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LEIGH ANDREWS Ease of access to social media and editing tools have made it easier than ever to spread stories and images that have people shaking their heads, thinking "That can't be real... can it? I must share!" Here are five steps to take to up your media literacy, so that the results of your own news-sharing are more reliable... |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | African nation brands advance in brand value, with six out of the world's 10 fastest-growing coming from the continent... Read |
 | DISCOP launches an innovative 'shopping service' for content buyers in Africa and Middle East... Read |
 | The International Writing Program Women's Creative Mentorship Program calls for applications from young emerging Mauritian female writers... Read |
 | The Midas Awards has announced the 2018 executive jury that includes three South Africans... Read |
 | ROSS SIBBALD Bad data can impact everything. From how many people see the messaging you send out to its impact and even your organisation's reputation. Fortunately, cleaning up your data and repairing your marketing efforts isn't rocket science... Read |
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| Retail |
 | CLEA RAWLINS While fashion trends come and go, some become classics, such as the Chanel suit, the Burberry trench coat, the Ralph Lauren polo shirt, Louis Vuitton bags, and Levi 501 jeans... Read |
 | Pick n Pay has announced a host of enhancements to its popular rewards programme, including a partnership with BP service stations that allows Smart Shopper members to earn points when refueling... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | The objective of the programme is to develop partnerships between the Irish agri-food sector and African countries to support sustainable growth of the local food industry, build markets for local produce and support mutual trade between Ireland and Africa... Read |
 | The European Union, in partnership with the Department of Environmental Affairs, together with Solidaridad, LIMA Development Foundation and ICCO has today announced the launch of the Switch Africa Green, Farmer2Market programme... Read |
 | According to Justin Chadwick, CEO of the Citrus Growers' Association, citrus production has reached a record volume packed for export in 2018... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed the finalised images for the new leisure and entertainment complex in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates... Read |
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| Education |
 | The Allan Gray Entrepreneurship Challenge (AGEC) named KwaZulu-Natal's Maris Stella High School student, Shriyaa Sooklal, as the winner of its 2018 digital learning competition... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Mabinty lives in a village in Guinea's Boké region, about 250km northwest of Conakry, the capital... Read |
 | Thava Govender has resigned as Eskom's group executive of generation, the power utility has confirmed... Read |
 | GAOPALELWE SANTSWERE South Africa risks losing its permanent seat at the International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors if Egypt brings its recently signed 4,800MW nuclear power contract on line... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | JOHN DINI Late last month saw a reunion of sorts involving people who played leading roles in the process that led to the signature into law by President Mandela of the 1998 National Water Act... Read |
 | The first place winners in this year's SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards took home more than R1m each for their innovations... Read |
 | MARY K. FEENEY One of the 2018 Nobel Prizes in physics went to Donna Strickland, a major accomplishment for any scientist. Yet much of the news coverage has focused on the fact that she's only the third female physicist to receive the award... Read |
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| Finance |
 | President Cyril Ramaphosa has received an interim report from the commission of inquiry into tax administration and governance by the South African Revenue Service (Sars). Read |
 | NICCI BOTHA Just a few weeks into his tenure Minister, Tito Mboweni, will deliver his first Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on 24 October... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | MICHELLE ROTCHFORD-GALLOWAY Vaccine hesitancy is a complex phenomenon that needs to be understood within the specific context it occurs... Read |
 | A programme that offered financial incentives to both patients and their physicians to control low-density lipoproteins (LDL) cholesterol could be a cost-effective intervention for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease... Read |
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| Legal |
 | The Presidency has rejected media reports which have alleged that President Cyril Ramaphosa failed to take action on the VBS Bank saga... Read |
 | KIM REYNOLDS Human rights lawyer Richard Spoor has been charged with assault, under apartheid era Transkei penal code, for pointing his finger at a police officer... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | MARTIN MYERS The evolving sound of South Africa's Sannie Fox is captured on her new album titled My Soul Got Stranger. The album is heralded by her first single, Criminal for your Love, that powerfully illuminates the deep musical terrain mined by Fox on her first solo record since 2015's Serpente Masjien... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | HERBERT PHAHLANE For any country, the transport infrastructure networks are some of the most important assets it can have... Read |
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| Property |
 | Attacq has partnered with property development company Tricolt to launch Ellipse Waterfall, the first high-rise luxury apartments in Waterfall City... Read |
 | JACQUES VAN EMBDEN Recently I spent some time abroad and while there I spent a fair amount of time in co-working spaces... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Tourism Minister, Derek Hanekom, says growing safari tourism is vital to sustain and develop South Africa's game reserves, the conservation work they do and the benefits they bring to surrounding communities. Read |
 | Cape Town has just been through one of the worst droughts in the region's history and yet, through the collective efforts of its citizens, the city is back in business - thanks largely to the city's municipal leadership and its ability to mobilise its people towards sustained conservative usage... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | With an economy that is struggling under ongoing pressure of petrol price hikes and a weakening rand, South Africa looks to face another quarter of decreased consumer spend... Read |
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| ICT |
 | SANDY SHEN Much has changed since the first products were sold online in the 1990s... Read |
 | Paul Allen, an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist and co-founder of technology company, Microsoft, has died at the age of 65... Read |
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