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We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2019 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Marketing & Media site over the past year below... read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
My favourite session of Cape Town Startup Week 2019 was the Raw series workshop featuring SA entrepreneurs Siya Beyile and Vincent Manzini, AKA 'Sir Vincent' on the power of personal branding for entrepreneurs. Here's what you missed... Read
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The Santa Shoebox Project's latest commercial speaks to the power of dreams and the results. "Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly," said poet Langston Hughes... Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Ibrahim Mahama, a Ghanaian author and artist, has been announced as one of the speakers at next year's Design Indaba Conference... Read
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Marketing & Media
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PAULA SARTINI
Business confidence across the country declined throughout 2019 on the back of the tough economic climate which is expected to continue in 2020... Read
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
As the old odd year 2019 draws to a close and we look forward to a nice big round number in 2020, we at Biz take this opportunity to thank you for your support and to wish you all the Best of Biz this festive season!... Read
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Advertising
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#NEWSWATCH: Lord Maurice Saatchi has resigned from M&C Saatchi, amid a year of profit warnings, lost clients and a "cock-up in the accounts department"... Read
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JESSICA TENNANT
Jessica Tennant interviews Graham Cruikshanks, director for Africa operations at TBWA\ Johannesburg on his involvement in the recent #TBWAAfricaConference, with the objective of re-emphasising TBWA\'s core disruption principles while fostering an "attitude of disruption", which he tells us more about here... Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Digitas Liquorice appointed Carla Worth as its new deputy managing director earlier this year, and announced that she will steer the agency through its next phase of growth while further entrenching digital innovation for brands... Read
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DAMON STAPLETON
This is an article that chief strategy officer Rupert Price and I recently wrote for Idealog Magazine. We were asked a simple question: "What will advertising be like in 500 years?" Now, Rupert and I are not very good at thinking ahead. Even when it comes to what we want for lunch. And 500 years is a bloody long time. But we gave it a go. And then we went to an unplanned lunch. Enjoy... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
Meanwhile, the Advertising Regulatory Board has done some weapons-grade 'virtue signalling' by banning a radio ad for Volkswagen's Amarok bakkie... Read
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ISSUED BY GORILLA
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ISSUED BY M&C SAATCHI ABEL
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Biz Takeouts
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Branding
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PAULA SARTINI
How can your customers trust you if you don't take precautions to protect their personal information?... Read
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CHRIS MOERDYK, ISSUED BY CHRIS MOERDYK
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CRM, CX, UX
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PAUL MCINTYRE
As business heads into 2020, the way customer experience is managed will irrevocably change. Ushering in this new era will be technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) which have already impacted how companies engage with their end-users... Read
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ALAN RADMALL
The ability to build an emotional connection between a brand, an entertainment property, a service, and its consumers, is becoming very much more difficult... Read
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CSI
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RAYNOLD WONDER ALORSE
Modern society has given significant attention to the promises of the digital economy over the past decade. But it has given little attention to its negative environmental footprint... Read
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THANDI VIVIAN TOBIAS, ISSUED BY BRAND SOUTH AFRICA
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Design
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Bold, unconventional and rooted in SePulana culture, the work of young South African fashion designer Katekani Moreku has caught the eye of the local fashion community... Read
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Digital
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Aerobotics recently hosted a panel discussion to unpack the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and its impact on South Africa and Africa... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
With the lack of access to science apparatus and equipment for experiments in public schools, Mbangiso Mabaso developed SI Realities, a virtual science laboratory... Read
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ISSUED BY OLIVER
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ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC
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ISSUED BY IAB SOUTH AFRICA
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ISSUED BY MOVING TACTICS
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Events & Conferencing
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Cape Town Startup Week 2019 rounded off on a celebratory note with the final event announcing 'SA's Top 5 Most Exciting Startups 2019'... Read
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ISSUED BY MEDIA24 LIFESTYLE
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ISSUED BY ECHO EVENTS AND CONFERENCES
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Marketing
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ISSUED BY EXPAND A SIGN
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Media
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The Eat Out Restaurant Awards has responded to the withdrawal of two of the country's leading restaurants... Read
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TANIA BROUGHTON
Child offenders, child victims and child witnesses may not be named - even in adulthood, the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday... Read
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JULIA RAPHAELY
Julia Raphaely, CEO of Associated Media Publishing shares highlights of the 2019 FIPP World Media Congress, held in Las Vegas last month... Read
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Warc has released the Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships shortlist for the Warc Media Awards 2019... Read
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ISSUED BY INDEPENDENT MEDIA
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Media Freedom
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ELANA BEISER
The number of journalists imprisoned globally for their work in 2019 remains near record highs. China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt are world's worst jailers of journalists... Read
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Mobile
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REBEKAH FUNK
Cracked mobile phones, leaking batteries, broken kitchen appliances, obsolete televisions...the twisted cords of toxic electronic waste are strangling South Africans. Seeing the danger, a North West entrepreneur has taken matters into his own hands... Read
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ISSUED BY TECHSYS DIGITAL
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One Show Awards
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Three South African creatives have been named as judges for the global ADC 99th Annual Awards, one of the world's longest-running and most prestigious global competitions celebrating excellence in craft and innovation in all forms of design and advertising... Read
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Online Media
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TERENCE T CHINYANGARE
How do you harness this consumerism to market and sell your products or services? One of the best ways to achieve this in a modern era is through online or digital marketing. Read
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A website for a business is crucial. But it's not enough just to create it... Read
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OOH
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ISSUED BY GUERRILLA IMC
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PR & Communications
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Held at the new 44 on Long venue, above Tiger's Milk, the PR2020 Summit shared top insights into PR trends set to continue into 2020. Here are highlights from the five speakers of the day: Robin Tindall of Lead Genius; Regine Le Roux of Reputation Matters; Sasha Knott of Job Crystal; Jody Kolbee of Writers Hand Studios; and Jaco Pienaar of PEAR... Read
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CHANELL KEMP
With the current economic climate, organisations are often left to wonder where they can save money and how they can cut costs. But can research really help organisations to save money? Read
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Production
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ISSUED BY ARCADE CONTENT
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ZANDI TISANI, ISSUED BY ARCADE CONTENT
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Radio
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ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO
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ISSUED BY SMILE 90.4FM
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ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING
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Recruitment
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ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA
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Research
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Journalists are contending with fewer resources and a host of challenges, including receiving more PR pitches than ever... Read
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Social media is filled with opinions and debate around countless issues. As a result, Black Twitter in South Africa has become one of the most influential communities whose impact has the power to sway public opinion across the social web... Read
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The way in which South African shoppers target and utilise Black Friday shopping deals has matured quickly. Read
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Programmatic advertising is at a crucial moment in its development. The emergence of connected TV, bringing a renewed focus on context, will create new opportunities in the programmatic world... Read
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A new CMO report points to the growing need for customer trust to influence every corporate decision and customer engagement across every digital and physical channel. It calls for marketing, IT, legal and operations to adopt a privacy-first culture... Read
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ISSUED BY BORDERLESS ACCESS
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JENNI PENNACCHINI, ISSUED BY KLA - KAUFMAN LEVIN ASSOCIATES
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MARILYN NEL, CLEIDE TINGA AND KHATHU MUSINGADI, ISSUED BY BMI RESEARCH
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Retail
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Mr. Delivery was born in 1992, when ordering was done via the phone from printed menus on the fridge. After a technology-led transformation, the analogue Mr Delivery became Mr D Food... Read
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A recent Nielsen survey shows that South Africans are the third most discount-obsessed shoppers in the world... Read
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Social Media
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DORIN BAMBUS, ISSUED BY GORILLA
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DEMI PRETORIUS
In the era of social media and instant messaging, the courts are constantly challenged to develop the common law to accommodate the ever-changing environment. Recently, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) was asked to pronounce on whether a WhatsApp message gave rise to an enforceable contract... Read
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Meltwater tracked and analysed conversations surrounding the Zozibini Tunzi winning the Miss Universe pageant... Read
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ISSUED BY BOOMTOWN
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ISSUED BY FCB JOBURG
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Sponsorship
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MONIQUE VREY, ISSUED BY LEVERGY
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ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA
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TV
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Youth Marketing
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MARIA BERRIOS-CARTER
Teens are turning their backs on digital in favour of something more authentic. A fact backed by the explosive growth in the sales of Polaroid in the 18-25 year market... Read
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go behind the selfie with Jason Stewart, co-founder of HaveYouHeard... Read
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D&AD Awards
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Accelerate TV has released the second film from its 2019 filmmaker project. The project - titled Black Monday - was written and directed by Adetola Films. View
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Tops at Spar recently launched a new campaign aimed at highlighting the life-changing consequences of drinking and driving. View
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LOUISE BURGERS
Journalists need to be taught how to be entrepreneurs so they can contribute to the survival of the media industry, said Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, chairman of the APO Group... Read
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STEFAN JACOBS
Most organisations began with automating just their core business processes when they first set up their ERP systems... Read
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Fashionomics Africa's pilot phase of a digital marketplace is set to connect African creators with the world... Read
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NORA WAHBY
The potential of Information and Communication Technologies can enhance rural communities opportunities in Africa... Read
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OLATUNJI ADETOKUNBOH
Sub-Saharan African countries account for about a third of the global burden of vaccine-preventable diseases. These diseases are responsible for a large proportion of deaths in children under the age of five... Read
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Seedstars World, a seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, has come to its peak during the latest edition Seedstars Summit Africa in South Africa... Read
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Clothing brand Diesel and real estate group Bel-Invest have unveiled the first residential Diesel Wynwood building, situated in Miami, Florida... Read
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If you consider how 4IR has disrupted education, business and industry sectors worldwide, we can safely assume that South Africa will also need to make provisions to do the same, but what will the future employment landscape look like...? Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Dr Tana Joseph heads up AstroComms, a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) consulting and communications company with the aim to assist STEM practitioners, institutions and policymakers... Read
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JANE NJOKU
What's the point of setting goals if you can't achieve them? Read
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ATHABILE JOJO
Athabile Jojo, CEO of Diversity Empowerment, shares what the 2019 downturn taught him and his hopes for growth in 2020... Read
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MAIYO FEBI
Setting goals for the New Year may be the last thing you feel like doing now that the festive season has kicked in, but the buzz will eventually fade and it will be back to 'business-as-usual'. This is where setting goals becomes important... Read
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KEVIN DHERMAN
It is no secret that the manufacturing sector is critically important for both developed and emerging economies. From producing necessities like food for a nation to creating much-needed jobs... Read
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The devastating impact of Stage 6 load shedding on production this week has prompted a call from the mining industry to produce its own power... Read
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We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2019 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views... Read
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We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2019 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views... Read
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We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2019 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views... Read
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KATIE CUNNINGHAM
Katie Cunningham shares some of the experiences that are common among women entrepreneurs in a funny, relatable, and cathartic way... Read
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Summer's here and school holidays are upon us, so there's plenty of free time to surf both the sea and of course the web... Read
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With the latest bout of load shedding underway, companies are no doubt anxious about the disruption it will have on their business... Read
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MALEKA FEMIDA CASSIM
There are at least four ways in which directors can be responsible for reckless or fraudulent trading... Read
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As the year winds down, it is normal to want to celebrate and reflect. While it is important to do so, it is even more important for small businesses to be proactive... Read
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When you have invested time and money into technology to run your business better and it doesn't have the positive effect you were counting on... Read
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SEYED GHAFFAR
More than 35 billion tonnes of non-metallic minerals are extracted from the Earth every year... Read
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As rolling power cuts are predicted for the coming weeks, the commercial sector will bear the brunt... Read
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DAVID LOXTON
Due diligence is a fundamental to sound practice - and yet so many companies overlook this fact, with grave consequences... Read
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SIMEON TASSEV
The City of Johannesburg recently became the latest victim of high-profile ransomware attacks specifically targeting government departments... Read
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Keeping staff motivated while having to work abnormal hours can be challenging during the busy festive season... Read
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JONATHAN DE KOCK
No matter what a business specialises in and how long it has existed, it must deal with the reality of rampant cybercrime... Read
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CAYLE SHARROCK
Blockchains. They're all the rage. They're touted as the magic bullet for everything from money to medicine to political regime change... Read
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Damon Stapleton imagines what advertising will be like in 500 years Vincent Manzini on the power of personal branding for entrepreneurs "The power within you is amazing. No-one owes you sh*t. Instead, you owe the world. We're all part of an ecosystem, so ask yourself what you're contributing and what value you bring before you ask: 'Why am I not getting anything?'" Google reveals top South African searches for 2019 Meltwater's insights on how social media is reacting to Zozibini Tunzi Maria Berrios-Carter on teens turning to polaroid pictures |
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We're looking for a video editor to join our cozy production team in Cape Town! Read more >>LIVE+, part of the Group Africa stable, is looking for an energetic, experienced operations/project manager to join its small, fast-paced team of experiential brand activation specialists. Read more >>Creative Space Media, a specialist media and events company based in Lonehill, Johannesburg, is looking for an experienced, motivated and driven Sponsorship and Exhibition Sales Manager to join its team Read more >>We are looking for an experienced, out-of-the-box thinker & event content manager to design conference programmes in a variety of industries including technology, defence and social development. Read more >>Creative Space Media, a specialist media and events company based in Lonehill, Johannesburg, is looking for an experienced, passionate and creative Social Media Manager to join its team. Read more >> |
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 A strong personal brand not only accelerates your brand image but helps impact revenues and profits. Join Meltwater and Pride Maunatlala for a free webinar on powerful personal branding. Read more >> Marvel Universe LIVE! brings excitement, thrills and drama to SA, performing only in the Sun Arena at Time Square, Menlyn Maine, Pretoria from 24 January through to 9 Feb 2020. Read more >>Digital brand strategy short courseVega School - 19 Feb 2020 to 17 May 2020, Cape Town | 19 Feb 2020 to 17 May 2020, Pretoria | 19 Feb 2020 to 27 May 2020, Johannesburg | 27 May 2020, Pretoria | 27 May 2020 to 19 Aug 2020, Cape Town | 27 May 2020 to 19 Aug 2020, Durban | 3 Jun 2020 to 26 Aug 2020, Johannesburg | 2 Sep 2020 to 25 Nov 2020, Cape Town | 2 Sep 2020 to 25 Nov 2020, Pretoria | 9 Sep 2020 to 2 Dec 2020, Johannesburg |
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