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Why affiliate marketing is tech’s most effective route to market

Marketing

Why affiliate marketing is tech’s most effective route to market

Bianca Leonard 40 minutes

In 2026 the CMO Council reflects on 25 years of an evolving and defining role for the chief marketing officer in the C-Suite (Image source: © CMO Council )

Marketing

CMO Council's 25th anniversary reflects on CMOs evolutionary role

3 hours

Media

Wikipedia at 25: can its original ideals survive in the age of AI?

4 hours

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Tech, banks weigh on Wall Street; Trump eases Iran oil fears

Isla Binnie 5 hours

WOO president Tom Goddard. Source: WOO.

Advertising

#BizTrends2026 | WOO president Tom Goddard: How OOH is reinventing itself

Tom Goddard 5 hours

#BizTrends2026 | Trend Group - Key office design trends to watch in 2026

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Trend Group - Key office design trends to watch in 2026

Issued by Trend Group 1 day

Namibian hake fishery achieves second MSC certification

Fishing

Namibian hake fishery achieves second MSC certification

1 day

#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.

Advertising

#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.

Gillian Rightford 1 day

Nearly 23,000 pupils still unplaced as term begins

Primary & Secondary Education

Nearly 23,000 pupils still unplaced as term begins

Issued by Impaq 1 day

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Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Kwikot’s Murray Crow: Why SA’s energy future begins at the tap

Murray Crow 1 day

#BizTrends2026 | Marriott International’s Dorcas Dlamini Mbele: How South Africans will travel in 2026

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Marriott International’s Dorcas Dlamini Mbele: How South Africans will travel in 2026

Dorcas Dlamini Mbele 1 day

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Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Webber Wentzel team: South Africa’s energy outlook

Jason van der Poel, Kiera Bracher, Sabeeha Loonat and Junaid Nyker 1 day

Why SA's retail giants are rethinking constant promotions

FMCG

Why SA's retail giants are rethinking constant promotions

2 days

Final call for entries: Africa Travel Week’s 2026 Media Awards

Tourism & Travel

Final call for entries: Africa Travel Week’s 2026 Media Awards

2 days

Artificial Intelligence

I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneous

Jean-Hugues Roy 2 days

Image credit: on Pexels

Environment & Natural Resources

Nigeria and South Africa plan to boost fossil fuel production, risking their climate change pledges

Emily Ghosh and Derik Broekhoff 2 days

Will Smith goes Pole to Pole in new Nat Geo series

TV

Will Smith goes Pole to Pole in new Nat Geo series

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 2 days

TikTok’s new award at The One Show 2026

The One Club for Creativity

TikTok’s new award at The One Show 2026

2 days

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Gold leaps to record high, dollar drops as US prosecutors target Fed's Powell

2 days

Buena Barnes, the new general manager for Philip Morris South Africa

Management & Leadership

Philip Morris SA appoints its first female GM

2 days

Golden Globes 2026 winners: A new era of bold storytelling

Film

Golden Globes 2026 winners: A new era of bold storytelling

3 days

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Medical Aid

Discovery Health now takes full financial responsibility for medical scheme error

3 days

Tidal Rave Festival: How a youth festival is building Africa’s cultural infrastructure

Events & Conferencing

Tidal Rave Festival: How a youth festival is building Africa’s cultural infrastructure

Issued by BA:KO by EchoHouse 3 days

On Thursday, 8 January Chinese regulators said they would investigate Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus (Image source: © 123rf )

Artificial Intelligence

Meta's Chinese AI acquisition investigated

9 Jan 2026

African carriers lead as global air travel hits November record

Travel

African carriers lead as global air travel hits November record

9 Jan 2026

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

REDISA warns South Africa’s waste tyre crisis is a “ticking time bomb”

9 Jan 2026

Nadia Kokni appointed as Puma’s new global marketing VP

Marketing

Nadia Kokni appointed as Puma’s new global marketing VP

9 Jan 2026

Marriott debuts boutique Camps Bay hotel with Morea House opening

Hospitality

Marriott debuts boutique Camps Bay hotel with Morea House opening

8 Jan 2026

Anheuser-Busch InBev will buy back a 49.9% stake in its US metal container plants for about $3 billion (Image source: © AB InBev

Packaging

AB InBev buys back stake in US metal packaging plants for $3bn

8 Jan 2026

Adheesh Ori, senior director within Accenture Song, South Africa says the South African automotive landscape is clearly evolving, not only through technology or electrification, but in the mindset of the customer behind the purchase (Image source: © 123rf )

CRM, CX, UX

Meeting the South African modern car buyers where the customer experience matches the expectation

Adheesh Ori 8 Jan 2026

Source: Supplied.

Property

Inside UKZN’s ambitious student accommodation plan benefiting local businesses

8 Jan 2026

The brands that win in 2026 will be the ones who view this seasonal moment not as a post-holiday filler, but as the launchpad for behaviour-driven (Image source: © 123rf )

Social Media

January is an opportunity for brands: 11 social media marketing ideas

Keith Kakadia 7 Jan 2026

Image credit: L'Oréal

Aesthetic Medicine

It's lit: L'Oréal unveils new light tech-powered beauty tools at CES 2026

7 Jan 2026

WeThinkCode_ names Ashmita Singh as its new CEO

Development

WeThinkCode_ names Ashmita Singh as its new CEO

7 Jan 2026

SA retail landscape shifts as consumers vote with their wallets

Sales

SA retail landscape shifts as consumers vote with their wallets

Issued by Caxton Media 7 Jan 2026

Edward Snell & Co. taps seasoned FMCG leader Grant Pereira as new MD

FMCG

Edward Snell & Co. taps seasoned FMCG leader Grant Pereira as new MD

6 Jan 2026

You behave yourself into the reputation you have or want, you don’t communicate yourself there, writes Razor PR CEO Dustin Chick (Image source: © Affinity Health )

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Discovery goes full Jerry Maguire as it tells members to “show them the money”

Dustin Chick, Issued by The Up&Up Group 6 Jan 2026

Advertising

UK introduces landmark junk food advertising ban

Karabo Ledwaba 6 Jan 2026

Cirium reveals 2025 top on-time airlines and airports

Aviation

Cirium reveals 2025 top on-time airlines and airports

5 Jan 2026

The South African Entrepreneurial Competency Framework identifies 14 essential competencies that drive entrepreneurial action (Source: © Mike Jones )

How To Start Up

An African-centric framework for entrepreneurs

5 Jan 2026

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HIV/AIDS

HIV funding still falls short of targets after pledges: what’s at stake

Melanie Bisnauth 5 Jan 2026

Tunisia coach Sami Trabelsi Reuters/Stringer/File Photo

Sport

Tunisia part ways with coach Trabelsi after early Afcon exit

Taha Mohamed 5 Jan 2026