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Tsebo Catering tackles skills shortages with 3D kitchen onboarding, improving food safety

Tsebo Catering tackles skills shortages with 3D kitchen onboarding, improving food safety

Xtra Savings shoppers get one month free pet cover after R1,000 spend

Xtra Savings shoppers get one month free pet cover after R1,000 spend

Tshepo opens new Mall of Africa store, signaling premium local brand growth

Leroy Merlin opens in Alberton with a community-led approach

Leroy Merlin opens in Alberton with a community-led approach

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ARB ruling | L'Oréal wins round 2 in dermatologist recommendation battleKarabo Ledwaba

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Cappy Lemonade Burst now in retailers nationwide

Report reveals South African consumers spend R2k+ monthly online as BNPL soars

Report reveals South African consumers spend R2k+ monthly online as BNPL soars

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It's official! Amazon Prime is now in South Africa

Pep Home opens 500th store in Canal Walk

Pep Home opens 500th store in Canal Walk

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If you stepped away for 90 days, would your franchise survive?Larry Hodes

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Scheduled water cuts cripple township businesses, threatens livelihoods

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Source: Supplied. Berceo Shopping Centre, in the centre of Longrono, La Rioja in Northern Spain.

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Source: Supplied. Internal architectural rendering of the future face of Paarl Mall.

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Source: Supplied. Norman Nyawo, Head: Merchant Solutions for Business and Commercial Banking at Standard Bank South Africa.

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Truworths expects half-year earnings around flat after African sales fall

23 Jan 2026

An employee inspects bottles of beer on a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo/File Photo

Kenyan court postpones case seeking to halt Diageo's $2.3bn sale of EABL

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 9 Jan 2026

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Beer bottles pass through a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi, Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi//File Photo

Kenyan beer firm asks court to block Diageo's $2.3bn EABL sale to Asahi

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 8 Jan 2026

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