 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Daniel Dercksen] The films opening in South African cinemas, this week, are The Adventures Of Supermama, The White Crow, A Dog's Journey and Men in Black: International... |
 | PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
[Samuel Seeff] The news that the economy contracted by 3.2% in the first quarter and that the GDP growth outlook for the year has been adjusted to 1% by the Reserve Bank and Moody's is not what we had wanted to hear right now... |
 | ENERGY & MINING  Minerals & Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. Photo: Twitter To make a difference to the mining industry's fortunes, all the stakeholders in South Africa would need to work together... |
 | TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY  Images supplied. The President Hotel in Bantry Bay, Cape Town celebrated 21 years of exceptional experiences and memories since the late Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela opened the newly rebuilt iconic President Hotel in 1998... |
 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP
[James Maposa] Most claim to be self-made but, how possible is it for one person to have the chops to know all the sectors he's invested in so well and always win? Counsel is king... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Zubeida Goolam] With the continued increase of the prosumer, many brands are struggling to control messaging around who they are and what they offer. By having a savvy social media strategy, a brand is able to better communicate with and understand who their audience is, what it is they want and how to engage with them positively, while still building resonance... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Image source: Gallo/Getty Images. Do you know what I love most about South Africa other than our resilience? Our diversity. If brands want to drive creativity and innovation, it's going to take a lot of work and patience... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Michael Gullan] Customer relationship marketing (CRM) is an important tool to help turn your marketing campaigns into a success. With this tool, repetitive tasks are automated, freeing up time for teams to engage with tasks, that are more demanding to meet business objectives... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  SA's Cannes Lions jury predictions... With the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 underway, and winners announced at nightly awards from 17 to 21 June, we caught up with six of this year's 7 SA judges for their predictions of the work that will roar as winners... |
| MARKETING & MEDIA  RyanMcManus, regional chief creative officer (CCO) at VMLY&R, is serving on this year’s Cannes Lions Entertainment jury. The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 kicks off next week, with winners announced at nightly awards from 17 to 21 June. We caught up with this year's SA contingent of judges for a preview of what to expect. Last on the list, Ryan McManus... |
 | IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS  Doros Hadjizenonos, Regional Director – SADC at Fortinet Traditional WAN infrastructures are struggling to keep up with the growth of SaaS applications providing critical business functions in enterprise branch offices... |
 | TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
[Sharmila Ragunanan] A dynamic, fulfilling career in tourism and hospitality awaits young school leavers, graduates and professionals - that is the message myself and the Dream Hotels & Resorts team would like to share with South Africa's youth... |
 | IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS  Simon McCullough, Major Channel Account Manager, F5 Networks It's no news that advances in AI and machine learning have enormous transformative potential for cybersecurity defences... |
| LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Daniel Dercksen] Daniel Dercksen chats to filmmaker Karen van Schalkwyk about new film; The Adventures Of Supermama... |
 | LEGAL
[Rishal Bipraj] Amendments to the Competition Act were published in the Government Gazette in February 2019. These are, however, not yet in force pending the publication of a date to be proclaimed by the President. Some of the more prominent changes to the Act are as follows... |
| MARKETING & MEDIA  Neo Mashigo, chief creative officer (CCO) for M&C Saatchi Group SA as well as founder of I See A Different You, is serving on this year’s Cannes Lions Print & Publication jury. The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 kicks off next week, with winners announced at nightly awards from 17 to 21 June. We caught up with this year's SA contingent of judges for a preview of what to expect. Next up, Neo Mashigo... |
 | [Music] Bouwer Bosch and Lucinda Neethling release the first the music video for 'Pleit' the first single from their brand new EP; 'Waar Die Kus Die See Omhels'. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA  Claudi Potter, creative director at Joe Public United, is serving on this year’s Cannes Lions Direct category, and will judge the Young Lions Digital competition in Cannes. The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 kicks off next week, with winners announced at nightly awards from 17 to 21 June. We caught up with this year's SA contingent of judges for a preview of what to expect. Next up, Claudi Potter... |
