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From spare rooms to national brands - Fastway Couriers on South Africa's home business revolution

SMEs

From spare rooms to national brands - Fastway Couriers on South Africa's home business revolution

Issued by Fastway Couriers 2 hours

Hook, Line & Sinker expands SAP partnership into the Middle East

PR & Communications

Hook, Line & Sinker expands SAP partnership into the Middle East

Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 2 days

The Gauteng Department of Social Development will no longer fund non-South African social workers. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Gauteng cuts funding for non-South African social workers

Seth Thorne 3 days

Source: Supplied. Andrew Dewey, managing director of Swindon Property.

Office Property

Good news for prime offices, bad news for five-day commutes

Andrew Dewey 29 May 2026

Uber Eats and Special US win Grand Effie at US 2026 Effie Awards for Football is for Food (Image supplied)

Advertising

Uber Eats wins US Effie Awards' Grand Effie

29 May 2026

How technology is reshaping the modern office for a smarter future

Proptech

How technology is reshaping the modern office for a smarter future

Issued by Trend Group 28 May 2026

Research to results: Q&A with Ravini Moodley on scaling innovation in a constrained economy

2026 Western Cape Economic Innovation Awards

Research to results: Q&A with Ravini Moodley on scaling innovation in a constrained economy

Issued by Cape Chamber 28 May 2026

Advertising

Starbucks Korea sales slump after ‘Tank Day’ campaign backlash

27 May 2026

How smart cleaning solutions are leading the way

Facilities & Property Management

How smart cleaning solutions are leading the way

Nivaal Sadheo, Issued by Excellerate Services 26 May 2026

Supplied image (L-R): Adri Marais, CEO of Christel House South Africa; David Maynier, Western Cape Minister of Education and Wendy Viljoen, Senior Manager: Edu Invest (Wesgro)

Primary & Secondary Education

Christel House SA celebrates 25 years by opening new high school campus

26 May 2026

Santiago Sánchez-Lozano is the new CEO for WPP Production in EMEA. Source: LinkedIn.

Advertising

WPP Production appoints new CEO for EMEA region

26 May 2026

#AfricaMonth: Expertise to unlock mining’s catalytic impact on Africa’s infrastructure

Mining

#AfricaMonth: Expertise to unlock mining’s catalytic impact on Africa’s infrastructure

Issued by SRK Consulting 26 May 2026

Source: GroundUp/Kimberly Mutandiro.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Katlehong residents use digger to tear up main road during protest

Kimberly Mutandiro 26 May 2026

Source: Pexels.

Construction & Engineering

Are university land sales unexpectedly driving urban development?

Katja Hamilton 22 May 2026

Why South African Music creators are losing money: What Samro is doing about it

Music

Why South African Music creators are losing money: What Samro is doing about it

Issued by SAMRO 21 May 2026

Image credit: Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa gets the bulk of social development budget allocation

21 May 2026

Workers stand guard at the gate of the Kibuli Muslim Hospital, where a Congolese man died of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in Kibuli suburb of Kampala, Uganda. Image credit: Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Infectious Diseases

Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda triggers WHO emergency alert

Disha Mishra and Akanksha Khushi 18 May 2026

Happiness Primary School is one of three no-fee-paying schools in Nigel that have had their electricity cut off for months. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

Schools left in darkness as municipal bills mount

Kimberly Mutandiro 12 May 2026

Why neuro-inclusive workplaces are becoming the new standard

Office Property

Why neuro-inclusive workplaces are becoming the new standard

Candice Buker, Issued by Trend Group 5 May 2026

Designing for performance to make the modern workplace work harder

Interior Design

Designing for performance to make the modern workplace work harder

Gavin Dickinson, Issued by Trend Group 4 May 2026

Berenice Paulsen (left foreground) at the Bellville Sassa office in November 2025. We then that she had been trying for five months to help her sister Desiree Fredericks (right foreground), to get an Older Persons Grant. Archive photo: Marecia Damons

Health & Social Welfare

New Sassa system piloted in Bellville office

Marecia Damons 4 May 2026

Image credit: Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa digitises 70% of records, steps up fraud interventions

30 Apr 2026

Source: Supplied.

Construction & Engineering

R750m hotel and conference centre to reshape Waterfall City’s built environment

29 Apr 2026

Legends return and new worlds ignite on the big screen this May

Film

Legends return and new worlds ignite on the big screen this May

Daniel Dercksen 28 Apr 2026

Hot 102.7FM hits no.1 again in Media and Telecoms in Growth Champions 2026

Radio & Audio

Hot 102.7FM hits no.1 again in Media and Telecoms in Growth Champions 2026

Issued by HOT 102.7FM 24 Apr 2026

Source: Supplied. Chief underwriting officer at Santam, Thabo Twalo.

Mixed-Use Property

From compliance to climate: Rethinking real estate insurance in South Africa

22 Apr 2026

Cape Town’s CBD reimagined: The Movement revitalising the city beyond work hours

Lifestyle

Cape Town’s CBD reimagined: The Movement revitalising the city beyond work hours

Evan-Lee Courie 22 Apr 2026

Image credit: Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa acts swiftly against illegal selling of queue spots at offices

17 Apr 2026

There were long queues at the SASSA offices in Makhado last week as beneficiaries tried to find out what had happened to their grants. Photo: Thembi Siaga

Health & Social Welfare

Thousands of grants suspended after Sassa review process in Limpopo

Thembi Siaga 17 Apr 2026

Source: GroundUp/Lubabalo Ngcukana.

Property

Government services continuing despite Mthatha fire, says Mabuyane

Lubabalo Ngcukana 16 Apr 2026

Talent Acquisition

Why a CRO is the most important C-suite hire of 2026

15 Apr 2026

CRM, CX, UX

SA's leading HubSpot partner, MO Agency ranks 16th globally for HubSpot sold and implemented

Luke Marthinusen, Issued by MO Agency 23 Apr 2026

MO Agency launches Answer Engine Optimisation as AI reshapes how businesses get found

Artificial Intelligence

MO Agency launches Answer Engine Optimisation as AI reshapes how businesses get found

Luke Marthinusen, Issued by MO Agency 24 Apr 2026

Middle East conflict exposes risk of over-reliant supply chains

Logistics & Transport

Middle East conflict exposes risk of over-reliant supply chains

Andre Scholle 9 Apr 2026

Two South African insurance giants collect 87% of all funeral policy premiums deducted directly from pension and disability grants paid out by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Health & Social Welfare

Two insurance giants dominate Sassa funeral deductions

Anton van Zyl and Raymond Joseph 9 Apr 2026

Source: GroundUp/Lubabalo Ngcukana. The 11-storey Botha Sigcau building in Mthatha caught fire on Tuesday night.

Construction & Engineering

Eastern Cape government hub gutted by fire

Lubabalo Ngcukana 1 Apr 2026

Source: GroundUp/Postbank.

Banking

Postbank to resume black card rollout

Marecia Damons 1 Apr 2026

Law Practice

Norton Rose Fulbright SA relaunches as Deneys

31 Mar 2026

Law Practice

Legal professionals to discuss Companies Tribunal's extended jurisdiction

27 Mar 2026

Image source: Marcel de Grijs –

Higher Education

Higher Education, Google to sign AI and digital skills agreement

25 Mar 2026

Phetheni Nkuna, new chief operating officer of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Law Practice

CDH appoints new COO

25 Mar 2026

He studied why students are afraid to start businesses. Then he built one that operates in 73 countries

SMEs

He studied why students are afraid to start businesses. Then he built one that operates in 73 countries

Issued by Aura 24 Mar 2026

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the primary responsibility for managing local disasters in terms of the Disaster Management Act rests with the district municipality, but the local municipality and relevant provincial departments are not absolved of responsibility. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Human Rights Law

Constitutional Court slams government over treatment of disaster victims

Tania Broughton 18 Mar 2026

Most social grant fraud involves officials, not beneficiaries, report says

Health & Social Welfare

Most social grant fraud involves officials, not beneficiaries, report says

Marecia Damons 19 Mar 2026

Africa’s first NVIDIA RTX PRO GPU Servers have landed

Internet

Africa’s first NVIDIA RTX PRO GPU Servers have landed

Issued by HOSTAFRICA 17 Mar 2026

South Africa's digital economy ambitions face key test

Technology

South Africa's digital economy ambitions face key test

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 17 Mar 2026

Alwyn Strydom: Back to basics

Marketing

Alwyn Strydom: Back to basics

Issued by Lumico 13 Mar 2026

Mass layoffs loom for Samancor as Eskom's price cut fails to save jobs

Mining

Mass layoffs loom for Samancor as Eskom's price cut fails to save jobs

12 Mar 2026