The social phenomenon that is Black Twitter

[JP Kloppers] If the term 'Black Twitter' leaves you scratching your head, you're not alone...

How to create a winning candidate experience

[Celeste Sirin] Opportunity knocks for SA companies that recognise the importance and strong impact that candidate experience can have on your company brand...

SABC, where art thou channels?

[Bonnie Ramaila] The media's obsequious reportage on Hlaudi made me ponder on a few things that, in my opinion, need attention at the SABC. Frankly, I have heard enough of Hlaudi this, Hlaudi that...

#InnovationMonth: The creative conscience

[Lara-Anne Derbyshire] In today's world of ever-shrinking resources and ever-mounting constraints, we need creativity more than ever before. - David H. Cropley...

US insurer ordered to defend prescription drug lawsuit

[Sharon Snell] Lawsuits by US states to hold pharmaceutical companies liable for their costs of dealing with prescription drug abuse is on the rise...

A world of differences

[Danette Breitenbach] The African entertainment and media industry faces profound disruption, but it is exactly within this disruption that companies are finding opportunities...

It's a brand new world for print

[Beverley Klein] Video, native advertising, mobile apps - these were some of the main talking points yesterday at the first day of the Media24 Lifestyle Summit...

Unpacking social media video marketing

[Joseph Neusu] Video has the capacity to produce exceptional results. It is a seductive format that has great pulling power on human beings. Why? We are visual beings and we rely on moving images to make sense of the world...

PriceCheck Tech & E-Commerce Awards winners announced

[Lauren Hartzenberg] South African comparison website PriceCheck hosted its inaugural Tech & E-Commerce Awards on Thursday, 23 September 2016...

Are the dinosaurs dead, dad?

[Jason Ray] The other day I attended a PR pitch where the client team numbered three (including me) and the PR agency marched in with 11 people. Only two people had a speaking role, the rest just nodded sagely. It reminded me of the bad old days...

#InnovationMonth: Soil treatment that's just right

[Cari Coetzee] Innovative South African fertiliser company, Advanced Agri partnered with iDwala to bring a new range of calcium-based soil treatment products called EcoCal, to market...

Building a sustainable future in a changing landscape

[Danette Breitenbach] Modernisation, beneficiation and community development need to be addressed if regional mining is to be sustainable...

A practical guide to advanced threat detection

[Fred Mitchell] It's a message that has been beaten to death: as security technology evolves so do attacks become more sophisticated. It's a vicious, somewhat symbiotic, lifecycle that seems to have no end in sight.

Up the proverbial creek: paradigm shift needed

[Danette Breitenbach] It's the underlying ability of the mining industry to deal with challenges that will determine its future...

To vape or not to vape

[Danette Breitenbach] The World Health Organisation (WHO) is predicting that this century alone, a billion lives will be lost to smoking. A Billion Lives is a documentary film that examines vaping and e-cigarettes as a healthy alternative to smoking...