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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

Brian McKnight on performing and travelling

[Eugene Yiga] After more than a quarter century as a recording artist, Brian McKnight once again reinvigorated his approach to songwriting, recording, and performing...

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

Gray Hofmeyr on tragedy and comedy in Leon Schuster's Frank And Fearless

[Daniel Dercksen] Gray Hofmeyr, South Africa's celebrated writer, director and producer of feature films and television dramas is back in action as director and co-writer of Leon Schuster's Frank And Fearless...

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HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT

#RecruitmentFocus: Dealing with life after executive retrenchment

[Auguste Coetzer] No job is safe, no future secure. That's the new normal as executives in both the private and public sectors confront a disturbing reality - retrenchment...

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IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

#BizTrends2019: 10 tech predictions for 2019 and beyond

[Ryan Martyn] 2018 has been an exciting year of tech advances, and here are my top 10 predictions for what is up head...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#OrchidsandOnions - Nando's, Chicken Licken have lots to crow about

Screen grabs from this week's Orchids-winning ads.

[Brendan Seery] In this world of fake news, purveyors of information need to be extra careful. So Onions to Vend and Red Ribbon for a misleading Black Friday ad.

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Big banks don't cry - but new research shows maybe they should

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[James Wilson] Though the finance sector has upped the ante on digital innovation, it's still battling to create authentic emotional connections with consumers...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Does influencer marketing offer a financial return on investment?

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[Sinesipho Maninjwa] With the conclusion of both SA Fashion Week and Africa Fashion week, Sinesipho Maninjwa asks if influencer marketing really does offer a financial return on investment...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Introducing the first-ever single-brand rewards programme in South Africa - Royco Rewards - Mobitainment

[Candice Goodman] Think of rewards or loyalty programmes, and immediately your mind goes to the retail store brands, like Clicks or Dis-Chem. Why have we not yet seen a loyalty programme rewarding customers for their regular purchase of a single brand?...

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Maroefah Smith

Global Citizen celebrates Madiba's legacy with music

Global Citizen also exceeded its goal for commitments of $1bn by seven times with commitments from the World Bank, Vodacom, PEPFAR, Cisco, the government of South Africa and the Motsepe Foundation; these donations alone added $5.4bn on top of projected new commitments.

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

#EntrepreneurMonth: Forget the naysayers, run your own race

Clayton Morar, founder of Clayton Morar Media.

[Juanita Pienaar] Former journalist turned publicist, Clayton Morar founded his agency in 2012. Here, he shares more about the challenges he encountered getting his PR business off the ground and dispenses several tips to help aspiring entrepreneurs...

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IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

#BizTrends2019: The year disintermediation is put to the test

[Riaan Bekker] The writing of disintermediation has been appearing on the wall for a while now. It's a real phenomenon, enabled by technology...

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

#OnTheBigScreen: Rami Malek's Freddie Mercury will rock you, Adonis Creed returns to the ring

[Daniel Dercksen] Bohemian Rhapsody, Creed II, Puzzle, Ralph Breaks The Internet and Status Update opened at local cinemas on Friday...

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IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

#BizTrends2019: The South African ICT space - positive signs and potential

[Steve Briggs] It's easy to get caught up in a "doom and gloom" narrative in today's unsettling times...

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IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

ICT could be SA's lifeboat during the recession

[Steve Briggs] Most analysts would agree that a sense of political stability and renewed national hope has swept through South Africa recently...

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IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Building credibility in a fast-moving ICT sector

[Steve Briggs] In today's ICT business landscape, credibility is hard to achieve and even harder to maintain in the long run...

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RETAIL

The importance of CEM in building business

[Steve Briggs] In increasingly commoditised markets, the most important way for an organisation to distinguish itself from the pack...

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AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY

Meet the Maker: McKruger Spirits

[Samantha Snedorf] Stella Kruger and Colleen McCloy chat to Samantha Snedorf about their fresh new gin under the brand McKruger Spirits ...

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AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY

A brief history of South Africa's maize production

[Wandile Sihlobo] A recently published research paper by agricultural economists Jan Greyling and Philip Pardey in the Agrekon Journal brings home some key points about South Africa's maize production in terms of commercial and smallholder share contribution...

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AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY

Meet the Maker: Simone Musgrave

[Samantha Snedorf] I was recently offered the opportunity to attend the official launch of the Musgrave Gin Pink Fridays at the Maslow Hotel where I got to sit down and have a drink with the creator herself, Simone Musgrave...

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Industry wall

Introducing the first-ever single-brand rewards programme in South Africa - Royco Rewards - Mobitainment