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The 2026 Product of the Year winners announced as voted by South African consumers

Product of the Year South Africa The 2026 Product of the Year winners announced as voted by South African consumers

3 Jun 2026

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Innovations from Uganda and Tanzania selected for H&M’s Global Change Award 2026

Innovations from Uganda and Tanzania selected for H&M’s Global Change Award 2026

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Do you know where your coffee comes from? The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of knowing about our supply chains. Here, a woman carries harvested coffee beans in a coffee plantation in Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique, in August 2019. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The coronavirus pandemic requires us to understand food's murky supply chains

Cory Searcy and Pavel Castka 6 Aug 2020

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Food giants appointing teams to focus on plant-based products

30 Jul 2020

Pandora commits to using only recycled silver and gold from 2025

Pandora commits to using only recycled silver and gold from 2025

9 Jun 2020

Why apparel brands' efforts to police their supply chains aren't working

Why apparel brands' efforts to police their supply chains aren't working

Jason Judd and Sarosh Kuruvilla 8 Jun 2020

Equipping Africa's fashion entrepreneurs to conquer Covid-19

Equipping Africa's fashion entrepreneurs to conquer Covid-19

4 Jun 2020

Tertius Carstens named CEO for PepsiCo sub-Saharan Africa

Tertius Carstens named CEO for PepsiCo sub-Saharan Africa

19 May 2020

Pepkor donates over R2m towards Covid-19 relief

Pepkor donates over R2m towards Covid-19 relief

23 Apr 2020

Defy to begin building ventilators in SA this May

Defy to begin building ventilators in SA this May

14 Apr 2020

Edcon can only pay salaries right now, tearful CEO tells suppliers

Edcon can only pay salaries right now, tearful CEO tells suppliers

27 Mar 2020

Masterclass unpacks ethics of sustainability within African fashion

Masterclass unpacks ethics of sustainability within African fashion

18 Mar 2020

Alpla to consolidate manufacturing in Gauteng with new plant

Alpla to consolidate manufacturing in Gauteng with new plant

11 Mar 2020

Battling the damaging effects of 'fast fashion'

Battling the damaging effects of 'fast fashion'

Pavithra Rao 5 Mar 2020

Calling all African fashion designers: Scouting for Africa project launched

Calling all African fashion designers: Scouting for Africa project launched

18 Feb 2020

Adidas and Ikea lead 2020 sustainable cotton ranking

Adidas and Ikea lead 2020 sustainable cotton ranking

13 Feb 2020

Gopichund captions her #BehindtheSelfie feature as follows: ”What I love about my job is that we can innovate and introduce new products and technologies that improve daily life.”

#BehindtheSelfie with... Atisha Gopichund, techno marketing director at Saint-Gobain

Leigh Andrews 22 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Bright future for luxury brands in Africa

#BizTrends2020: Bright future for luxury brands in Africa

Alain Dos Santos 10 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Africa's double-edged consumer demand

#BizTrends2020: Africa's double-edged consumer demand

Ailsa Wingfield 6 Jan 2020

Technology trends impacting global manufacturing in 2020

Technology trends impacting global manufacturing in 2020

Kevin Dherman 13 Dec 2019

Pantone #ColorOfTheYear for 2020: Classic Blue

Pantone #ColorOfTheYear for 2020: Classic Blue

6 Dec 2019

These are Shoprite's standout suppliers for 2019

These are Shoprite's standout suppliers for 2019

19 Nov 2019

Ramaphosa opens South Africa's first smartphone factory

Ramaphosa opens South Africa's first smartphone factory

21 Oct 2019

Unilever pledges to slash use of new plastics

Unilever pledges to slash use of new plastics

9 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Signing ceremony (L-R): Garth Strachan, acting CEO of SABS; Jodi Scholtz, Group Chief Operating Officer at the dti and co-administrator of SABS; Tshenge Demana, Chief Director of Technical Infrastructure Institutions at the dti and co-administrator of SABS; Alfred Kgotlaesile, Manager Compulsory Standards at BOBS; Masego Marobela Managing Director of BOBS; and Keo Segomelo, Director Standards at BOBS.

Botswana and SA cooperation on standards laws

19 Sep 2019

Pentawards 2019 honours best in global packaging design

Pentawards 2019 honours best in global packaging design

16 Sep 2019

Mozambican designer Eliana Murargy presents at NYFW

Mozambican designer Eliana Murargy presents at NYFW

16 Sep 2019

Global Change Award 2020: Submit your sustainable fashion innovation

Global Change Award 2020: Submit your sustainable fashion innovation

9 Sep 2019

Pictured at the official opening are from left: Scott Smith (operations director, Van Dyck Floors Zimbabwe), Jonathan Pairemanzi (J. Link Carpets), Dr. Mehran Zarrebini (MD Van Dyck Floors), Louis Mudzongo (Classic Carpets), Dion Yatras (MD, Van Dyck Zimbabwe), Stuart Dearnaley (export manager, Van Dyck Floors) and Kuda Duri (account manager, Van Dyck Zimbabwe).

Van Dyck Floors expands footprint in Zimbabwe

9 Sep 2019

SA designer Thebe Magugu first African to win LVMH Prize

SA designer Thebe Magugu first African to win LVMH Prize

5 Sep 2019

#G7Biarritz: Fashion industry giants sign global sustainability pact

#G7Biarritz: Fashion industry giants sign global sustainability pact

27 Aug 2019

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