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ACA’s Graduate and Internship Programmes deliver expanded opportunity in 2025

Education

ACA’s Graduate and Internship Programmes deliver expanded opportunity in 2025

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 4 Apr 2025

Marketing budgets: A catalyst for ESG transformation

ESG

Marketing budgets: A catalyst for ESG transformation

Sipetile Sixishe, Issued by Motherland OMNi 3 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf While Global advertising spend is now on course to grow 6.7% this year to $1.15trn, according to a new study from Warc, this is a downgrade of almost one percentage point (pp) from the marketing effectiveness experts’ November forecast

Marketing

Warc study shows growth this year but still downgrade of almost one percentage point

28 Mar 2025

Telkom steps into SA's booming MVNO market

Telecoms & Networks

Telkom steps into SA's booming MVNO market

25 Mar 2025

City Lodge Hotels achieves landmark B-BBEE Level 1 status

Hospitality

City Lodge Hotels achieves landmark B-BBEE Level 1 status

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 10 Mar 2025

Checkers is one of SA's leading retail brands. Source: Shoprite Holdings.

Branding

Banking, retail and telecoms power SA’s brand value to over R600bn in 2025

6 Mar 2025

Consumer Insights Agency, KLA, reveals the Quarterly Buzz Results for Q4 2024

Research

Consumer Insights Agency, KLA, reveals the Quarterly Buzz Results for Q4 2024

Issued by KLA 5 Mar 2025

Mercedes returns to World Endurance Racing and Le Mans after decades

Motorsport

Mercedes returns to World Endurance Racing and Le Mans after decades

18 Feb 2025

Report reveals R5.27bn blow to SA's citrus exports in 2024

Agro-processing

Report reveals R5.27bn blow to SA's citrus exports in 2024

18 Feb 2025

Source: Imagen 3

Telecoms & Networks

Icasa boosts community radio with spare spectrum, applications now open

Lindsey Schutters 27 Jan 2025

Pictured: Tracy Jones (left) and Cherná Lutta (right).

PR & Communications

PR struggles: The double-edged sword of social media and career mobility

23 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf Warc’s The Future of Media 2025 highlights trends in media planning, advertising investments and the media ecosystem

Media

Warc: Media in 2025 - Defined by abundance, driven by algorithms

20 Jan 2025

Branding

3 questions to identify your brand’s strategic priorities for 2025

Cynthia Vega and Piers Lindsay-Taylor, Issued by Kantar 5 Dec 2024

Pivot to profits: Revamping South Africa’s poultry sector

Agro-processing

Pivot to profits: Revamping South Africa’s poultry sector

22 Nov 2024

Consumer insights agency, KLA, reveals the Quarterly Buzz Results for Q3 2024

Research

Consumer insights agency, KLA, reveals the Quarterly Buzz Results for Q3 2024

Issued by KLA 19 Nov 2024

Healthcare

Social protection was always meant to be in the plan – where did it all go wrong?

18 Nov 2024

Pnet encourages disability disclosure by jobseekers to unlock job opportunities

Employment Equity

Pnet encourages disability disclosure by jobseekers to unlock job opportunities

Issued by Pnet 13 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Medical Aid

A new low-cost medical scheme is here from Discovery Health

13 Nov 2024

Advertising

TV advertising still king, US-based SMMEs reap rewards

Karabo Ledwaba 12 Nov 2024

Balancing art and speed: Navigating creativity in modern advertising

Advertising

Balancing art and speed: Navigating creativity in modern advertising

Paul Middleton, Issued by Ebony+Ivory 1 Nov 2024

Insurance & Actuarial

SA’s insurance industry sees uptick in M&A, with continued deal activity

17 Oct 2024

Supply chain education is crucial says Sapics

Supply Chain

Supply chain education is crucial says Sapics

25 Sep 2024

Consumer insights agency, KLA, reveals the quarterly buzz results for Q2 2024

Research

Consumer insights agency, KLA, reveals the quarterly buzz results for Q2 2024

Issued by KLA 21 Aug 2024

Starlink signed a deal with Africa Mobile Networks in September 2023 to accelerate its Africa rollout.

Telecoms & Networks

New Icasa regulations could boost Starlink's prospects in Mzansi

Lindsey Schutters 15 Aug 2024

NIQ South Africa releases FMCG and Tech Durables sales data for Q2 2024

Research

NIQ South Africa releases FMCG and Tech Durables sales data for Q2 2024

Issued by NielsenIQ 15 Aug 2024

SME South Africa presents 'Empowering Women in Tech' webinar

SMEs

SME South Africa presents 'Empowering Women in Tech' webinar

Issued by SME South Africa 2 Aug 2024

Cape Town's HQ Foods named SMME of the Year at Pick n Pay awards

Awards

Cape Town's HQ Foods named SMME of the Year at Pick n Pay awards

1 Aug 2024

Economic strains and lifestyle changes drive new trends in SA's auto market

Commercial & Industrial

Economic strains and lifestyle changes drive new trends in SA's auto market

Paul Marshall 29 Jul 2024

Samsung South Africa is launching all the devices except for the Galaxy Ring on 24 July

Hardware

Samsung folds, flips and rides the Ring wearable wave with new AI products

Lindsey Schutters 11 Jul 2024

What do I do now that I have become the 'challenged' and need to respond to the feisty young startup?

Branding

What do I do now that I have become the 'challenged' and need to respond to the feisty young startup?

David Blyth, Issued by eatbigfish 3 Jul 2024

Source: Anthony Fomin/Unsplash

Skills Development

Decent work is the key to a sustainable building industry

2 Jul 2024

Land Bank encouraged by surge of youth farmers in SA

Agribusiness

Land Bank encouraged by surge of youth farmers in SA

21 Jun 2024

Competition watchdog finds price mark-ups, barriers in SA's fresh produce market

Agriculture

Competition watchdog finds price mark-ups, barriers in SA's fresh produce market

Nqobile Dludla 19 Jun 2024

Big funding boost for SME auto parts suppliers in Eastern Cape

Social Entrepreneurship

Big funding boost for SME auto parts suppliers in Eastern Cape

3 Jun 2024

Consumer insights agency, KLA, reveals the Quarterly Buzz results for Q1 2024

Research

Consumer insights agency, KLA, reveals the Quarterly Buzz results for Q1 2024

Issued by KLA 7 May 2024

As purse strings draw tighter under the strain of an economy in flux, challenger brands are stepping into the spotlight says Lebo Madiba, PR Powerhouse

Branding

The rise of the new maestros: The challenger brands

Lebo Madiba 30 Apr 2024

The evolution of South Africans' interest in sport

Sport

The evolution of South Africans' interest in sport

26 Apr 2024

Image source: alphaspirit –

Corporate & Commercial Law

What fund managers want... and other investment trends

Ashford Nyatsumba and Michael Denenga 23 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. Dean Baker is the squad lead of BFSI from Infobip.

Banking

Banks must embrace next-generation solutions to satisfy data-driven demands

Dean Baker 23 Apr 2024

Samsung talks a big AI game in the S24 Ultra marketing material, but undermines this message by seeding the features to older models.

Hardware

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra sets industry tempo

Lindsey Schutters 28 Mar 2024

Veteran solar company marks 40 years amidst Africa's energy shift

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Veteran solar company marks 40 years amidst Africa's energy shift

19 Mar 2024

TNPA opens 100 leasing opportunities across its 7 ports

Shipping

TNPA opens 100 leasing opportunities across its 7 ports

18 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. SA Home Loans chief executive officer, Rob Kelso.

Trends

#BizTrends: Slow recovery on cards for property market

7 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Paul Calvey, partner and market leader, Oliver Wyman South Africa; Sandra Villars, partner, financial services, Oliver Wyman South Africa; and Pierre Romagny, partner, financial services, Oliver Wyman South Africa.

Trends

#BizTrends: 10 trends to watch in South African banking

7 Mar 2024

Advertising

ACA, Red & Yellow launch graduate programme

16 Feb 2024

Consumer insights agency, KLA, reveals the results of the 4th Quarterly Buzz report

Research

Consumer insights agency, KLA, reveals the results of the 4th Quarterly Buzz report

Issued by KLA 15 Feb 2024

Source: © 123rf The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has opened applications for funding to filmmakers

Film & Cinematography

NFVF opens funding applications for 2024/2025: Here's how to apply

14 Feb 2024

#Sona24: Agbiz highlights the need for a pragmatic approach in land reform

Agriculture

#Sona24: Agbiz highlights the need for a pragmatic approach in land reform

9 Feb 2024

Property

The 2024 property gold rush: prices soar, stocks shrink and early birds secure the worm!

6 Feb 2024