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Industrial automation doesn’t have to start with a factory overhaul

Industrial automation

Industrial automation doesn’t have to start with a factory overhaul

Issued by Cape Town Industrial Technology Exhibition 5 hours

Source: Wikipedia.

Construction & Engineering

Western Cape invests R1.165bn in flood-hit Franschhoek Pass

1 day

Pick n Pay has announced its interim financial results for the 26 weeks ended 30 August 2026. Pick n Pay CEO Sean Summers (pictured) says, “We have put the fundamentals in place, and they are delivering, despite the constrained trading environment" (Image supplied)

Retailers

Pick n Pay interim results show progress, despite constrained trading conditions

2 days

Mushroom project lifts income for Zambian women’s cooperative

Agriculture

Mushroom project lifts income for Zambian women’s cooperative

23 Oct 2026

Source: GroundUp/Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik. A second contractor has left the site of the Eyabantu Senior Secondary School, a project launched in 2019.

Construction & Engineering

Learners wait seven years for R39m school

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 23 Oct 2026

UCT student builds app to expose restaurant price differences

Mobile & Apps

UCT student builds app to expose restaurant price differences

23 Oct 2026

Singularity Summit South Africa 2026: Day 1 round up

Events & Conferencing

Singularity Summit South Africa 2026: Day 1 round up

Issued by Mann Made 23 Oct 2026

Lowveld Mall wins retail development Spectrum Award

Retail & Hospitality Property

Lowveld Mall wins retail development Spectrum Award

Issued by Catchwords 22 Oct 2026

Dust-A-Side turns old haul road material into new mine roads

Mining

Dust-A-Side turns old haul road material into new mine roads

Issued by Dust-A-Side 22 Oct 2026

How AI is changing the game: can South Africa’s youth football academies keep up?

Primary & Secondary Education

How AI is changing the game: can South Africa’s youth football academies keep up?

Dr Lehlohonolo Amos Masitenyane, Issued by University of Johannesburg - Marketing Management 22 Oct 2026

Insured. Until it rains

Insurance & Actuarial

Insured. Until it rains

Tim Chadwick, Issued by Chadwicks Risk & Insurance 22 Oct 2026

Activists went to Parliament on Wednesday to put forward demands ahead of Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana’s mini-budget announcement. Photo: Abonge Chiya

Health & Social Welfare

SRD grant extended for another year, minister announces

GroundUp Staff 22 Oct 2026

Banff Mountain Film Festival lands at Ster-Kinekor

Film

Banff Mountain Film Festival lands at Ster-Kinekor

22 Oct 2026

Geoff Whyte and WA Burger | Image supplied

E-learning

Advtech buys 25% stake in AI edtech, MathU

21 Oct 2026

Promotions & Activations

The Street Store - NarowBi collaboration turns cultural experiences into generosity

22 Oct 2026

Entries open for 2026 South African Startup Awards

Awards

Entries open for 2026 South African Startup Awards

20 Oct 2026

Source: Supplied. Twin City wins the Spectrum Award for Shopping Centre Development for Lowveld Mall at the SACSC Retail Design and Development Awards, as well as winning the Renovation/Expansion category. From left to right: Norman Drieselmann, vice president at SACSC; Muhammad Paruk, president at SACSC; Johan van Wyk, director of New Business at Twin City; Eunice van Wyk, director at Twin City; Donald McGillivray, partner and architect at MDS Architecture; and Jaco Terblanche, property manager at Twin City.

Retail & Hospitality Property

Lowveld Mall’s R80m revamp scoops major retail design award

20 Oct 2026

Labour Law & Unions

The 6% shift allowance dispute: LAC clarifies jurisdictional rules in labour law

Richard Brown and Khanyisa Monqo 20 Oct 2026

Why South African employers need a better way to say no

Youth Employment

Why South African employers need a better way to say no

Issued by DY/DX 19 Oct 2026

Global food prices set to climb as shipping shocks squeeze supplies

Agriculture

Global food prices set to climb as shipping shocks squeeze supplies

Naveen Thukral and Bernadette Christina 19 Oct 2026

Source: Easy Properties.

Residential Property

Cape Town’s housing boom: How long before locals are priced out?

19 Oct 2026

South African brandy earns top honours at ISC and Veritas awards

Agriculture

South African brandy earns top honours at ISC and Veritas awards

19 Oct 2026

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Labour Law

"Too old" for severance: Labour Court rules against age discrimination in VSPs

Bradley Workman-Davies 16 Oct 2026

Col’Cacchio Go taps into demand for more flexible quick-service dining

Food & bev. services

Col’Cacchio Go taps into demand for more flexible quick-service dining

19 Oct 2026

Source: Pexels. Muizenberg’s iconic colourful beach huts are being replaced as part of the beachfront upgrade, with new structures designed to preserve their historic appearance and character.

Property Development

Muizenberg beachfront upgrade races towards festive-season deadline

16 Oct 2026

Singularity Summit South Africa 2026: All you need to know

Artificial Intelligence

Singularity Summit South Africa 2026: All you need to know

Issued by Mann Made 16 Oct 2026

Supplied image: St George's School in Gqeberha

Primary & Secondary Education

Advtech expands to E.Cape with acquisition of 90-yr-old St George’s campus

15 Oct 2026

EBM Group’s continued excellence earns global recognition

Marketing

EBM Group’s continued excellence earns global recognition

Issued by EBM Group 15 Oct 2026

The marketing accountability gap every CEO and CFO should be asking about

Marketing

The marketing accountability gap every CEO and CFO should be asking about

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 15 Oct 2026

SME funding: Why preparation matters before applying

Funding

SME funding: Why preparation matters before applying

Franco Helsinga 13 Oct 2026

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Management & Leadership

Navy suits and cognitive overload: The science of executive decision fatigue

Johané du Toit 13 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Good advertising through creativity

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Good advertising through creativity

Danette Breitenbach 13 Oct 2026

Cape Town creeps into the World's Top 50 Halloween Destinations (Fashionably late, naturally)

Tourism

Cape Town creeps into the World's Top 50 Halloween Destinations (Fashionably late, naturally)

Issued by Cape Town Tourism 13 Oct 2026

When headless CMS architecture creates more risk than value

Software

When headless CMS architecture creates more risk than value

Issued by Bluegrass Digital 12 Oct 2026

Ghana raises $288m to fund cocoa purchases from farmers

Agriculture

Ghana raises $288m to fund cocoa purchases from farmers

Emmanuel Bruce and Christian Akorlie 12 Oct 2026

Children are dying in pain because our palliative care is so poor, damning report finds. Photo: (public domain)

Palliative care

Children are dying in pain because our palliative care is so poor

Sean Christie 12 Oct 2026

From billboard banner to school bag: Turning waste into opportunity

ESG

From billboard banner to school bag: Turning waste into opportunity

Issued by Go Big Media 12 Oct 2026

It’s not just music

Radio & Audio

It’s not just music

Issued by OFM Radio 8 Oct 2026

Holy guacamole! Old El Paso sales signal a Mexican flavour boom in SA

FMCG

Holy guacamole! Old El Paso sales signal a Mexican flavour boom in SA

8 Oct 2026

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Corporate & Commercial Law

High Court reaffirms strict personal liability for directors in reckless trading ruling

Mtho Maphumulo 6 Oct 2026

At 50, Nicky Mullinos went back to university and found her way forward

Education

At 50, Nicky Mullinos went back to university and found her way forward

Issued by Stellenbosch Academy of Design & Photography 6 Oct 2026

Image supplied.

Dentistry

Digital dentistry tools are worth sinking your teeth into, says this dentist

6 Oct 2026

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Criminal Law

Former Home Affairs official found guilty of fraud

6 Oct 2026

Source: Gareth Ramsay/Capetrain Express. Artist's impression. Gareth Ramsay, a mechanical engineer and founder and lead engineer of Capetrain Express, has developed a proposal for an express-rail network aimed at reshaping mobility across Cape Town.

Construction & Engineering

Could Cape Town’s 50-year Foreshore stalemate finally unlock a new property precinct?

Katja Hamilton 5 Oct 2026

The ever-evolving threat of cybercrime in South Africa

Cyber Law

The ever-evolving threat of cybercrime in South Africa

Issued by Cox Yeats 2 Oct 2026

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Food, Water & Energy Security

Durban and Joburg worst hit by water outages

Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff. 2 Oct 2026

The iPendoring Awards finalists have been announced. Pictured: Promise: Pendoring 2024 Umpetha winners )

Pendoring

All the iPendoring 2026 finalists

2 Oct 2026

According to Cape Town’s Inner City Local Spatial Development Framework, only 30% of apartments or houses in the inner city are available for long-term leases, or occupied by their owners. The remainder “are either hotel managed or Airbnb”. Archive photo: Brent Meersman / GroundUp

Residential Property

Airbnb by-law doesn’t do enough to address Cape Town’s housing crisis

Leila Kidson 1 Oct 2026