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The Prisms Awards winners were announced on 24 October (Image supplied)

Prism Awards

#PrismsAwards 2026 | All the winners: Tribeca and DNA Brand Architects take top honours

1 hour

Bolt expands electric vehicle category to Johannesburg

Logistics & Transport

Bolt expands electric vehicle category to Johannesburg

1 day

Source: Supplied. Elizabeth Wathuti O.G.W., the internationally recognised Kenyan environmentalist and founder of the Green Generation Initiative, who offered a global perspective on climate leadership at the 19th Green Building Convention, hosted by the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) this week.

Construction & Engineering

Affordable housing at scale: GBCSA challenges sustainability assumptions

Katja Hamilton 2 days

Olivia Dean is coming to South Africa in 2027

Music

Olivia Dean is coming to South Africa in 2027

Chloe Posthumus 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

If it trades like a hotel, why does Cape Town tax it like a home?

Tourism & Travel

If it trades like a hotel, why does Cape Town tax it like a home?

22 Oct 2026

Survey reveals SMEs have clear expectations and firm voting intentions ahead of local elections

SMEs

Survey reveals SMEs have clear expectations and firm voting intentions ahead of local elections

Issued by Business Partners Limited 22 Oct 2026

Solving urban loneliness one estate at a time

Residential Property

Solving urban loneliness one estate at a time

Issued by Catchwords 21 Oct 2026

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Residential Property

Renting out in Joburg to fund a Cape Town lifestyle

21 Oct 2026

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Fashion & Homeware

Who made the cut? LFP reveals Top 30 competing for R50,000

22 Oct 2026

Primedia merges content and technology, ushering in a new era of audience engagement

Radio & Audio

Primedia merges content and technology, ushering in a new era of audience engagement

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 21 Oct 2026

Source: Easy Properties.

Residential Property

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

19 Oct 2026

DHL heavyweight shipments rise 10.5% across sub-Saharan Africa

Logistics & Transport

DHL heavyweight shipments rise 10.5% across sub-Saharan Africa

19 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

GoTyme Bank’s SME outlook for Q4 2026

SMEs

GoTyme Bank’s SME outlook for Q4 2026

Issued by GoTyme for Business 15 Oct 2026

Design Week South Africa returns to Cape Town with focus on design, cities and collaboration

Exhibitions & Events

Design Week South Africa returns to Cape Town with focus on design, cities and collaboration

16 Oct 2026

Everlectric powers ahead following successful exit from Vumela Fund

Funding

Everlectric powers ahead following successful exit from Vumela Fund

Issued by Edge Growth 8 Oct 2026

Mauritius’s evolving visitor market drives aparthotel demand

Tourism & Travel

Mauritius’s evolving visitor market drives aparthotel demand

8 Oct 2026

Preetesh Sawraj, Loeries CEO, welcomes jury presidents and members, and industry leaders to the Mayor's Brunch (Image: @ Danette Breitenbach, Bizcommunity)

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2026 | Embrace the Madness, find the courage

Danette Breitenbach 7 Oct 2026

6 reasons not to miss the inaugural Pan Afrikan Design Week 2026

Events

6 reasons not to miss the inaugural Pan Afrikan Design Week 2026

6 Oct 2026

#ATMDubai | Middle East hotel boom shifts focus from rooms to profitability

Hospitality

#ATMDubai | Middle East hotel boom shifts focus from rooms to profitability

Evan-Lee Courie 6 Oct 2026

Cricket World Cup 2027 schedule set as India and Australia open in Cape Town

Sport

Cricket World Cup 2027 schedule set as India and Australia open in Cape Town

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

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

What's driving the rise in long-distance moves into the Garden Route

Logistics & Transport

What's driving the rise in long-distance moves into the Garden Route

Issued by Cape Removals 1 Oct 2026

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Construction & Engineering

South Africa’s green building upgrades are rising – but major cities still dominate, study finds

Jonathan Oladeji and Chioma Okoro 30 Sep 2026

Good news for SA fans: Tyla adds a second Gauteng date with venue change

Events

Good news for SA fans: Tyla adds a second Gauteng date with venue change

29 Sep 2026

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Tourism

SAT takes South African tourism businesses to key European markets

29 Sep 2026

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Infrastructure & Utilities

Gibb at 70: Seven decades of shaping South Africa’s infrastructure

25 Sep 2026

Daily Maverick opens the DM168 e-edition to every registered reader for World News Day

Newspapers

Daily Maverick opens the DM168 e-edition to every registered reader for World News Day

Issued by Daily Maverick 25 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. A Newinbosch home.

Residential Property

Boland’s 'Golden Triangle' draws strong property demand

23 Sep 2026

Where we come from shapes where we’re going

Primary & Secondary Education

Where we come from shapes where we’re going

Issued by Tutor Doctor 22 Sep 2026

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Finance

French investment in SA hits R166bn as forum opens next week

22 Sep 2026

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Tourism & Travel

#ATMDubai | Asia-GCC growth as travel barriers are removed

21 Sep 2026

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Marketing

Ferrari wire cars: From the Karoo to the world stage

18 Sep 2026

Saudi cinema takes the spotlight across South Africa this October

Film

Saudi cinema takes the spotlight across South Africa this October

18 Sep 2026

A baboon sits behind a fence near Simon’s Town as wild baboon troops face relocation to the Urban Wildlife Centre in Cape Town. Image credit: Reuters/Esa Alexander

Environment & Natural Resources

City of Cape Town under fire over plan to cage baboons

17 Sep 2026

#Orchids&Onions: Hollard hits the right tune; Ekurhuleni strikes a sour note

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: Hollard hits the right tune; Ekurhuleni strikes a sour note

Brendan Seery 17 Sep 2026

Ethiopian Airlines adds daily Durban-Addis Ababa service

Travel

Ethiopian Airlines adds daily Durban-Addis Ababa service

16 Sep 2026

#ATMDubai | Middle East events industry grows despite cost pressures and uncertainty

Tourism

#ATMDubai | Middle East events industry grows despite cost pressures and uncertainty

Evan-Lee Courie 15 Sep 2026

Singularity Summit South Africa 2026 unveils full programme

Artificial Intelligence

Singularity Summit South Africa 2026 unveils full programme

Issued by Mann Made 14 Sep 2026

Africa’s next real estate opportunity isn’t a country. It’s a corridor.

Markets & Investment

Africa’s next real estate opportunity isn’t a country. It’s a corridor.

Issued by API Events 11 Sep 2026

Netflix marks 10 years in South Africa

Streaming

Netflix marks 10 years in South Africa

11 Sep 2026

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Residential Property

The housing boom that could backfire

John Loos 10 Sep 2026

Mission for Inner City brings African photography to Cape Town’s CBD

Art

Mission for Inner City brings African photography to Cape Town’s CBD

10 Sep 2026