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Fintech

#CryptoFest 2026: Stablecoins, security and institutional crypto adoption take centre stage

19 hours

EXCLUSIVE | Nobody buys to lose market share: Pepkor's Sean Cardinaal on retail’s oversupply trap

Retail

EXCLUSIVE | Nobody buys to lose market share: Pepkor's Sean Cardinaal on retail’s oversupply trap

James Townsend 3 days

Canninah Dladla, cluster president for sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric, during her panel discussion Future of the Grid: Powering a Sustainable Tomorrow at the One Young World Summit 2026 in Cape Town(Image supplied)

Energy

Africa's grid evolution is opportunity for young people

6 Nov 2026

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

World Energy Day | Why South Africa’s roads should run on sunshine

Joubert Roux 22 Oct 2026

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Noncommunicable diseases

79 deaths a day: South Africa’s diabetes crisis needs a new strategy

Patrick Ngassa Piotie 5 Oct 2026

The City of Cape Town has drafted a new by-law to apply commercial property rates to all properties available for short-term letting for more than half the year. Archive photo: Brent Meersman / GroundUp

Retail & Hospitality Property

Cape Town Airbnb hosts could pay triple rates

Steve Kretzmann 28 Sep 2026

Arable Grow’s container farms reach Spar shelves in the W.Cape

Retailers

Arable Grow’s container farms reach Spar shelves in the W.Cape

31 Aug 2026

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Primary & Secondary Education

Over 210k Grade 1 and 8 applications logged in opening hours, GDE Reports

6 Aug 2026

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

3 SA innovators selected for 2026 FNF Afri GreenPitch Challenge

29 Jul 2026

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Plentify and Deye lay foundation for Africa’s largest residential virtual power plant

14 Jul 2026

Closing the books in days, not weeks why finance is moving beyond the month-end scramble

Accounting & Auditing

Closing the books in days, not weeks why finance is moving beyond the month-end scramble

Issued by Times 3 Technologies 7 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

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Energy

Africa’s power market is changing fast — and private capital is driving it

Shirley Webber and Nikhil Kasiram 30 Jun 2026

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Standard Bank to finance Africa’s renewable energy boom

10 Jun 2026

Canon South Africa brings executive leadership closer to customers in the Western Cape

Technology

Canon South Africa brings executive leadership closer to customers in the Western Cape

Issued by Canon South Africa 9 Jun 2026

From spare rooms to national brands - Fastway Couriers on South Africa's home business revolution

SMEs

From spare rooms to national brands - Fastway Couriers on South Africa's home business revolution

Issued by Fastway Couriers 4 Jun 2026

Beyond command and control: Why the future of communication may need an African operating system

PR & Communications

Beyond command and control: Why the future of communication may need an African operating system

Issued by icandi CQ 26 May 2026

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Office Property

How the office sector rebound is shaping intelligent workspaces

Scott Thorburn 18 May 2026

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

African Rainbow Energy's new deal to speed up private power for SA businesses

12 May 2026

Transparency, not funding, is the missing link in SA's township economy

Informal Retailing

Transparency, not funding, is the missing link in SA's township economy

6 May 2026

Why SA's soaring fuel prices could be a boon for EV investors

Fuel & Energy

Why SA's soaring fuel prices could be a boon for EV investors

Andries Malherbe 23 Apr 2026

Spar centralises marketing with first-ever CMO appointment

Marketing

Spar centralises marketing with first-ever CMO appointment

23 Apr 2026

Education & Training

New initiative preps SA doctors for entrepreneur-led healthcare model

22 Apr 2026

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Proptech

Virtual power plants: The future of residential energy in South Africa

21 Apr 2026

Middle East conflict exposes risk of over-reliant supply chains

Logistics & Transport

Middle East conflict exposes risk of over-reliant supply chains

Andre Scholle 9 Apr 2026

Will Airbnb taxation actually solve Cape Town’s housing shortage?

Residential Property

Will Airbnb taxation actually solve Cape Town’s housing shortage?

Issued by Cape Removals 20 Mar 2026

Ioco posts 46% profit jump, signs MySky acquisition

Software

Ioco posts 46% profit jump, signs MySky acquisition

19 Mar 2026

Data and mining partners Saroj Chiba and David Nel at iqbusiness look at the disjuncture between what’s possible in mining in Africa, and what actually takes place on the ground (Image source: © 123rf )

Mining

Mining in Africa | 4 ways to the intelligent mine

Saroj Chiba and David Nel 20 Mar 2026

For South Africans, being online and living life have become the same thing

Research

For South Africans, being online and living life have become the same thing

Issued by KLA 18 Mar 2026

Transforming retail governance: How pragmatism and purpose are reshaping the future

ESG

Transforming retail governance: How pragmatism and purpose are reshaping the future

Phumlani Dyini 11 Mar 2026

South Africa’s power utility Eskom tried to block a gold mine from going solar – but lost in court

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

South Africa’s power utility Eskom tried to block a gold mine from going solar – but lost in court

Angela van der Berg 10 Mar 2026

Beyond ESG compliance: The case for catalytic capital in South Africa

ESG & Sustainability

Beyond ESG compliance: The case for catalytic capital in South Africa

Reana Rossouw, Issued by Next Generation 9 Mar 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Modus Operandi's Simon Säll: Predictions and contradictions - The future of work

Marketing

#BizTrends2026 | Modus Operandi's Simon Säll: Predictions and contradictions - The future of work

Simon Säll 4 Mar 2026

The decentralisation of philanthropy

CSI & Philanthropy

The decentralisation of philanthropy

Reana Rossouw, Issued by Next Generation 2 Mar 2026

PR runs the world

PR & Communications

PR runs the world

Nkateko Khosa, Issued by Brave Group 2 Mar 2026

Under the South African sun — the economics of sunshine

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Under the South African sun — the economics of sunshine

Rushil Rattan 24 Feb 2026

Musa Kalenga, group CEO of Brave Group

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Brave Group's Musa Kalenga: Why 2026 demands a new code of leadership

Musa Kalenga 13 Feb 2026

Bridging the gap: High-quality clinical practice in underserved settings

Public Health

Bridging the gap: High-quality clinical practice in underserved settings

Kit Wostenholm, Issued by Crestcare Group 4 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Venture Workspace founder Louis Fourie: New workplace culture, entrepreneurship trends

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Venture Workspace founder Louis Fourie: New workplace culture, entrepreneurship trends

Louis Fourie 27 Jan 2026

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Activists reject Nersa's decision on Eskom's proposed tariff hikes

23 Jan 2026

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Fintech

Crypto industrialises: Binance reveals 2026 market trends

21 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | DHL Express’s Venessa Dewing: How Africa’s logistics landscape will evolve in 2026

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | DHL Express’s Venessa Dewing: How Africa’s logistics landscape will evolve in 2026

Venessa Dewing 14 Jan 2026

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Financial Services

From pilot to production: JPM Coin live on Ethereum Layer-2

7 Jan 2026

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Energy

Here comes the sun: Eskom’s unbundling and the solar moment

15 Dec 2025

SA fintech startup Ezeebit bags R36.6m funding

Funding

SA fintech startup Ezeebit bags R36.6m funding

9 Dec 2025

Logistics & Transport

African trade set for digital revolution with new infrastructure launch

25 Nov 2025

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Tax Law

Gearing up for appeal: Standard Bank v Sarb and the crypto contradiction

Joon Chong 29 Oct 2025

Stumps and Sovereignty: South Asian cricket from empire to the digital age

Sport

Stumps and Sovereignty: South Asian cricket from empire to the digital age

Issued by Sufghan Sarwar Khan 27 Oct 2025