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Seasoned communications professionals Melissa Attree (left) and Keri-Ann Stanton (right) have launched a new type of agency that doesn’t follow the rules, it makes them (Image Lesley Svenson @Bizcommunity)

PR & Communications

A new agency open from Thursday to Monday, with a twist

2 hours

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Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Bowmans' Richard Bryce & Nazeera Mia: How Africa’s new competition laws could reshape its business landscape

Richard Bryce and Nazeera Mia 13 hours

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Employment Equity

Draft Gazette 54032 introduces sweeping changes to B-BBEE codes

Yuneal Padayachy 17 hours

Behind Dis-Chem's Better Rewards: How fintech, real-time data and retail tech are redefining loyalty in SA

Retail

Behind Dis-Chem's Better Rewards: How fintech, real-time data and retail tech are redefining loyalty in SA

Evan-Lee Courie 18 hours

GLP-1 uncovers link between weight loss and wellness

Pharmaceuticals

GLP-1 uncovers link between weight loss and wellness

17 hours

The report is available for download.

PR & Communications

PR just got harder — Alignment is the key, says Meltwater

Karabo Ledwaba 19 hours

Over 50 countries will gather in Pretoria to advance accountability, transparency, and user rights on digital platforms. (Source: )

Media

South Africa to host global summit on digital platform governance

21 hours

Dozens of communities downstream of the Katse Dam are owed compensation since 2013 by the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Human Rights Law

Lesotho dam project misses deadline to pay multi-million compensation claim

Sechaba Mokhethi 21 hours

#MiningIndaba: The urgent call for digital tools in tailings oversight

Health & Safety

#MiningIndaba: The urgent call for digital tools in tailings oversight

Alastair Bovim 20 hours

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Infrastructure & Utilities

End of an era: Barloworld delisted after R23bn Saudi acquisition

21 hours

Media

Warc Report | Amazon soars as YouTube stumbles in Q4

22 hours

6 women using STEM to make the South African circular bioeconomy a reality

Circular Economy & Waste Management

6 women using STEM to make the South African circular bioeconomy a reality

21 hours

Kruger National Park sees rhino poaching hike despite national drop

Environment & Natural Resources

Kruger National Park sees rhino poaching hike despite national drop

23 hours

Jarryd Terblanche is a conceptual copywriter at Special Effects Media looks at how narrative voice will cut through digital marketing’s content saturation in 2026 (Image supplied)

Digital

#BizTrends2026 | Special Effects Media’s Jarryd Terblanche: Narrative voice is becoming the differentiator

Jarryd Terblanche 19 hours

#MiningIndaba: Untapped mineral potential shows South African mining is a sunrise industry

Mining

#MiningIndaba: Untapped mineral potential shows South African mining is a sunrise industry

1 day

The top young creatives who won the chance to represent Kenya globally at Cannes Lions 2026 (Image supplied)

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2026 Young Kenyan creatives set for Young Lions competition

20 hours

Startup Club ZA launches Platform ZA to tackle access gaps in SA’s tech ecosystem

SMEs

Startup Club ZA launches Platform ZA to tackle access gaps in SA’s tech ecosystem

1 day

A tourist rides a beach buggy in Wadi Billi, at El-Gouna near the Red Sea, Egypt, 14 November 2018. Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Property Development

Egypt plans $1bn Red Sea marina, hotel development

Ahmed Elimam, Momen Saeed Atallah and Alexander Dziadosz 1 day

Consumer spend expected to rise on Valentine's weekend

Economy

Consumer spend expected to rise on Valentine's weekend

1 day

Beau Monde Traveller launches South African edition

Magazines

Beau Monde Traveller launches South African edition

1 day

What Cape Town can do to save water

Food, Water & Energy Security

What Cape Town can do to save water

Steve Kretzmann 1 day

#BizTrends2026 | M&C Saatchi Abel’s Johannes (Jojo) Keiper: Why creativity can’t be reasonable anymore

Advertising

#BizTrends2026 | M&C Saatchi Abel’s Johannes (Jojo) Keiper: Why creativity can’t be reasonable anymore

Johannes Keiper 1 day

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Law Practice

Class actions on the increase: A case for regulation of litigation funding

Stuart Pringle 1 day

#BizTrends2026 | Unitrans’ Edwin Hewitt: Why people, not machines, will power Africa’s logistics revolution

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Unitrans’ Edwin Hewitt: Why people, not machines, will power Africa’s logistics revolution

Edwin Hewitt 1 day

Gen Z isn’t cancelling brands loudly anymore they’re muting them. Nicole Glover, executive creative director of digital at Penquin shows how brands that don’t follow through risk disappearing from relevance. (Image supplied)

Marketing

7 ways brands can avoid being quietly muted by Gen Z in 2026

Nicole Glover 1 day

Product Recall: ButtaNutt recalls limited peanut butter over toxin fears

FMCG

Product Recall: ButtaNutt recalls limited peanut butter over toxin fears

1 day

"Financial apartheid" hampers South Africa's health future

Public Health

"Financial apartheid" hampers South Africa's health future

1 day

#BizTrends2026 | Quantum Studios' Dr. Chris Roets: Memory-led marketing trends that will shape the year

Marketing

#BizTrends2026 | Quantum Studios' Dr. Chris Roets: Memory-led marketing trends that will shape the year

Chris Roets 1 day

SA's geoscience to get a boost with new CGS and BHP partnership

Mining

SA's geoscience to get a boost with new CGS and BHP partnership

1 day

Skeem Saam shatters soapie records

TV

Skeem Saam shatters soapie records

1 day

#MiningIndaba: Harmony Gold's copper venture may take 2 years

Mining

#MiningIndaba: Harmony Gold's copper venture may take 2 years

Nqobile Dludla and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 1 day

Khomotjo Mashele, head of product: high schools at Spark Schools

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Spark Schools' Khomotjo Mashele: Personalised pathways for a changing world

Khomotjo Mashele 2 days

#MiningIndaba: Mantashe calls for African unity amid geopolitical tensions

Mining

#MiningIndaba: Mantashe calls for African unity amid geopolitical tensions

2 days

Lyndy van den Baarselaar, Managing Director at Manpower SA

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Manpower SA's Lyndy van den Baarselaar: Steering the future of work with purpose, agility, and humanity

Lyndy van den Barselaar 2 days

This year South Africa has sent its biggest team to the Olympic Winter Games, but the event would not be broadcast by DStv’s SuperSport (Image source: © 123rf )

TV

DStv misses historical Winter Olympics coverage to fans dismay

2 days

Doechii stars in the campaign. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

Levi's new campaign brings the back to the front

2 days

SA’s economic catalyst: Driven by real cost relief, not rates

Economy

SA’s economic catalyst: Driven by real cost relief, not rates

Dr Greg Cline 2 days

Study shows grim reality of gender-affirming healthcare access in South Africa

Medical Research

Study shows grim reality of gender-affirming healthcare access in South Africa

2 days

F45's Karen Loader explains how functional fitness, strength, pilates and recovery are reshaping sports marketing (Image supplied)

Marketing

#BizTrends2026 | F45's Karen Loader: 3 pillars reshaping sports marketing

Karen Loader 2 days

Three key organisations have raised the alarm that Johannesburg and Pretoria Master’s Offices could be left “rudderless”. Archive photo: Ella Morrison / GroundUp

Law Practice

Johannesburg and Pretoria Masters’ offices still without permanent heads

Justin Brown 2 days

Capetonians embrace IV nutrient therapy in new wellness trend

Aesthetic Medicine

Capetonians embrace IV nutrient therapy in new wellness trend

2 days

Advertising

#Superbowl2026: Serena Williams, DJ Khaled back GLP-1 ads

Karabo Ledwaba 2 days

Volkswagen sounds alarm over SA’s auto manufacturing future

Manufacturing & Parts

Volkswagen sounds alarm over SA’s auto manufacturing future

Imran Salie 2 days

#MiningIndaba: SA's mining future hinges on investment — MCSA

Mining

#MiningIndaba: SA's mining future hinges on investment — MCSA

2 days

Controversial Eskom tariff increase approved after Nersa's recalculations

Energy

Controversial Eskom tariff increase approved after Nersa's recalculations

2 days

#BizTrends2026 | Atana's Karen King and Yolandi Meyer: Engineering for climate resilience in 2026

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Atana's Karen King and Yolandi Meyer: Engineering for climate resilience in 2026

Yolandi Meyer and Karen King 2 days

Lebo Masola-Mnjama, talent manager, Dariel Software

Skills Development & Training

Beyond tech: 4 essential skills driving future career success

6 Feb 2026

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Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Hyprop's Wayne Abegglen: Digital fatigue driving demand for new retail experiences

Wayne Abegglen 6 Feb 2026

Jean-Paul Rudd, Partner, Adams & Adams

Corporate & Commercial Law

Prior accounting discrepancies lead to coverage denial in new suits

Jean-Paul Rudd 6 Feb 2026