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Taking the phobia out of finance
4 May 2026 Featured Posts, SMME Cluster

Taking the phobia out of finance
Money is rarely just about the numbers. For most of us, it is attached to emotions: fear, guilt, pride, and – especially for entrepreneurs – anxiety. Money is tied to...
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Mental fortitude and SMME success
22 April 2026 Featured Posts, SMME Cluster

Mental fortitude and SMME success
If there’s one thing that characterises the world we live in today, it’s uncertainty. In the past five or so years we’ve had to navigate supply-chain disruption and economic contraction...
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Brand-building: a challenge in an era of digital distrust
7 April 2026 Featured Posts, SMME Cluster

Brand-building: a challenge in an era of digital distrust
It was around 2004, with the emergence of what was called Web 2.0, that the marketing landscape irrevocably changed. In the first iteration of the interwebs, web pages were static...
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From startup to standout
25 September 2025 SMME Cluster

From startup to standout
Picture shows: MC and panel moderator Fred Roed of Heavy Chef speaks with Andrew Smith, one of the co-founders of Yuppiechef and, more recently Brave Hardy; and Arie Fabian of...
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What customers really want
15 September 2025 SMME Cluster

What customers really want
Picture shows (l to r): Hannah Lavery of the Hannah Lavery brand; Erica Elk of CDI, Henry Mathys of the V&A; Elektra Georgiadis of Earth Age; Harmonie Mbunga of UDO...
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There’s treasure in the trash
19 October 2023 Ocean Cluster, SMME Cluster

There’s treasure in the trash
It’s going to take time before humankind course-corrects its relationship with plastic. So what can we do with our piles of plastic waste in the meantime? Here’s some inspiration on...
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SEAFOOD: WHAT DOES ‘SUSTAINABLE’ MEAN ANYWAY?
12 April 2023 Featured Posts, Food Cluster, Ocean Cluster, SMME Cluster

SEAFOOD: WHAT DOES ‘SUSTAINABLE’ MEAN ANYWAY?
For many of us, the 2021 Netflix documentary Seaspiracy was the beginning of the end of garlic prawns, fried hake and chips, sushi, pickled fish and any other favourite way...
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Cigarette butts: a challenge
15 February 2023 Featured Posts, General, SMME Cluster

Cigarette butts: a challenge
Here’s a challenge for placemaking: cigarette butts. Smoking is legal, and mostly smokers are sent outside to where their fumes won’t bother others. But that means cigarette butts are often...
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A new community platform
27 August 2021 SMME Cluster

A new community platform
The Pandemic has been desperately challenging for small business owners. With the very first COVID-19 lockdown, anticipating the global slowdown that was coming, the Waterfront shifted its small business support...
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SMME community platform
27 August 2021 SMME Cluster

SMME community platform
To support SMMEs across the precinct, the Waterfront has built a virtual Community platform. The intention is to facilitate stronger connections between tenants, peer-to-peer learning, and access to current news...
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