What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas anymore

[Damon Stapleton] "Whoever controls the media, controls the mind." Jim Morrison...

Turning the tide on marine debris

[Sindy Peters] The second African Marine Debris Summit, addressing marine pollution along African coastlines, took place in Cape Town last week, hosting delegates from across the continent...

Close up and personal with the Generation Z

[Thabang Leshilo] In South Africa, our Generation Z falls into another category, that which we call 'born frees' to highlight the fact that they were born after the country attained democracy in 1994...

We are entering the next phase with Pinterest and Instagram

[Warren Harding] Exciting news in the social media world with two big announcements, one from Pinterest and one from Instagram...

Final guidelines for determination of administrative penalties published

[Leana Engelbrecht] The Competition Commission has published the final Guidelines for Determination of Administrative Penalties for Prohibited Practices...

Q&A with Sello Mosai: Manufacturing industry needs commitment from unions, top management

[Evan-Lee Courie] With just several weeks to go until the 2015 Manufacturing Indaba, we asked Sello Mosai, the executive manager of Value-Chain Competitiveness at Productivity SA, to share some insights into the current state of the manufacturing industry in South Africa and where to from here...

Not your average 'chip off the old Blok' campaign...

[Leigh Andrews] When Blok decided to move away from what property can offer you and focus instead on what urban living can offer a Blok owner, it looked to North agency for more than the traditional property advertising campaign...

Social media is an essential market research tool for savvy marketers

[Andre Steenekamp] Market research has always had an important role to play in shaping brand strategies, from product development and customer service through to marketing and advertising...

The business cloud, demystified

[Leigh Andrews] Data ownership issues, scalability and the benefit of the hybrid cloud - three of the foggiest aspects of doing business in the cloud are clarified by Laurent Dedenis, president of international operations at Acumatica...

Having The Last Word, again

[Brian Berkman] Increasingly, experienced travellers are opting for inclusive holiday packages in response to not, as the Americans put it, "being Nickelled and Dimed"...

Identifying your target market

[Sophie Baker] Your target market is important when selling or conceptualising your product or service. You need to know who you're selling to. If you know your target market well, you know how to market your product and where its value lies...

Bringing the virtual world to marketing

[Beverley Klein] Virtual reality is a phrase synonymous with science-fiction movies and futuristic plots. But that future is now, with the advent of products like Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear, Google Cardboard and more...

Planning for the mobile business cloud? It's already here...

[Leigh Andrews] The cloud and mobile workforce processing may seem like something new and exciting to wrap your head around, but they've been around for a while...

Charles Brewer: 2015 to be a year of growth for the logistics industry in Africa

[Cari Coetzee] The World Economic Forum on Africa 2015 conference, held to mark 25 years of economic change in Africa, concluded last week...

The psychology of advertising

[Chris Brewer] NB: Psychology is the study of normal human behaviour - abnormal behaviour lies within the speciality of Psychiatry, which is why psychiatrists get so many patients from ad agencies...

Masterful Romeo and Juliet ballet on the big screen

[Daniel Dercksen] If there's one ballet that will seduce your senses it's The Royal Ballet's breathtaking Romeo and Juliet, which will be screened at Cinema Nouveau cinemas from 6 June for a limited season.

POPI: the race to data safety

[Gregory Anderson] The passing of POPI into SA law and the imminent appointment of an information regulator has forced local businesses to sit up and listen...

Educational reform for the social media age

[Edzai Conilias Zvobwo] Is the current system in sync with today's reality? How can education stakeholders harness the power of social networks to deliver on the promise of a quality education?

Schools can help in transformation of SA from "rainboo" to rainbow nation

[Edzai Conilias Zvobwo] Nelson Mandela stated during the Rivonia Trial, 1964 that, "I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for, and to see realised. But my Lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."