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The 4 mindsets reshaping the SA car market

Commercial & Industrial

The 4 mindsets reshaping the SA car market

Jenni Pennacchini, Issued by KLA 10 Jun 2026

Legacy car brands face growing pressure in South Africa

Dealers

Legacy car brands face growing pressure in South Africa

12 May 2026

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Mental health

Why do so many African women bleach their skin? Study looks beyond what they tell researchers

Oyenike Balogun 4 May 2026

The quiet paradox: Media's lack of executive attention

Media

The quiet paradox: Media's lack of executive attention

Bongi Mvuyana 12 Mar 2026

Louise Polders is the head of innovation at Neon Octopus. Source: Supplied.

Artificial Intelligence

The rise of AI-simulated humans in business research

Louise Polders 19 Feb 2026

Boudine Henningse, Executive: Operational Effectiveness, Ariston Global

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Ariston Global's Boudine Henningse: Steering corporate wellness into 2026

Boudine Henningse 21 Jan 2026

Let’s chat about chatbots

Digital

Let’s chat about chatbots

Issued by We Do Digital 19 Jan 2026

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Food, Water & Energy Security

#WorldFoodDay: Ensuring South Africa’s future by breaking the cycle of undernutrition

Jenny Martin 16 Oct 2025

Marketing

How Africa’s diverse market is reshaping experiential commerce strategies

Bonita Christie 9 Oct 2025

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Medtech

AI chatbots can boost public health in Africa – why language inclusion matters

Songbo Hu, Anna Barford and Anna Korhonen 29 Jul 2025

No market research? You’re throwing good money after bad

Research

No market research? You’re throwing good money after bad

Issued by BMi Research 5 Jun 2025

The Power of Recognition and Rewards: Driving Success in South Africa's BPO Industry

Marketing

The Power of Recognition and Rewards: Driving Success in South Africa's BPO Industry

Noori Allie, Issued by Achievement Awards Group 29 Jan 2025

The Tafelberg school site in 2016. Archive photo: Masixole Feni / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Concourt judgment on Tafelberg could change future of social housing

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

South Africa’s ‘working for water’ programme is meant to lead to skills and jobs: Why it’s failing

Sinazo Ntsonge 24 Feb 2025

Activists from the Vaal region protested outside the Department of Mineral Resources in Pretoria against Glubay’s proposed mine. Residents are concerned about water, soil and air pollution from the proposed mine. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Opposition to open cast coal mining in Midvaal

Ihsaan Haffejee 29 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf The results from the MDPMI consumer survey show that online platforms’ influence on news consumption

Media

MDPMI consumer survey shows 77% respondents access news on social media platforms

24 Oct 2024

Radio & Audio

Is in-house research holding back African radio evolution?

9 Oct 2024

Mental health matters at City Lodge Hotels

Tourism & Travel

Mental health matters at City Lodge Hotels

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 3 Oct 2024

Wetility, A2Pay empowers Kasi economy with energy independence, financial resilience

ESG

Wetility, A2Pay empowers Kasi economy with energy independence, financial resilience

23 Aug 2024

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HR Tools & Software

5 steps to successfully adopting new HR technology

Jaen Beelders and Mandisi Dube 30 Jul 2024

Alison Palmer, head of human resources at Dariel Software

Employee Wellness

Beyond HR buzzwords: From trends to tangible improvements

29 Jul 2024

#YouthMonth: Keagile Tabane makes a splash with Gourmet Ice & Co

Youth Month

#YouthMonth: Keagile Tabane makes a splash with Gourmet Ice & Co

Evan-Lee Courie 6 Jun 2024

SA citrus exports predicted to grow despite challenges

Agro-processing

SA citrus exports predicted to grow despite challenges

4 Apr 2024

#BizTrends2024: Gordon Hooper - AI's impact on South African market research

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Gordon Hooper - AI's impact on South African market research

Gordon Hooper 19 Jan 2024

Amasa's epic relaunch campus ignites flames of transformation

Media

Amasa's epic relaunch campus ignites flames of transformation

Issued by Mediamark 21 Nov 2023

CRM, CX, UX

5 tips to leverage data-driven insights to understand your audience

Mongezi Mtati 25 Oct 2023

Source: © 123rf What can mobile service providers do to strengthen the satisfaction level of their customer base, thereby ensuring their customers’ future commitment and loyalty?

Mobile

4 ways to increase prepaid users' CX and satisfaction

Prof M. Roberts-Lombard and contributing authors Dr Beate Stiehler-Mulder and KA Mntande 13 Oct 2023

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Employee Wellness

6 mistakes to avoid when designing your workspace

4 Sep 2023

Unlocking success in South African TV: The role of research and data

TV

Unlocking success in South African TV: The role of research and data

Keletso Rakumakoe, Issued by Urban Brew Studios 22 Aug 2023

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

Research & Development

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

21 Jun 2023

SADiLaR-funded research gives a voice to Sepedi children with severe communication disabilities

Early Childhood Development

SADiLaR-funded research gives a voice to Sepedi children with severe communication disabilities

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 21 Jun 2023

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CRM

5 reasons why superior customer service is critical to success

Nadia Coetzer 14 Apr 2023

Swiwel.com levels up with gamification approach

Digital

Swiwel.com levels up with gamification approach

Issued by 3RC 15 Feb 2023

Consumer appetite for non-alcoholic drinks sends category growth climbing

FMCG

Consumer appetite for non-alcoholic drinks sends category growth climbing

6 Feb 2023

Gamification and marketing can be a match made in heaven, if you play your cards right says Charné Munien, strategy director at VMLY&R

Youth Marketing

#BizTrends2023: Gamification and marketing - a match made in heaven?

Charné Munien 31 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Connecting with the disconnected youth. 3RC's learnings for brands

Youth Marketing

#BizTrends2023: Connecting with the disconnected youth. 3RC's learnings for brands

Kay Cheytanov, Issued by 3RC 9 Jan 2023

Marketing

Stop talking about yourself, you lazy marketer

Alex Wright 20 Oct 2022

Kea Hammond, Chief People Officer at +OneX (4)

Management & Leadership

6 things top performers want in a post-pandemic company culture

Kea Hammond 8 Jul 2022

Why listening to what your customers want is a terrible idea

CRM

Why listening to what your customers want is a terrible idea

Jonathan Cherry 19 May 2022

4 essential things business owners can't overlook in 2022

SMEs

4 essential things business owners can't overlook in 2022

22 Feb 2022

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Employment Equity

SAWEI 2021 results show encouraging increase in participation, awareness

17 Feb 2022

Economy

South African first: Economics app delivers next-level blended university learning

11 Jan 2022

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Education

Why financial literacy is a vital inclusion for education at all levels

4 Jan 2022

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E-learning

Social learning: Not just another buzzword

29 Nov 2021

Digital

How We Dare-campaign aims to address digital access and GBV

22 Nov 2021

Apple's privacy requirements hurt local advertisers

Advertising

Apple's privacy requirements hurt local advertisers

Niamh NicLiam 16 Nov 2021

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Medical Research

New nanomedicine delivers improved outcome for prostate cancer

11 Nov 2021

#ACACelebratingDiversity: With Loerie Grand Prix winners Carl Willoughby and Sanele Ngubane

ACA Celebrating Diversity

#ACACelebratingDiversity: With Loerie Grand Prix winners Carl Willoughby and Sanele Ngubane

9 Nov 2021