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Source: Old Mutual Insure.

Insurance & Actuarial

Old Mutual Insure, Swiss Re propose strategic co-operation to strengthen corporate property business

6 hours

Shoprite’s R1m food garden competition adds three new judges

Agriculture

Shoprite’s R1m food garden competition adds three new judges

10 hours

Why healthcare costs keep rising - and what businesses can do

Medical Aid

Why healthcare costs keep rising - and what businesses can do

Issued by Medihelp 10 hours

African outbound travel spending set to jump 61% by 2030

Tourism & Travel

African outbound travel spending set to jump 61% by 2030

13 hours

Consumers are happier, shopping more frequently and loving delivery apps

Research

Consumers are happier, shopping more frequently and loving delivery apps

Issued by Caxton Media 12 hours

When trust is harder to find, Coronation asks who has earned yours

Marketing

When trust is harder to find, Coronation asks who has earned yours

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 13 hours

An appetite for local authority

Artificial Intelligence

An appetite for local authority

Issued by Caxton Media 14 hours

Source: Supplied

Logistics & Transport

Grindrod advances private access to SA's freight rail network

14 hours

Africa’s noise could hold the next big business idea

Marketing

Africa’s noise could hold the next big business idea

Issued by Omnicom Advertising South Africa 15 hours

Ninety9Cents (99c) has been appointed the lead agency for The Building Company (TBCo), drawing on its integrated capabilities and proven "Bretail" expertise (Image source: @ DIY Trade News

Advertising

"Bretail” philosophy wins agency the Building Company

16 hours

Supplied image: Learners participating in Market Day

Primary & Secondary Education

From classroom concepts to real-world impact: How PBL empowers young Africans

2 days

Medical Research

South Africa’s HPV vaccination drive to protect girls from cervical cancer is working – what we know after 10 years

Dorothy Nyemba-Machemedze and Sinead Delany-Moretlwe 16 hours

South Africa's EV sales this year race past last year's total

Commercial & Industrial

South Africa's EV sales this year race past last year's total

Nqobile Dludla 2 days

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Health & Safety

Why pharmacies are key to a clean bill of health for SA communities

2 days

Tourvest links Mpumalanga farmers to tourism supply chain

Tourism & Travel

Tourvest links Mpumalanga farmers to tourism supply chain

2 days

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Retailers

There’s a 300-year-old story flowing through this Checkers store

2 days

Standard Bank at Growthpoint Properties’ Walmer Park Shopping Centre in Gqeberha. Image supplied.

ESG & Sustainability

Growthpoint helps Standard Bank go green at 21 branches

2 days

Accenture Song South Africa and Allan Gray win South Africa's only D&AD Pencil in 2026

Advertising

Accenture Song South Africa and Allan Gray win South Africa's only D&AD Pencil in 2026

Issued by Accenture Song 2 days

Source: Supplied.

Property Development

Madadeni opens first enclosed shopping mall with 75 retail outlets

3 days

Skin Renewal is celebrating 21 years and 21 branches

Aesthetic Medicine

Skin Renewal is celebrating 21 years and 21 branches

Issued by Skin Renewal 3 days

Radisson hotel in Hoedspruit achieves Verified Net Zero status

Tourism & Travel

Radisson hotel in Hoedspruit achieves Verified Net Zero status

3 days

WiSA announces powerful executive speaker line-up

ESG & Sustainability

WiSA announces powerful executive speaker line-up

Issued by Thinkerneur 3 days

Building pathways to opportunity: Why adult learning matters in South Africa’s employment response

Higher Education

Building pathways to opportunity: Why adult learning matters in South Africa’s employment response

Issued by College SA 3 days

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Retail Marketing

Nando’s teams up with Siya Kolisi for new limited-edition sauce

3 days

MG to enter SA’s bakkie market with U7 and U9

Commercial & Industrial

MG to enter SA’s bakkie market with U7 and U9

Ryan Bubear 3 days

4 Lessons for agencies to overcome economic pressure

Advertising

4 Lessons for agencies to overcome economic pressure

Bongi Mvuyana 3 days

Joe Public celebrates Khuthala Gala Holten as she departs after 20 years

Advertising

Joe Public celebrates Khuthala Gala Holten as she departs after 20 years

Issued by Joe Public 3 days

MultiChoice Talent Factory brings top industry voices to Fame Week Africa to discuss future talent

Film & Cinematography

MultiChoice Talent Factory brings top industry voices to Fame Week Africa to discuss future talent

Issued by MultiChoice 3 days

Accenture Song SA turns local stories into global creative currency

Advertising

Accenture Song SA turns local stories into global creative currency

Issued by Accenture Song 3 days

Source: Sechaba Mokhethi/GroundUp. The Katse Dam, which provides water to South Africa, is one of several dams whose construction saw extensive loss of resources for several Lesotho communities.

Construction & Engineering

Lesotho dam authority must pay M90m in long-overdue compensation

Sechaba Mokheth 3 days

Source: Reuters.

Financial Services

Brics+ payments system feasible, common currency faces hurdles, report says

Karin Strohecker 3 days

Private capital powers cleaner steel as Coega Steels unveils R500m expansion

Financial Services

Private capital powers cleaner steel as Coega Steels unveils R500m expansion

Issued by Fedgroup 30 Oct 2026

Hyprop appoints Primedia Malls and The Media Factory as digital media co-sales partners

Retail Marketing

Hyprop appoints Primedia Malls and The Media Factory as digital media co-sales partners

Issued by Primedia Out-of-Home 16 hours

iOCO returns to majority Black ownership with 56% stake

Services

iOCO returns to majority Black ownership with 56% stake

30 Oct 2026

South African businesses are being seen more in Google and clicked less: First local zero-click study

Digital

South African businesses are being seen more in Google and clicked less: First local zero-click study

Issued by Algorithm Agency 30 Oct 2026

Dischem Ceo Rui Morais

Banking & Finance

Dis-Chem’s Better Rewards programme supports 8% revenue growth

30 Oct 2026

The Prisms Awards winners were announced on 24 October (Image supplied)

Prism Awards

#PrismsAwards 2026 | All the winners: Tribeca and DNA Brand Architects take top honours

30 Oct 2026

Source: Reuters.

Banking

South Africa's Absa opens first Gulf office in Dubai

Colleen Goko 30 Oct 2026

Management & Leadership

How leaders’ stress is affecting engagement, trust and performance

Anja van Beek 30 Oct 2026

Source: Supplied. Architectural rendering of ThirtyFour18, the R2.5bn mixed-use landmark set to reshape Cape Town’s Foreshore skyline.

Property Development

Beyond the skyline: ThirtyFour18 aims to transform how Cape Town lives, works and plays

Katja Hamilton 29 Oct 2026

Five Western Cape fruit producers are asking the High Court to force Premier to take their fruit for the coming harvest. Archive photo: Greg Dor / GroundUp

Corporate & Commercial Law

Fruit farmers take Premier to court

Greg Dor 29 Oct 2026

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign | KFC: An awkward family dinner and a bucket of chicken - perfect!

29 Oct 2026

The entrance to the illegally constructed Goats Window Luxury Safari Lodge in the foothills of the Riviersonderend mountains near Bonnievale. Photos: John Yeld / GroundUp

Environmental Law

Luxury lodge fined R15m for flouting environmental laws

John Yeld 29 Oct 2026

Fashion & Homeware

Relay Jeans turns 40 by keeping denim culture anything but blue

29 Oct 2026

Chicken Licken’s Rock My Soul shows SA flames

Advertising

Chicken Licken’s Rock My Soul shows SA flames

Issued by Joe Public 29 Oct 2026

Rhodes University is working with the Department of Water and Sanitation to investigate whether its internal water system is the source of the outbreak. Archive photo: Steve Krentzmann

Infectious Diseases

Rhodes University launches probe into water after gastro outbreak

Laney van Wyk 29 Oct 2026

Image supplied.

FMCG

Fuel prices are rising. What does that mean for grocery retail?

29 Oct 2026