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Queues at the Department of Labour office in Cape Town. Some people claining unemployment benefits online may be sending their files to an old system. Archive photo: Qaqamba Falithenjwa / GroundUp

Remuneration & Payroll

You may be sending your UIF claim to a dead website

Marecia Damons 21 May 2026

From intent to purchase: How Vicinity Media is redefining the dealership journey

OOH

From intent to purchase: How Vicinity Media is redefining the dealership journey

Issued by Vicinity Media 20 Apr 2026

How brands can update their marketing system for the AI era

Marketing

How brands can update their marketing system for the AI era

Caitlyn Greve 14 Apr 2026

If work feels like a horror movie, it’s time to change the script

Employee Wellness

If work feels like a horror movie, it’s time to change the script

Michelle Dobson, Issued by Pnet 28 Jan 2026

Source: Pexels.

Property

See the future of home buying with ReMax's new AI visualisation tool

8 Jan 2026

SA retail landscape shifts as consumers vote with their wallets

Sales

SA retail landscape shifts as consumers vote with their wallets

Issued by Caxton Media 7 Jan 2026

Reddit's NYC office hallway. Source: Reddit.

Artificial Intelligence

Reddit accuses Perplexity AI of data theft

23 Oct 2025

Digital

Google just dodged a major penalty in the courts – here’s what happens next

Rob Nicholls 3 Sep 2025

Google launches AI Mode in search for users in Africa

Internet

Google launches AI Mode in search for users in Africa

21 Aug 2025

Bryony Rose. Source: Nedbank IMC

IMC Conference

#BehindtheIMC | Bryony Rose on AI search, adaptability, and redefining digital visibility

Chloe Posthumus 7 Aug 2025

Radio moves people through integrated platforms

Radio & Audio

Radio moves people through integrated platforms

Issued by Algoa FM 23 Jun 2025

The rise of the digital showroom: the new frontline for driving car sales

Dealers

The rise of the digital showroom: the new frontline for driving car sales

Mongezi Mtati, Issued by Rogerwilco 15 May 2025

The digital roadmap of South Africa’s automotive market

Research

The digital roadmap of South Africa’s automotive market

Issued by Rogerwilco 19 Mar 2025

Advertising

Google is facing another crucial court case in the US – and it could have major consequences for online advertising

Barbora Jedlickova 10 Sep 2024

This is a landmark antitrust ruling against Google that may have wide reaching effects.

Services

Court says Google did violate antitrust laws

Lindsey Schutters 6 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf Patrick Carmody, CEO of Conversation Lab, looks at how the shift to AI-powered answer engines are and will challenge Google

Artificial Intelligence

The shift to AI answer engines. A challenge for Google?

Patrick Carmody 6 Aug 2024

Massmart exec shares 5 tips to grow your SME business online

SMEs

Massmart exec shares 5 tips to grow your SME business online

2 Apr 2024

Image supplied. Carla Enslin, academic head of the IIE Vega School examines how being true to your ‘throughline’ will align you with being authentic in 2024

Education & Training

#BizTrends2024: Carla Enslin - Authenticity: How throughlines can guide creatives

Dr Carla Enslin 30 Jan 2024

10 marketing trends for 2024

Research

10 marketing trends for 2024

Issued by Kantar 5 Dec 2023

The club has had a successful branding story. Source: X.

Branding

Kaizer Chiefs - a branding success story

Thandisizwe Mgudlwa 27 Oct 2023

The used car market is a minefield for prospective buyers. Source: Antoni Shkraba/Pexels

Automotive

Technology helps take guesswork out of online car sales

7 Aug 2023

Social Media

Social media: The new search?

Danette Breitenbach 10 Feb 2023

#BizTrends2023: How to win in sub-Saharan Africa's retailing landscape

Trends

#BizTrends2023: How to win in sub-Saharan Africa's retailing landscape

Christele Chokossa 9 Jan 2023

Source: © Indian Express South Africa's Competition Commission, has provisionally found that Google's paid search results distort competition, making it a "de facto monopolist" in general search.

Digital

SA Competition Commission: Google "de facto monopolist" in general search

15 Jul 2022

Tax season is coming amidst a shocking rise in cybercrime

Cybersecurity

Tax season is coming amidst a shocking rise in cybercrime

Dan Thornton 1 Jun 2022

Separating the wheat from the chaff: Decision making in a world drowning in data

Agri Tech

Separating the wheat from the chaff: Decision making in a world drowning in data

Janet Lawless 7 Jun 2022

5 ways to grow your business using Google

SMEs

5 ways to grow your business using Google

Rucien Petersen 15 Mar 2022

The do's and don'ts of real-time customer engagement

Sales

The do's and don'ts of real-time customer engagement

Yudhvir Seetharam 31 Jan 2022

Source: © goodluz

Health & Beauty

Top 3 beauty and personal care shopping trends

28 Dec 2021

Common real estate myths that could prove costly

Residential Property

Common real estate myths that could prove costly

5 Jul 2021

What brands should know about image and video SEO

Branding

What brands should know about image and video SEO

12 May 2021

How online study can be a solution for you

E-learning

How online study can be a solution for you

Issued by Wits Plus 14 Apr 2021

Customer-influenced content leads the way for digital signage

Digital

Customer-influenced content leads the way for digital signage

3 Feb 2021

3 ways to to get noticed by employers

Career Advice

3 ways to to get noticed by employers

Lebogang Tsotetsi 21 Dec 2020

Convert passive shoppers into active buyers

Marketing

Convert passive shoppers into active buyers

Issued by Location Bank 31 Aug 2020

Could these two local SEO errors be losing you money?

Digital

Could these two local SEO errors be losing you money?

Issued by Location Bank 29 Jul 2020

Brian Wieser, global president, Business Intelligence, WPP.

Research

The impact of Covid-19 on global advertising investment [report]

28 May 2020

Solutions in unusual times

Digital

Solutions in unusual times

Issued by Location Bank 9 Apr 2020

Google's changing algorithm

Digital

Google's changing algorithm

Issued by Dentsu 31 Mar 2020

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Advertising

FMCG brands better placed to weather Covid-19 storm - Global Advertising Trends report

30 Mar 2020

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Media

Covid-19 and its potential effect on media in SA

Sandra Cross, Mercia Lampen, Richard Lord 17 Mar 2020

#BizTrends2020: SA trends for brick and mortar stores - the present and the future

Trends

#BizTrends2020: SA trends for brick and mortar stores - the present and the future

Beate Stiehler-Mulder and Mariëtte Frazer 22 Jan 2020

Credit: Shereesa Moodley/Memeburn

E-commerce

Google Search will now show you shoppable results for clothes in one place

Shereesa Moodley 17 Jan 2020