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Social Media

The evolving battle over social media moderation: Free speech vs regulation

Grant Lapping 25 Mar 2025

SA’s used car market stays strong despite shifting trends

Commercial & Industrial

SA’s used car market stays strong despite shifting trends

19 Mar 2025

Is Tesla’s sales slump down to Elon Musk?

Dealers

Is Tesla’s sales slump down to Elon Musk?

James Obiegbu, Gretchen Larsen 18 Mar 2025

#OrchidsandOnions: Shoprite’s 'Rand-a-Rama' ad taps into 90s nostalgia

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: Shoprite’s 'Rand-a-Rama' ad taps into 90s nostalgia

Brendan Seery 17 Mar 2025

Power officials stand on ladders to fix electric cables along a road in Egbeda district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. Source: Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye

Energy

Bloomberg: Trump USAID cuts hit electricity programme in Africa

Mrinmay Dey 26 Feb 2025

Finance

G20 agenda advances despite US-SA policy clash

Katja Hamilton 21 Feb 2025

Media Freedom

Trump’s foreign aid freeze disrupts global journalism

19 Feb 2025

Local entrepreneur Courtne Marland takes Lyra AI sales solution global

Services

Local entrepreneur Courtne Marland takes Lyra AI sales solution global

12 Feb 2025

Financial Services

South Africa, Trump and the EWC

Issued by Aluma Capital 4 Feb 2025

Source: Medigrow.

Pharmaceuticals

Gqeberha welcomes Medigrow's R1bn cannabis project

Katja Hamilton 11 Feb 2025

Source: © 123rf Icasa concluded its three-day public hearings on the proposed new Satellite Services Framework on Friday

Digital

Icasa navigates satellite services framework without SpaceX's input

10 Feb 2025

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

USAID workforce reduced by 97%

Katja Hamilton 7 Feb 2025

Source: @CyrilRamaphosa/X

Economy

#Sona2025: President Ramaphosa's bold plans for urban renewal and housing

Katja Hamilton 7 Feb 2025

Climate Change

The impact of Donald Trump’s anti-climate measures on our heating planet

Bruce Campbell 6 Feb 2025

Source: SAGovernment/X. SA International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola counters US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's criticisms of South Africa's new land-reform policies.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

G20 controversy: Marco Rubio slams SA's property expropriation law

Katja Hamilton 6 Feb 2025

Source: REUTERS. Johanna Geron.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa clash over SA's new land policy

Katja Hamilton 5 Feb 2025

Healthcare

Musk's Neuralink: Brain implant trials breaking new ground

Katja Hamilton 17 Jan 2025

Source: © World Kings Meta's platforms Facebook and Instagram, will no longer implement a fact-checking policy, instead relying on community notes

Media Freedom

Meta's Zuckerberg's shift on fact-checking: A "sprint" to appease a new president?

Danette Breitenbach 16 Jan 2025

Mining industry stands to win from Trump Arctic interests

Mining

Mining industry stands to win from Trump Arctic interests

Lindsey Schutters 8 Jan 2025

Social Media

What does the X exodus to Bluesky mean for journalism?

Craig Robertson 27 Dec 2024

Advertising

Global ad spend to top $1trn in 2024 amid rapid digital growth and regulatory challenges

27 Nov 2024

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Social Media

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Jean Burgess 27 Nov 2024

Could De Beers be the next Twitter?

Markets & Investment

Could De Beers be the next Twitter?

Savious-Parker Kwinika 21 Nov 2024

Jaguar has revealed its new rebrand. Source: Supplied.

Branding

Jaguar’s rebrand: creative vision or branding blunder?

Karabo Ledwaba 21 Nov 2024

South African Global Marketer Rush Bhana.

Podcasts

The decline of traditional media: How podcasts helped Trump secure victory

Rush Bhana 18 Nov 2024

Wage inequality in top ten South African retailers. Graphic: using data from

Remuneration & Payroll

Why wage inequality matters

Kwanele Ngogela and Mathieu Dasnois 15 Nov 2024

Social Media

The Guardian cuts ties with X

15 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Dollar scales six-month peak as US inflation comes in focus

Medha Singh and Brigid Riley 13 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Trump policies may cause an initial global and US economic downturn

14 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Donald Trump elected US president in stunning comeback

Steve Holland, Nandita Bose, Stephanie Kelly and Joseph Ax 6 Nov 2024

Optimism in an age of AI by Musa Kalenga

Advertising

Optimism in an age of AI by Musa Kalenga

Musa Kalenga, Issued by Brave Group 1 Nov 2024

Image source: alphaspirit –

Remuneration & Payroll

Africa adopts global executive remuneration trends

Norma Mazibuko 24 Oct 2024

Social Media

How Meta’s new technology aims to protect users from fake celebrity ads

Karabo Ledwaba 22 Oct 2024

Mike Abel, The Up&Up Group executive chairman, reflects on The Up&Up Group’s decision to buy back all the equity in the previous M&C Saatchi Group South Africa from the global M&C Saatchi Plc (Image supplied)

Advertising

Exclusive: Mike Abel, The Up&Up Group - Ons weet wat ons weet: There’s never been a better time to invest in SA

Mike Abel 17 Oct 2024

Source: © Avid Following a settlement, the details of which have not been disclosed, Unilever has been dropped from the lawsuit by X

Advertising

Is Elon Musk winning the legal war or losing the ad battle as Unilever and X settle

Danette Breitenbach 16 Oct 2024

Medical Research

From darkness to digital: Neuralink to restore vision with groundbreaking device

10 Oct 2024

Kantar’s Media Reactions 2024 - Marketers pull back on X ad spend

Media

Kantar’s Media Reactions 2024 - Marketers pull back on X ad spend

Issued by Kantar 5 Sep 2024

President and CEO Jaehoon Chang

Manufacturing & Parts

Hyundai path to future paved with hydrogen, software, and digital twins

Lindsey Schutters 3 Sep 2024

Social Media

Brazil bans social network X after Elon Musk refuses court orders

2 Sep 2024

Branding

Should brands take a stance on social and political issues?

Geetanjali Saluja and Nitika Garg 29 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf The 10 most banned apps in the world, with Facebook the number one most banned app globally

Digital

Top 10 most banned apps globally - Facebook at no1

26 Aug 2024

Advertising

Major ad group GARM shuts down after Elon Musk’s X files lawsuit

13 Aug 2024

Advertising

Elon Musk says "it's war" - sues brands who refuse to advertise on X

8 Aug 2024

Kgang Moloke, software delivery lead at BET Software. Image supplied.

Software

#BehindtheSelfie: Kgang Moloke, software delivery lead at BET Software

Aa-isha Hassiem 1 Aug 2024

5 types of entrepreneurs – what drives them, what keeps them energised and how they succeed

SMEs

5 types of entrepreneurs – what drives them, what keeps them energised and how they succeed

Ben Bierman, Issued by Business Partners Limited 15 Jul 2024

$Image supplied. Image source: ©ididthat.co Carl Willoughby, chief creative officer TBWA \ Hunt Lascaris and the chairperson of the Creative Circle says we know we as a country can do so much better$

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2024: The new standard

Carl Willoughby 24 Jun 2024

The impact of Elon Musk’s staggering generous pay package will be felt far beyond corporate America. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Remuneration & Payroll

Executive pay: The virus Elon Musk is exporting back to SA

Ann Crotty for Just Share 21 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf Social media is the largest channel worldwide for advertising investment according to Warc Media’s latest forecast, Global Ad Trends

Marketing

Warc: Social media reaches new peaks, wields huge influence over how brands reach their audiences

2 May 2024