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SA records nearly 1 million tourist arrivals in July

Travel

SA records nearly 1 million tourist arrivals in July

1 day

An attorney has been sentenced to 12 months in prison or a R10,000 fine, half suspended, for delaying a major murder trial by more than a year. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Criminal Law

Lawyer sentenced for delaying murder trial

Tania Broughton 1 day

City Lodge Hotels smashes fundraising goal, hands Cansa R144,258

CSI & Philanthropy

City Lodge Hotels smashes fundraising goal, hands Cansa R144,258

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 3 days

Source: Supplied.

Markets & Investment

From R1.3m to R2.4m: South Africa’s property market sees a major split

24 Aug 2026

Volkswagen Group Africa appoints new production director

Dealers

Volkswagen Group Africa appoints new production director

3 days

Source: Supplied. Careen Mckinon, head of sales at ooba Home Loans.

Residential Property

A new buyer trend is reshaping South Africa’s coastal property market

24 Aug 2026

Social media companies are increasingly coming under fire for violations of children's privacy (Image source: © 123rf )

Social Media

Social media companies increasingly under fire for violations of children's privacy

24 Aug 2026

Unicef staff and airport workers receive an aircraft carrying medical supplies as authorities and aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain at Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Infectious Diseases

Deadliest Ebola outbreak in Congo gets 70k Merck vaccine boost

21 Aug 2026

Source: Supplied.

Banking

The campaign that's tackling South Africa’s money taboo

20 Aug 2026

BigBucks Gala apple wins EU plant breeders’ rights

Agriculture

BigBucks Gala apple wins EU plant breeders’ rights

20 Aug 2026

Source: Momentum. Momentum's group economist, Sanisha Packirisamy.

Economy

#EXCLUSIVE: South Africa’s July inflation drop may not last, Momentum group warns

Katja Hamilton 20 Aug 2026

Hunter’s makes a splash with giant ice block OOH activation

OOH

Hunter’s makes a splash with giant ice block OOH activation

19 Aug 2026

Source: Pexels.

Finance

Food inflation hits 16-year low

Katja Hamilton 19 Aug 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Rand steadies as South Africa awaits inflation data

Katja Hamilton 19 Aug 2026

Bill Rasmussen has died at 91. Source: Supplied.

TV

ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen dies aged 91

19 Aug 2026

Andrew Keggie CIO

Tech Startups

Why the right ICT finance helps SMEs thrive within a challenging climate

Issued by Lula 18 Aug 2026

Ford names Angela Weathers Silverton plant manager

Dealers

Ford names Angela Weathers Silverton plant manager

18 Aug 2026

Women, business and big ideas take centre stage at Standard Bank Top Women EmpowHER KwaZulu-Natal

SMEs

Women, business and big ideas take centre stage at Standard Bank Top Women EmpowHER KwaZulu-Natal

Issued by Topco Media 17 Aug 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Rand recovery faces test after warning of August weakness

Katja Hamilton 17 Aug 2026

Film & Cinematography

NFVF approves R150m for 268 film projects

17 Aug 2026

Image source: KATRIN BOLOVTSOVA from

Law of Succession

No life after death for claims: High Court rejects joinder after claimant passes away

Lesetja Mochaki 14 Aug 2026

Inospace notches best-ever Johannesburg leasing month as demand for small industrial space surges

Industrial & Logistics Property

Inospace notches best-ever Johannesburg leasing month as demand for small industrial space surges

Issued by Inospace 14 Aug 2026

Coal, Oil & Gas

Shell hit by massive hack attack

14 Aug 2026

Livia Dyer, Karl Blom, partners & Humayra Hajat, senior associate at Webber Wentzel, explain how South Africa's spectrum landscape is shifting (Image source: © 123rf )

Digital

SA's connectivity: What has changed, when it changed and why it matters

Livia Dyer, Karl Blom, Partners & Humayra Hajat 13 Aug 2026

5 valuable leadership lessons from the female directors of award-winning digital agency TDMC

Digital

5 valuable leadership lessons from the female directors of award-winning digital agency TDMC

Issued by TDMC 13 Aug 2026

SA's padel boom draws business beyond major cities

Sport

SA's padel boom draws business beyond major cities

13 Aug 2026

Image source: DC Studio from

4th Industrial Revolution

#WomensMonth | How SA women are driving the AI workforce revolution

Nancy Dusani 12 Aug 2026

Vodacom names Khumo Shuenyane as new chair

Telecoms & Networks

Vodacom names Khumo Shuenyane as new chair

12 Aug 2026

Image source: jannoon028 from

Public Liability & Personal Injury

High Court slams department for years of litigation, orders punitive damages after road crash ruling

12 Aug 2026

Source: Supplied. Jennifer Erasmus, Trellidor’s new chief financial officer and executive director, effective 1 July 2026.

Construction & Engineering

#WomensMonth | What happens when safer spaces become a business’s most powerful legacy? Jennifer Erasmus explains.

Katja Hamilton 14 Aug 2026

Source: Tricolt Group. The Madison, 391 luxury apartments in the heart of Cape Town’s CBD.

Property

‘Airbnb’ by-law | Its proposed impact on Cape Town property rates — and how to have your say

Katja Hamilton 13 Aug 2026

Debt Solutions 4U counsellor featured in Debtfree Magazine on annual credit report checks

Financial Services

Debt Solutions 4U counsellor featured in Debtfree Magazine on annual credit report checks

Issued by Debt Solutions 4 U 28 Jul 2026

Ekapa Minerals’ diamond mine in Kimberly has been placed into business rescue after a court challenge by NUMSA. Photo supplied

Mining

Numsa wins bid to block liquidation of diamond mine

Greg Dor 11 Aug 2026

Global food prices edge higher on weather, geopolitical pressures

Agro-processing

Global food prices edge higher on weather, geopolitical pressures

11 Aug 2026

Cape Town's migration advantage is shrinking – even as the city keeps growing

Residential Property

Cape Town's migration advantage is shrinking – even as the city keeps growing

Issued by Cape Removals 7 Aug 2026

Pick n Pay boosted by Boxer as group turnover rises 2.7%

Retailers

Pick n Pay boosted by Boxer as group turnover rises 2.7%

Nqobile Dludla 7 Aug 2026

Tunca Rodoplu on Canon South Africa’s growth and sustainability vision

Technology

Tunca Rodoplu on Canon South Africa’s growth and sustainability vision

Issued by Canon South Africa 11 Aug 2026

Hospitality leaders say AI, collaboration will shape future growth

Tourism & Travel

Hospitality leaders say AI, collaboration will shape future growth

7 Aug 2026

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman. Image credit: Reuters/Stringer/File Photo

Mining

The pressures persist, but so does South African mining

7 Aug 2026

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Finance Minister confirms Essop’s three-year term at OPFA

6 Aug 2026

South African clothing factories struggle after migrant workers flee

Design & Manufacturing

South African clothing factories struggle after migrant workers flee

Nellie Peyton and Thando Hlophe 7 Aug 2026

LeadUP Podcast returns with inspiring new episode featuring aesthetic doctor Dr Karishma Ramdev

Podcasts

LeadUP Podcast returns with inspiring new episode featuring aesthetic doctor Dr Karishma Ramdev

Issued by University of Pretoria 6 Aug 2026

(Image source: @ PR Week UK

Advertising

WPP results beat analyst forecasts, sees shares jump up

6 Aug 2026

Rubbish piles up near a park in Nyanga. Photos: Emihle Ngwane

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Battle to stop illegal dumping in Cape Town’s townships

Emihle Ngwane 6 Aug 2026

What Meta fee changes mean for South African businesses using WhatsApp

Digital

What Meta fee changes mean for South African businesses using WhatsApp

Issued by Helm 6 Aug 2026

Congolese medical workers dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) carry children tested and cleared of Ebola from Saint Nicholas orphanage, at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) within the secured Ebola response zone, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Hoho commune of Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Infectious Diseases

Fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak to record over 4,000 cases

Clement Bonnerot and Jessica Donati 6 Aug 2026

Source: Supplied.

Mixed-Use Property

New SA Reit chair | Jackie van Niekerk to lead sector's next growth chapter

6 Aug 2026

Radio & Audio

Gagasi FM and Hollywood Foundation hand over brand new classrooms to Umzilikazi Secondary School in KZN

Issued by Gagasi FM 5 Aug 2026