Not only large corporates need to engage in CSI / CSR, says MD of PR Worx, Madelain Roscher,
SMEs need to get involved as well. According to Roscher, companies will see benefits in terms of brand recognition, increased sales, return on investment (ROI), tax benefits, and, most importantly, fostering trust with employees and the general public - all that while contributing to a greater good... What are you waiting for?!
Remember the ladies in orange at the 2010 FIFA World Cup who were accused of ambushing marketing for Bavaria? Well, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has warned that
he'll be having none of that during AFCON 2013. Davies plans to designate the sporting event as a "protected event" to ensure stringent advertising laws are enforced.
Former MTN CEO Phuthuma Nhleko is a wanted man -
wanted by Anglo American that is, to take the helm. While chairman John Parker sings his praises, a London-based mining analyst doesn't believe him to be the right man for the job, citing lack of operational mining experience.
It's not often that the big guy lends a helping hand to the little start-up, but here's a little heart-warmer for you; as part of its Enterprise Development Initiative, Cape Town's Protea Hotel Victoria Junction has
signed a "twinning" agreement with a local guest house in Thornton. In order to help the guest house owner, Khanyisa Balfour, put her best foot forward and realise her life-long ambition, the Protea Hotel Victoria Junction management team will provide expertise and training to the guest house owner.
Let's all put our best foot forward into what's left of 2012!
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More than 50 farmers a month are inquiring about Agri SA's involvement with agricultural projects elsewhere in Africa, Beeld reported on Tuesday (20 November) 
Freshplaza.com website reports that South African fresh fruit producer Afrifresh Group has developed a powerful integrated agricultural business model that is improving farming and export efficiency in Africa. According to Afrifresh's new development director Roy Fine, the company has developed from a citrus and grape export agency enterprise into a truly international integrated agricultural business with offices around the world. 
The Dairy Mail, a magazine for the primary dairy industry in South Africa, has been honoured with two more Pica Award accolades. The awards are presented annually to all member publications of the Magazine Publishers Association of South Africa (MPASA). This year's ceremony was held on 15 November at Emperor's Palace in Johannesburg. 
Dwindling profitability and water scarcity mean that South Africa has less than two thirds of the number of food producing farms it had in the early 1990s, says the latest agricultural trends report by the World Wide Fund for Nature. 
The Competition Commission has reached a settlement agreement with Astral Operations after Astral admitted to colluding with its competitor to fix the price of fresh poultry in the Western Cape 
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Department of Agriculture: Western Cape, the Ostrich Business Chamber and representatives of ostrich farmers met recently, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Dr Pieter Mulder, to discuss a way forward regarding the challenges facing the ostrich industry. 
According to BDLive, more than 29.4-million Fairtrade-certified Cadbury Dairy Milk plain slabs have been sold in South Africa, generating a premium of about R2.1m for small-scale farmers and producers in West Africa. 
The government had done its best to promote the rights of farm workers but monitoring labour conditions remained a challenge, Agriculture minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said on Monday (26 November). 
