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IWG PLC appoints Carolyn Elliman as country manager

Valor Hospitality Partners appoints Allan Wantenaar to drive African expansion

The Old Mutual Education Trust appoints Thakane Setsabi-Mushonga as the new chairperson

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Issie Kirsh has passed away at 90.

Issie Kirsh, pioneering force behind 702 and Primedia, passes away at 90

Source: © 123rf Media Manager Africa (Pty) Ltd has released the latest Inflation Watch covering the year 2024...

Inflation Watch for 2024: All media rates, performance and MIW Index increase

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

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

#Orchids&Onions: Qantas vs. Qatar - Which airline wins the ad game?

#Orchids&Onions: Qantas vs. Qatar - Which airline wins the ad game?Brendan Seery

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#Exclusive: What’s in a name? Islam ElDessouky on Coca‑Cola’s reimagined Share a CokeKarabo Ledwaba

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)

Prisa | PR: Transformation is not crisisBradly Howland

Taking Care of Business turns retail waste into a R559m micro-enterprise economy

Taking Care of Business turns retail waste into a R559m micro-enterprise economy

Tiger Brands to sell canned fruit business Langeberg and Ashton Foods for R1

Tiger Brands to sell canned fruit business Langeberg and Ashton Foods for R1

$Joe Public, Promise and TBWA\Hunt Lascaris are among the South African agencies that are Pencil and Merit winners in the One Show (Image supplied)$

One Show winners: Joe Public, Promise and TBWA\Hunt Lascaris

The future of influencer marketing - Not in the loudest voice, the most trustworthy one

The future of influencer marketing - Not in the loudest voice, the most trustworthy oneBronwyn Abrahams

Dan Mace's latest fim is a hard-hitting documentary that dives into the heart of Cape Town’s deadly taxi wars (Image supplied)

Filmmaker and YouTube creator Dan Mace's latest film, not for the faint-hearted

This year, LunchBar celebrates 60 years in South Africa. To mark the occasion, SA’s favourite award-winning conspiracy theorist is back (Image supplied)

60 years of "Much, much more of The LunchBar Man"

#BizTrends2025: 555 Media Hub’s Tapelo Zama | The challenge for brands - LLM disrupting the consumer journey

#BizTrends2025: 555 Media Hub’s Tapelo Zama | The challenge for brands - LLM disrupting the consumer journeyTapelo Zama

Omnichannel retail in South Africa: a hacker's paradise?

Omnichannel retail in South Africa: a hacker's paradise?Calin Cloete

Africa’s Travel Indaba 2025 grows attendance, boosts Durban economy

Africa’s Travel Indaba 2025 grows attendance, boosts Durban economy

Bolt's new feature tracks flights and adjusts airport pick-up times

Bolt's new feature tracks flights and adjusts airport pick-up times

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Source: Supplied. Twenty-seven students from Gaza bid farewell to South Africa on the steps at UCT. They left Gaza after their universities were destroyed during the war, and studied at UCT and Wits.

From ruins to resilience: Gazan medical students triumph against adversity in SA

African tourism ministers unite to drive continental growth in 2025

African tourism ministers unite to drive continental growth in 2025

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Karabo Ledwaba 11 Nov 2022

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How online SMEs can manage Black Friday logistics

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How online SMEs can manage Black Friday logistics

11 Nov 2022

KZN learners receive credentials as sommeliers

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KZN learners receive credentials as sommeliers

11 Nov 2022

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Cotton Fest Cape Town announces full lineup

11 Nov 2022

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SA retailer Absolute Pets boosted by pandemic, growing pet spend

11 Nov 2022

3D printing could massively disrupt construction, but adoption must be weighed against the moral cost

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3D printing could massively disrupt construction, but adoption must be weighed against the moral cost

Otto Botha 11 Nov 2022

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Cannes Lions

Cannes Lions introduces new gaming award

11 Nov 2022

Stellantis to invest more than €300m in Morocco's Kenitra plant

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Stellantis to invest more than €300m in Morocco's Kenitra plant

Valentina Za 11 Nov 2022

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Marketing

The influence of influencer marketing

Pieter Groenewald 11 Nov 2022

Norsad Capital funds the expansion of RH Bophelo with a R100m stretched debt facility

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Norsad Capital funds the expansion of RH Bophelo with a R100m stretched debt facility

Irvine Partners 10 Nov 2022

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Skills Training

6 steps to bridging the gap in your skills development plan

Michael Gullan 10 Nov 2022

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Egyptian startup Blnk raises $32m in funding round

Mahmoud Salama 10 Nov 2022

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How composable architecture can help e-commerce keep up on Black Friday

Nick Durrant 10 Nov 2022

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African insurers take up climate change fight with $14bn pledge

10 Nov 2022

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Medical Aid

Nigerians trade waste material for health insurance

10 Nov 2022

Outsourced CFO to host 5th Founders Conference in Cape Town

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Outsourced CFO to host 5th Founders Conference in Cape Town

JamJar Affiliates 10 Nov 2022

LISTEN: Short courses are changing the education landscape

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LISTEN: Short courses are changing the education landscape

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Wits, African Rainbow Minerals partner to strengthen research in mining

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Wits, African Rainbow Minerals partner to strengthen research in mining

Sindy Peters 10 Nov 2022

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Tax Law

Foreign suppliers of electronic services may unintentionally be contravening tax law

Jana Krause and Jarryd Hartley 10 Nov 2022

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Retail Marketing

Ye and Adidas break up: Why brand marriages sometimes go bad

Pankhuri Malhotra 10 Nov 2022

Badri Younes the Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation at The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Johanna Botha the Mayor of Laingsburg and Dr Phil Mjwara from the Department of Science and Innovation attend the sod turning ceremony for Africa's first Deep Space Ground Station in Matjiesfontein, South Africa, 8 November 2022. Reuters/Shafiek Tassiem

Technology

South Africa's new ground station to help NASA track space flights

Wendell Roelf 10 Nov 2022

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#OnThisNote: Take me to Graceland

Emily Stander 10 Nov 2022

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Streaming

NBA Africa and ESPN Africa sign multiyear agreement

10 Nov 2022

VUT strengthens ties with Kenya's Maasai Mara University by signing a memorandum of understanding

Higher Education

VUT strengthens ties with Kenya's Maasai Mara University by signing a memorandum of understanding

Vaal University of Technology 10 Nov 2022

Afda alumni share Best Actor Award at International Pan African Film Festival in Cannes

Higher Education

Afda alumni share Best Actor Award at International Pan African Film Festival in Cannes

Earle Holmes, Afda 10 Nov 2022

Joe Public ranked number 1 agency at 2022 Pendoring Awards

Pendoring

Joe Public ranked number 1 agency at 2022 Pendoring Awards

Joe Public 10 Nov 2022

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Driver safety comes first

KAP Limited 10 Nov 2022

East Coast Radio's Summer Body Bootcamp a real highlight for KZN fitness enthusiasts

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East Coast Radio's Summer Body Bootcamp a real highlight for KZN fitness enthusiasts

East Coast Radio 10 Nov 2022

Mantra Softech deploys MORPHS; 4-4-2 fingerprint scanners for Myanmar immigration

Tourism & Travel

Mantra Softech deploys MORPHS; 4-4-2 fingerprint scanners for Myanmar immigration

Craig Lebrau, Lebrau Press 10 Nov 2022

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