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South Africa's holiday retail spend jumps by 7%

Banking & Finance

South Africa's holiday retail spend jumps by 7%

25 minutes

Call for applications for the Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme is now open for the 2025 intake!

Music

Call for applications for the Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme is now open for the 2025 intake!

Issued by SAMRO 45 minutes

Let’s make 2025 the year of “mental help”

Wellness

Let’s make 2025 the year of “mental help”

Taegan Devar 1 hour

Source: Supplied. Yael Geffin, chief executive officer of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The suburban renaissance

Yael Geffen 48 minutes

Final call: Entries for Product of the Year 2025 close 31 January

Branding

Final call: Entries for Product of the Year 2025 close 31 January

Issued by Product of the Year South Africa 1 hour

2025 Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme opens with an expanded intake

Education

2025 Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme opens with an expanded intake

2 hours

Banking

After the Bell: Why SA’s state bank ambition is dead in the water

Ray Mahlaka 3 hours

Vivo X200 Pro makes SA debut with steep price

Mobile & Apps

Vivo X200 Pro makes SA debut with steep price

Lindsey Schutters 4 hours

PR & Communications

Nedbank selects DNA Brand Architects as PR partner

4 hours

1 in 3 South Africans use Temu: survey reveals insights into consumer behavior

E-commerce

1 in 3 South Africans use Temu: survey reveals insights into consumer behavior

4 hours

Healthcare

The silent crisis: South Africa’s growing battle with OTC and opioid misuse

20 hours

Mental health

Healing trauma and building resilience: The role of art therapy in early childhood education

Nadia Lubowski 1 day

#BizTrends2025: Vodacom’s Andisa Ntsubane – The anatomy of winning brands in 2025

Marketing

#BizTrends2025: Vodacom’s Andisa Ntsubane – The anatomy of winning brands in 2025

Andisa Ntsubane 3 hours

Spar and Bata join forces in the Start Like No Other campaign

ESG

Spar and Bata join forces in the Start Like No Other campaign

21 hours

Rennies BCD Travel launches innovative 'Vacay Layaway' programme

Hospitality

Rennies BCD Travel launches innovative 'Vacay Layaway' programme

Issued by Rennies BCD Travel 21 hours

Capital markets bolster Murray & Roberts with R130m for business rescue efforts

Construction & Engineering

Capital markets bolster Murray & Roberts with R130m for business rescue efforts

22 hours

Absa awards over R1m to South Africa’s top matriculants for the class of 2024

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Absa awards over R1m to South Africa’s top matriculants for the class of 2024

Issued by OnPoint PR 22 hours

#BizTrends2025: The fight against corruption in South Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The fight against corruption in South Africa

Michelle Rawlinson and Melissa Steele 23 hours

#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 23 hours

Source: Stefan Schauberger via

Viticulture & Oenology

Wineland's 30 under 30: Nominate the future of SA wine

1 day

Source: World Economic Forum.

Economy

SA's president calls for global partnerships at World Economic Forum in Davos

23 hours

Honor is launching the X9c in South Africa in January

Technology

Honor gets new CEO and brings new phones to SA for Chinese New Year

Lindsey Schutters 23 hours

Dr Manessah Alagbaoso, the Head: Business Ecosystems and Sustainability for the Standard Bank Group Business and Commercial Banking Unit

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Mainstreaming sustainability

Dr Manessah Alagbaoso 1 day

Global giants reshape South Africa’s e-commerce landscape

E-commerce

Global giants reshape South Africa’s e-commerce landscape

1 day

Adapt IT and Adopt-a-School Foundation celebrate the matric class of 2024

Primary & Secondary Education

Adapt IT and Adopt-a-School Foundation celebrate the matric class of 2024

Issued by Adopt-a-School 1 day

Novus Media recently acquired Media24’s 21 community newspaper titles, and Kick-Off and Soccer Laduma. says community newspapers and magazines are thriving (Image supplied)

Newspapers

Print is not dead as community and special-interest media thrive

1 day

Image provided.

Artificial Intelligence

VML tackles representation with Africa-focused AI image generator

1 day

Source: UN Photo/Elma Okic. WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Healthcare

Trump orders US exit from WHO

Katja Hamilton 1 day

Agriculture

Kenya’s farmers have lots of digital tools to help boost productivity – how they can be made more effective

E Njuguna, J Mburu, R Birner and T Daum 1 day

Phillipa Geard, founder and CEO of RecruitMyMom and its sister platform, RecruitAGraduate.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: 7 trends impacting the HR and recruitment sector in 2025 and beyond

Phillipa Geard 1 day

#OrchidsandOnions: How AutoTrader’s humour-driven ads are shaking up car marketing

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: How AutoTrader’s humour-driven ads are shaking up car marketing

Brendan Seery 1 day

ITAC bends to ArcelorMittal pressure to investigate steel imports

Materials & Equipment

ITAC bends to ArcelorMittal pressure to investigate steel imports

Lindsey Schutters 1 day

Matlock – but not as you know it – comes to M-Net

TV

Matlock – but not as you know it – comes to M-Net

Issued by DStv Media Sales 1 day

Image source: Lucian Milasan –

Environment & Natural Resources

South Africa, GEF host international environmental action seminar

1 day

Ashley du Plooy, Chief Executive Officer at ERA

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Why 2025 looks green for SA

Ashley du Plooy 1 day

Rennies Travel Experiences launches innovative Vacay Layaway programme

Travel

Rennies Travel Experiences launches innovative Vacay Layaway programme

Issued by Rennies BCD Travel 1 day

Adopt-a-School Foundation celebrates its national matric top achiever at a rural Limpopo school

Primary & Secondary Education

Adopt-a-School Foundation celebrates its national matric top achiever at a rural Limpopo school

Issued by Adopt-a-School 1 day

Natasha Lopes named GM of consumer products division at L’Oréal SA

Health & Beauty

Natasha Lopes named GM of consumer products division at L’Oréal SA

2 days

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends that will transform the forensics and compliance sector in 2025 and beyond

Trends

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends that will transform the forensics and compliance sector in 2025 and beyond

Zaakir Mohamed and Mawande Ntontela 2 days

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Trump's triumphant return: What it means for South Africa and Agoa?

Katja Hamilton 1 day

Marketing is Business. Nedbank IMC 2025 talks bottom line

Marketing

Marketing is Business. Nedbank IMC 2025 talks bottom line

Issued by IMC Conference 2 days

Bevco launches ‘Route to Market Expansion Project’

ESG

Bevco launches ‘Route to Market Expansion Project’

2 days

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Why employer branding will matter more than ever in 2025

Celeste Sirin 2 days

Aviation

OR Tambo ensures jet fuel supply despite Natref refinery setback

2 days

Commodities & Fairtrade

Fair pricing essential for smallholder farmers to tackle global food challenges

2 days

Healthcare

Brain tumour risk linked to MPA contraceptive use, Sahpra reports

2 days

New Amazon hub in W.Cape bridges digital gap for local entrepreneurs

E-commerce

New Amazon hub in W.Cape bridges digital gap for local entrepreneurs

2 days