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The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) needs R120m if it is to fulfil its mandate as a public broadcaster and cover the 2026 local government elections (Source: @ SABC )

Media

SABC's R120m 2026 election coverage funding shortfall

2 days

API Summit: Breaking ground on accelerating African hotel builds

Markets & Investment

API Summit: Breaking ground on accelerating African hotel builds

Issued by API Events 3 days

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Public Health

SA’s health lab service bolsters board with new voices

3 days

ABC Q2 2026 Magazines | Magazine circulation declines despite custom magazines growth

Magazines

ABC Q2 2026 Magazines | Magazine circulation declines despite custom magazines growth

Danette Breitenbach 3 days

ABC Q2 2026 Newspapers | Circulation trends downwards

Newspapers

ABC Q2 2026 Newspapers | Circulation trends downwards

Danette Breitenbach 3 days

Source: Supplied. Liza Nolte, new business development manager at AfriGIS.

Residential Property

Women are winning on homes – but the biggest gaps remain out of sight

19 Aug 2026

Andrew Keggie CIO

Tech Startups

Why the right ICT finance helps SMEs thrive within a challenging climate

Issued by Lula 18 Aug 2026

Environment & Natural Resources

Sanbi appoints first woman curator at Kirstenbosch Garden

18 Aug 2026

Steady growth over rapid expansion: Why long-term success always wins

SMEs

Steady growth over rapid expansion: Why long-term success always wins

Jeremy Lang, Issued by Business Partners Limited 18 Aug 2026

CETA Administrator Oupa Nkoane says the scale of South Africa’s infrastructure ambitions requires a fundamental rethink of how the skills development system works with industry

Skills Development

CETA: South Africa’s infrastructure boom must become an engine for skills and jobs

Issued by K and K Media 17 Aug 2026

Dean De Sousa crowned country’s top boerewors maker

Exhibitions & Events

Dean De Sousa crowned country’s top boerewors maker

17 Aug 2026

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Law of Succession

No life after death for claims: High Court rejects joinder after claimant passes away

Lesetja Mochaki 14 Aug 2026

Media

Fake modelling jobs highlight risks for women entering the creative industries

Karabo Ledwaba 14 Aug 2026

Advertising

Still curious

Issued by Promise 13 Aug 2026

New SA Tourism Board takes office with focus on skills and governance

Tourism

New SA Tourism Board takes office with focus on skills and governance

13 Aug 2026

FMD outbreak: What it means for South Africa's meat supply and prices

Agriculture

FMD outbreak: What it means for South Africa's meat supply and prices

Karabo Mabuza 12 Aug 2026

PR & Communications

Why South African businesses need to bring WhatsApp calling into their communications mix

Issued by Telviva 14 May 2026

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HR & Management

SA unemployment rate climbs to 33.6%

11 Aug 2026

Image credit: on Pexels

Mental health

Can doomscrolling on Reddit and X deepen depression?

11 Aug 2026

SADiLaR digitises 5 decades of South African language teaching scholarship

Higher Education

SADiLaR digitises 5 decades of South African language teaching scholarship

Tshego Rapoo-Maloyi, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 11 Aug 2026

Afda continues to shape the future of the creative economy

Higher Education

Afda continues to shape the future of the creative economy

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 12 Aug 2026

Source: Pexels.

Construction & Engineering

Building SA’s future engineers: "Graduates need more than technical knowledge to succeed"

7 Aug 2026

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Medtech

Netcare to bring risk-detecting German-developed AI tech to SA

7 Aug 2026

The team sheet is in: Public Sector Leaders Summit 2026 names its strongest line-up yet

Events & Conferencing

The team sheet is in: Public Sector Leaders Summit 2026 names its strongest line-up yet

Issued by Topco Media 6 Aug 2026

A flame rises from a gas flare at the Dangote Industries oil refinery and fertiliser plant site in the Ibeju-Lekki district of Lagos, Nigeria. Image credit: Reuters/Sodiq Adelakun/File Photo

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria’s Dangote hopes to strike gold in South Africa

Colleen Goko 6 Aug 2026

Rubbish piles up near a park in Nyanga. Photos: Emihle Ngwane

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Battle to stop illegal dumping in Cape Town’s townships

Emihle Ngwane 6 Aug 2026

South Africa needs data centres, but not without transparency

Data & Analytics

South Africa needs data centres, but not without transparency

Tyronne McCrindle 5 Aug 2026

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Labour Law

High Court rules PIC CEO suspension invalid, orders reinstatement

5 Aug 2026

South Africa's economic heartland

Marketing

South Africa's economic heartland

Nick Efstathiou, Issued by OFM Radio 5 Aug 2026

Public Health

New ‘comprehensive’ 220-bed hospital opens in Mpumalanga

5 Aug 2026

Make less, do more

Digital

Make less, do more

Rory MacRobert, Issued by M+C Saatchi Abel 5 Aug 2026

#WomensMonth | The Artscape's Marlene le Roux on leading with inclusion, compassion and courage

Theatre

#WomensMonth | The Artscape's Marlene le Roux on leading with inclusion, compassion and courage

Evan-Lee Courie 5 Aug 2026

The rising cost of severe weather for South African farmers

Agriculture

The rising cost of severe weather for South African farmers

Hanjo Fourie 4 Aug 2026

Source: Supplied. Shameer Chothia is the principal consultant at Momentum Consultants and Actuaries.

Finance

Beyond tax-free pensions: Rethinking retirement income in South Africa

Shameer Chothia 4 Aug 2026

Source: Pexels.

Construction & Engineering

Business can't stay silent as failing municipalities threaten investment, warns BLSA's Mavuso

3 Aug 2026

Source: Supplied. YellowCard chief executive officer, Chris Maurice.

Fintech

Yellow Card’s Chris Maurice named alongside Coinbase, Stripe and BlackRock leaders in stablecoin ranking

31 Jul 2026

You have reached your destination

Radio & Audio

You have reached your destination

Issued by United Stations 31 Jul 2026

Casey Mantle, head of digital at Special Effects Media South Africa looks at what marketers need to know now that Google Search Console tracks social content (Image supplied)

Digital

Google Search Console now tracks social content: What South African marketers need to know

Casey Mantle 31 Jul 2026

In-game branded content is not what most marketers think it is

Digital

In-game branded content is not what most marketers think it is

Issued by Reach Players 31 Jul 2026

Unesco adds 25 new World Heritage Sites

Tourism

Unesco adds 25 new World Heritage Sites

30 Jul 2026

#WPRD2026 | The Human Rhythm: The pattern communicators keep ignoring

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | The Human Rhythm: The pattern communicators keep ignoring

Paul Reynell 31 Jul 2026

Springbok legend and head coach of the Toyota Cheetahs, Francois Steyn, tests the Toyota bZ4X in its It Just Got Real campaign (Image supplied)

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign | It Just Got Real with a Springbok legend and Toyota SA's new bZ4X

30 Jul 2026

The Gathering 2026: Cities Edition returns to ask whether South Africa’s cities can be fixed

Media

The Gathering 2026: Cities Edition returns to ask whether South Africa’s cities can be fixed

Issued by Daily Maverick 30 Jul 2026

When temperatures drop below freezing, central South Africa comes together

ESG

When temperatures drop below freezing, central South Africa comes together

Issued by OFM Radio 29 Jul 2026

Champions crowned as DStv Schools Netball Challenge head to the United Kingdom

Sport

Champions crowned as DStv Schools Netball Challenge head to the United Kingdom

Issued by MultiChoice 28 Jul 2026

Lorato Tshenkeng, founder and CEO of Decode, reflects on the recent Social Media Summit for Government in the context of WPRD 2026 (Image supplied)

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | The golden age of strategic PR will elude government until leadership changes

Lorato Tshenkeng 28 Jul 2026

The Bill establishes the South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC) as a single state-owned national champion by merging PetroSA, iGas, and the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF). Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Coal, Oil & Gas

SA National Petroleum Company Bill flagged as “climate-blind”

28 Jul 2026

Chinese companies are taking over the EV market. What’s behind their meteoric rise?

Commercial & Industrial

Chinese companies are taking over the EV market. What’s behind their meteoric rise?

Marina Yue Zhang 28 Jul 2026

Livestock owners can now apply online to vaccinate against FMD

Agriculture

Livestock owners can now apply online to vaccinate against FMD

27 Jul 2026