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| Marketing & Media |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Cosmopolitan South Africa has launched a petition to end tampon tax, calling all women to campaign against period poverty in South Africa... Read |
 | The Association for Communication and Advertising NPC (ACA) has announced that it is selling its shareholding in the AAA School of Advertising (AAA) to Richfield Holdings... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Think Creative Hub's cofounders and creative directors Nkgabiseng 'Nkgabi' Motau and Mukondi Ralushayi explain their Cannes Lions links and why they just couldn't ignore feeling the itch of entrepreneurship two years ago... Read |
 | HLUMELO NDONI There are a number of reports of agencies missing the point when it comes to the youngest generation of consumers, Generation Z. Often, too little time is spent optimising content for this generation's platforms-of-choice, such as Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook... Read |
 | African Innovators' closing call to action from Africa Innovation Summit 2018: "Africans must throw out the boxes that have caged them..." Read |
 | Gumtree Media and Mediamark are teaming up to offer SA advertisers a unique service... Read |
 | THORISO KOLOBE It is without a shadow of a doubt that whichever business you find yourself in, social media is a must in order to maximise reach with your target audience. Thoriso Kolobe list tools you can use to design a pretty simple social media plan that maximises reach... Read |
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| Retail |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG In #FreshOnTheShelf, we round up some of our favourite food and beverage products that have hit the retail shelves recently... Read |
 | The Franchise Association of South Africa's (Fasa) Awards for Excellence in Franchising held recently, saw health food brand Kauai walk off with multiple awards including the coveted title of Franchisor of the Year... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Underscoring how persistent conflicts and adverse climate shocks are taking a toll on food security, no country exited the list... Read |
 | ELDON OPIYO Agriculture is a risky business in Africa due to dangers such as uncertain weather and poor rural infrastructure, but a new detailed guide on the status of and opportunities for climate-smart agriculture (CSA) could offer farmers the much-needed break. Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | NICK DUNN There is a long history of patrons for architecture, who have ensured their legacy... Read |
 | Rapid population growth and urbanisation of African cities will see nearly 350 million new city-dwellers by 2030, and a billion more by 2063[1]... Read |
 | The Installation and Fabrication Plastics Pipe Association (IFPA) has announced that it will be qualifying welding procedures and weld jobs performed by its members going forward... Read |
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| Education |
 | The 2018 Allan Gray Entrepreneurship Challenge is open for entry from schools around the country... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Creating an enabling environment for junior miners is imperative to the revitalisation of the local industry... Read |
 | MERCÈ LABORDENA Electricity lifts people out of poverty and improves their health and standards of living. Yet 1.3 billion of the world's people don't have access to it. And more than half of them are in sub-Saharan Africa... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | SHINGIRAI NANGOMBE At the end of the century, if carbon emissions aren't reduced faster, the global temperature is likely to be... Read |
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| Finance |
 | President Cyril Ramaphosa has described his G7 visit as a success ... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | NICCI BOTHA Although often neglected, the important role of recovery in an athletic training regimen is becoming increasingly recognised... Read |
 | Malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic infection, has become largely a disease of the young and poor... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | American jazz and R&B singer Randy Crawford will bring her Farewell Tour to South Africa in October 2018. She will perform at the GrandWest Grand Arena in Cape Town on 23 October 2018 and at the Sun Arena, Time Square in Pretoria on 26 October 2018. Read |
 | The inaugural Soweto International Jazz Festival will be held at the at the Johannesburg Theatre Group's Soweto Theatre Festival Complex in Johannesburg from 14-17 June 2018... Read |
 | American rockers Daughtry will tour South Africa in support of their brand new album Cage to Rattle, later this year. The band will perform at the GrandWest Grand Arena in Cape Town on 25 October 2018, before heading over to the Sun Arena at Time Square in Pretoria on 27 October 2018. Read |
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| Property |
 | Correctly pricing a property for sale is more important than ever before... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | ROBIN FREDERICKS For Youth Month we chat to Maxwell Magodla, general manager at Bantry Bay Suite Hotel to find out more about the valuable lessons he has learnt from his own mentors and what he would like to impart on his mentees... Read |
 | In terms of the partnership, Peace Parks Foundation will provide technical and financial support for conservation and tourism development activities, which will entail merging Maputo Special Reserve and Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve into one management structure. Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Labour unions and government have on Friday signed a three-year wage agreement, bringing an end to the lengthy wage negotiation process... Read |
 | The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) training programme has thrown a lifeline to unemployed young people in the North West... Read |
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| ICT |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG BlockMesh is enabling cost-free communication by creating a global mesh network which allows its users to skip typical cellular and ISP "toll roads"... Read |
 | TOM JACKSON Google has opened applications for class two of its Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme, extending it in the process to a further 12 African countries... Read |
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