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Alberto Canteli leads Havas’ ambitious African strategy

Advertising

Alberto Canteli leads Havas’ ambitious African strategy

13 hours

SAPS HQ fiasco: MPs lose patience with Public Works Minister

Infrastructure & Utilities

SAPS HQ fiasco: MPs lose patience with Public Works Minister

Matthew Hirsch 13 hours

Consumer insights consultancy, KLA, reveals the Quarterly Buzz results for Q2 2025

Research

Consumer insights consultancy, KLA, reveals the Quarterly Buzz results for Q2 2025

Issued by KLA 15 hours

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Food, Water & Energy Security

Hunger among South African students: study shows those studying remotely need financial aid for food

Angelo Fynn 16 hours

Source: © 123rf One of three of Agency Scope's preliminary findings is AI. "Right now, AI feels like electricity in 1890. We know it will power everything, but most of us are still figuring out where to plug it in" - FMCG marketer

Marketing & Media

Agency Scope 2025's 3 preliminary findings: A glimpse into marketers’ changing expectations

1 day

Karen Nielson-Field | The attention deficit: How to overcome it

Marketing & Media

Karen Nielson-Field | The attention deficit: How to overcome it

Danette Breitenbach 1 day

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Sub-Saharan Africa's major economies hit by high finance costs, Moody's says

Duncan Miriri 1 day

Reinvesting in growth and the guest experience

Hospitality

Reinvesting in growth and the guest experience

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 12 Sep 2025

Source: Supplied. Artist’s impression of ‘The Marlow on Mill’.

Property

Skyrocketing demand sees Newlands apartments sales value of R180m in record time

12 Sep 2025

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Tourism

Record cruise season injects R1.79bn into Western Cape economy

12 Sep 2025

77% surge in demand for AI skills in South Africa in just 12 months

Trends

77% surge in demand for AI skills in South Africa in just 12 months

Issued by Pnet 12 Sep 2025

Ashley Goldsmith, chief people officer at Workday

HR & Management

Talent exodus: Stagnant career growth is pushing high achievers to leave

12 Sep 2025

ATM 2026 to showcase innovation in global travel

Tourism

ATM 2026 to showcase innovation in global travel

12 Sep 2025

South Africans embrace smarter financial habits in 2025

Financial Services

South Africans embrace smarter financial habits in 2025

Issued by KLA 11 Sep 2025

Embedding gender-lens investing into every decision

Financial Services

Embedding gender-lens investing into every decision

Tshilidzi Matlala, Issued by JNPR 11 Sep 2025

SA e-commerce market to surpass R130bn in 2025

E-commerce

SA e-commerce market to surpass R130bn in 2025

12 Sep 2025

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Health & Social Welfare

Sassa and NDA make significant strides in improving South Africa's social services

11 Sep 2025

Source: Supplied. Teddy Daka, Group chief executive officer at Zutari.

Construction & Engineering

Leading the design frontier: Zutari among world's top 100 in 2025

11 Sep 2025

Source: © 123rf Dustin Chick, chief executive at Razor Public Relations South Africa says clickbait should be keeping those of us responsible for managing organisational reputation wide awake at night. More importantly, we should be doing something about it – now

PR & Communications

EXCLUSIVE | Razor's Dustin Chick: When headlines lie, trust dies. Why clickbait is PR’s next big battleground

Dustin Chick 12 Sep 2025

Equipment, apparently provided by a Chinese company, for mining at Sensele mine. Photo supplied

Mining

The Zambian minister, the mysterious businesswoman and illegal mining

Charles Mafa and Beverly Subeti 1 day

Source: © VML Parusha Partab, chief strategy officer, VML South Africa says leading with empathy – not noise – is how brands can get the balance right between grounded messaging and standout creativity

Trends

#BizTrends2025 | VML's Parusha Partab: Empathy in a surreal world and other trends

Parusha Partab 11 Sep 2025

FNB eBucks dominates South African Loyalty Awards 2025

CRM

FNB eBucks dominates South African Loyalty Awards 2025

11 Sep 2025

Source: © 123rf Customer expectations are rising fast. They expect real-time answers on the channels they already use every day. In South Africa, that channel is WhatsApp

CRM, CX, UX

How and why WhatsApp is SA's biggest CX opportunity

11 Sep 2025

Source: © 123rf A new CMO Council thought leadership programme with Zeta Global, engages senior marketers in a benchmarking process to determine their company’s level of digital marketing maturity, organisational capacity and performance predictability

Marketing

How martech ready is your organisation?

11 Sep 2025

Film & Cinematography

National Film Foundation falters as leadership instability continues

11 Sep 2025

3 lessons from Destiny magazine for publishers

Media

3 lessons from Destiny magazine for publishers

Nomphelo Jabavu 11 Sep 2025

Source: © 123rf Mariangela Caineri Zenati, marketing manager at social media management platform Loomly examines the implications of the controversial social media ban for teenagers in Australia

Social Media

The implications for brands of the social media ban for teenagers in Australia

Mariangela Caineri Zenati 10 Sep 2025

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Coal, Oil & Gas

South African environmental groups push to block Shell’s new wells – how world court opinion might help

Angela van der Berg 10 Sep 2025

Global food prices hold steady in August, says FAO

Commodities & Fairtrade

Global food prices hold steady in August, says FAO

10 Sep 2025

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Management & Leadership

Breaking barriers: Women leading Africa’s operational transformation

Xoe Mfokazi 9 Sep 2025

Robin van Wyk - Senior Associate and Head of Environmental Practice at LnP Beyond Legal

Environmental Law

Draft regulations reveal big changes for SA's high-emission businesses

Robin van Wyk 9 Sep 2025

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Climate Change

Colonialism and climate risk are connected: evidence from Ghana and Senegal

Nick Bernards 9 Sep 2025

PR & Communications

Ané-Sonet Human | Why impact reports matter more than ever

Ané-Sonet Human 9 Sep 2025

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Mental health

The mental health minefield of TikTok for today's teens

9 Sep 2025

Takealot backs township entrepreneurs with new learnership programme

Entrepreneurship

Takealot backs township entrepreneurs with new learnership programme

8 Sep 2025

Source: © CFO The Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2025 celebrate JSE-listed South African companies that demonstrate outstanding quality in their integrated reports. (Pictured: The JSE in Sandton)

Banking

EY 2025 Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards winners

8 Sep 2025

Source: © Vitaly Gariev IAB South Africa Board member Sanesh Maharaj on why brands must prioritise proactive influencer risk management

Social Media

Influencer marketing: When it goes wrong

Sanesh Maharaj 8 Sep 2025

Source: © 123rf Scopen’s eighth edition of its Agency Scope study in Mexico has found that brands in Mexico are betting on creativity more than ever to stand out and agencies increase their creative recognition

Marketing & Media

Part 2: Agency Scope Mexico – Brands bet on creativity more than ever to stand out

8 Sep 2025

Home vs online: Parents weigh quality, structure, and support in alternative schooling

E-learning

Home vs online: Parents weigh quality, structure, and support in alternative schooling

Issued by Impaq 8 Sep 2025

Advertising

Warc: Connected TV takes centre stage as linear TV declines worldwide

5 Sep 2025

Dean Muruven, Associate Director, Boston Consulting Group, Johannesburg

Infrastructure & Utilities

Africa's $170bn infrastructure challenge demands a nature-first approach

Dean Muruven 4 Sep 2025

Navigating the gendered complexities of South Africa’s financial landscape

Financial Services

Navigating the gendered complexities of South Africa’s financial landscape

Issued by Irvine Partners 4 Sep 2025

Marketing

Data shows creative drives up to 30% more sales

4 Sep 2025

Your mass market strategy may be wrong. Here’s why

Marketing

Your mass market strategy may be wrong. Here’s why

Mathabatha Sexwale, Issued by Brave Group 4 Sep 2025

Citroën names new global communications director

Dealers

Citroën names new global communications director

3 Sep 2025