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Ruth Cooper
Ruth Cooper
[Music] 

Medicine Boy release the music video for Bottom Of The Blue, the opening track off their new album Lower. The video was created by Nirma Madhoo.

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Ruth Cooper
Ruth Cooper
[BizTakeouts Radio Show & Podcasts] 

In this episode of #StateoftheMedia, Nadia Hearn of 2oceansvibe Radio, chats to Leigh Andrews, Editor-in-Chief of Marketing & Media and Angie White, Head Of the Press Office Department at Bizcommunity.com about the creative award season, the Khashoggi murder mystery, media freedom, the launch of TV news channel Open News and Bizcommunity's #EntrepreneurMonth.

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Shan Radcliffe
HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT
#EntrepreneurMonth: Interning the tide of unemployment

#EntrepreneurMonth: Interning the tide of unemployment
[Shan Radcliffe] The graduate unemployment problem is an age-old, catch-22 situation: In order to get a job, you need experience, but the only way to get experience is to get a job...

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Sean Sullivan
MARKETING & MEDIA
Attention spans - the evolution of a goldfish

Attention spans - the evolution of a goldfish
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[Sean Sullivan] Attention spans are not shrinking, rather they are evolving to be more selective, according to new research...

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Mike Beukes
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Fostering a culture of creative entrepreneurship

[Mike Beukes] Mike Beukes lists a few important things he thinks we need if we want an industry that is appealing to entrepreneurs...

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Carmen Murray
MARKETING & MEDIA
#FutureFit Yourself: The power of podcast in the 21st century w/ Gavin Kennedy

#FutureFit Yourself: The power of podcast in the 21st century w/ Gavin Kennedy
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[Carmen Murray] Who could imagine that after all of these years, Steve Jobs was a prophet? In 2005 he made it clear that he will support podcasts on iTunes and he was unyielding that podcasts are the future...

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Danette Breitenbach
RETAIL
#FLS2018: Downgrade or not?

#FLS2018: Downgrade or not?
[Danette Breitenbach] South Africa's economy is one that's vulnerable to the global economy, but it is the internal issues the country faces that will determine whether it will face a downgrade or not...

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Leigh Andrews
MARKETING & MEDIA
#LoeriesBrandRankings: How Sanlam took the top spot - again

Oosthuizen and King.
Oosthuizen and King.
[Leigh Andrews] The Sanlam marketing team has had an exceptionally good year, coming out as top brand in the latest Loeries Rankings. Alistair King, CCO of agency King James Group and Mariska Oosthuizen, head of brand for Sanlam, explain how they got to that top spot for the second time in four years...

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Marcus ‘The Maltese Falcon’ Brewster
MARKETING & MEDIA
A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: The parish priest and the Porsche

A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: The parish priest and the Porsche
[Marcus ‘The Maltese Falcon’ Brewster] In a local twist on the trope of the actress and the bishop, Maltese social media is running high about the Gozitan parish priest who was led through the streets of the village in a parade...

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Ken van Ginkel
[Advertising] 

The festive season is upon us. And as we get ready to let our hair down and kick our feet up, Debonairs Pizza rolled up its sleeves one last time to launch a meal that would make this year's festive a little more 'feast-ive' - without breaking the bank, of course.

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Leigh Andrews
MARKETING & MEDIA
#AfricaCom2018: How to leapfrog when improving customer experience

#AfricaCom2018: How to leapfrog when improving customer experience
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[Leigh Andrews] On the second day of AfricaCom 2018, Indranil Das, VP and head of Ericsson digital services for EMEA explained the importance of asking if the customer experience exceeds the customer expectation...

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Eugene Yiga
TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
Africa's first Radisson RED celebrates its first anniversary

Africa's first Radisson RED celebrates its first anniversary
[Eugene Yiga] Eugene Yiga talks to the curator of Radisson RED in Cape Town, Dale Simpson, about the new hotel...

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Simon McCullough
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The rise and rise of the decentralised web

The rise and rise of the decentralised web
[Simon McCullough] While the internet isn't technically centralised, it is monolithic and monopolised in practice...

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Earle Holmes
EDUCATION & TRAINING
AFDA Port Elizabeth introduces new Higher Certificate course for 2019 - AFDA

AFDA Port Elizabeth introduces new Higher Certificate course for 2019
[Earle Holmes] With a 65% matric pass rate in 2017 for the Eastern Cape, of which only 22.7% qualify with a Bachelor's Pass (standard university degree entrance), alternative options are important for school finishers looking to study further...

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Martin Myers
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
#MusicExchange: Lily Hollows

#MusicExchange: Lily Hollows
[Martin Myers] The debut EP by neo-soul musician Lily Hollows, Little Glass Girl, came across my desk last week. I asked her some questions last week...

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Evan-Lee Courie
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
#Africacom2018: Changing the telco strategy for 4IR

#Africacom2018: Changing the telco strategy for 4IR
[Evan-Lee Courie] In order for Africa to leap into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, industry players must re-calibrate their telco strategy...

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Danette Breitenbach
RETAIL
#FLS2018: The big business opportunity of franchising

#FLS2018: The big business opportunity of franchising
[Danette Breitenbach] Over three-quarters of franchisee owners are optimistic about the future. This optimism is translated into the growth of franchises' contribution to the GDP of South Africa - growing from 9% in 2014 to 15% today...

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John Laurence
MARKETING & MEDIA
The attention economy

The attention economy
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[John Laurence] Have you ever wondered how your brain prioritises what you pay attention to?...

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Leigh Andrews
MARKETING & MEDIA
#Africacom2018: What's really chewing up your data

#Africacom2018: What's really chewing up your data
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[Leigh Andrews] "I never subscribed for that, now all my data is gone!" It's a common call centre complaint, and also the basis of a highlight of the AfricaCom 20/20 track: The keynote address by Dimitris Maniatis, head of Secure-D at Upstream, who revealed the scary reality of smartphone data fraud...

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