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Nicci Botha
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY
[Food for Thought] There are plenty of fish in the sea. Or are there?

[Food for Thought] There are plenty of fish in the sea. Or are there?
© Sinisa Botas – 123RF.com
[Nicci Botha] The scary fact is that 80% of species are currently overexploited or fished out, but fish remains the most sought-after commodity in recent years. So how do we manage this resource to keep it sustainable?

Posted 9 years ago | Like
Lia Smit
MARKETING & MEDIA
SMG reports back on the Festival of Media

SMG reports back on the Festival of Media
[Lia Smit] I was fortunate to attend this year's Festival of Media in Rome. The Festival is dedicated to all those who deal with media from a global perspective...

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Francois Swanepoel
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Don't make boardroom decisions without inviting the data scientist

[Francois Swanepoel] Big Data is fast becoming the biggest buzz phrase in business...

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Leigh Andrews
MARKETING & MEDIA
[Loeries 2015] Agency expectations with... Hellocomputer

[Loeries 2015] Agency expectations with... Hellocomputer
[Leigh Andrews] In our feature running until Loeries Creative Week in Durban this August (yes, August, not September and Durban, not Cape Town!), we find out what Hellocomputer's Executive Creative Director, Simon Spreckley, expects...

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Marthinus Van Loggerenberg
MARKETING & MEDIA
The truth behind 'the human truth' when extending brand identity

The truth behind 'the human truth' when extending brand identity
[Marthinus Van Loggerenberg] "We need to be understood. We want to belong. We long to feel special. We crave more control over our lives. We dream of reaching our potential"...

Posted 9 years ago | Like (1)
Mogorosi Mashilo
MARKETING & MEDIA
I'm not a communication strategist - I am a consumer advocate

I'm not a communication strategist - I am a consumer advocate
[Mogorosi Mashilo] We, as communication strategists, often get drowned by our own jargon, statistics, consumer mapping and landscapes that we forget the very essence of being an effective communication strategist...

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Tim Wyatt-Gunning
MARKETING & MEDIA
Word-of-mouth marketing is dead

Image via Fotolia
Image via Fotolia
[Tim Wyatt-Gunning] I love 'word-of-mouth' marketing. Or I did, right up until it died. I loved it because it provoked a wonderful sense of privilege to be 'in the know'...

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Farren Roper
MARKETING & MEDIA
Marrying new-age and traditional marketing skills

Marrying new-age and traditional marketing skills
[Farren Roper] The principles of marketing have fundamentally changed over the last decade and we continue to see the change year on year...

Posted 9 years ago | Like (1)
Eugene Yiga
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
Warming up winter at Terroir

Warming up winter at Terroir
[Eugene Yiga] If you're looking for hearty local cuisine to keep you warm this winter, look no further than Terroir.

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Daniel Dercksen
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
True friendship shines in You're Not You

True friendship shines in You're Not You
[Daniel Dercksen] You're Not You is a heart-warming and defiantly unsentimental and starkly moving portrait of a high-stakes friendship between two women - one literally in need of a voice, the other discovering the full power of hers.

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Leslie Pascaud
MARKETING & MEDIA
Empowering women, one brand at a time

Empowering women, one brand at a time
[Leslie Pascaud] Women are everywhere. No surprise right? They do, after all, make up 50% of the world's population. Smart brands are getting in on the conversation, but several are missing the mark...

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Leigh Andrews
MARKETING & MEDIA
Online TV, live from Africa

Online TV, live from Africa
[Leigh Andrews] Two young, black females. One hot new online TV platform. Welcome to Aza TV, launched by Sorele Media on 20 May 2015...

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Nicci Botha
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY
[Food for Thought] Feeding the nation

[Food for Thought] Feeding the nation
© Elena Elisseeva – 123RF.com
[Nicci Botha] Food shortages and exorbitant taxes on bread was the spark that fuelled the French Revolution and brought down a monarchy. At a fundamental level, food security today is still as important for the well-being of a nation. The difference is it isn't just about providing food to the population...

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Chris Moerdyk
MARKETING & MEDIA
Naspers newspaper titles moving into 24.com makes sense

Naspers newspaper titles moving into 24.com makes sense
[Chris Moerdyk] There has not been much media coverage outside of Naspers with regard to the decision to move all their newspaper titles onto the News24 and Netwerk24 platforms...

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Daniel Dercksen
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
Verismo Met opera double bill on the big screen

Verismo Met opera double bill on the big screen
[Daniel Dercksen] Warm up your winter blues with opera's most popular double bill: Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.

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Leigh Andrews
MARKETING & MEDIA
[Behind the Selfie] with... Ndoni Khanyile

[Behind the Selfie] with... Ndoni Khanyile
[Leigh Andrews] This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Ndoni Khanyile, storyteller on stage, screen and print...

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Rolf Akermann
MARKETING & MEDIA
Marketers united!?

Rolf Akermann[Rolf Akermann] The briefing by SAARF last week was interesting, as it revealed how other western countries do industry research. But I left the meeting, yet again, with a heavy heart...

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Luke Preston
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
Volvo S60 comes fully loaded

Volvo S60 comes fully loaded
[Luke Preston] When we were young, if your dad did ok in business, he bought a VW Jetta. If he did really well, he bought a BMW 3 Series, and if he did really, really well, he bought a Jag. Nowadays though, almost 90% of the business world is tied up in that fuzzy middle-management area and Jags are reserved for government people...

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Jonas Thulin
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Why your P@s$word is a fail

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[Jonas Thulin] Passwords have become practically useless as the sole security measure protecting your personal information...

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Su-Mari Du Bruyn
HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT
The danger of holding out for perfect optimisation

Su-Mari Du Bruyn[Su-Mari Du Bruyn] Too many businesses make the mistake of holding out for perfect optimisation. They want to wait until the business circumstances are perfect, until they are 100% sure that it will work perfectly...

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