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Zoleka Susan Ponoane has been struck from the roll of attorneys by the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court. (Photo: LinkedIn)

Law Practice

Eastern Cape attorney struck from roll after scandalously writing the judgment in her own clients’ case

Estelle Ellis 22 Aug 2025

Calm restored at Maponya Mall

Retail

Calm restored at Maponya Mall

19 Aug 2025

Source: © Facebook Open Chats podcast owners have issued an unconditional apology for derogatory remarks made on its show about coloured people in an episode that the episode where the hosts described coloured people as “incestuous” and “crazy” who sleeping with their cousins”

Radio & Audio

Open Chats podcast apology over derogatory comments about coloured people too little, too late?

8 Aug 2025

Mastering PR: staying human in a tech-saturated world

PR & Communications

Mastering PR: staying human in a tech-saturated world

Issued by icandi CQ 25 Jul 2025

Image credit: Tara Winstead on Pexels

Aesthetic Medicine

Scroll, watch, burn: sunscreen misinformation and its real‑world damage

Rachael Kent 23 Jul 2025

Tin Can's Kisha Reader-Bain says PR is the thread that weaves connection across the fabric of society (Image supplied)

World PR Day

#WPRD2025 | Tin Can PR's Kisha Reader-Bain: PR the thread that weaves connection across the fabric of society

Kisha Reader-Bain 21 Jul 2025

Boudine Henningse, Executive: Operational Effectiveness at Ariston Global

Employment Equity

134 years to workplace equality? We need action, not fairytales

Boudine Henningse 7 Jul 2025

Image source: Getty Images

Remuneration & Payroll

Executive pay in a storm: Strategies for boards in turbulent times

Chris Blair 18 Jun 2025

Source: Archive

Aviation

Airlines forecast profit growth in 2025, headwinds persist

9 Jun 2025

End of tax loophole for Shein and Temu starting to have impact, say local retailers

E-commerce

End of tax loophole for Shein and Temu starting to have impact, say local retailers

Nqobile Dludla 9 Jun 2025

MacG hosts the number one podcast show in South Africa. Source: YouTube

Media

#Exclusive: Tlhogi Ngwato | MultiChoice's MacG motive: Fear or integrity?

Tlhogi Ngwato 28 May 2025

M&C Saatchi Abel's Bulletproof Park campaign for Gun Free SA is a story about a “fake idea” that led to real change (Image supplied)

Marketing

#BehindtheCampaign: Bullet Proof Park | A fake idea with real change

13 May 2025

#OrchidsandOnions: Lil-lets challenges period stigma with new ad

Marketing

#OrchidsandOnions: Lil-lets challenges period stigma with new ad

Brendan Seery 7 Apr 2025

When patient reported outcomes and experiences are far from satisfactory: The view of the Health Ombud

Healthcare

When patient reported outcomes and experiences are far from satisfactory: The view of the Health Ombud

Issued by COHSASA 25 Mar 2025

Image source: nito500 –

CSI & Philanthropy

#HumanRightsMonth: Corporates vital role in driving social change

Ray van der Fort 18 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

#OrchidsandOnions: How AutoTrader’s humour-driven ads are shaking up car marketing

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: How AutoTrader’s humour-driven ads are shaking up car marketing

Brendan Seery 21 Jan 2025

Source: © CIO SA Vincent Maher, True I/O CEO and the leader of the MMA AI Leadership Consortium looks at the five trends driving the reshaping of marketing through AI

Digital

#BizTrends2025:True I/O's Vincent Maher - 5 AI trends shaping marketing in 2025

Vincent Maher 13 Jan 2025

Help shape the story: Who will be Daily Maverick’s 2024 People of the Year?

Media

Help shape the story: Who will be Daily Maverick’s 2024 People of the Year?

Issued by Daily Maverick 4 Dec 2024

From dive to thrive: How PR can resuscitate a launch flop

PR & Communications

From dive to thrive: How PR can resuscitate a launch flop

Emma Rijkers, Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 29 Nov 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Coca-Cola's iconic Holiday Magic advert created by AI leaves fans feeling sick

22 Nov 2024

#OrchidsandOnions: Malcolm Marx makes the switch from rugby player to doctor in new ad

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Malcolm Marx makes the switch from rugby player to doctor in new ad

Brendan Seery 28 Oct 2024

The ads have both been seen as racially charged. Source: Heinz.

Advertising

Heinz faces backlash for racially controversial ads

Karabo Ledwaba 16 Oct 2024

PR & Communications

Miss Universe Nigeria: When seizing the moment turns into a PR nightmare

Tlhogi Ngwato 26 Aug 2024

Tlhogi Ngwato is a public relations specialist. Source: Supplied.

PR & Communications

Why PR isn't just about good news - A case for proactive planning

Tlhogi Ngwato 17 Jul 2024

Sampra launches #LoveTheBeatPayforPlay campaign

Music

Sampra launches #LoveTheBeatPayforPlay campaign

11 Jul 2024

Cash finds itself 'virtually' out of fashion

Banking & Finance

Cash finds itself 'virtually' out of fashion

Nicola Allen 11 Apr 2024

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Research

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Susan Goldstein, Mark Tomlinson, Rachel Wynberg and Tanya Doherty 5 Mar 2024

Source: WEF Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; Marc Benioff, chair and CEO of Salesforce; Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer; Jeremy Hunt, chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK; Julie Sweet, chair and CEO of Accenture; and CNN host Fareed Zakaria speak about technological advances on 18 January

PR & Communications

Davos: 4 themes for PR and communication practitioners for 2024

24 Jan 2024

Image source: nexusplexus –

Legislation & Regulation

Animals in entertainment: What are their rights?

Rui Lopes and Jaimin Patel 21 Dec 2023

Sam Altman on his way to closing talks with the OpenAI board. Source: x.com

4th Industrial Revolution

Opinion: Making sense of the Sam Altman news circus [updated]

Lindsey Schutters 22 Nov 2023

Branding

Israel: Why the brand boycotts probably won't make much difference

Aisha Ijaz 13 Nov 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: Checkers Sixty60's response to Springbok jersey wins hearts

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Checkers Sixty60's response to Springbok jersey wins hearts

Brendan Seery 19 Sep 2023

Social Media

Online outrage can benefit brands that take stances on social issues

Saeid Kermani Assistant,Peter Darke,Theo Noseworthy 16 Aug 2023

Ugandan human rights lawyer and activist leads fellow activists to file a petition challenging the signing of the new Anti-homosexuality law by President Yoweri Museveni, at the constitution court in Kampala, Uganda, 29 May 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Legislation & Regulation

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Reuters 30 May 2023

Media

Women's voices are missing in the media - including them could generate billions in income

Ylva Rodny-Gumede 17 Jan 2023

#BestofBiz 2022: Retail

Retail

#BestofBiz 2022: Retail

12 Dec 2022

Balenciaga's controversial new campaign and the long history of 'shockvertising'

Retail Marketing

Balenciaga's controversial new campaign and the long history of 'shockvertising'

Carl W Jones 6 Dec 2022

Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. Source: Reuters.

Media

Pakistan PM orders judicial probe into journalist's killing in Kenya

Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam 26 Oct 2022

The wooden coffin containing the body of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif. Source: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Media

Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif allegedly shot dead by police in Kenya

Humphrey Malalo and Gibran Peshimam 25 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Retailers

Outrage over Dis-Chem's moratorium on hiring, promoting White staff

17 Oct 2022

Source: © speedfighter

Media

Queen Elizabeth II: the end of the 'new Elizabethan age'

Laura Clancy 9 Sep 2022

Higher electricity connection fees in South Africa? A good, and necessary, next step

Energy

Higher electricity connection fees in South Africa? A good, and necessary, next step

Seán Mfundza Muller and Mike Muller 11 Aug 2022

E-commerce

How to compete with the e-commerce giants this Black Friday

James Bayhack 2 Aug 2022

Source: © Elisha News Zibonele FM, the Khayelitsha-based community station is due to be closed this Wednesday by Icasa

Radio & Audio

Dispute over Icasa's closure of Zibonele FM

19 Jul 2022

Image supplied: Artscape production of She's a Fighter

Theatre

Human Rights focused productions at Artscape for March

3 Mar 2022

Image supplied: Marcel Meyers, Lungile Lallie and Matthew Baldwin in Contested Bodies

Theatre

Contested Bodies to premier at Artscape Arena

28 Feb 2022

South Africans slam DStv's new streaming policy

Streaming

South Africans slam DStv's new streaming policy

23 Feb 2022