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Samro opens applications for the Music Creation Support Fund

Radio & Audio

Samro opens applications for the Music Creation Support Fund

Issued by SAMRO 3 hours

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Mining

How SA mining can weather the storm as El Niño risk rises

2 hours

Fuel hike puts road freight under renewed cost pressure

Logistics & Transport

Fuel hike puts road freight under renewed cost pressure

Gavin Kelly 5 hours

Diesel price surge threatens to squeeze farm margins as new season begins

Agriculture

Diesel price surge threatens to squeeze farm margins as new season begins

Paul Makube 6 hours

WesBank New Generation Awards announces 2026 finalists

Digital

WesBank New Generation Awards announces 2026 finalists

Issued by WesBank New Generation Awards 1 day

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Financial Services

The 23% shift reshaping how women pay

1 day

ZimReal2026: How property markets are becoming capital winners

Markets & Investment

ZimReal2026: How property markets are becoming capital winners

Issued by API Events 19 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

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Sports Science

Many elite athletes live with health impacts long after they retire. Should they carry all the costs?

Hoani Smith, Dion Enari, and Phil Borell 14 Aug 2026

Medical scheme pricing is not an affordability crisis

Medical Aid

Medical scheme pricing is not an affordability crisis

Issued by Medihelp 6 Aug 2026

Mining

The Invisible leak: quantifying the 'cost of vacancy' in a stagnant South African GDP environment

Issued by IntelliStaff 17 Mar 2026

South Africa's car sales climb to 12-year high

Commercial & Industrial

South Africa's car sales climb to 12-year high

4 Aug 2026

SA international tourist arrivals surge 12.3% in H1 2026

Tourism

SA international tourist arrivals surge 12.3% in H1 2026

30 Jul 2026

Bafana Bafana drove South Africa’s World Cup media coverage before daily volumes fell 44.9% (Source image @ NovaNews )

Media

Fifa World Cup | Global in scale, but media attention remains intensely local

29 Jul 2026

A hauling truck transports blasted ore at the Mogalakwena open-pit platinum mine, operated by Valterra Platinum, in Limpopo. Image credit: Reuters/Nqobile Dludla

Mining

On back of soaring profits, Valterra Platinum sets its sights on AI

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Nelson Banya 29 Jul 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Why SA’s top fashion retailers can no longer blame weak macroeconomics

Retailers

EXCLUSIVE: Why SA’s top fashion retailers can no longer blame weak macroeconomics

James Townsend 29 Jul 2026

K-Beauty goes global: Sales surge 53% as Korean innovation reshapes beauty growth

Health & Beauty

K-Beauty goes global: Sales surge 53% as Korean innovation reshapes beauty growth

Issued by NielsenIQ 28 Jul 2026

Artificial Intelligence

AI agents could influence $3.35tn in consumer spending by 2030

22 Jul 2026

Two loaders work outside the ore processing and recovery plant at De Beers' Snap Lake Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Mining

Pressure makes (no) diamonds: SA mining production takes a dip

22 Jul 2026

Maximising the growth opportunity for luxury tented camps in Africa

Hospitality

Maximising the growth opportunity for luxury tented camps in Africa

Issued by Bushtec 21 Jul 2026

Pnet Job Market Report for July 2026: Remote work goes mainstream

Trends

Pnet Job Market Report for July 2026: Remote work goes mainstream

Issued by Pnet 21 Jul 2026

MEA travel spending to surge 48% by 2030

Tourism & Travel

MEA travel spending to surge 48% by 2030

20 Jul 2026

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Construction & Engineering

Embedding carbon management into construction contracts: What SA needs to know

Joe Whittle 17 Jul 2026

Will El Niño drought hit food prices in South Africa? Earlier rains and grain stocks offer hope

Agriculture

Will El Niño drought hit food prices in South Africa? Earlier rains and grain stocks offer hope

Wandile Sihlobo 15 Jul 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

South African rand firms ahead of key manufacturing data

Nilutpal Timsina 9 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied. Gavin Hall, managing Ddirector of Interroll South Africa.

Construction & Engineering

After 28 years, Interroll says local expertise still wins in South Africa

9 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied.

Construction & Engineering

AI data-centre surge sparks fear of Africa construction-labour shortfall

8 Jul 2026

Bizarre, but it’s happening: Your connected TV budget might be paying for a very attentive refrigerator

Advertising

Bizarre, but it’s happening: Your connected TV budget might be paying for a very attentive refrigerator

Marc Dhalluin, Issued by TruthsetsOnline.com 30 Jun 2026

#AmazingThailand: Thailand targets wellness travellers as South African arrivals surge

Marketing

#AmazingThailand: Thailand targets wellness travellers as South African arrivals surge

Evan-Lee Courie 1 Jul 2026

Cape property surge fuels private capital demand

Markets & Investment

Cape property surge fuels private capital demand

Issued by Fedgroup 19 Jun 2026

KPop Demon Hunters is the most successful Netflix original of all time. Source: Netflix.

Streaming

A full year in the Top 10: KPop Demon Hunters makes Netflix history

19 Jun 2026

Artificial Intelligence

More than chatbots: why business AI agents are Big Tech’s next product battleground

Guy Bate 19 Jun 2026

Source: Pexels.

Economy

Petrol and diesel spike drives sharp uptick in South Africa CPI inflation

18 Jun 2026

Townships tap into digital payments to create income for unemployed residents

Banking & Finance

Townships tap into digital payments to create income for unemployed residents

15 Jun 2026

Bafana Bafana take on Mexico tonight, Thursday, 11 June. Picture: The 2026 Fifa World Cup Bafana Bafana squad (Image @ Kaya 959

Digital

Fifa World Cup sees surge in search for Bafana Bafana

11 Jun 2026

Bestmed and DStv Schools Netball Challenge renew partnership to grow netball talent

Sport

Bestmed and DStv Schools Netball Challenge renew partnership to grow netball talent

Issued by MultiChoice 11 Jun 2026

Pharmaceuticals

Pretoria pharmacy's troubles compound as Novo Nordisk takes legal action

11 Jun 2026

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

New deal with Chinese solar giant to spark up SA’s energy market

8 Jun 2026

The backroom beat that shook the world

Marketing

The backroom beat that shook the world

Japhet Manda, Issued by Brave Group 8 Jun 2026

Economy

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

3 Jun 2026

Retailers chase growth as SA’s FMCG pet market posts 15.8% gain

FMCG

Retailers chase growth as SA’s FMCG pet market posts 15.8% gain

2 Jun 2026

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Finance

Liberty’s 2025 claims hit R12.63bn — but young adult deaths surge 15%

1 Jun 2026

Source: Supplied.

Property

Warning to South African landlords: Student housing crackdown and R180,000 legal shocks

1 Jun 2026

Emotional connection and nostalgia drives surge in ‘kidult’ toy spending

Retailers

Emotional connection and nostalgia drives surge in ‘kidult’ toy spending

27 May 2026

Smart glasses raise new privacy questions in South Africa

IoT

Smart glasses raise new privacy questions in South Africa

Allan Juma 26 May 2026

Retailers risk invisibility as AI shopping agents pick winners

Technology

Retailers risk invisibility as AI shopping agents pick winners

Adheesh Ori & Rajesh Duvooru 25 May 2026

WHO workers mobilised 4.7 tonnes of essential medical supplies and emergency kits to support the affected regions in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, Kenya. Image credit: World Health Organisation/Handout via Reuters

Infectious Diseases

Gates Foundation commits $15m to Ebola response as WHO suspects 900 cases

25 May 2026

Source: Supplied.

Economy

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

22 May 2026

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Public Transport

MyCiTi fare hikes loom as diesel prices surge

22 May 2026