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SAEID KERMANI ASSISTANT,PETER DARKE,THEO NOSEWORTHY Nike's advertisement featuring Colin Kaepernick sparked a social media firestorm in 2018... |
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 | TANNUR ANDERS The rand inched up in early trade on Wednesday, reversing some of the previous day's losses, before the release of retail sales data... read |
|  | SEMONA PILLAY Semona Pillay from the Univerity of Johannesburg gives four ways to manage privacy and risk when marketing in the metaverse... read |
|  | | AWS Skills Centre offers free foundational cloud training to help people learn about this technology and develop the skills they need... read |
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 | The EG.5 or Eris Covid-19 variant's first case is confirmed by South Africa's Health Department in Gauteng province... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Kfm 94.5, the number one station in the market, is thrilled to announce the successful conclusion of the Kfm Best of the Cape Awards, which received an unprecedented number of votes, surpassing a quarter of a million... Read |
 | RMB Corvest, in direct partnership with Umoya Capital Partners, has recently acquired an interest in Sants Private Higher Education Institution... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MACHINE_ To showcase Spotify's wide array of Afrikaans music and target Afrikaans-speaking South Africans, Machine_ launched a social-media campaign that created a stir - and a lot of laughs... Read |
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 | KARABO LEDWABA This week we get to know Nyanga Tshabalala the voice behind Takalani Sesame's Zikwe... Read |
 | BONGANI CHINKANDA, ISSUED BY BRAVE GROUP In the ever-evolving business landscape, the advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked widespread discussions about the future of various job roles... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Dentsu Mozambique and Create, two agencies under the same roof, joined forces at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo. Their goal? To engage and motivate final-year students specialising in Marketing & Public Relations and Journalism... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA In this bumper edition of Public Sector Leaders, we include regulars such as Addressing the Nation - Letter from the Presidency - and a calendar of commemorative events... Read |
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 | Since 2007, Eskom tariffs surged 653%-five times that of inflation. Load shedding is set to double in the next five years and franchise businesses must act fast to counter these threats for survival... Read |
 | Nederburg has teamed up with Chef Nti who has come up with exciting new flavour-popping kasi recipes to mark the 50th anniversary of the winery's red blend, Baronne... Read |
 | MIKE SMOLLAN It's been said that without a consumer at the shelf, shopper-marketing becomes like the proverbial tree falling in a forest with no-one there to hear it - making the case for solid marketing strategies in retail across all levels... Read |
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 | Over three days, ten speakers challenged conventional thinking with their unique viewpoints on a variety of thought-provoking issues... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Thorsten Achenbach joins BMW Group South Africa as the new director of digital and global solutions... Read |
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 | BIRGIT OTTERMANN, ISSUED BY NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY (NWU) The executive director of the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), Prof Langa Khumalo, was recently honoured for his contribution to multilingualism at the 1st International Conference on Language, Multilingualism, and Decolonisation Practices in Higher Education... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | KATE COLLIER The Chief Inspector of Mines has issued an updated guideline outlining considerations that mines should incorporate into Mandatory Codes of Practice to tackle the health and safety concerns that women have faced from using PPE designed for men... Read |
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| Entrepreneurship |
 | Gauteng Accelerator Programme Innovation Competition invites all entrepreneurs, innovators, and researchers to enter now... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | RACHEL SAVAGE A $436m "debt-for-nature" swap by Gabon to fund marine conservation has backers hoping for more such money-saving environmental deals, but some investors still see room for improvement in the increasingly-popular transactions... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OUR SALAD MIX World Elephant Day is celebrated on the 12th of August every year to raise awareness around the threats facing the African elephant populations across the continent... Read |
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| Finance |
 | RACHEL SAVAGE Brics-founded New Development Bank concludes auction for inaugural South African rand bonds amid local fundraising and lending pressure, with strong investor interest... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY INSIGHT SURVEY Both globally and locally, there has been a steady increase in the number of influenza cases during flu seasons, which has been accelerated by the removal of Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions, whilst flu seasons have also been starting earlier than usual across different regions.... Read |
 | ISSUED BY CANSA The Cancer Association of South Africa (Cansa) highlights the impact of a cancer diagnosis on women, regarding fertility... Read |
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| Legal |
 | Four people are expected to have their day in court in May next year in a case related to tender fraud amounting to some R400m... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | This Woman's Month, Brutal Fruit Spritzer created 'a space for SHE to BE free, comfortable, inspired and her authentic self'... Read |
 | ISSUED BY THE PUBLICITY WORKSHOP Presented by The Music Arena, the Muziki Africa conference takes place from 4-6 September at the CTICC 2 and will weave a vibrant tapestry of music's multifaceted world... Read |
 | MARTIN MYERS Monique Hellenberg, the voice behind Goldfish's No 1 Hit, This is how it goes recently released her latest single Saw It, Wrote It, Got It... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | With South Africa hosting the 15th Summit of Brics nations next week, roads near the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg will be closed... Read |
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| Property |
 | TANNUR ANDERS Growthpoint, South Africa's top property firm, plans a R1.2bn ($63m) student housing investment by 2026, aiming to counterbalance market declines... Read |
 | August 16: Swellendam saw rioters burn municipal office, loot structures. N2 highway blocked, municipality confirms... Read |
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 | FELIX ONUAH Google plans to train 20,000 Nigerian women and youth in digital skills and provide a grant of 1.2bn naira ($1.6m) to help the government's create one million digital jobs in the country, its Africa executives said on Tuesday... Read |
 | Automation and electrification specialists ABB is tapping into Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to bring Generative AI to industrial applications... Read |
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