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Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has announced an increase in regional courts that will adjudicate civil disputes as of December 2020... |
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 | LOUIS VAN RAVESTEYN The African Continental Free-Trade Area could accelerate the development of sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural sector and help the continent to become self-sufficient in food production... read |
|  | EVAN-LEE COURIE Two of South Africa's most admired communicators, Victor Dlamini and Mike Stopforth, have teamed up to create 48H, a social media crisis consultancy... read |
|  | RUTH COOPER One of the latest endeavours to emerge from South Africa's burgeoning cannabis industry is the launch of the Cheeba Cannabis Academy... read |
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| Retail |
 | South Africans will each spend an average of R5,673 over this festive season, over and above their usual monthly expenses, according to research conducted by Wonga... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | A new report from Asite, Smart retrofitting: The key to decarbonizing the built environment, examines how the construction industry can mitigate carbon emissions through the smart retrofitting of built assets... Read |
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| Education |
 | With the goal to better understand the early childhood development (ECD) landscape in South Africa, the Lego Foundation in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) is undertaking a nationwide census of ECD programmes. This will be the first National ECD census that aims to collect data at this scale. Read |
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| Entrepreneurship |
 | The search is on for sub-Saharan African startups with tech solutions aimed at addressing access to energy, agriculture and mobility issues... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Ghanaian environmental activist Ezekiel Chibeze has been awarded the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize... Read |
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| Finance |
 | SUMIT KUMAR SHARMA Anti-money laundering (AML) compliance should not merely be a tick-box exercise for financial institutions, as it not only exposes the organisation to the risk of hefty non-compliance penalties and reputational damages... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | BENJAMIN KAGINA Scientists are working around the clock to develop and test vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of Covid-19... Read |
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| Property |
 | BJÖRN LAUBSCHER Calculating levies can be a bit tricky, but it is important that owners understand what is included in the levy and how the final amount is reached... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | ISSUED BY HAVAS JOHANNESBURG The Blue Train's Pretoria-Durban route boasts magnificent views, possible excursions and if you really pay attention, numerous history landmarks... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | If 2020 has proven anything, it's that people can be just as productive working from home as in the office. With more people looking to return to the workplace, research has shown how offices should adapt in order to accommodate them... Read |
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| ICT |
 | ALLAN DICKSON Why have so many retailers been glacially slow in adopting technology-based innovation? It arguably comes down to myopic control of IT spend... Read |
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| Africa |
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 | Total electricity generation in Africa stood at 870TWh in 2019, an increase of 2.9% from 846TWh in 2018. Africa's electricity generation capacity has grown at an average of 4.8% per annum since 2008... Read |
 | A six-month Financial Technology Accelerator program designed for high-potential technology businesses looking to scale their business, create partnerships and explore North African markets is calling for applications... Read |
 | Informal retail micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) across the Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) are set to receive a technological and operational boost for their businesses, thanks to Nestlé, Nomanini and Standard Bank... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE There's a new digitally savvy way to revolutionise one's business opportunities and has launched locally in the form of Vault Share - a social card and app in Africa that encourages authentic and meaningful interactions in any social or business setting... Read |
 | Design Indaba will use 2021 as a year to plan and execute a number of significant Do Tank projects and launch its new Design Indaba Inside offering. Therefore, The Design Indaba Conference and Festival will not take place in February 2021... Read |
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 | Lindiwe Johnson, the skills development project manager of GreenCape and Genesis Cleveland's regional project officer, FNF, discusses the Green Economy Decision-Makers course and why it's so important to develop skills for the green economy... View |
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