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Social Media

The evolving battle over social media moderation: Free speech vs regulation

Grant Lapping 25 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Leslie Adams, sales director at Reach Africa, asks, while TV licences are outdated, is a streaming levy the right fix?

TV

The TV licence is dead! Long live the streaming levy - or not?

Leslie Adams 17 Mar 2025

Media

Community media’s vital role in strengthening democracy and social change

28 Feb 2025

Media & Entertainment Law

Google, Meta face penalties for anti-competitive behaviour towards SA news media

Nqobile Dludla 24 Feb 2025

Media

MDPMI provisional report findings against tech giants - Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, X, TikTok

25 Feb 2025

VML’s 11th annual trends study says looking ahead, 2025 will be a year of both immense challenge and opportunity for brands in South Africa (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

The Future 100: 2025 - A year of challenge and opportunity for brands

27 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf In 2024, 258,000 apps for iOS and Android operating systems were downloaded per minute for all types of publishers, with in-app purchase revenue up 12.5% to $150bn

Digital

2024 in-app purchase revenue up to $150bn, but app downloads decrease

23 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf According to the research participants the disconnect between CCOs and the executive suite is significantly impacting media relations strategies

PR & Communications

Communications and C-Suite disconnect impacts negatively on media

25 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf South Africa's ad market is expected to see 6.0% this year says Warc

Advertising

Warc: SA's admarket to grow 6%, as global ad investment more than doubles

22 Aug 2024

Source: © Flux Trends Gen Z young is dissatisfied ver how much progress has been made in these 30 years in SA

Youth Marketing

30/30/30 Project Report: Gen Z dissatisfied over lack of progress in 30 years in SA

21 May 2024

Source: @Twitter/SARS Sars commissioner, Edward Kieswetter.

Taxation & Regulation

Sars trust drops, service satisfaction gains in taxpayers

8 Nov 2023

Source: © Egor Kotenko The SA Social Media Industry Report 2023 shows a strong correlation in South Africa between access to social media and privilege.

Social Media

Social media access in SA linked to privilege, while AI emerges as game-changer

Danette Breitenbach 30 Jun 2023

Source © Matthias Ziegler Poor evaluation and measurement are one of the biggest threats to the African public relations (PR) and communications industry

PR & Communications

Lack of evaluation methods and measurement a threat to African PR industry

Danette Breitenbach 17 May 2023

Price hikes on basic food items 'unjustified' - Competition Commission

Regulatory

Price hikes on basic food items 'unjustified' - Competition Commission

29 Mar 2023

How digital tech, ambience and sustainability drive in-store shopper behaviour

Research

How digital tech, ambience and sustainability drive in-store shopper behaviour

25 Oct 2022

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Research

Are SA's promo-hungry shoppers in a state of economic denial?

19 Oct 2022

Social Media

As pandemic measures are lifted, social media use has declined with the exception of TikTok

Philip Mai and Anatoliy Gruzd 26 Sep 2022

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E-commerce

Takealot disagrees with CompCom report findings

15 Jul 2022

Source: © rawpixel This year’s IAB South Africa / PwC Internet Advertising Revenue Report – 2021 Study has been released

Research

IAB SA / PWC Report shows a healthy digital advertising industry

14 Jul 2022

How to ensure equitable philanthropy in Africa

CSI & Philanthropy

How to ensure equitable philanthropy in Africa

Issued by Trialogue 3 Jun 2022

South African retailers' readiness for the fourth industrial revolution

Research

South African retailers' readiness for the fourth industrial revolution

Dr Beate Stiehler-Mulder and Kgaugelo Mehlape 23 Nov 2021

Research

CMO Council report: What is trending in customer spending?

18 Nov 2021

CRM

Retailers, ignore customer experience expectations at your peril

Ajay Lalu 3 Nov 2021

Food pricing report shows increased concentration, challenges for small-scale farmers

Agriculture

Food pricing report shows increased concentration, challenges for small-scale farmers

17 Sep 2021

Trucks loaded with goods had been waiting for weeks to cross the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana borders at Elubo/Noe. © Franck Kuwonu/Africa Renewal

Economy

Africans urged to trade more with each other

7 May 2021

The Inyanda-Roodeplaat wind farm site in the Eastern Cape, taken from the cover of an Environmental Impact Report.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Controversial Watsons' wind farm approval overturned on review

John Yeld 24 Mar 2021

#BizTrends2021: Acceleration of digital payments

Trends

#BizTrends2021: Acceleration of digital payments

Jonathan Smit 12 Jan 2021

Employees are the centre of future workplace strategy - 2020 Intelligent Workplace Report

Employee Wellness

Employees are the centre of future workplace strategy - 2020 Intelligent Workplace Report

19 Oct 2020

Research

New report shows brand leaders face big challenges aligning marketing and comms teams

17 Sep 2020

What's influencing where South Africans shop during lockdown?

Research

What's influencing where South Africans shop during lockdown?

2 Jul 2020

SME South Africa launches white paper offering insight into how small businesses are using tech

Research Reports

SME South Africa launches white paper offering insight into how small businesses are using tech

Issued by SME South Africa 8 Apr 2020

Call for SA's major supermarkets to drop exclusive leases with malls

Regulatory

Call for SA's major supermarkets to drop exclusive leases with malls

27 Nov 2019

Kids are becoming more active adopters of e-commerce sites

E-commerce

Kids are becoming more active adopters of e-commerce sites

14 Jun 2019

Cyber attacks target Operational Technology

Cybersecurity

Cyber attacks target Operational Technology

8 May 2019

Cryptominers hit 10x more organisations than ransomware in 2018

Cybersecurity

Cryptominers hit 10x more organisations than ransomware in 2018

18 Feb 2019

Report reveals 37% of organisations impacted by cryptomining

Cybersecurity

Report reveals 37% of organisations impacted by cryptomining

11 Feb 2019

Over 80% of South Africans rely on state facilities like Chris Hani Baragwanath, the third largest hospital in the world. Shutterstock

Hospital Groups

Why delays to fixing healthcare are bad news for South Africans

Wezile Chitha 5 Feb 2019

World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause

Research & Development

World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause

Jessica Eise and Kenneth Foster 23 Oct 2018

The most expensive and affordable African cities to live in

Finance

The most expensive and affordable African cities to live in

28 Jun 2018

Looking at Liberty: How big is the human factor in the cybercrime epidemic?

Cybersecurity

Looking at Liberty: How big is the human factor in the cybercrime epidemic?

Nicol Mullins 19 Jun 2018

Agriculture

Study highlights agriculture's potential to promote economic development and transformation

15 May 2018

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Agriculture

Agriculture will be Africa's quiet revolution, says report

17 Jan 2018

Hydropower plays a massive role electrifying many countries. Photo: Shutterstock

Energy

New dams in Africa could add risk to power supplies down the line

Declan Conway 15 Jan 2018

Ed Hawkesworth/DFID via

Agriculture

African agribusiness and smallholders must seize opportunities in potential $1 trillion food market

7 Sep 2017

#AfricaCom: Africa's tech startup funding landscape in numbers

Tech Startups

#AfricaCom: Africa's tech startup funding landscape in numbers

Lauren Hartzenberg 16 Nov 2016

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Logistics & Transport

Intra-regional trade has the potential to boost African economies

1 Sep 2016

Marketing

Untapped intra-regional trade opportunities key to boosting African economies

1 Sep 2016

Why is outsourcing still a dirty word?

Logistics & Transport

Why is outsourcing still a dirty word?

Kate Stubbs 23 Jun 2016

Donna Rachelson

Finance

South Africa would get a massive economic boost by fast-tracking gender parity

Donna Rachelson 7 Jun 2016

Marketing

Good corporate governance equals investment

31 May 2016