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Logistics & Transport

SA weighs private capital to unlock transport growth

1 day

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Markets & Investment

Gold hits three-month low as oil surge fuels inflation fears and pressures rand

Katja Hamilton 2 days

As AI spreads, businesses lose sight of where their data goes

Data & Analytics

As AI spreads, businesses lose sight of where their data goes

Chris Badenhorst 2 days

Source: Reuters.

Finance

South African bonds rally on new bond buyback programme

Sfundo Parakozov and Nilutpal Timsina 2 days

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 3 days

The Grand Effie, the highest honour recognising South Africa’s most effective campaign of the year, was awarded to Edelman South Africa and Women for Change for “The Unburied Casket” in the Non-Profit category (Image: @Bizcommunity)

Advertising

2026 Effie Awards SA celebrate inaugural Marketer of the Year and Agency of the Year

20 Oct 2026

Phoebe Opperman

Design

Beyond the Pixel-Pusher Tax: Why strategic design should start on Day 0

Phoebe Opperman and AJ van den Heever, Issued by DUO Marketing + Communications 20 Oct 2026

Who pays the bills while your family waits for an inheritance?

Law of Succession

Who pays the bills while your family waits for an inheritance?

Issued by Capital Legacy 19 Oct 2026

Global food prices set to climb as shipping shocks squeeze supplies

Agriculture

Global food prices set to climb as shipping shocks squeeze supplies

Naveen Thukral and Bernadette Christina 19 Oct 2026

73km through the Swartberg: Black Mountain Ultra returns

Sport

73km through the Swartberg: Black Mountain Ultra returns

19 Oct 2026

Infectious Diseases

SA records 4 new Mpox cases

19 Oct 2026

5 financial mistakes that can put an SME at risk

SMEs

5 financial mistakes that can put an SME at risk

15 Oct 2026

Living Planet Report 2026: Why biodiversity matters for business

Environment & Natural Resources

Living Planet Report 2026: Why biodiversity matters for business

Issued by WWF South Africa 14 Oct 2026

Provoke Media’s African, Australia & New Zealand and MENAT region Sabre Awards competitions’ early deadline is 16 October 2026 (Image source: @ Provoke Meida)

PR & Communications

Provoke Media Sabre Awards close for entries this week

14 Oct 2026

Source: Reuters.

Finance

African financial markets gain ground but liquidity a challenge, survey shows

Colleen Goko 14 Oct 2026

Source: Supplied. Anthony Kirui, Absa CIB's head of Africa regional global markets.

Financial Services

Africa’s financial markets: A decade of progress, but can the momentum last?

13 Oct 2026

Debt Solutions 4 U is named in the Top 10 Large Debt Counsellors in the 2026 Debt Review Awards. Listing: debtreviewawards.co.za

Financial Services

Debt Solutions 4 U named a Top 10 Debt Counsellor for 3rd consecutive year

Debt Solutions 4U, Issued by Debt Solutions 4 U 20 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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Medical Aid

Why medical aid may cost an arm and a leg for South Africans in 2027

Craig Comrie 7 Oct 2026

Review of the SA economy and the upcoming municipal elections

Economy

Review of the SA economy and the upcoming municipal elections

Bashier Adam, Issued by Nexia SAB&T 6 Oct 2026

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Commodities & Fairtrade

Weather and shipping disruptions push global food prices higher

5 Oct 2026

Global air cargo demand rises 4.4% as trade growth supports peak-season outlook

Cargo & Storage

Global air cargo demand rises 4.4% as trade growth supports peak-season outlook

5 Oct 2026

New vehicle sales climb 12.7% as SA market closes Q3 strongly

Commercial & Industrial

New vehicle sales climb 12.7% as SA market closes Q3 strongly

5 Oct 2026

Coal, Oil & Gas

Further fuel price hikes could strain SA’s job market, warns economist

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

Agriculture has been here before, but has it learnt its lesson?

Agriculture

Agriculture has been here before, but has it learnt its lesson?

Abrie Rautenbach 29 Sep 2026

Engen to offer free health screenings to truck drivers

Logistics & Transport

Engen to offer free health screenings to truck drivers

25 Sep 2026

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ESG & Sustainability

People, biodiversity, heritage and culture are key drivers for domestic tourism in SA

Nontsikelelo Mpulo 25 Sep 2026

Leora Hessen, entrepreneur and founder of HelloAida

Primary & Secondary Education

AI in schools: Why it should support teachers, not replace critical thinking

Leora Hessen 23 Sep 2026

Why wrapping up a loved one’s life can take longer than you think

Law of Succession

Why wrapping up a loved one’s life can take longer than you think

Issued by Capital Legacy 22 Sep 2026

TikTok's local feed isn't in South Africa yet. That's the head start

Social Media

TikTok's local feed isn't in South Africa yet. That's the head start

Issued by Social Places 22 Sep 2026

How prepared are you? Most South Africans aren’t

Law of Succession

How prepared are you? Most South Africans aren’t

Issued by Capital Legacy 18 Sep 2026

Warc has released the 5th edition of Warc Rankings analysis linking creativity and effectiveness in The health of creativity 2026 (Image supplied)

Advertising

Why award-winning creative ideas double campaign impact

18 Sep 2026

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Higher Education

Academics in South Africa have to focus on ‘outputs’: What’s lost when other work’s not counted

Curwyn Mapaling and Nokulunga Shabalala 17 Sep 2026

Mapungubwe ballet anchors UP benefit concert to unlock degrees for graduates

Higher Education

Mapungubwe ballet anchors UP benefit concert to unlock degrees for graduates

Issued by University of Pretoria 17 Sep 2026

Debt Solutions 4U appears on the NCR public register (NCRDC2423), the DCASA member register (0869) and the NDCA member roster.

Financial Services

Debt Solutions 4 U confirmed as full DCASA member and listed with NDCA

Debt Solutions 4U, Issued by Debt Solutions 4 U 18 Sep 2026

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Trends

What your boerewors says about how South Africa shops

Yazeed Osman 17 Sep 2026

Source: Reuters.

Banking

JPMorgan to launch long-awaited 'frontier' local currency debt index

Marc Jones 15 Sep 2026

Forget the Atlantic Seaboard: This is where property demand is increasing

Residential Property

Forget the Atlantic Seaboard: This is where property demand is increasing

Issued by Cape Removals 15 Sep 2026

The campaign features Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana defender Grant Kekana and Bafana Bafana goalie Reyaad Pieterse (pictured), as well as Sharks and Springbok rugby front-rower Trevor Nyakane, speaking candidly about why they value healthy living on and off the field. Image supplied.

Noncommunicable diseases

Springbok, Bafana Bafana stars tackle obesity in new Novo Nordisk campaign

15 Sep 2026

Members of the Civil Protection, a local community-based team that works to help mitigate the spread of the Ebola virus and ensure burials happen safely and quickly, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), carry a wooden coffin before loading the body of an unidentified man, who, according to his family, died of Ebola, as they attend to retrieve it from his house, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Infectious Diseases

DRC’s Ebola outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic. How to make sure it doesn’t

Jia B. Kangbai 14 Sep 2026

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Retail & Hospitality Property

Beyond retail: How township malls are becoming engines of economic inclusion

11 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

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Residential Property

The housing boom that could backfire

John Loos 10 Sep 2026

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

OnlyFans in South Africa: What creators say about sex work, personal safety and the gig economy

Phiwokazi Qoza 10 Sep 2026

Dunlop Tyres leads customer experience rankings in Vehicle Consumables

Manufacturing & Parts

Dunlop Tyres leads customer experience rankings in Vehicle Consumables

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 8 Sep 2026

Drone view of oil tanker Helga berthed at one of Iraq's southern offshore oil terminals near Basra as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Image credit: Reuters/Mohammed Aty/File Photo

Mining

High, unstable fuel prices weigh heavily on SA mining performance

8 Sep 2026

Agribusiness confidence rebounds as Agbiz/IDC index rises to 53

Agriculture

Agribusiness confidence rebounds as Agbiz/IDC index rises to 53

Wandile Sihlobo 8 Sep 2026

Source: Reuters.

Economy

South African private sector activity expands slightly in August, PMI shows

Johannesburg bureau 7 Sep 2026