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The future of creativity starts with protecting the people behind the ideas

Artificial Intelligence

The future of creativity starts with protecting the people behind the ideas

Issued by Penquin 1 day

Record numbers walk in step with those affected by cancer

ESG

Record numbers walk in step with those affected by cancer

Issued by Algoa FM 2 days

Source: Reuters.

Finance

South Africa risks return to money-laundering grey list

Colleen Goko 28 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

DA eThekwini Mayoral Candidate, Haniff Hoosen at the Durban High Court this morning for the court hearing on the case of eThekwini water tanker mafia billboard (Image source: @ Facebook DA

OOH

DA heads to court over water accountability billboard

Danette Breitenbach 15 Oct 2026

25 years in sponsorship marketing: Why human connections matter more than ever in a changing world

Marketing

25 years in sponsorship marketing: Why human connections matter more than ever in a changing world

Richard Dunn, Issued by Playmakers 14 Oct 2026

Five years after being fired from Prasa, Martha Ngoye, former legal head, is still fighting to be reinstated. Archive photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Law Practice

Fired Prasa whistleblowers get backing in ConCourt

Tania Broughton 12 Oct 2026

Nawty Water’s big retail push: from local demand to national rollout

FMCG

Nawty Water’s big retail push: from local demand to national rollout

Evan-Lee Courie 9 Oct 2026

Maxhosa Africa brings pan-Africanism to Paris Fashion Week

Fashion

Maxhosa Africa brings pan-Africanism to Paris Fashion Week

Helen Reid 30 Sep 2026

Local AI drama series Mountain of Graves lands finalist spot in LA festival

Film

Local AI drama series Mountain of Graves lands finalist spot in LA festival

28 Sep 2026

Design & Manufacturing

#HeritageMonth | Local bag brand Sak.Sak sees opportunity in Mzansi's pride

Evan-Lee Courie 25 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

Stop fighting for a slice, bake a new pie

Marketing

Stop fighting for a slice, bake a new pie

Nomonde Keswa, Issued by eatbigfish 18 Sep 2026

Workers strike at Masterpack in Johannesburg. Photo: Seth Thorne / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Bidvest packaging workers on strike

14 Sep 2026

Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Sustainability

Pig farm vs power station: South African court tells state‑owned Eskom to clean up its pollution

Angela van der Berg 11 Sep 2026

Source: Pexels.

Banking

One step ahead: Capitec’s AI defences block R699m in potential losses

2 Sep 2026

Advertising isn't really about creativity. It's about people

Marketing

Advertising isn't really about creativity. It's about people

Yvonne Acheampong, Issued by Publicis Groupe Africa 1 Sep 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Bond selloff pressures stocks as oil crosses $91 a barrel

Tom Westbrook 1 Sep 2026

Image supplied.

Coal, Oil & Gas

#WomensMonth | Engen’s Vanessa Moorthi-Moodley is giving women a seat at the petroleum table

Maroefah Smith 28 Aug 2026

MAK Plastics scoops top honours at 12th annual Sapro Awards

ESG

MAK Plastics scoops top honours at 12th annual Sapro Awards

27 Aug 2026

Siwelile Thusi (left), Lotang Mokoena (middle) and Mbali Mchunu (right).

Marketing & Media

#WomensMonth | The young women changing the game in strategy

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Aug 2026

#BehindtheCampaign | Deutsche Telekom pushes Gen Z to tune out online noise

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign | Deutsche Telekom pushes Gen Z to tune out online noise

21 Aug 2026

UJ students tackle real-world Plug'd by Telkom brief for Africa's biggest marketing conference

Marketing

UJ students tackle real-world Plug'd by Telkom brief for Africa's biggest marketing conference

Issued by IMC Conference 21 Aug 2026

Retailers

The CNA paradox: What a failing legacy brand’s “coolest” status teaches stationery retailers

Prof Ilse Struweg, Issued by University of Johannesburg - Marketing Management 20 Aug 2026

Image credit: on Pexels

Mental health

Can doomscrolling on Reddit and X deepen depression?

11 Aug 2026

Banyana Banyana beat Burkina Faso to reach Wafcon quarterfinals

Sport

Banyana Banyana beat Burkina Faso to reach Wafcon quarterfinals

5 Aug 2026

Miss Soweto Lungile Siyaphi leads White Star food drive for children and elderly

Food, Water & Energy Security

Miss Soweto Lungile Siyaphi leads White Star food drive for children and elderly

Issued by OnPoint PR 3 Aug 2026

From ‘iDiski’, DStv Diski Challenge to the World Cup: The rise of Mbekezeli Mbokazi

Sport

From ‘iDiski’, DStv Diski Challenge to the World Cup: The rise of Mbekezeli Mbokazi

Issued by MultiChoice 31 Jul 2026

#WPRD2026 | The Human Rhythm: The pattern communicators keep ignoring

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | The Human Rhythm: The pattern communicators keep ignoring

Paul Reynell 31 Jul 2026

SA’s bargain hunters are rewriting the retail rulebook

Retailers

SA’s bargain hunters are rewriting the retail rulebook

Dhersan Chetty 30 Jul 2026

Digital

Vodacom is winning the brand battle …but AI may be sending new customers to MTN

Issued by Techsys Digital 27 Jul 2026

Shift happens. Are you ready?

IMC Conference

Shift happens. Are you ready?

Issued by IMC Conference 24 Jul 2026

A golden age of strategic PR must also be a golden age of disclosure, says reputation strategist Solly Moeng (Image supplied)

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | A Golden Age of Strategic PR must also be a golden age of disclosures

Solly Moeng 23 Jul 2026

Image source: Andriy Popov from

Criminal Law

Inside the Precca Amendment Bill, part 1: Harsher sentences, lower thresholds

Kim Rew 23 Jul 2026

Distrikt 9 partnered with the Loeries to shape the strategic direction of this year’s awards campaign across Africa and the Middle East (Image supplied)

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2026 | This is Madness (aka Tuesday): A mirror and a rallying cry

23 Jul 2026

The Interactive Advertising Bureau South Africa (IAB SA) has announced the finalists for the 2026 Bookmark Awards (Image supplied)

Digital

#Bookmarks2026 | All the IAB South Africa 2026 Bookmark Awards finalists

17 Jul 2026

AgriSA, BACSA launch data-driven partnership to combat rural crime

Agriculture

AgriSA, BACSA launch data-driven partnership to combat rural crime

17 Jul 2026

CSI & Philanthropy

#MandelaDay2026: 8 ways you can spend your 67 minutes

17 Jul 2026

Fast food gets serious: SA brands fight for every bite

Research

Fast food gets serious: SA brands fight for every bite

Issued by Insight Survey 9 Jul 2026

Cash flow is still the biggest threat to SA SMEs. Here's how smart funding changes that

SMEs

Cash flow is still the biggest threat to SA SMEs. Here's how smart funding changes that

Issued by GoTyme for Business 3 Jul 2026

5 lessons from the world's largest Out of Home Congress

OOH

5 lessons from the world's largest Out of Home Congress

Jacques du Preez, Issued by Provantage 1 Jul 2026

Mbuyisa Makhubu carries Hector Pieterson after Pieterson was shot and killed at the Soweto Uprising. Antoinette Sithol, Pieterson's sister, runs beside them. Image credit: , via Wikimedia Commons

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

#YouthMonth | The inheritance of influence: What the youth of 1976 gave today's generation

Jessica Gbedemah 17 Jun 2026

Bullion PR & Communication marks 30 years of excellence

PR & Communications

Bullion PR & Communication marks 30 years of excellence

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 4 Jun 2026

Dreams begin with slippers: Blu Label Media joins the Slipper Day movement

ESG

Dreams begin with slippers: Blu Label Media joins the Slipper Day movement

Issued by Blu Label Media 2 Jun 2026

Marketing

When corporate gifts become brand landfill

Bianca Capazorio 2 Jun 2026

Source: Reuters.

Infectious Diseases

Congo’s Ebola outbreak spirals faster than global response

Jennifer Rigby, Aaron Ross, Olivia Le Poidevin, Clement Bonnerot and Silvia Aloisi 29 May 2026

Drake dropped. Brands scrambled. But one nailed it

Digital

Drake dropped. Brands scrambled. But one nailed it

Japhet Manda, Issued by Brave Group 26 May 2026

Queues at the Department of Labour office in Cape Town. Some people claining unemployment benefits online may be sending their files to an old system. Archive photo: Qaqamba Falithenjwa / GroundUp

Remuneration & Payroll

You may be sending your UIF claim to a dead website

Marecia Damons 21 May 2026

An immersive Table Mountain experience by Chaos Theory and the Millat Group has won a global event award (Image supplied)

Events & Conferencing

African-led events worldclass as Table Mountain immersive experience wins global award

19 May 2026

KFC Add Hope goes live on Mr D

ESG

KFC Add Hope goes live on Mr D

Issued by KFC Africa 12 May 2026