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LEIGH ANDREWS April Fool's Day has come and gone, but we should nurture the creativity involved in putting together some of the more elaborate ideas. Here's a round-up of some of the best retail industry April Fool's Day pranks we've seen this time around, and why we shouldn't rule out seeing similar innovation for real in the future... |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Bizcommunity, the wholly independently owned media brand made in Africa for Africa, is proud to announce the launch of the Bizcommunity.africa domain... read |
|  | CHARL VAN ROOYEN Today, brands must start embracing data and draw insight from all available sources... read |
|  | | Bellville native Francois van Coke will bring his rock spectacular, Francois van Coke & Vriende, to the GrandWest Grand Arena in Cape Town on 3 May 2019... read |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | ISSUED BY BREADCRUMBS South Africa's only behavioural linguistics firm, BreadCrumbs, launched in Sandton, Johannesburg this month... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | The SA sugar cane industry has been under extended pressure due to falling global prices and escalating fuel, labour and other input costs. To be better placed to meet these challenges, The Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation has... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Serco enhanced the safety of truck drivers at Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) by building two specialised Protec steel trailers to house vehicle simulators... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | PROF WIKUS VAN NIEKERK South Africans should be allowed, and in fact encouraged, to generate their own electricity... Read |
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| Education |
 | PETER HORSZOWSKI, ISSUED BY PERT INDUSTRIALS Did you know that all colours of Smarties taste the same? Standard food colourant is flavourless so different colours are indistinguishable. I discovered this quite recently but have been hesitant to share it, because I suspect it's common knowledge... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Eskom has secured a $180m loan from the New Development Bank (NDB) for its Renewable Energy Integration and Transmission Augmentation Project... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | The Skoll Foundation has announced the five winners of the 2019 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship... Read |
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| Finance |
 | With only four years to go before until the mandatory audit firm rotation (MAFR) deadline, roughly 17% of the JSE Ltd main board listed companies have already voluntarily rotated auditors... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | The idea of using biometrics in the healthcare sector is not new, but it is one that hasn't been explored or exploited to its full potential... Read |
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| Legal |
 | Due to changes in national legislation certain non-profit organisations (NPOs) and public benefit organisations (PBOs) who in the past could qualify for rates rebates will no longer be able to access this assistance... Read |
 | GILLIAN NIVEN & NIRVASHA SINGH Last week the minister of finance introduced the revised Carbon Tax Bill (Bill) to Parliament, which aims to give effect to South Africa's objectives and commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions... Read |
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| Property |
 | ADRIAN GOSLETT International credit ratings agency Moody's was scheduled to make an announcement on South Africa's credit rating on Friday, 29 March. However, the agency failed to announce an updated rating... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Tourism industry players in KwaZulu-Natal urged to increase their participation in this year's awards... Read |
 | The Board of South African Tourism has resolved to investigate allegations received against South African Tourism CEO, Sisa Ntshona, through its anonymous tip-offs reporting mechanism... Read |
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