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 | BRENDAN SEERY Marketing ploy: An extra piece of pizza makes Dark Kitchen stand out and a milk brand's new blue packaging makes its campaign turn sour... Read |
 | The Creative Circle has posted a tribute on the passing of one of South Africa's most respected creative directors, Mike Ellman-Brown, after succumbing to cancer last month... Read |
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 | DAVID ALVES Has anything changed in the media and advertising environment, you may ask? The answer is no. Brands seem to be merely accepting that they can't operate as they always have been - that's part of the problem. You can't keep doing what isn't working and hope for a better result... Read |
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 | The latest product to come out of the Lego Group and Nintendo partnership is a brick-built Nintendo Entertainment System and TV, complete with a mechanical scrolling Super Mario... Read |
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 | HOWARD PLAATJES Forensic cybersecurity is a business imperative for content producers says Howard Plaatjes, CEO of AYO Technology Solutions... Read |
 | NTHABISENG DUBE Although digital marketing has always been the epitome of success in most companies, it has never been more important in running a business than it is now... Read |
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 | The Encounters International South African Documentary has announced the first lineup of films that will be screened in this year's virtual edition of the festival... Read |
 | The 2020 edition of the South African Independent Film Festival (SAIFF) will be held online from 14 to 30 August 2020... Read |
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 | AMELIA BROWN With a global job market in crisis, many are looking to turn their plan Bs and side hustles into successful start-ups... Read |
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 | The jury of 14 client-side and agency-side senior industry executives, will award case studies that best use data in an effective communications strategy... Read |
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 | The One Club has increased the diversity of its leadership by naming Gail Anderson and Sherina Florence to its Board of Directors... Read |
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 | The novel additions to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) that came into effect on 1 July 2020 aims to protect companies against data breach and the misuse of personal information... Read |
 | HAYLEY VAN DER WOUDE Criminal theory could help you choose the PR company that's right for you... Read |
 | DAN MOYANE Covid-19 is a global health crisis that has highlighted the need for clear and regular communication by all types of organisations, including business... Read |
 | AZURE FEY Organisations all over face the challenge of reputation crises. The rule of thumb is 'when' not 'if'... Read |
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 | MARY-CLARE TOMES The latest marketing stats on the use of video to sell products and services estimate that 72% of people prefer video over text to learn more... Read |
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 | BRETT ROGERS Brett Rogers explores the edges of culture and how things are changing, providing valuable insights for brands wanting to understand who and what is shaping culture... Read |
| Retail |
 | Nestlé has confirmed it will be discontinuing the production of Chocolate Log in South Africa from August 2020... Read |
| Social Media |
 | RON STEFANSKI TikTok is a rapidly growing social media site. Launched in 2016, it now boasts over 500 million active users across the world... Read |
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 | While there has always been an imbalance of professional healthcare workers and services between urban and rural communities, the Covid-19 pandemic has intensified this problem... Read |
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 | ROMAN MAGIS As newer and more innovative technologies change how content is created, distributed and consumed, the entry of global players is threatening the local South African market share and compelling local media organisations to rethink their traditional business models to take up the competition in the global context... Read |
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 | JESSICA TENNANT We go behind the selfie with Lee Den Hond, CEO at Blue Platinum Events and #NedbankIMC2020 speaker... Read |
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 | SALOME MASWIME, KEVIN MARSH & RIFAT ATUN The higher education sector globally has been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Academics have been discussing various aspects of the disruptions in a series of webinars organised by the University of Cape Town... Read |
 | Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have decreased across Africa in the first half of 2020 in terms of both volume and value, with some exceptions. Going forward, dark clouds remain over the M&A market in Africa in the short-term, but recent developments brighten the continent's prospects for medium-term recovery... Read |
 | Africa has experienced a decade of positive socio-economic growth, supported by a continued progress of electricity access that finally outpaced population growth between 2014 and 2018... Read |
 | NATACHA TOFIELD-PASCHE Lake Kivu lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. It's almost the size of Mauritius and has a maximum depth of 480 metres. Lake Kivu also stores huge amounts of methane gas which Rwanda extracting to produce electricity... Read |
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 | Exxaro and the Small Business Institute (SBI) announced a collaboration to promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in South Africa... Read |
 | It is no secret that South African roads are not safe... Read |
 | The 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture was delivered by United Nations secretary-general António Guterres on the theme 'Tackling the inequality pandemic... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE CineMagic, SA's newest Video-on-Demand (VOD) streaming service, is now available to millions of cellular users via the Vodacom Video Play and MTN Play mobile content platforms... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE A new South African tech startup has launched to help small business owners by changing the HR and payroll game... Read |
 | Global information and insights company TransUnion has warned South Africans to be on their guard against coronavirus-related scams... Read |
 | TONY SINGLETON A rise in Covid-19 infections is inevitable as the lockdown eases and people head back to work and school. It is therefore important to understand exactly how medical schemes will cover testing, hospitalisation and treatment... Read |
 | A critical component to employee productivity and corporate culture, as well as an effective talent retention and attraction strategy, Naeem Tilly, head of research at Sesfikile Capital, believes offices will continue... Read |
 | With load shedding being reintroduced this winter, many individuals and small businesses are considering investing in an inverter that will kick in when the electricity goes off... Read |
 | Retrenchment is a word that can strike fear into the hearts of even the most seasoned veterans of the corporate world... Read |
 | ADAM IKDAL Covid-19 and the policies aimed at controlling it has changed how we work and what we consume. Major disruptions such as Covid-19 can cause fundamental shifts in social attitudes and beliefs... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Ya'eesh Cader together with his brother made use of the nationwide lockdown to enable, rather than disable their online legal platform, Get Law... Read |
 | ANDREW BOURNE Companies around the globe have had to adopt remote working in a short period of time. Some have thrived, while others have struggled... Read |
 | ASHIM PAUN It is a mere six months old, but 2020 has already been a bumper year for natural disasters... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Despite the uncertainty, business closures and economic decline caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Ian Fuhr launched The Hatch Institute - a personal and business leadership coaching company... Read |
 | JOANNE VAN DER WALT Covid-19 put inequality in the spotlight. With millions of people without jobs and forced into poverty, the work of NGOs has never been more crucial... Read |
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