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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Solarnovus.com website reports that Siemens has received an order for construction of two photovoltaic (PV) plants in South Africa. Multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate company Siemens specialises in the fields of industry, energy, transportation and healthcare. Scheduled to go online in 2014, the solar power plants will be erected in De Aar and Droogfontein in the North Cape Province. At 50MWp per plant, the installation could provide more than 30,000 South African households with clean electric power. 
According to Allafrica.com, a team from the Pollution Research Group (PRG) based in the chemical engineering department at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), is attempting to, literally, re-invent the toilet as we know it - a 200-year old design that depends on an infinite water supply and extensive sewer system. Flush toilets are available only to a fraction of the world's population and are unsustainable, especially in water-scarce countries. 
According to BDLive, while acknowledging a "rising underspend" by the government, Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi says the pace of transformation in SA's construction sector is far too slow. This, he says, is particularly evident among listed construction and engineering groups and higher-tier subcontractors. 
