 | The sixth Match in Africa took place at the Cape Town Stadium on 7 February 2020. The record breaking 51'945 fans witnessed history in action, when Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal went head-to-head raising USD 3.5 million (approximately R54.6 million) for the charitable Roger Federer Foundation. The Match in Africa also showcased a host of local talent in between the matches, including the legendary Ndlovu Youth Choir and the energetic Zip Zap Circus.    
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 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP
[Jacqueline Raw] Most businesses understand the impact that social media can have on their business and are keen to increase engagement, generate leads and increase brand awareness. But, are they winning?... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Leigh Andrews] Social justice has never had a better time to shine than in 2020, especially following the global #MeToo movement and #AmINext here in SA. UN Women has taken this to heart by asking everyone to rethink their word use to fight gender bias, while the next batch of emojis is set to be the most inclusive yet... |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Daniel Dercksen] Films opening in South African cinemas, this week, include , Jojo Rabbit; Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) and Blue Story... |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Kelly McGillivray] For those seekers always on the lookout for new wellness and events trends, here are three that we'll hear more about in the coming year... |
 | RETAIL  ©Ignard ten Have via 123RF As tough economic times get tougher, the retail industry will need to think carefully about how to reduce their risk in order to protect their shoppers, stock and their bottom line... |
 | IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS  Brent Haumann CXO, Striata Most organisations understand the need for digital transformation, with many spending fortunes on investments in digital technologies... |
 | ENERGY & MINING  Marco Pagnini, director of mining, DuPont Sustainable Solutions While reputation has always been important, there has been a rethink about the purpose of a mining company... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Simon de Haast] "I'm not sure who discovered water, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't a fish," said Marshall McLuhan. (He is more famous for his aphorisms: "The medium is the message," and "the global village...") |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Shaun van Rooyen] Today, customers demand more than ever before from brands, including fast, personalised, reliable and free two-way communication... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Vusi Mfupi at St Martins De Porres, for the Room 13 Inspiration Day in Soweto. The re-introduction of art in schools is an essential starting point to instilling the requisite skills necessary to the next entrants of higher education students being ready for the modern economy - of the fourth industrial revolution... |
 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP
[Evan-Lee Courie] Solvency, a black-owned insurance solution, launched in January 2020 and is set to disrupt the short-term insurance industry in South Africa... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Image source: Gallo/Getty Images. A new year. A new decade. And as with every new year, everyone wants to know what 2020 is going to hold in store for us in our world of media and advertising... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Image source: Gallo/Getty Images. While it has become easy to fall into the trap of only paying lip service to customer experience (CX), it is one of the most important aspects of doing business in 2020... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Image source: Gallo/Getty Images. Like many of us in social media and advertising, I need Twitter to do my job. But Twitter is also a risk to my mental health, my offline relationships, my reputation - to everything really. Is being on Twitter worth it?... |
| ENERGY & MINING  Minerals Minister, Gwede Mantashe in conversation with Errol Smart, CEO, Orion Minerals Junior mining is a relatively new concept in South Africa, and is often confused with illegal mining or artisanal mining, but they are, in fact, new entrant small and medium size enterprises... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Image source: Gallo/Getty Images. The shift away from text-based and visual communication to multi-sensory (voice and visual) is one of the most significant trends to emerge from the next wave of artificial intelligence technologies... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Freddy James, SVP Integrated Programming for HGTV & Food Network. Image supplied. Six months since Home and Garden Television's launch in South Africa, we followed up with Freddy James, SVP Integrated Programming for HGTV and Food Network about the channel's overall performance thus far and future projects... |
| IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS  Richard Vester, Executive Director: Cloud & International at iOCO Amazon Web Services recently announced that iOCO achieved AWS End-User Computing (EUC) Competency status, becoming one of the first partners to achieve this... |
 | AUTOMOTIVE
[Kriben Reddy] Back in 1951, the publishers of Popular Mechanics predicted that every family would have at least one helicopter in their garage by 2020... |
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