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Former Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni has been sworn in as South Africa's new finance minister... |
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 | LEIGH ANDREWS 'Cord cutters' and 'cord nevers' are proud of the fact that they don't fall into the description of a typical TV audience, but the SABC is now calling on all who watch televised content to pay up for TV licences - even if they don't watch on traditional TV sets... Read |
 | NEWSWATCH: The automotive giant has appointed BBDO as its new lead creative agency, after 75 years with WPP, effective 1 November... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This week, we got behind the selfie with Terry Murphy, publisher at Marketing Mix Conferences who will open next week's Social Media Landscape Briefings 2019 in Sandton and Cape Town... Read |
 | JG BEZUIDENHOUT Is it a snack? Is it a game? No! They are the technical terms for the most exciting thing to ever happen to digital marketing... Read |
 | REBONE MASEMOLA Local brands, marketers and creators need to get better at designing campaigns and content that reflects intersectional narratives and imagery that include LGBTQI+ communities, people with albinism and the disabled... Read |
 | CARMEN MURRAY We now live in an age where our physical selves live along our digital selves. What you do offline is shared online and "peacocking" has become prevalent for digital citizens of the 21st century... Read |
 | TOM JACKSON Seedstars Maputo winner WenaData may only be active in Mozambique for now, but the startup has big plans for taking its innovative research techniques across the continent... Read |
 | YUVESHEN DARMALINGUM The BBC News Africa TV Service introduced a new series called Talk it Out, where real-life health case-studies are studied and health issues that are taboo or socially condemned are openly debated... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Woolworths kicks off National Marine Week with the announcement of a 'plastic bag free' store and reusable bag awareness campaign... Read |
 | TOM JACKSON South African online florist Petal&Post is planning expansion across the country after its offering met with significant success in Cape Town and Durbanville... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | This year's Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference, which takes place on 17 October at Spier near Stellenbosch, has lined up several high-profile international and local speakers, some of whom will discuss the role of big data as part of the event's wider theme of innovation... Read |
 | Statistics South Africa will be embarking on a countrywide Census of Commercial Agriculture 2017, commencing Monday 15 October 2018 until June 2019. Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Sumitomo Rubber South Africa officially launched its Truck and Bus Radial (TBR) factory in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | This year's GBCSA Awards winners were awarded during the gala dinner of the 11th Annual Green Building Convention... Read |
 | TOM JACKSON Nigerian startup Landhouse has launched a platform that allows for the crowdfunding of property development... Read |
 | The International Construction Measurement Standards (ICMS) aims to provide greater global consistency in classifying, defining, measuring, analysing and presenting construction costs... Read |
 | Volume Zero, an international platform showcasing the work of upcoming designers, has announced the winners in its Marsception 2018 competition... Read |
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| Education |
 | Higher Education and Training Minister Naledi Pandor has challenged Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges to become part of the critical drive for skills development in South Africa... Read |
 | Liwa Primary School from Nyanga has won the Growsmart literacy competition, beating 160 other schools in the Western Cape finals, which were recently held at the V&A Waterfront... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | VUYO MJIMBA Multinational firms from Europe, North America and more recently China still dominate the extraction and refining of most of minerals mined in Africa with minimal roles for African firms... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | MARK NEW The release this week of the IPCC's special report on global warming of 1.5? above pre-industrial levels marks a critical point in climate negotiations... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Japan remains an important long-term investor in South Africa's economy, says the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Bulelani Magwanishe... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | Zimbabwe has just two qualified forensic pathologists forcing families to wait for weeks before they can bury loved ones in cases of murder, it has emerged. Read |
 | SHEENA CRUICKSHANK The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to two immunologists for their revolutionary approaches to treat cancer... Read |
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| Legal |
 | The Limpopo Provincial Government has welcomed the ruling by the Press Council on the matter between the Office of the Premier and City Press newspaper... Read |
 | The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs is set to resume the investigation into the process followed in the naturalisation of the Gupta family... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The 2018 Joburg Film Festival will be held at venues across Johannesburg from 9-18 November 2018. More than 40 curated releases are set to showcase the best in African and international cinema... Read |
 | US rapper Vince Staples is set to headline the second annual Capsule Fest, which will take place at Zone 6 in Soweto, Johannesburg on 24 November 2018... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | SEAN YOUNG Even though automation can enable warehouses to support the same-day and next-day delivery expectations of customers, companies first need to... Read |
 | Cape Town International Airport was named Africa's Leading Airport for the second consecutive year at the 25th World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony... Read |
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| Property |
 | While residential and retail property took a huge knock, Stats SA revealed in September that the star performer during the second quarter... Read |
 | Global Brands Magazine has named Tyson Properties its Most Trusted Real Estate Brand for 2018 in its annual awards... Read |
 | SUNELL AFRIKA Over the years, particularly with various DIY advertising portals becoming available to the layman renting out his property, various rental scams have been concocted... Read |
 | VERUSKA DE VITA Owning properties can provide investors with steady rental income or capital appreciation when the property is sold for a profit. However, it is important to measure the ROI... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | The Rugby Sevens in Southern and East Africa has gained momentum over recent years; drawing in more and more spectators from the international community... Read |
 | THERESA PRINS During times of low demand, it is only natural to reduce rates to stimulate interest and incentivise customers to book your hotel - but what happens in distressed demand time when everyone is fighting for the same customer? Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | The human resources function must reinvent itself as a digital, data-driven partner to the business as trends such as artificial intelligence, big data and mobility transform the world around us... Read |
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| ICT |
 | RapidDeploy has announced an alliance with APD Communications to provide a complete hosted solution for control room operations globally... Read |
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