded first year students, who have qualified to get a bursary from the NSFAS, to ensure that they have signed their agreements by 31 July 2018... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | NELLY MTEMA The Tanzanian Mining Commission has issued 5,108 primary mining and prospecting licences with a caution that whoever violated the agreed regulations would have their licences revoked... Read |
 | KEITH FENNER President Cyril Ramaphosa's comment that the South African mining sector is a sunrise sector has given the industry.. Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | ROBIN FREDERICKS About a year ago, we interviewed Cape Town-based non-profit organisation, Call 2 Care which invests its time and efforts to uplift communities in underprivileged areas through sustainable food access and gardening education. Read |
 | The Volvo Group Southern Africa unveiled its youth employment initiative on Saturday, 19 May, a programme it hopes will help address South Africa's high unemployment rate among the youth... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Gender, racial and social perceptions continue to deter many candidates from pursuing a profession within the fund management industry... Read |
 | The evolution to electronic foreign currency trading in Africa, given its fragmented markets and lack of legacy infrastructure, was slow to start, but has gained in traction. Read |
 | The panel established to review a list off zero-rated food products will submit its report next month, said Finance Minister, Nhlanhla Nene, when he tabled the Treasury's budget vote at the National Assembly. Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | South Africa's contribution to the research and treatment of HIV/Aids is significant... Read |
 | RENÉE BLAAUW AND LISANNE DU PLESSIS Understanding children's nutritional status is important. Globally, nearly half of all deaths in children under five are caused by malnutrition... Read |
 | PONTSHO PILANE The National Health, Education and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) has threatened to make its strike in North West a national issue if Premier Supra Mahumapelo does not resign... Read |
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| Legal |
 | The Presidency says it has filed a notice to abide by the court's decision on the provision by the state of legal assistance to former president Jacob Zuma... Read |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE Henri van Breda has been found guilty of murdering his parents and brother in their Stellenbosch home... Read |
 | President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Azhar Bham SC as a new presiding officer for the inquiry into disciplinary charges against suspended South African Revenue Service (Sars) Commissioner Tom Moyane... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | MARTIN MYERS Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse is fondly known as the 'Legend' and his boundless work energy show no signs of slowing down. Read |
 | The inaugural USIBA Creative and Cultural Industries Awards, which takes place on 31 May at Emperors' Palace, Johannesburg, has been launched... Read |
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| Property |
 | While some big retail centres are experiencing a reduction in rentals... Read |
 | Earlier this year, Johannesburg residents voiced their outrage over property valuation increases... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | WILLIAM SMOOK Around 90% of flight attendants' training deals with saving lives rather than asking "chicken or beef?" Read |
 | NATALIA ROSA Although it's certainly not feasible for Africa to have thousands of city pairs because the traveller demand simply doesn't exist, there are several hundred city pairs that would certainly be sustainable... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Wellness at work is a increasingly dominant theme in any discussion about the workplace but for many it's a broad buzzphrase without much science behind it... Read |
 | Recent reports of shareholders voting against executive remuneration structures have again highlighted the need for increased transparency in the disclosure of not only the amounts paid, but how the amounts were calculated and the link to performance... Read |
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