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Crèches battle complicated registration process

Early Childhood Development

Crèches battle complicated registration process

Mary-Anne Gontsana 1 day

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Education & Training

Health experts urge bold action on harm reduction in South Africa's wellness landscape

7 Aug 2025

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Aesthetic Medicine

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

Rachael Kent 23 Jul 2025

SA businesses embrace GenAI – but strategy and skills lagging, finds 2025 Roadmap

Hardware

SA businesses embrace GenAI – but strategy and skills lagging, finds 2025 Roadmap

Issued by Dell 21 Jul 2025

#WPRD2025 |Prisa president, Bradly Howland: The need to professionalise PR

World PR Day

#WPRD2025 |Prisa president, Bradly Howland: The need to professionalise PR

Bradly Howland 16 Jul 2025

Research reveals the surge of illicit alcohol trade in SA

Regulatory

Research reveals the surge of illicit alcohol trade in SA

Dr Shamal Vinesh Ramesar 14 Jul 2025

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Mining

Ghana uses drone tech, AI to catch wildcat miners

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 26 Jun 2025

News24 leads trust in South Africa for the 7th year running

Media

News24 leads trust in South Africa for the 7th year running

Issued by Media24 19 Jun 2025

Is BNPL reshaping South Africa's retail credit trends in 2025?

Trends

Is BNPL reshaping South Africa's retail credit trends in 2025?

Regan Adams 19 May 2025

Source: © 123rf A new report by the IAB South Africa, SA Content Creator Charter and the Influencer Marketing Perceptions Report examines the challenges and the massive untapped opportunities that exist in this market and has identified six trends

Digital

IAB SA: 6 key trends impacting influencer marketing

Casey Mantle,Dashni Vilakazi,Jolene Roelofse & Sanesh Maharaj 17 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite, CEO: HealthAI.

Healthcare

The rise of AI in LMICs: A new era for global healthcare

Ricardo Baptista Leite 17 Mar 2025

Now trending: Hot off the (IMCAS 2025) press

Aesthetic Medicine

Now trending: Hot off the (IMCAS 2025) press

Issued by Skin Renewal 27 Feb 2025

Stilfontein: ‘It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation’

Mining

Stilfontein: ‘It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation’

Lindsey Schutters 6 Jan 2025

Safe and nutritious food – healthy communities

Food, Water & Energy Security

Safe and nutritious food – healthy communities

Namhla Skweyiya, Issued by FoodForward SA 19 Dec 2024

Source: © 123rf Over the last five years, South Africa’s traditional TV viewership (on regulated services) has declined from 38.2 million to 32.5 million, but despite this content consumption remains robust

Media

Content consumption remains robust, despite traditional TV and radio figures down

10 Dec 2024

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Healthcare

Ramaphosa makes child deaths under 12 notifiable following school poisoning crisis

Katja Hamilton 19 Nov 2024

Doctor Philip Moreira, a gynaecologist and department head at Dalal Jamm Hospital, rides his electric bicycle while commuting to the hospital in Dakar, Senegal, 21 October 2024. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Senegal's urban cycling trend offers chance to boost green transport

Sofia Christensen 8 Nov 2024

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Climate Change

Polluters must pay: How COP29 can make this a reality

Llewellyn Leonard 4 Nov 2024

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NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Final warning: NPOs that don't comply with regulations will be deregistered

25 Oct 2024

Risks and rewards of bring your own AI

4th Industrial Revolution

Risks and rewards of bring your own AI

Chris Wiggett 9 Oct 2024

Artificial Intelligence

How rapid technological progress is transforming the IP property landscape

24 Jul 2024

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Legislation & Regulation

President to puff, puff, pass Cannabis Bill into law

Ramon Pereira 20 Mar 2024

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Tax Law

Can crypto regulation help SA shake off FATF greylisting?

Andre van den Berg, Zanrie Linstrom and Pooja Pu 16 Feb 2024

Wayne Toms, GhostDraft CEO

Trends

#BizTrends2024: AI integration into CCM is about digital transformation

Lindsey Schutters 31 Jan 2024

Source: Reuters.

Fintech

Nigerian central bank lifts ban on crypto trading

MacDonald Dzirutwe 27 Dec 2023

Source: Tarris Arnold, business development manager at Luno.

Fintech

South African businesses primed for crypto expansion as institutions embrace licenses

11 Dec 2023

Sumitomo Rubber SA lends technical support to RAF/SATMC road safety programme

Safety

Sumitomo Rubber SA lends technical support to RAF/SATMC road safety programme

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 18 Oct 2023

5 things your business should consider when using AI

Digital

5 things your business should consider when using AI

Issued by Helm 18 Oct 2023

Advertising

Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads. Here's what you need to know

Erica Mealy 11 Sep 2023

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Tourism

Tourism, Airbnb sign MoU to grow sector

4 Sep 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

Zimbabwe to take 30% of carbon credit revenue

Nyasha Chingono 21 Aug 2023

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Career Advice

Think twice before rage applying for those jobs

28 Jun 2023

Urgent need for a comprehensive waste tyre management plan to guide dealers

Industrial automation

Urgent need for a comprehensive waste tyre management plan to guide dealers

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 12 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Financial Services

Nigeria regulator says local Binance operations 'illegal'

12 Jun 2023

Dichotomy of abundance and scarcity: The paradox of South African agriculture

Food Security

Dichotomy of abundance and scarcity: The paradox of South African agriculture

Ali Conn 29 May 2023

Source © Kheng Ho Toh With the rapid advancement in technology, advertisers now have a plethora of media types to choose from, including social media, radio, print, outdoor, and more. So is TV advertising is still as effective as it once was?

Advertising

Is television advertising still as effective as it once was?

6 Apr 2023

Sumitomo Rubber SA CEO appointed as chair of tyre industry body

Manufacturing & Parts

Sumitomo Rubber SA CEO appointed as chair of tyre industry body

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 23 Feb 2023

Streaming

BCCSA launches Online Content Services Code of Conduct

1 Feb 2023

Accenture Life Trends Report 2023 forecasts relationship dynamic shift between business and people

Trends

Accenture Life Trends Report 2023 forecasts relationship dynamic shift between business and people

Issued by Stone 26 Jan 2023

Fintech

Cryptocurrencies are in crisis, but they are not going to disappear

Annie Lecompte 23 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Fred Razak chief trading strategist at CM Trading.

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Is this the death of crypto?

Fred Razak 9 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Wonga chief executive officer, Brett van Aswegen.

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Formal credit a double-edged sword for consumers

Brett van Aswegan 9 Jan 2023

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Legislation & Regulation

New proposed tobacco bill threatens jail time if kids are sold cigarettes

16 Nov 2022

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Legislation & Regulation

Crypto assets now officially considered 'financial products' in South Africa

Ashlin Perumall 20 Oct 2022