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Budget Speech

Budget Speech clash: The elephant in the room

Katja Hamilton 19 Feb 2025

Western Cape schools feel the squeeze after cuts in teacher posts

Primary & Secondary Education

Western Cape schools feel the squeeze after cuts in teacher posts

31 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - what lies ahead for low-cost air travel in Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - what lies ahead for low-cost air travel in Africa

Kirby Gordon 21 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Unleashing Africa’s economic potential through transformative logistics

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Unleashing Africa’s economic potential through transformative logistics

Amadou Diallo 13 Jan 2025

Direct flights, visa improvements key to enhancing SA-India tourism

Travel

Direct flights, visa improvements key to enhancing SA-India tourism

6 Dec 2024

How is SA’s middle class feeling going into the holidays?

Research

How is SA’s middle class feeling going into the holidays?

Issued by BrandMapp 5 Dec 2024

Superior data for big decisions: TGI leads consumer profiling in SA

Research

Superior data for big decisions: TGI leads consumer profiling in SA

Issued by Ask Afrika 28 Nov 2024

Africa’s Big 7 rebranded as Africa Food Show

Exhibitions & Events

Africa’s Big 7 rebranded as Africa Food Show

18 Nov 2024

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Property

Semigration boom benefitting Blouberg property big time, say agents

15 Nov 2024

Unlocking opportunities in South Africa's growing online grocery segment

Trends

Unlocking opportunities in South Africa's growing online grocery segment

6 Nov 2024

BrandMapp's Stuart Lowe passes away, industry pays tribute

Media

BrandMapp's Stuart Lowe passes away, industry pays tribute

Danette Breitenbach 31 Oct 2024

Padel in SA: The next big thing or just another ‘elite thing’?

Research

Padel in SA: The next big thing or just another ‘elite thing’?

Issued by BrandMapp 18 Oct 2024

Inflation is impacting coffee prices and consumption in South Africa

FMCG

Inflation is impacting coffee prices and consumption in South Africa

2 Oct 2024

Advertising

Africa is the world’s largest market for Guinness beer – how its ad campaigns exploit men

Jordanna Matlon 25 Sep 2024

Property

Urgent call for interest-rate cut to rejuvenate SA's property market

Katja Hamilton 18 Sep 2024

Will the semigration trend change with a more stable GNU in place?

Residential Property

Will the semigration trend change with a more stable GNU in place?

Issued by Biggles Removals 13 Sep 2024

How to stand out as the best in your field

SMEs

How to stand out as the best in your field

Issued by Business Partners Limited 5 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied.

Property

Newinbosch pioneers sustainable and affordable urban living

5 Sep 2024

Image source: rawpixel –

Corporate & Commercial Law

Distressed retailers: Why private equity funds should come to the rescue

Tobie Jordaan, Jutami Augustyn and Paras Shah 3 Sep 2024

Finance

Navigating short-term insurance: Insights into SA's consumer behaviour

26 Aug 2024

Are air fryers a trend or a revolution?

Research

Are air fryers a trend or a revolution?

Issued by BrandMapp 13 Aug 2024

Source: © LIA Michelle Marais, senior copywriter at Dentsu Creative and a 2024 Cannes See It.Be It. recipient talks about being a female in the creative industry at the tip of Africa

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Michelle Marais - Working in advertising takes guts; as a woman even more so

Danette Breitenbach 6 Aug 2024

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Trends

Is the green economy the key to job creation in Africa?

2 Aug 2024

Image supplied. The shopper is driving the retail agenda reveals Trade Intelligence’s inaugural SA Grocery Shopper Report

FMCG

5 trends tipping the power to the retail shopper

1 Aug 2024

6 strategies TDMC considers to build customer loyalty

CRM, CX, UX

6 strategies TDMC considers to build customer loyalty

Issued by TDMC 30 Jul 2024

Markets & Investment

The MPC has held the repo rate steady - now what?

Katja Hamilton 18 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Somaya Joshua, head of commercial property finance at Absa CIB.

Property

No reason to waste a good crisis in East African property markets

Somaya Joshua and Zaharaa Khanbhai 12 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied.

Residential Property

The rise of the sustainable neighbourhood - an alternative approach to property development

12 Jul 2024

Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, used his first media address to highlight the biggest issues facing the country's electricity supply.

Energy

Ramokgopa highlights SA’s biggest electricity challenges, and it isn’t supply

Lindsey Schutters 8 Jul 2024

Nobuhle Nkabane announced as new Minister of Higher Education

Higher Education

Nobuhle Nkabane announced as new Minister of Higher Education

4 Jul 2024

Building meaningful brands for modern Africa

Branding

Building meaningful brands for modern Africa

Issued by Epic Lion 1 Jul 2024

Where will your focus be for the rest of 2024? Ours is on creating better customer connections

Advertising

Where will your focus be for the rest of 2024? Ours is on creating better customer connections

Nombini Mehlomakulu, Issued by Ebony+Ivory 24 Jun 2024

The property sector can no longer afford not to invest in alternative energy

Property

The property sector can no longer afford not to invest in alternative energy

18 Jun 2024

How happy are SA’s middle class youth?

Youth Month

How happy are SA’s middle class youth?

Issued by BrandMapp 14 Jun 2024

Could the change in the government dynamics feed the semigration trend in South Africa?

Trends

Could the change in the government dynamics feed the semigration trend in South Africa?

Issued by Biggles Removals 11 Jun 2024

Source: UG Standard Metropolitan Republic Uganda at the 2023 Silverback Awards. Pictured centre is Josephine Muvumba, MD

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: Josephine Muvumba, MD, Metropolitan Republic Uganda - Bringing Africa closer

Danette Breitenbach 31 May 2024

Has radio found a new normal for the SA middle class?

Radio & Audio

Has radio found a new normal for the SA middle class?

Issued by BrandMapp 21 May 2024

Over 50% of MEA consumers in loyalty programmes want freebies - Euromonitor International

Retail

Over 50% of MEA consumers in loyalty programmes want freebies - Euromonitor International

20 May 2024

Battle of the beverages: Varun Beverages acquires BevCo, sets to expand African footprint

FMCG

Battle of the beverages: Varun Beverages acquires BevCo, sets to expand African footprint

16 May 2024

Dumisani Moyo is the marketing director at SAP. Source: Supplied.

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: Dumisani Moyo, marketing director at SAP, envisions innovation in Africa

Karabo Ledwaba 10 May 2024

59% of South Africans shop where they can use loyalty and rewards programmes

Retail

59% of South Africans shop where they can use loyalty and rewards programmes

6 May 2024

Media Freedom

South Africa’s media have done good work with 30 years of freedom but need more diversity

Prinola Govenden 6 May 2024

As purse strings draw tighter under the strain of an economy in flux, challenger brands are stepping into the spotlight says Lebo Madiba, PR Powerhouse

Branding

The rise of the new maestros: The challenger brands

Lebo Madiba 30 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. Gus van der Spek, owner of upmarket retirement lifestyle estate Wytham Estate in Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs.

Property

Western Cape claims title of South Africa’s luxury retirement capital

22 Apr 2024

Nzimande appoints new NSFAS administrator, addresses other matters

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Nzimande appoints new NSFAS administrator, addresses other matters

15 Apr 2024

Tune into the Eastern Cape and Garden Route lifestyle with Algoa FM

Radio & Audio

Tune into the Eastern Cape and Garden Route lifestyle with Algoa FM

Dennis Karantges, Issued by Algoa FM 12 Apr 2024

East Africa’s retail boom: a new opportunity for real estate

Commercial Property

East Africa’s retail boom: a new opportunity for real estate

4 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied.

Economy

South Africa's credit sector shows signs of improvement

5 Apr 2024