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How Offernet protects client media budgets from ad fraud through VeriNET

Digital

How Offernet protects client media budgets from ad fraud through VeriNET

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 26 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

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IP Law

Zambia closes gap on counterfeiting, but operational success hinges on regulations

Tebogo Motloutsi 15 Oct 2026

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Legislation & Regulation

NCC launches national opt-out registry: What direct marketers need to know

Nadine Mather, Savanna Stephens, Tanya Chivaura and Bradley Dunbar 13 Oct 2026

Free cybercrime helpline launches in South Africa

Cybersecurity

Free cybercrime helpline launches in South Africa

12 Oct 2026

Debt review status checks almost tripled in 3 months, and nearly half found a listing

Financial Services

Debt review status checks almost tripled in 3 months, and nearly half found a listing

Issued by Debt Solutions 4 U 8 Oct 2026

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Dentistry

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

6 Oct 2026

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Ownership rules: Why a Porsche 911 couldn't be saved by business rescue

Eric Levenstein, Amy Mackechnie, and Clio Patricios 1 Oct 2026

Retail marketers face a huge AI shift in 2026

Trends

Retail marketers face a huge AI shift in 2026

Vincent Maher 1 Oct 2026

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IP Law

Ignorance is not an excuse: What a High Court ruling means for copyright enforcement

Darren Olivier, Lita Miti-Qamata, Maureen Kiugu, Daniëlle van Deventer, Mandla Ngidi & Maggie N 29 Sep 2026

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Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS sees over 51k early applications as 2027 funding window opens

23 Sep 2026

Social Development Minister Dina Pule speaking to Sassa beneficiaries during her oversight visit to the Delft office. Photo: Sindisiwe Tshona

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa: Pensioners complain to minister about deductions from their grants

Sindisiwe Tshona and Abonge Chiya 23 Sep 2026

Top sustainability award for SA film on coastal communities fighting offshore oil exploration

Tourism & Travel

Top sustainability award for SA film on coastal communities fighting offshore oil exploration

25 Sep 2026

Outside the brief

Media

Outside the brief

Kabelo Kale, Issued by The Media Krate 22 Sep 2026

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Talent Acquisition

Beyond regret letters: Why employers must rethink the emerging talent bottleneck

Celeste Sirin 22 Sep 2026

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Legislation & Regulation

Smart wearables and PoPIA: What SA employers need to know

Ahmore Burger-Smidt 21 Sep 2026

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Fintech

South Africans ready to let AI take on credit decisions, says Experian

18 Sep 2026

When every message has a price

Digital

When every message has a price

Andrew Walmsley, Issued by Brazen Labs 11 Jul 2026

Ad fraud: The cheapest lead may be the most expensive lead you ever buy

Digital

Ad fraud: The cheapest lead may be the most expensive lead you ever buy

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 10 Sep 2026

Social Media

Meta agrees to pay R287bn in child safety settlement

27 Aug 2026

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Finance

Beyond the pay gap: What’s driving women’s retirement shortfall

Paul Mafisa 25 Aug 2026

Doctors going digital

Medtech

Doctors going digital

Issued by Medihelp 19 Aug 2026

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HR & Management

When AI meets PoPIA in the workplace: What HR and recruiters need to know

Melissa Cogger and Talita Laubscher 18 Aug 2026

CEM Africa 2026: Africa’s CX leaders meet in Cape Town

Events & Conferencing

CEM Africa 2026: Africa’s CX leaders meet in Cape Town

Issued by CEM Africa Summit 17 Aug 2026

Smarter school communication with SMS

Trends

Smarter school communication with SMS

Issued by Celerity.chat 13 Aug 2026

Is your agency compliant? The hidden liabilities in outsourced labour

Management & Leadership

Is your agency compliant? The hidden liabilities in outsourced labour

Issued by IntelliStaff 14 Aug 2026

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Property

Can an HOA disable an estate app without breaking the law?

30 Jul 2026

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Consumer Law

Promotional competitions and SA law: Is a free lunch ever really free?

Vanessa van Coppenhagen 27 Jul 2026

Jean-Paul Rudd, Partner at Adams and Adams

Public Liability & Personal Injury

The danger of ambiguous consent-to-settle clauses in professional indemnity policies

Jean-Paul Rudd 24 Jul 2026

As AI rewrites the inbox, marketers are told to write for 2 readers

Marketing

As AI rewrites the inbox, marketers are told to write for 2 readers

Issued by Everlytic 13 Jul 2026

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Banking

South African banks face a new AI warning on trust and consent

10 Jul 2026

Direct marketing: A national opt-out system and the effect on B2B marketing

Corporate & Commercial Law

Direct marketing: A national opt-out system and the effect on B2B marketing

Nicolene Schoeman-Louw, Issued by SchoemanLaw 30 Jun 2026

Preteen girls shouldn’t be singing to their own babies

Youth Month

Preteen girls shouldn’t be singing to their own babies

Issued by Joe Public 30 Jun 2026

AI offers promise for agriculture, but smallholder farmers risk being left behind

Agri Tech

AI offers promise for agriculture, but smallholder farmers risk being left behind

Abiodun Olusola Omotayo and Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso 25 Jun 2026

Supplied image: Bad Bunny replica (top and bottom) and Carrasco's original house (middle)

IP Law

Bad Bunny lawsuit: Can you copyright a house?

Nishaat Slamdien 24 Jun 2026

South Africa’s drone law blind spot comes under scrutiny

Technology

South Africa’s drone law blind spot comes under scrutiny

22 Jun 2026

8 hidden contract clauses that can cost your business dearly

Corporate & Commercial Law

8 hidden contract clauses that can cost your business dearly

Nicolene Schoeman-Louw, Issued by SchoemanLaw 22 Jun 2026

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IP Law

Brands playing with fire: The 'logik' behind the SCA's decision on passing-off

Ryan Tucker 19 Jun 2026

Darren Olivier, Danielle van Deventer and Mandla Ngidi, Adams and Adams, law experts, provide a practical legal guide for Fifa World Cup marketing (Image @ Indian Express

Marketing

World Cup marketing: Finding the balance between cultural moments and legal boundaries

Darren Olivier, Danielle van Deventer and Mandla Ngidi 12 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Kimberly Mutandiro. Johan Swanepoel and his partner, Wilma De Villiers, outside their home at Sondela Village.

Affordable & Social Housing

Hundreds of families face eviction from “hijacked” social housing estate

Kimberly Mutandiro 11 Jun 2026

South Africa’s spam-call era is over and call centres must evolve or die

Direct Marketing

South Africa’s spam-call era is over and call centres must evolve or die

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 11 Jun 2026

Housing activists protesting at the Cape Town Civic Centre in 2021. Archive photo: Liezl Human/GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Draft Bill on evictions puts tenants at risk

Lee-Anne Gaertner, Thuto Gabaphethe, Lulama Madyaka and Robert Krause 10 Jun 2026

Ford says CIPC director appointment was fraudulent

Dealers

Ford says CIPC director appointment was fraudulent

9 Jun 2026

Why keeping your customers is now the smartest growth strategy

Everlytic Communication Insights

Why keeping your customers is now the smartest growth strategy

Cristelle Snyman, Issued by Everlytic 10 Jun 2026

Guy Lundy, country manager, Spencer Stuart South Africa, asks if South Africa’s next CMOs will be data ethics stewards, or just growth drivers? (Image supplied)

Marketing

Will SA’s next CMOs be data ethics stewards, or just growth drivers?

2 Jun 2026

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Property

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

1 Jun 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

Edge Growth partners with FNB to scale local agro processors

SMEs

Edge Growth partners with FNB to scale local agro processors

Issued by Edge Growth 21 May 2026

Dove and Fifa are teaming up to champion the next generation of female sports commentators through the Girl Talk movement (Image generated by AI)

Promotions & Activations

Girl Talk: Finding the next female voice in sports

19 May 2026

Publicis is set to acquire LiveRamp. Source: Publicis.

Advertising

Publicis Groupe to buy LiveRamp for $2.2bn

19 May 2026