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Source: © 123rf Join The Marketing Research Foundation’s (MRF) webinar on Thursday, 22f May as they announce the upcoming release of the latest Marketing All Product Survey (Maps)

Media

Maps shows radio and TV's resilience

15 minutes

AMIE urges government to adopt regionalised response to avian flu outbreak in Brazil

Retailers

AMIE urges government to adopt regionalised response to avian flu outbreak in Brazil

Issued by AMIE 22 hours

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Higher Education

AI can be a danger to students – 3 things universities must do

Sioux McKenna and Nompilo Tshuma 1 day

Is BNPL reshaping South Africa's retail credit trends in 2025?

Trends

Is BNPL reshaping South Africa's retail credit trends in 2025?

Regan Adams 1 day

Bradly Howland, president-elect: Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (Prisa) says while the public relations profession is changing, that change is nota collapse. Transformation is not crisis (image supplied)

PR & Communications

Prisa | PR: Transformation is not crisis

Bradly Howland 2 days

A report by shareholder activist organisation Just Share has shown that South Africa’s largest polluters pay so little carbon tax that it barely has any impact on their greenhouse gas emissions. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Climate Change

Corporate lobbying derailed South Africa’s climate goals, report finds

Liezl Human 14 May 2025

Purpose, pragmatism, and bold thinking: My approach to leadership in a changing South Africa

Markets & Investment

Purpose, pragmatism, and bold thinking: My approach to leadership in a changing South Africa

Andrew Maren, Issued by The Publicity Workshop 13 May 2025

These are the 2024 winners of the competition. Source: Supplied.

Film & Cinematography

Short films, big dreams: Canex Shorts competition calls for entries

13 May 2025

Today, Halo and Demographica announce a new specialist agency, Second Rodeo]], headed up by Mike Stopforth (left). Dean Oelschig, managing partner and founder of Halo (right) says they will work as a group but ultimately, each agency will be an individual specialist

Marketing

EXCLUSIVE: Halo and Demographica launch new agency with Mike Stopforth at the helm

Danette Breitenbach 8 May 2025

Finance

Global conference calls for action on women’s financial inclusion under G20 framework

8 May 2025

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Lifestyle

Castle Milk Stout commits to cultural legacy on Ancestors Day 2025

8 May 2025

#G20SouthAfrica: Using the arts to grow economies

Art

#G20SouthAfrica: Using the arts to grow economies

7 May 2025

The chat commerce revolution: Turning conversations into customer conversions

Artificial Intelligence

The chat commerce revolution: Turning conversations into customer conversions

Jonathan Elcock, Issued by rather.chat 6 May 2025

Joburg traders claim they are harassed by City

Informal Retailing

Joburg traders claim they are harassed by City

Kimberly Mutandiro 6 May 2025

#OrchidsandOnions: Corion Capital’s Star Wars surprise, while Wired misses the PR brief

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Corion Capital’s Star Wars surprise, while Wired misses the PR brief

Brendan Seery 5 May 2025

Source: © 123rf Eve Pennington says this should be the golden age of marketing, but agency models haven’t kept pace

Marketing & Media

EXCLUSIVE: Eve Pennington - Has our industry lost its way? A view 25 years in

Eve Pennington 5 May 2025

WHO and Unicef expose unethical baby milk ads in South Africa

Advertising

WHO and Unicef expose unethical baby milk ads in South Africa

2 May 2025

Listening is the new loud: The new era of lead generation

Marketing

Listening is the new loud: The new era of lead generation

Michelle Huxtable, Issued by We Do Digital 2 May 2025

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Gates, others launch $500m maternal, newborn health fund, bucking aid cuts trend

30 Apr 2025

Let’s talk language freedom in celebration of Freedom Day

Higher Education

Let’s talk language freedom in celebration of Freedom Day

Issued by Stellenbosch University Language Centre 22 Apr 2025

Source: © Mining Zambia Magazine On 18 February 2025, a catastrophic tailings dam collapsed at the Sino-Metals Chambishi Mine, in Zambia, flooding the surruonding area and Mwambashi River with 50 million litres of acidic effluent

Sustainability

Earth Day spotlights importance of environmental management of tailing dams

Alastair Bovim 22 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters.

Emergency Medicine

Calls for global justice: South Africa reacts to Gaza hospital strike

21 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Prof Nara Monkam, Chair in Municipal Finance at the African Tax Institute (ATI).

Infrastructure & Utilities

Empowering Africa’s cities: The case for fiscal autonomy and financial expertise

Nara Monkam 23 Apr 2025

Don’t let burst tyres derail April’s travel plans

Manufacturing & Parts

Don’t let burst tyres derail April’s travel plans

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 16 Apr 2025

New GenG Engage app tackles gender-based violence in SA

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

New GenG Engage app tackles gender-based violence in SA

16 Apr 2025

Gagasi FM nominated for Best Radio Station at the 2025 Urban Music Awards South Africa

Radio & Audio

Gagasi FM nominated for Best Radio Station at the 2025 Urban Music Awards South Africa

Issued by Gagasi FM 14 Apr 2025

Source: Institute for Molecular Bioscience.

Healthcare

Calls for private labs to solve South Africa's DNA backlog grow louder

14 Apr 2025

The Gauteng High Court has ordered the City of Johannesburg to pay out a property company because of a delay in providing alternative accommodation for families living in the company’s “hijacked” building. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Landmark judgment on evictions in Johannesburg

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 11 Apr 2025

Lebo Madiba is at the World Communications Forum Association’s Davos Communications Summit. Here, she reports on the message from the keynote speaker, Paul Holmes, founder and chair of PRovoke Media (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - The Chaos Dividend - Corporate Affairs must lead with pattern recognition, not panic

Lebo Madiba 11 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Mpoomy Ledwaba speaking at the Life Changing Lessons event in Cape Town.

Finance

Empathy, legacy, and financial wisdom: Mpoomy Ledwaba & 1Life spark a meaningful dialogue

11 Apr 2025

Markets & Investment

China vows retaliation as US tariffs spark global market fears

9 Apr 2025

David and Goliath 2.0 - A match made in heaven

David and Goliath 2.0 - A match made in heaven

Andre Fredericks, Issued by Sanlam Fintech 30 May 2024

Source: © 123rf Cabinet has adopted the SA Renewable Energy Master Plan (SAREM)

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Collaboration led to SA Renewable Energy Master Plan adaption

8 Apr 2025

MTN teams up with UK's Synamedia to launch African streaming platform

Telecoms & Networks

MTN teams up with UK's Synamedia to launch African streaming platform

7 Apr 2025

Commodities & Fairtrade

FAO: Global food prices steady in March

7 Apr 2025

Source: Government Communication and Information System (GCIS).

Infrastructure & Utilities

Macpherson calls for lifestyle audits into IDT bosses, gives update on delayed oxygen plants probe

Pieter-Louis Myburgh 7 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Stocks plunge, markets bay for rapid US rate cuts

Wayne Cole 7 Apr 2025

Lemonaid: How to turn ‘pollycrisis’ into ‘polytunity’

Marketing

Lemonaid: How to turn ‘pollycrisis’ into ‘polytunity’

4 Apr 2025

Branding

RMB’s new brand campaign Ideas Love Company by Halo: Confident, charming, cerebral

2 Apr 2025

A Contact Centre Game Changer: QA + AI = Kwaai

Marketing

A Contact Centre Game Changer: QA + AI = Kwaai

Noori Allie, Issued by Achievement Awards Group 17 Feb 2025

Eco-anxiety: It's hitting closer to home than you think

Facilities & Property Management

Eco-anxiety: It's hitting closer to home than you think

Issued by Propelair SA 1 Apr 2025

Thembisle Sehloho, Chief Marketing Officer of South African Tourism, launches its latest global brands campaign, South Africa Awaits — Come Find Your Joy!(Image by Danette Breitenbach)

Marketing

South Africa Awaits — Come Find Your Joy!

Danette Breitenbach 1 Apr 2025

Point-of-sale technology is critical for SA’s auto industry revitalisation

Sales

Point-of-sale technology is critical for SA’s auto industry revitalisation

Fatima Khota 1 Apr 2025

The retired coal-fired Komati Power Station, operated by Eskom, is seen near Komati village, in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa, 9 May 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Climate Change

South Africa grants Eskom coal plants limited emissions exemptions

Wendell Roelf 1 Apr 2025

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Govt allocates R1.44bn for natural disaster recovery efforts – Hlabisa

31 Mar 2025

Subaru South Africa and ghd expand digital partnership with Algorithm

Digital

Subaru South Africa and ghd expand digital partnership with Algorithm

Issued by Algorithm Agency 28 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf South Africans will not be denied their constitutional right to access to news and information after the Gauteng High Court suspended the analogue TV switch-off date of 31 March 2025

Media Freedom

Court suspends analogue switch-off date, ruling calls set date "irrational"

Danette Breitenbach 28 Mar 2025

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Economy

South African consumer confidence hits record lows as tax fears spread

25 Mar 2025

RAPT BizTrendsTV: GG Alcock on KasiNomics - A growth trend reshaping Africa's economies

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV: GG Alcock on KasiNomics - A growth trend reshaping Africa's economies

25 Mar 2025

Data breach at Pam Golding puts spotlight on protection laws in South Africa

Cybersecurity

Data breach at Pam Golding puts spotlight on protection laws in South Africa

Mark Thomas, Andrew Attieh 24 Mar 2025