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Shift happens. Are you ready?

IMC Conference

Shift happens. Are you ready?

Issued by IMC Conference 2 days

#Newsmaker | Murat Gebeceli: Sony MEA's new marketing director

Marketing

#Newsmaker | Murat Gebeceli: Sony MEA's new marketing director

Karabo Ledwaba 2 days

Source: Pexels.

Economy

Debt turning point reached as South Africa maintains fiscal discipline

2 days

Source: Reuters.

Economy

South Africa private sector contracts after four months of growth, PMI shows

Johannesburg bureau 3 days

Image credit: on

Climate Change

Barry Callebaut warns El Niño could add thousands to cocoa prices

Paolo Laudani 3 days

Source: Pexels.

Finance

CEOs: Brace for power-price whiplash—your 2026 play

Minal Patel 3 days

FlySafair lowers fuel surcharge as jet fuel costs ease

Travel

FlySafair lowers fuel surcharge as jet fuel costs ease

3 days

Zak Haeri, MD for NIQ in South Africa

Retail Marketing

NIQ State of the Retail Nation Q1 2026: South African retail benefits from benign inflation

Issued by NielsenIQ 3 Jun 2026

Source: Supplied. Constantia Upper, Hohenhort – R35m for this spectacular 4017m² estate with a luxury five-bedroom homestead with a wine cellar, upstairs apartment or teen pad/woror guest suit, accommodation, heated pool, multi-car garaging, two stables and a tack room for equestrian enthusiasts, and stunning mountain views.

Markets & Investment

Buyers beware: Bishopscourt hits R30m average in Q1 as stock halved

3 Jun 2026

Street Food Couture is rewriting the rules of indulgence

Trends

Street Food Couture is rewriting the rules of indulgence

3 Jun 2026

Economy

Ramaphosa: R1tn build starts now—but oil shock threatens costs

3 Jun 2026

Source: Stephan Saloth via

Travel

GCC market presents growing opportunity for South African tourism

Robin Fredericks 3 Jun 2026

Source: Reuters. South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers his 2026 budget speech to lawmakers in Cape Town, South Africa, February 25, 2026.

Economy

South Africa's fiscal targets on track despite Iran war, Treasury says

Nilutpal Timsina and Sfundo Parakozov 3 Jun 2026

Source: Reuters.

Finance

South Africa's Kganyago signals resolve to curb inflation after rate hike

Kopano Gumbi 2 Jun 2026

Hook, Line & Sinker expands SAP partnership into the Middle East

PR & Communications

Hook, Line & Sinker expands SAP partnership into the Middle East

Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 2 Jun 2026

#BehindtheIMC | Cassava Technologies' Ifeoma Jibunoh: AI shifting African businesses

IMC Conference

#BehindtheIMC | Cassava Technologies' Ifeoma Jibunoh: AI shifting African businesses

Danette Breitenbach 1 Jun 2026

‘We just clicked’ | Connecting ‘like’-minded business audiences

Online Media

‘We just clicked’ | Connecting ‘like’-minded business audiences

Issued by Bizcommunity.com 1 Jun 2026

Ex-TikTok and L’Oréal Luxe CMO Deshnie Govender launches culture Studio 545

Marketing

Ex-TikTok and L’Oréal Luxe CMO Deshnie Govender launches culture Studio 545

Issued by Studio 545 1 Jun 2026

Africa’s ‘quiet innovation’ and passion for quality offer lessons to the world, panel hears

Hospital Groups

Africa’s ‘quiet innovation’ and passion for quality offer lessons to the world, panel hears

Issued by COHSASA 29 May 2026

Oil steadies as market awaits possible US-Iran ceasefire deal

Coal, Oil & Gas

Oil steadies as market awaits possible US-Iran ceasefire deal

Seher Dareen, Helen Clark, Sudarshan Varadhan 29 May 2026

UCT GSB’s Camille Meyer named a Poets&Quants 2026 Best 40-Under-40 Professor

Higher Education

UCT GSB’s Camille Meyer named a Poets&Quants 2026 Best 40-Under-40 Professor

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 29 May 2026

Africa outpaces global travel slowdown with 2.2% growth

Travel

Africa outpaces global travel slowdown with 2.2% growth

29 May 2026

Source: Pexels.

Markets & Investment

What Sarb’s first repo-rate hike in three years signals

Katja Hamilton 28 May 2026

Source: Pexels.

Finance

Could a Sarb rate hike reshape South Africa’s financial landscape?

28 May 2026

SA tourism arrivals jump despite flight disruptions

Tourism

SA tourism arrivals jump despite flight disruptions

28 May 2026

Kenya flower exports grow despite rising freight pressure

Agriculture

Kenya flower exports grow despite rising freight pressure

27 May 2026

Source: Reuters.

Banking

AfDB expects Africa's economic growth to slow to 4.2% due to the Middle East crisis

Duncan Miriri 27 May 2026

Africa’s luxury travel shift creates new opportunities

Travel

Africa’s luxury travel shift creates new opportunities

Clinton Els 26 May 2026

Reside Summit 2026 proves housing is no longer a siloed conversation

Residential Property

Reside Summit 2026 proves housing is no longer a siloed conversation

Issued by Catchwords 26 May 2026

Santiago Sánchez-Lozano is the new CEO for WPP Production in EMEA. Source: LinkedIn.

Advertising

WPP Production appoints new CEO for EMEA region

26 May 2026

Remi Du Preez, managing director at Polygon, says when budgets shrink, brands feel the pressure to disappear, but staying visible (and smart) is what actually wins.

Marketing

7 ways to market smarter when every rand counts

Remi Du Preez 27 May 2026

#AfricaMonth | Africa must tell its own tourism story

Tourism

#AfricaMonth | Africa must tell its own tourism story

Robin Fredericks 26 May 2026

Clockwork wins 5 2026 Sabre EMEA Awards

PR & Communications

Clockwork wins 5 2026 Sabre EMEA Awards

Issued by Clockwork 26 May 2026

Source: Supplied.

Economy

The surprise driver of higher grocery bills this month isn’t fuel

22 May 2026

Cape Town tourism sector signals confidence amid global tensions

Tourism

Cape Town tourism sector signals confidence amid global tensions

Issued by Cape Town Tourism 22 May 2026

Think, prepare, respond: How finance leaders can help businesses navigate the Middle East crisis

Financial Services

Think, prepare, respond: How finance leaders can help businesses navigate the Middle East crisis

Tariro Mutizwa, Issued by AICPA & CIMA 22 May 2026

SA Poultry cries industry sacrifice, heads to court over shaky AGOA poultry quota

Agriculture

SA Poultry cries industry sacrifice, heads to court over shaky AGOA poultry quota

Issued by AMIE 22 May 2026

Source warrenski/ Flickr via

Public Transport

MyCiTi fare hikes loom as diesel prices surge

22 May 2026

Agriculture

Food inflation slowdown points to easing pressure on consumers

Paul Makube 21 May 2026

Based in Cape Town, the Astron Energy Refinery, formerly the Chevron Oil Refinery, is the third-largest crude oil refinery in South Africa. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Mining

South Africa to pump R2.86bn into mineral and petroleum sector

20 May 2026

Source: Supplied. Mzimasi Mabece, head of domestic fixed income at Melville Douglas.

Finance

South Africa inflation forecast hits 4% as oil prices surge

20 May 2026

Favourable outlook for the mining sector in Zambia

Mining

Favourable outlook for the mining sector in Zambia

Issued by SRK Consulting 19 May 2026

The Lux Collective enters Rwanda with luxury tourism circuit

Hospitality

The Lux Collective enters Rwanda with luxury tourism circuit

19 May 2026

Global survey highlights the balance between human experience and AI innovation

PR & Communications

Global survey highlights the balance between human experience and AI innovation

Nicole Capper, Issued by MANGO-OMC 19 May 2026

Ogilvy South Africa Cape Town is the 2026 One Show ME & Africa Agency of the Year, and Promise Johannesburg ME & Africa Independent Agency of the Year (Image supplied)

The One Club for Creativity

Ogilvy and Promise top One Show ME & Africa rankings

19 May 2026

Protesters outside the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s offices in Cape Town in August 2025. Archive photo: Matthew Hirsch

Coal, Oil & Gas

No plan to review SA’s coal exports to Israel, says Parks Tau

Matthew Hirsch 18 May 2026

MEA region has done well at The One Show. Source: Supplied.

The One Club for Creativity

Accenture Song SA dominates One Show MEA with 3 Golds

15 May 2026

People, planet, prosperity: Driving change through solar power

Energy

People, planet, prosperity: Driving change through solar power

Issued by Yellow Door Energy 15 May 2026