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 | KFC has launched a new pan-African campaign that explores the dual lives many young people across the continent navigate between urban living and their family homes... read |
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 | | Beyond essential expenses like food and transport, school uniform costs continue to add significant pressure to family budgets...read |
|  | | This growing reliance on convenience, combined with unmistakably South African personality, shaped this year’s cravings landscape...read |
|  | | Durban's Bluff Towers sold for R545m...read |
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 | ISSUED BY SAMSUNG With temperatures starting to climb as we usher summer in, Samsung is reminding South Africans that its Air Conditioners (AC’s) are more than just a way to beat the heat - they’re a year-round lifestyle essential... Read |
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 | Twenty-five rural women farmers in Mpumalanga are now supplying supermarkets, schools, and lodges, thanks to training, mentorship, and digital tools that opened the region’s agricultural supply chain... Read |
 | LILAC NACHUM Africa’s share of the world’s agriculture exports is low and has deteriorated over time... Read |
| Banking & Finance |
 | Sun King unveils flexible instalment payment plans for smartphones in Nigeria, unlocking affordable access to the Digital Economy... Read |
 | Visa is expanding stablecoin settlements across CEMEA with Aquanow, enabling issuers and acquirers to settle in USDC faster, cheaper, year-round, globally securely... Read |
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 | The rise of community-centric retail: A new era for South African townships... Read |
| Design & Manufacturing |
 | Due to launch January 2026, Fifa World Cup 2026 Ballers provides the ultimate collectible for football fans, collectors and toy enthusiasts alike... Read |
| E-commerce |
 | The promise of “everything delivered in 30 minutes” has become a daily standard in Chinese cities... Read |
| Fashion & Homeware |
 | RAY LANGA Ray Langa, group chief executive of Leagas Delaney South Africa, dismantles the tired assumption that visible luxury is unsophisticated while European restraint represents refinement... Read |
 | A December 2025 report on celebrity fashion businesses has ranked Kim Kardashian’s Skims as the world’s most successful celebrity-owned clothing brand... Read |
 | Designers and labels are churning out garments that reflect African cities and how they interact with global trends... Read |
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 | PETER ALEXANDER Cocoa prices have come down after recent spikes – so why are consumers still paying so much? Read |
 | New 250ml bottle pack brings South Africa’s favourite drinks to people, at a recommended retail price of R6, delivering greater access and affordability for consumers nationwide... read |
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 | The pack arrives at the perfect time of year: when school holidays begin, homes fill with visitors, and freezer-stocking becomes a sunny ritual... Read |
 | South African wine and spirits company DGB wins The Ethical Award for its Travelling Classrooms initiative, providing education and community support in underserved areas... Read |
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 | Understanding how alcohol consumption patterns evolve across different demographics enables retailers and brands to identify opportunities for growth... read |
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 | DUNCAN MIRIRI AND EMMA RUMNEY Diageo has agreed to sell its 65% stake in East African Breweries to Japan's Asahi Holdings for $2.3bn, divesting its last direct African beer holding... Read |
| Health & Beauty |
 | BGH Capital acquires major APAC assets from Aspen Pharmacare... Read |
 | JONATHAN KAISER Under the EU regulation, the sale, use and possession of TPO-based cosmetics is prohibited, with no grace period for salons or retailers to exhaust existing stock... Read |
| Packaging |
 | Schweppes returns with bold new look, iconic Skittle bottle and straight drinking flavours for today's changing social moments… Read |
| Retail Marketing |
 | Unilever has announced a change to its global marketing leadership as part of an ongoing effort to sharpen its growth strategy and align marketing more closely with its business groups... Read |
 | Manzi Water has announced a new brand partnership with Danél Louw, one of South Africa’s elite female Hyrox athletes... Read |
 | Cape-based small businesses were placed in the spotlight at two Pick n Pay Market Days held in December... Read |
 | Starbucks is teaming up with YouTube megastar MrBeast in a high-profile collaboration designed to blur the lines between screen and store... Read |
| Retailers |
 | Canal Walk celebrates retail excellence with 2025 awards... Read |
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 | In an effort to boost Nigerian entrepreneurship, Nigerian Breweries has formed a partnership with non-profit organisation Fate Foundation... Read |
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 | CAMILLUS EBOH Nigeria will enforce sweeping new tax laws from 1 January, President Bola Tinubu said on Tuesday, dismissing criticism over discrepancies between the gazetted text and the version passed by lawmakers... Read |
 | Africa’s economic boom is opening new doors for business travel. Here’s why travel managers need to act now to tap into the continent’s potential... Read |
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 | The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources recently announced 2026's first fuel price drop... Read |
 | RAYMOND PARSONS South Africa enters 2026 with cautious optimism, stronger fundamentals and easing constraints, but needs faster reforms and investment to unlock meaningful, job-rich growth... Read |
 | Motus retrenches 86 employees and plans wider remuneration changes amid a tough motor retail market. MISA steps in to protect workers as competition and economic pressures mount. Read |
 | Here are eight fundamental steps to becoming an entrepreneur... Read |
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