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Makro cuts prices on 100 essential items in 3-month-long rollback

Retailers

Makro cuts prices on 100 essential items in 3-month-long rollback

1 hour

Biz Most Read Award winners May 2025

Online Media

Biz Most Read Award winners May 2025

Issued by Bizcommunity.com 21 hours

Shoprite's Usave stores boosts energy efficiency, food quality with smart tech

Technology

Shoprite's Usave stores boosts energy efficiency, food quality with smart tech

21 hours

“If you’re broke, you can’t be boring.”: Mariska Oosthuizen, chief marketing officer at Sanlam

Financial Services

“If you’re broke, you can’t be boring.”: Mariska Oosthuizen, chief marketing officer at Sanlam

Issued by Sanlam Fintech 3 days

Most South African farmers are Black: Why Trump got it so wrong

Agriculture

Most South African farmers are Black: Why Trump got it so wrong

Johann Kirsten and Wandile Sihlobo 3 days

The 32 winners of the 2025 Product of the Year Awards have been announced (Image supplied)

Retail

The 32 Product of the Year 2025 winners

3 days

The Transformation Legacy x Coface SA. Empowering Black female township entrepreneurs

SMEs

The Transformation Legacy x Coface SA. Empowering Black female township entrepreneurs

Issued by The Transformation Legacy 3 days

Living with the Ford Territory: 2 months in, the picture gets clearer

Launches & Reviews

Living with the Ford Territory: 2 months in, the picture gets clearer

Imran Salie 30 May 2025

Source: Supplied. Cape Town's Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis.

Finance

Updated City Budget offers sweeping relief measures for households

Katja Hamilton 29 May 2025

AfriGIS quality data support optimal distribution of Caxton newspapers weekly

Newspapers

AfriGIS quality data support optimal distribution of Caxton newspapers weekly

Issued by AfriGIS 29 May 2025

Nivea’s new campaign, 'It’s in the Name – I AM #1 shines a spotlight on what it means for women to feel and be number one (Image supplied)

Advertising

Nivea's I AM #1 campaign puts women first

28 May 2025

Danilo Acquisto, CEO and co-founder of video specialist digital agency, Special Effects Media South Africa gives the case for the untapped intra-African trade opportunity in media and marketing (Image supplied)

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: Danilo Acquisto - Nurturing Africa’s creative economy

Danilo Acquisto 28 May 2025

Source: © 123rf The Marketing Research Foundation (MRF) has announced the 18th release of the Marketing All Product Survey (Maps)

Media

Maps reveals South African consumer behaviour and media trends

28 May 2025

Retail

Brand Finance: Automobile, watch and cosmetic brands the world's most valuable luxury brands

27 May 2025

Source: cocoparisienne via

Agro-processing

Govt backs citrus exports with R51bn Transnet guarantee

27 May 2025

Moms of Menlyn Expo launches at Menlyn

Retailers

Moms of Menlyn Expo launches at Menlyn

Issued by Menlyn Park 27 May 2025

Branding

15th Annual Brand Africa 100 | Africa’s Best Brands: African optimism vs declining brand loyalty

27 May 2025

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Student Village's Ronen Aires - Gen Z's disruption of the world

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Student Village's Ronen Aires - Gen Z's disruption of the world

Danette Breitenbach 27 May 2025

Scientists at the University of Pretoria have found that fresh vegetables are being contaminated by disease-causing bacteria through irrigation from polluted rivers and boreholes. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Food, Water & Energy Security

South Africa’s polluted rivers pose food contamination risk

Steve Kretzmann 26 May 2025

Branding

Nigeria's banking brands dominate

26 May 2025

Source: Facebook/Baragwanath Academic Hospital.

Healthcare

Inside Baragwanath Hospital: How a linen shortage exposed systemic failures

23 May 2025

New York Festivals (NYF) Storytellers Gala have announced the 2025 TV & Film Awards award winners and the 2025 Radio Awards winners, with South Africa winning six awards, three for TV & Film and three for Radio (Image supplied)

Film & Cinematography

6 awards for SA at New York Festivals 2025 TV & Film and Radio Awards

23 May 2025

Jenna Clifford, businesswoman and jewellery designer, passes away

Design & Manufacturing

Jenna Clifford, businesswoman and jewellery designer, passes away

22 May 2025

Location Bank drives over R13m+ in revenue for a national automotive service provider

Digital

Location Bank drives over R13m+ in revenue for a national automotive service provider

Issued by Location Bank 21 May 2025

Sentraal-SA beleef buitengewone ‘O-frikaanse’ ervaring op 8

Radio & Audio

Sentraal-SA beleef buitengewone ‘O-frikaanse’ ervaring op 8

Issued by OFM Radio 21 May 2025

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

21 May 2025

Source: © 123rf US President Donald Trump’s proposed 100% tariffs on foreign films entering the US, have led the Directors Guild of South Africa (DGSA) to express concern

Film & Cinematography

100% proposed tariffs on foreign films to US sends “chilling signal"

21 May 2025

Buzzing for change

Sustainable Farming

Buzzing for change

Issued by Libstar Group 20 May 2025

The ABC Q1 2025 circulation figures for magazines have been released. Image by Lesley Svenson © Bizcommunity

Magazines

ABC Q1 2025: Magazines tenacious as custom magazines lead the way

Danette Breitenbach 22 May 2025

The ABC Q1 2025 circulation figures for newspapers have been released. Image by Lesley Svenson © Bizcommunity

Newspapers

ABC Q1 2025: Newspapers off to a lacklustre start

Danette Breitenbach 22 May 2025

Skills Training

UJ, Google partnership to boost cybersecurity skills, youth employment

20 May 2025

Beneficiaries selected for the 2025 Algoa Cares Charity Golf Days

Radio & Audio

Beneficiaries selected for the 2025 Algoa Cares Charity Golf Days

Issued by Algoa FM 19 May 2025

More global companies seek assurance on sustainability reporting, study by IFAC, AICPA & CIMA shows

Accounting & Auditing

More global companies seek assurance on sustainability reporting, study by IFAC, AICPA & CIMA shows

Issued by AICPA & CIMA 16 May 2025

Financial Times names Omnisient one of Africa’s fastest growing companies

Markets & Investment

Financial Times names Omnisient one of Africa’s fastest growing companies

Issued by Omnisient 16 May 2025

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

Digital

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

Tapelo Zama 16 May 2025

Volpes now on Bash: Locally made luxury, right at your fingertips

Fashion & Homeware

Volpes now on Bash: Locally made luxury, right at your fingertips

Issued by Volpes 16 May 2025

Research

Charting 20 years of brand value: Kantar BrandZ 2025 ranking reveals the world’s most valuable brands

Issued by Kantar 15 May 2025

Advertising

Why smart TVs are the new front door for brands

Leslie Adams 14 May 2025

#AfricaMonth: How Sarah Collins, founder of Wonderbag, is changing lives globally

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: How Sarah Collins, founder of Wonderbag, is changing lives globally

Evan-Lee Courie 13 May 2025

Pick n Pay and Gorilla win big at the 2025 MMA Smarties Awards

Advertising

Pick n Pay and Gorilla win big at the 2025 MMA Smarties Awards

Jordan Wallace, Issued by Gorilla 14 May 2025

M&C Saatchi Abel's Bulletproof Park campaign for Gun Free SA is a story about a “fake idea” that led to real change (Image supplied)

Marketing

#BehindtheCampaign: Bullet Proof Park | A fake idea with real change

13 May 2025

Music strikes a chord for SA’s consumer class

Research

Music strikes a chord for SA’s consumer class

Issued by BrandMapp 13 May 2025

Starbucks' Ready-to-Drink range relaunches in SA

FMCG

Starbucks' Ready-to-Drink range relaunches in SA

13 May 2025

For the past four years, Streetscapes has been running a self-sufficient laundry at its urban farm in the city centre. The organisation plans to replicate the solar- and rainwater-powered laundromat and showers at the new site to cut operational costs and reduce pressure on municipal infrastructure. Photos: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Plan to use properties owned by City of Cape Town for homeless project

Marecia Damons 12 May 2025

The awards were held on Thursday. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

TFG and VML triumph at the Smarties 2025 Awards

9 May 2025

How Spar is using localised marketing to redefine the urban retail experience

Marketing

How Spar is using localised marketing to redefine the urban retail experience

Karabo Ledwaba 9 May 2025

McDonald’s SA launches new McCrispy Burger

FMCG

McDonald’s SA launches new McCrispy Burger

8 May 2025

Marketing

Beyond influence: How foot soldiers fortify brand trust in community-led influencer campaigns

Issued by Brand Influence Agency 8 May 2025

Consultancies are eating agencies’ lunch, and they're not slowing down

Digital

Consultancies are eating agencies’ lunch, and they're not slowing down

Shaune Jordaan, Issued by Hoorah Digital 8 May 2025