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ROGER SOUTHALL President Cyril Ramaphosa's late night announcement that the government was going to push ahead with implementing... |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS The negative impact of code-switching and tokenism, why females speak almost three times as many words a day as men and how to deal with queen bees in the workplace were hot topics at the most recent Future Females Cape Town morning session. Here's what you missed... Read |
 | SMITH WILLAS The road to a successful entrepreneurship might seem exciting and full of adventure, but the truth is it is not easy to become your own boss... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS I met the new fixtures of the SABC3 family at an exclusive media event held at Expresso Studios in Sea Point earlier this week. It was quite something to be right there where some of the magic happens, but also seeing the new presenters sparkling in their element... Read |
 | After a large-scale review earlier this year, Mars has consolidated all of its media planning and buying duties with WPP's GroupM network... Read |
 | MELKISEDEK-SHIVUTE AUSIKU Melkisedek-Shivute Ausiku, the founder of startup LEFA in Namibia, shares his entrepreneurship lessons... Read |
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| Retail |
 | If your business model is still trying to catch up with what millennials want in packaging, you are going to get left behind by a new generation of digital nomads... Read |
 | NAOMI BRAITHWAITE A staggering 235m items of unwanted clothing were forecast to be dumped in UK landfill in 2017, while the average American is estimated to bin 81lb (37kg) of used clothing annually... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | SAMANTHA SNEDORF Meet Jacqueline Grobler, owner of Angel Heart Liqueur, Ginifer gin, Westcliff gin, Luvoa Vodka and Venom Moonshine as well as a set of all natural bitters; quite the repertoire for just one lady. Here, Samantha Snedorf sits down and experiences a day in the life of this master distiller... Read |
 | WANDILE SIHLOBO This week (ending 10 August 2018) there were no major data releases in the South African agricultural market. The weaker Rand against the US Dollar, coupled with higher Chicago grain prices provided support to the domestic grain and oilseed market... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | NARESH MAHARAJ The all-new Ford Fiesta is set to raise the stakes in the compact car segment by building on the proud heritage of the very successful outgoing model... Read |
 | Engen Namibia has appointed Christian Li as their new managing director in the country... Read |
 | MARCUS 'THE MALTESE FALCON' BREWSTER Maltese drivers have a terrible reputation, even amongst themselves. I had presumed that if everyone drove badly, that would come to be regarded as the new normal, but no... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | London-based architecture studio JAA has revealed its proposal for the speculative Grenfell Tower... Read |
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| Education |
 | How is your spelling? Or rather, how is your spelling when you are lying on your back remote-navigating a virtual paper aeroplane? This integration of the motor senses with learning is one example of technology challenging traditionally accepted teaching methods... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | NICCI BOTHA Tebogo Movundlela has been involved in the renewable energy sector since 2013. She was intimately involved in the construction of the West Coast 1 - 94MW windfarm... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | PHATHISWA SHUSHWANA About 300 members and supporters of Reclaim the City gathered at Queen's Park High School in Woodstock... Read |
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| Finance |
 | FELIX ANTONYSAMY Competition in the banking, insurance and wealth management sectors is heating up, as major players roll out new innovations and features to transform their brand images and lure customers away from their peers... Read |
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| Legal |
 | The Constitutional Court is this morning expected to rule on whether or not the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Shaun Abrahams, should vacate his position... Read |
 | LAUREN SALT The World Economic Forum's most recent Global Gender Gap Report concludes that the gender gap in pay, participation and leadership is widening for the first time since 2006 after a decade of slow but steady progress... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | Sun International and comedy and entertainment agency Goliath and Goliath have partnered up to present a countrywide comedy tour... Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN Stroomop, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Meg, Superfly, and Charming opened at local cinemas last week... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand rose 2.7% in June 2018... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | A recent report released by BON Hotels shows that the group's strategy to build local skills and training through a 'home-grown" programme in the Nigerian hospitality industry, has been of success in boosting the number of Nigerian managers... Read |
 | According to an analysis by African Sun Limited, Zimbabwe is currently ranked 117th among the most likely travel destinations in the world category as compared to South Africa which ranks 60th. As such, politicians should shift their focus from recent election result to the future of the country... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | JANINE VAN DER MERWE Women tend to have higher levels of emotional intelligence and empathy compared to their male counterparts, and often promote delivery of soft benefits that may be overlooked in a purely commercial approach to business... Read |
 | "As women, we are often told we need to grow a pair of balls if we want to succeed in the business world... women should not buy into the fallacy that they need to mimic men to achieve great success," says Jennifer Da Mata, managing director of Strata-G Labour Solutions. Read |
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| ICT |
 | Check Point researchers have discovered a vulnerability in WhatsApp that allows a threat actor to intercept and manipulate messages... Read |
 | We all love emojis, but scammers are taking advantage of the rising popularity of them... Read |
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