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Source: X/@Starlink.

Telecoms & Networks

Starlink's secret network uncovered in SA: Is it legal?

Katja Hamilton 30 May 2025

Danilo Acquisto, CEO and co-founder of video specialist digital agency, Special Effects Media South Africa gives the case for the untapped intra-African trade opportunity in media and marketing (Image supplied)

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: Danilo Acquisto - Nurturing Africa’s creative economy

Danilo Acquisto 28 May 2025

Source: Supplied. Cornelius Coetzee, country director for Verto South Africa.

Finance

#AfricaMonth: Inside Verto's strategy to streamline African trade with a 2030 vision

Katja Hamilton 27 May 2025

Image source: LipikStockMedia from

Corporate & Commercial Law

SA proposes workaround for Starlink, communication multinationals to adhere to local ownership laws

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Nqobile Dludla 23 May 2025

South Africa to offer Musk Starlink deal before Trump meeting, Bloomberg News reports

Telecoms & Networks

South Africa to offer Musk Starlink deal before Trump meeting, Bloomberg News reports

21 May 2025

Source: © Provoke Media Provoke Media has named the 10 Best Agencies in Africa, with Retroviral and the South African operation of global public relations agency We. Communications named PRovoke Media’s African Agencies of the Year for 2025

PR & Communications

Provoke Media names Africa's 10 best agencies and leading campaigns

20 May 2025

In time for its 30th anniversary, the market research consultancy, Ask Afrika has rebranded to ASK AFRICA (Image supplied)

Branding

Ask Afrika rebrands to ASK AFRICA

9 May 2025

South African lawmaker accuses minister of trying to change law for Musk's Starlink

Telecoms & Networks

South African lawmaker accuses minister of trying to change law for Musk's Starlink

Nqobile Dludla 8 Apr 2025

Edward Snell and Co. recognised as the number one spirits supplier in South Africa

FMCG

Edward Snell and Co. recognised as the number one spirits supplier in South Africa

Issued by Clockwork 18 Mar 2025

Microsoft vice chair and president, Brad Smith with President of the Republic of South Cyril Ramaphosa

Cloud

Microsoft adds R5bn to SA investment with youth and SME benefits

7 Mar 2025

#InternationalWomensDay2025: Celebrating Philile Mabolloane, head of Retail: Consumables at Amazon SSA

E-commerce

#InternationalWomensDay2025: Celebrating Philile Mabolloane, head of Retail: Consumables at Amazon SSA

Evan-Lee Courie 6 Mar 2025

Source: @SACP/X.com. The new General Secretary of the South African Communist Party, Comrade Solly Mapaila, as elected by the SACP 15th National Congress.

Taxation & Regulation

SACP rejects proposed VAT hike, urges tax system overhaul

Katja Hamilton 24 Feb 2025

Source: © DFlat Madrid https://blog.dflatmadrid.com/ DFlat Mardid]] Scopen's Agency Scope has found that among the marketing professionals interviewed, 65% work in Madrid.

Marketing

Scopen's Agency Scope Spain Part 1: Marketers prefer specialist agencies across different disciplines

18 Feb 2025

Image source: rawpixel –

Tax Law

How VAT registration delays are costing the economy and what Sars should do about it

Yasmeen Suliman 13 Feb 2025

#BizTrends2025: Twyg's Jackie May - Is sustainable fashion possible?

ESG

#BizTrends2025: Twyg's Jackie May - Is sustainable fashion possible?

Danette Breitenbach 5 Feb 2025

Bruce Hunt, Managing Director, Transcend Capital

Trends

#BizTrends2025: 5 BEE trends transforming South Africa

Bruce Hunt 28 Jan 2025

Global giants reshape South Africa’s e-commerce landscape

E-commerce

Global giants reshape South Africa’s e-commerce landscape

21 Jan 2025

The Young Ones 2025 jury includes two South Africans, (left) Verusha Maharaj, managing director, Red & Yellow Creative School of Business and (Right) Nontokozo Tshabalala, multidisciplinary artist and creative director, Creative Shall Govern. (Image by Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity)

Advertising

2 South Africans on Young Ones 2025 jury

15 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: What IT decisions businesses should make in 2025

Trends

#BizTrends2025: What IT decisions businesses should make in 2025

Issued by ASUS 14 Jan 2025

5FM appoints Busisiwe Phakathi marketing manager to push 2025 off the charts

Radio & Audio

5FM appoints Busisiwe Phakathi marketing manager to push 2025 off the charts

8 Jan 2025

Source: Anoop Hariparsad, digital energy business unit leader for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric.

Property

Microgrids in buildings are crucial to pioneering the future of energy management

Anoop Hariparsad 23 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. Justin Thom, director of Galetti Corporate Real Estate.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Top trends shaping industrial leasing in 2025

Justin Thom 13 Jan 2025

What changed in 2024? Company registrations are down by 67%

SMEs

What changed in 2024? Company registrations are down by 67%

Issued by Company Partners 9 Dec 2024

Sappi and University of Pretoria Team Up for 'TuksRace'

Sponsorship

Sappi and University of Pretoria Team Up for 'TuksRace'

Issued by Sappi 29 Nov 2024

Global Citizen now comes to Rio De Janeiro, with Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa

Climate Change

Global Citizen now comes to Rio De Janeiro, with Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa

Issued by OnPoint PR 22 Nov 2024

Independent media agencies must box smartly in a competitive world

Media

Independent media agencies must box smartly in a competitive world

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 29 Oct 2024

Source: Reuters.

Banking

Standard Bank opens up Mauritius offshore unit to Africa's small to mid-sized businesses

Nqobile Dludla 20 Sep 2024

Branding

Fire your Raygun: How a challenger mindset can turn the tables and steal the spotlight

Gavin Whitfield 21 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

The high cost of hope: How to budget for your fertility journey

13 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf Zhujiang River and modern building of financial district at night in Guangzhou China

Marketing

Part 1: Agency Scope China: A greater value on strategy

12 Aug 2024

Source: G20 Brasil. Brazil’s Finance Minister, Fernando Haddad.

Taxation & Regulation

Historic: Global effort to tax super-rich intensifies

Katja Hamilton 30 Jul 2024

Source: @USAID_SAfrica/X. Congratulations to Lesotho’s Jalad Africa who emerged as Regional Exporter of the Year at the Southern Africa Regional Exporters Awards held on 26 July in Gqeberha, South Africa. The awards are part of a collaboration between the US Government through @USAID and @ecdc_developec.
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Banking

#AGOA2024: Standard Bank highlights partnerships, opportunities

26 Jul 2024

Research in times of change

Research

Research in times of change

Issued by Livingfacts 2 Jul 2024

Gaslighting by candlelight ahead of the 2024 elections

Energy

Gaslighting by candlelight ahead of the 2024 elections

Mark Allewell, Issued by Sensor Networks 28 May 2024

Small businesses can help South Africa fight unemployment if they get proper support – study

Entrepreneurship

Small businesses can help South Africa fight unemployment if they get proper support – study

Karikari Amoa-Gyarteng, Shepherd Dhliwayo 22 May 2024

Source: US-Africa Business Summit -where 1800+ business and government luminaries from the US and Africa charted pathways to prosperity and collaboration for sustainable success.

Banking

US Africa Business Summit: Standard Bank leaders highlight mutual partnerships

13 May 2024

The most common reason for small business failure in SA

SMEs

The most common reason for small business failure in SA

9 May 2024

Ria Pinto, GM and technology lead of IBM South Africa

Cloud

IBM software reaches 92 countries via AWS partnership

8 May 2024

Local businesses must invest in AI to secure market share amid arrival of multinationals in SA

4th Industrial Revolution

Local businesses must invest in AI to secure market share amid arrival of multinationals in SA

Issued by Omnia Strategic Counsel & Communications 29 Apr 2024

Clockwork shortlisted as PRovoke Media EMEA 2024 Digital Consultancy of the Year

Digital

Clockwork shortlisted as PRovoke Media EMEA 2024 Digital Consultancy of the Year

Issued by Clockwork 26 Mar 2024

#OrchidsandOnions: The Boswell family's multi-generational journey with Ford SA

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: The Boswell family's multi-generational journey with Ford SA

Brendan Seery 25 Mar 2024

Ivory Coast regulator warns cocoa exporters not to overpay

Agriculture

Ivory Coast regulator warns cocoa exporters not to overpay

Ange Aboa 13 Mar 2024

Is your in-house creative studio future proof?

Marketing

Is your in-house creative studio future proof?

Issued by The human.kind Group 11 Mar 2024

Advertising

Exclusive: In-house agencies see 16% rise since 2020, according to WFA study

4 Mar 2024

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana had some tough love for the SOEs

Mining

#BudgetSpeech2024: Mining industry’s struggle amid economic challenges

22 Feb 2024

Tiger Brands announces new managing directors to head up business units

Food & bev. services

Tiger Brands announces new managing directors to head up business units

21 Feb 2024