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Corporate & Commercial Law

SA mid-year M&A review: Commodity gains and regulatory reform drive deal growth

Ricci Hackner 2 days

Burger King and Toei Animation power-up to launch a limited-time “Dragon Ball Super” menu in South Africa

FMCG

Burger King and Toei Animation power-up to launch a limited-time “Dragon Ball Super” menu in South Africa

Issued by Burger King 14 Sep 2026

Icasa has granted licences to 18 new community radio stations (Image source: © 123rf )

Radio & Audio

18 Community stations granted licences

13 Aug 2026

Livia Dyer, Karl Blom, partners & Humayra Hajat, senior associate at Webber Wentzel, explain how South Africa's spectrum landscape is shifting (Image source: © 123rf )

Digital

SA's connectivity: What has changed, when it changed and why it matters

Livia Dyer, Karl Blom, Partners & Humayra Hajat 13 Aug 2026

DF-SA calls for evidence-led, coordinated response to SA’s illicit alcohol market

Regulatory

DF-SA calls for evidence-led, coordinated response to SA’s illicit alcohol market

13 Aug 2026

PR & Communications

Telviva launches Call2Teams to enable native voice capability within Microsoft Teams

Issued by Telviva 25 Mar 2026

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IP Law

IP valuation 101: Key factors behind your IP's true worth

Sara-Jane Pluke 11 Aug 2026

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Medtech

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

7 Aug 2026

What Spider-Man just taught marketers about digital strategy

Marketing

What Spider-Man just taught marketers about digital strategy

Japhet Manda, Issued by Brave Group 5 Aug 2026

Cabinet approves major driving licence reform with 10-year validity

Maintenance

Cabinet approves major driving licence reform with 10-year validity

30 Jul 2026

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HIV/AIDS

“Game-changing” HIV prevention drug reshapes employee benefits

Naseema Ephraim 30 Jul 2026

What South Africans should know about long term car rental costs

Commercial & Industrial

What South Africans should know about long term car rental costs

Issued by Pace Car Rental 28 Jul 2026

DTIC to engage key sectors on local employment

HR & Management

DTIC to engage key sectors on local employment

28 Jul 2026

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Generic Medicines

Aspen gets Merck licensing agreement for experimental HIV pill

Christy Santhosh 24 Jul 2026

Regulation moves at the pace of legislation, but the threat landscape does not, says Rynier Schoeman, cyber architecture specialist and solutions consultant at Palo Alto Networks (Image source: © 123rf )

Banking

5 cybersecurity challenges SA’s financial institutions need to tackle now

Rynier Schoeman 20 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied. Rob Downes, Head: Digital Assets at Absa CIB.

Financial Services

Africa's blockchain opportunity is bigger than the funding suggests

Rob Downes 14 Jul 2026

SA SMEs need relief from rising compliance costs

SMEs

SA SMEs need relief from rising compliance costs

Issued by Business Partners Limited 14 Jul 2026

Moving IP abroad: Key rules for SA businesses

IP Law

Moving IP abroad: Key rules for SA businesses

Sara-Jane Pluke 9 Jul 2026

A strategic content licensing partnership sees e.tv's new daily drama,The Four of Us appearing on Netflix (Image supplied)

Streaming

Select e.tv content moves onto international streaming platform

9 Jul 2026

Warning over spaza shop by-law compliance

Regulatory

Warning over spaza shop by-law compliance

7 Jul 2026

SA fintech Bridgement raises R330m as banks back AI-powered business lending

Fintech

SA fintech Bridgement raises R330m as banks back AI-powered business lending

Issued by Bridgement 7 Jul 2026

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Coal, Oil & Gas

UAE oil company agrees to R16bn deal to buy Shell’s SA fuel stations

7 Jul 2026

Stop sleeping on SA music, it's not just background noise

Music

Stop sleeping on SA music, it's not just background noise

Martin Myers 3 Jul 2026

Uncertain fuel prices? Why more South Africans are turning to long term car rental

Automotive

Uncertain fuel prices? Why more South Africans are turning to long term car rental

Issued by Pace Car Rental 8 Jul 2026

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Legislation & Regulation

'Use it or share it' - call for comment on ECA Amendment Bill

Daniel Pretorius, Claire Franklyn, Bradley Dunbar, Enock Mogajana and Kalenda Opai-Tetteh 26 Jun 2026

Using drones for high-rise window cleaning, without the high risk

Facilities & Property Management

Using drones for high-rise window cleaning, without the high risk

Adriaan Otto, Issued by Excellerate Services 18 Jun 2026

Marketing

The platform your media plan is ignoring is already shaping what AI says about your brand

Musa Kalenga, Issued by Brave Group 18 Jun 2026

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

New deal with Chinese solar giant to spark up SA’s energy market

8 Jun 2026

Medtech

The doctors who trained AI are now losing patients to it

Harshit Jain 4 Jun 2026

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Environmental Law

Private water trading faces total ban under 2026 NWA Amendment Bill

James Ross, Alysa Buntin and Emily Raubenheimer 2 Jun 2026

South African-owned spaza shops get R179.6m government funding

Funding

South African-owned spaza shops get R179.6m government funding

1 Jun 2026

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Competition Law

How routine contractual restraints can trigger SA competition risk

Nicholas De Decker 28 May 2026

Branding

Africa 200 ranking reflects growing confidence of Pan-African brands

26 May 2026

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Economy

AI could add R528bn to South Africa’s GDP

21 May 2026

South Africa’s sugar industry cannot survive unchecked dumping

Agro-processing

South Africa’s sugar industry cannot survive unchecked dumping

Robert Gumede 19 May 2026

Radio & Audio

Icasa proposes radio frequency spectrum rule changes with new draft amendments

18 May 2026

Satellite is no longer plan B, says Wapa at 20th anniversary conference

Internet

Satellite is no longer plan B, says Wapa at 20th anniversary conference

5 May 2026

The cash flow crisis quietly killing South African small businesses, and the fintech solving it

SMEs

The cash flow crisis quietly killing South African small businesses, and the fintech solving it

Issued by Bridgement 29 Apr 2026

Why long term car rental is becoming the smartest move in South Africa’s current economic climate

Trends

Why long term car rental is becoming the smartest move in South Africa’s current economic climate

Issued by Pace Car Rental 28 Apr 2026

Source: Supplied. Andrea McKaiser-Walbrugh, senior associate at legal firm CMS South Africa.

Taxation & Regulation

From trade pact to action plan: AfCFTA faces capital mobilisation test

Andrea McKaiser-Walbrugh 23 Apr 2026

Energy is now a boardroom issue for South Africa’s industrial sector

Energy

Energy is now a boardroom issue for South Africa’s industrial sector

Issued by RE+ South Africa 20 Apr 2026

From intent to purchase: How Vicinity Media is redefining the dealership journey

OOH

From intent to purchase: How Vicinity Media is redefining the dealership journey

Issued by Vicinity Media 20 Apr 2026

Small business to come to the fore at LED Summit

Entrepreneurship

Small business to come to the fore at LED Summit

15 Apr 2026

TV

SportyTV bags rights to stream Fifa World Cup 2026 in SA

13 Apr 2026

Heineken ends decades-long presence in Congo with brewery stake sale

Food & bev. services

Heineken ends decades-long presence in Congo with brewery stake sale

Clement Bonnerot 13 Apr 2026

Nations, markets and power – the realities of international business

Higher Education

Nations, markets and power – the realities of international business

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 9 Apr 2026

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HIV/AIDS

Gamechanger HIV prevention drug Lenacapavir arrives in South Africa

9 Apr 2026

Judge David Makhoba ruled that R14m in contracts for surgical masks and protective jumpsuits awarded during Covid bypassed bid processes. Illustration: Bronwyn Webb / GroundUp

Corporate & Commercial Law

Judge orders Tark Group directors to personally repay Covid contract profits

Tania Broughton 8 Apr 2026

Africa’s music industry confronts licensing and copyright gaps

Music

Africa’s music industry confronts licensing and copyright gaps

8 Apr 2026

Samro increases distribution allocation to over half a billion rand for financial year 2025

Music

Samro increases distribution allocation to over half a billion rand for financial year 2025

Issued by SAMRO 2 Apr 2026