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Construction & Engineering

Kenya’s $26bn building boom is about to take centre stage

5 hours

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Fuel prices may stay high after the war ends, warns SA Reserve Bank

8 hours

October fuel hike puts South Africa’s road freight under pressure

Logistics & Transport

October fuel hike puts South Africa’s road freight under pressure

Gavin Kelly 10 hours

Solving underground mining's toughest connectivity challenge with secure private 5G

Mining

Solving underground mining's toughest connectivity challenge with secure private 5G

Issued by IMT (Integrated Mining Technologies) 1 day

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Finance

#EXCLUSIVE: South Africa cannot afford to mistake stagnation for stability

Dr Tara Polzer Ngwato 1 day

SA wheat harvest hits eight-year low, raising import needs

Agriculture

SA wheat harvest hits eight-year low, raising import needs

Wandile Sihlobo 1 day

Fuel price shock as massive increases take effect

Fuel & Energy

Fuel price shock as massive increases take effect

1 day

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Commodities & Fairtrade

Weather and shipping disruptions push global food prices higher

2 days

#ATMDubai | Middle East hotel boom shifts focus from rooms to profitability

Hospitality

#ATMDubai | Middle East hotel boom shifts focus from rooms to profitability

Evan-Lee Courie 1 day

Why your AI vendor contract is probably a liability - 7 hard truths from the front lines

Corporate & Commercial Law

Why your AI vendor contract is probably a liability - 7 hard truths from the front lines

Nicolene Schoeman-Louw, Issued by SchoemanLaw 2 days

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Noncommunicable diseases

79 deaths a day: South Africa’s diabetes crisis needs a new strategy

Patrick Ngassa Piotie 2 days

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Following PetroSA’s contaminated-fuel scandal, the AA calls on govt to act

2 days

Global air cargo demand rises 4.4% as trade growth supports peak-season outlook

Cargo & Storage

Global air cargo demand rises 4.4% as trade growth supports peak-season outlook

2 days

Why freight needs to move from visibility to intervention

Distribution

Why freight needs to move from visibility to intervention

Issued by Takealot Fulfilment Solutions 2 days

The ever-evolving threat of cybercrime in South Africa

Cyber Law

The ever-evolving threat of cybercrime in South Africa

Issued by Cox Yeats 2 Oct 2026

Cars queue at a Shell petrol station in Johannesburg after the government announced it would reduce its fuel levy for a month to stop fuel prices from rising even further, 31 March 2026. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Coal, Oil & Gas

South Africa’s rising petrol price is more pressing than supply, says minister

2 Oct 2026

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Food, Water & Energy Security

Durban and Joburg worst hit by water outages

Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff. 2 Oct 2026

Chery SA reveals the name South Africans chose for its first bakkie

Launches & Reviews

Chery SA reveals the name South Africans chose for its first bakkie

2 Oct 2026

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Medical Aid

Discovery Health announces price hikes for 2027

2 Oct 2026

According to Cape Town’s Inner City Local Spatial Development Framework, only 30% of apartments or houses in the inner city are available for long-term leases, or occupied by their owners. The remainder “are either hotel managed or Airbnb”. Archive photo: Brent Meersman / GroundUp

Residential Property

Airbnb by-law doesn’t do enough to address Cape Town’s housing crisis

Leila Kidson 1 Oct 2026

Global economic and geopolitical shifts could strengthen Africa's strategic position, says KPMG's Global Economic and Geopolitical Outlook (Image source: © 123rf )

Economy

AI is the energy story: A dual challenge and opportunity for Africa

1 Oct 2026

Machinery is lined up on the day of a ground breaking ceremony for the construction of a $16bn oil refinery, which is backed by Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, who intends to replicate the success of his group’s 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Nigeria to meet growing demand for petroleum products across East Africa, in Lamu, Kenya. Image credit: Reuters/Monicah Mwangi

Construction & Engineering

Honeywell to help build Dangote’s new Kenyan mega-refinery

1 Oct 2026

Coal, Oil & Gas

Further fuel price hikes could strain SA’s job market, warns economist

1 Oct 2026

Public Health

Bitter pill to swallow: Medicine prices in the private health sector increase

1 Oct 2026

Food waste in SA is increasingly becoming a supply-chain problem

ESG

Food waste in SA is increasingly becoming a supply-chain problem

1 Oct 2026

Truth Coffee founder David Donde turns to wholesale bread at Flour Market

Food & bev. services

Truth Coffee founder David Donde turns to wholesale bread at Flour Market

1 Oct 2026

Vumela marks 17 years of funding South Africa's 'missing middle' SMEs

Funding

Vumela marks 17 years of funding South Africa's 'missing middle' SMEs

Issued by Edge Growth 30 Sep 2026

Too many suppliers can raise procurement costs, Sapphire warns

Supply Chain

Too many suppliers can raise procurement costs, Sapphire warns

30 Sep 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Quince’s $10.1bn valuation spotlights the appeal of algorithmic retail

Supply Chain

EXCLUSIVE: Quince’s $10.1bn valuation spotlights the appeal of algorithmic retail

James Townsend 30 Sep 2026

Infrastructure & Utilities

eThekwini commissions key section of R1.2bn Southern Aqueduct project

30 Sep 2026

Agriculture has been here before, but has it learnt its lesson?

Agriculture

Agriculture has been here before, but has it learnt its lesson?

Abrie Rautenbach 29 Sep 2026

Mining

Word on the WhatsApp group: SA mining must tackle misinformation

Merel van der Lei 29 Sep 2026

Packaging businesses under pressure turn to technology at Propak Cape 2026

Packaging

Packaging businesses under pressure turn to technology at Propak Cape 2026

Issued by Propak Cape 29 Sep 2026

H&M sharpens profitability with leaner costs and better operations

Retailers

H&M sharpens profitability with leaner costs and better operations

29 Sep 2026

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Skills Training

NSG launches 2 new qualifications to professionalise public service

28 Sep 2026

The City of Cape Town has drafted a new by-law to apply commercial property rates to all properties available for short-term letting for more than half the year. Archive photo: Brent Meersman / GroundUp

Retail & Hospitality Property

Cape Town Airbnb hosts could pay triple rates

Steve Kretzmann 28 Sep 2026

Industrial transformation and electric vehicles gain the spotlight at Brics Summit

Commercial & Industrial

Industrial transformation and electric vehicles gain the spotlight at Brics Summit

Issued by The Electric Mission 25 Sep 2026

Local warehouses face tougher fire risks as logistics operations expand

Warehousing

Local warehouses face tougher fire risks as logistics operations expand

25 Sep 2026

Manufacturing built repeatable production systems decades ago; the same discipline can help mines respond more consistently to operational and market pressures (Image source: © 123rf )

Mining

Manufacturing's production systems the answer to SA mining production?

Johan Coetzee 25 Sep 2026

ASI buys majority stake in Conekt to expand enterprise ICT services

Services

ASI buys majority stake in Conekt to expand enterprise ICT services

23 Sep 2026

Private sector to scale ARC FMD vaccine production

Agriculture

Private sector to scale ARC FMD vaccine production

23 Sep 2026

#HeritageMonth | Nehanda Design is scaling local craftsmanship without losing its soul

Design & Manufacturing

#HeritageMonth | Nehanda Design is scaling local craftsmanship without losing its soul

Evan-Lee Courie 23 Sep 2026

Coal, Oil & Gas

TotalEnergies sweeps in as fuel supplier after Namibia drops Vitol

22 Sep 2026

DHL adds weekly Bahrain-Johannesburg air cargo link

Logistics & Transport

DHL adds weekly Bahrain-Johannesburg air cargo link

22 Sep 2026

SA's manufacturing sector shrinks 1.5%...again. What comes next?

Manufacturing

SA's manufacturing sector shrinks 1.5%...again. What comes next?

22 Sep 2026

Higher fuel costs make convenience pricier for South African shoppers

Retail

Higher fuel costs make convenience pricier for South African shoppers

Nonhle N. Luthuli 22 Sep 2026

Riana Prins, the new Dean of Undergraduate Studies at IMM Graduate School

Higher Education

IMM Graduate School appoints new dean of undergraduate studies

21 Sep 2026

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Markets & Investment

#HeritageMonth: Why owning South Africa’s heritage comes with a responsibility

Keegan Steyn 21 Sep 2026

FMCG

#HeritageMonth | From Kalahari to the world: How Oryx Desert Salt built a premium retail brand

Evan-Lee Courie 22 Sep 2026

#HeritageMonth | Made In RSA's Nick Dreyer says local products need more than patriotism to sell

Retail

#HeritageMonth | Made In RSA's Nick Dreyer says local products need more than patriotism to sell

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Sep 2026