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Anton Visser, COO of SA Business School

Skills Development & Training

Learnerships vs skills programmes: Which is the right choice to upskill your workforce?

Anton Visser 4 hours

Source: Fairvest chief executive officer, Darren Wilder.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Fairvest accelerates digital inclusion with strategic fibre network deal

3 hours

Nedbank IMC breaks own record as Africa's largest marketing conference

IMC Conference

Nedbank IMC breaks own record as Africa's largest marketing conference

Issued by IMC Conference 6 hours

The unseen bridge: Weaving data from the physical to the digital

Digital

The unseen bridge: Weaving data from the physical to the digital

Issued by Offernet 6 hours

Why customers prefer information over the hard sell

Marketing

Why customers prefer information over the hard sell

Issued by G&G Advocacy 7 hours

Railway

Port of Gauteng's $50bn plan to transform Durban-Gauteng freight corridor

8 hours

Source: Reuters.

Finance

African exports face immediate damage from lapse of US trade initiative

7 hours

2025 Street Lines Skate Tournament names new Men’s champ and record wins

Sport

2025 Street Lines Skate Tournament names new Men’s champ and record wins

8 hours

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Energy

Eskom's turnaround: R23.9bn profit and decreased load shedding

8 hours

Unlocking opportunities: How TGCSA’s Basic Quality Verification empowers emerging tourism businesses

Tourism

Unlocking opportunities: How TGCSA’s Basic Quality Verification empowers emerging tourism businesses

Issued by Tourism Grading Council of South Africa 9 hours

Local online retailers see profits soar as consumer trust grows

E-commerce

Local online retailers see profits soar as consumer trust grows

9 hours

Printing

Epson appoints Gareth Jay as regional sales director for Africa

9 hours

Daniel Ek to exit CEO role at Spotify

Mobile & Apps

Daniel Ek to exit CEO role at Spotify

10 hours

Source: © SAT South Africa’s tourism industry is showing positive signs of recovery and growth

Tourism & Travel

Positive recovery and growth for SA tourism

10 hours

Image supplied.

Medical Aid

Discovery Health announces 7.2% increase in 2026 contributions: What you need to know

11 hours

Handcrafted South African flag bracelets are funding a transformation initiative that has already supported over 100 Black-owned tourism businesses (Image supplied)

Tourism

Doing It For Tourism bracelet empowers SMMEs

11 hours

A significant milestone of the programme is the financial injection of R880,000 provided to 32 attendees, enabling them to kickstart or expand their businesses. Image supplied.

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

SanParks and NYDA launch initiative to empower disabled entrepreneurs

12 hours

#NedbankIMC2025 | Bryony Rose: "It's not just pizza near me."

IMC Conference

#NedbankIMC2025 | Bryony Rose: "It's not just pizza near me."

Danette Breitenbach 9 hours

Flexibility and consolidation are key to navigating Africa’s evolving logistics challenges

Supply Chain

Flexibility and consolidation are key to navigating Africa’s evolving logistics challenges

Issued by Dachser 1 day

#NedbankIMC2025 | Charl Bassil: "Be brave. Be kind. Believe."

IMC Conference

#NedbankIMC2025 | Charl Bassil: "Be brave. Be kind. Believe."

12 hours

Higher Education

eThekwini renews groundbreaking partnership with leading universities

1 day

A tool to help SMEs assess their funding readiness

SMEs

A tool to help SMEs assess their funding readiness

Issued by Edge Growth 1 day

Stellantis names Joao Laranjo as CFO

Dealers

Stellantis names Joao Laranjo as CFO

1 day

Source: © World Journeys Four dynamic films from South African Tourism’s Europe illustrate how each hub brought the global Live South Africa campaign to life in their respective markets

South African Tourism

SAT Europe films highlight Europe’s strong growth momentum

1 day

From side hustle to supermarket shelves: Gudgu’s rise in the beverage industry

FMCG

From side hustle to supermarket shelves: Gudgu’s rise in the beverage industry

1 day

Social Media

TikTok launches African All-Stars Brand Edition

1 day

Media

Time Out South Africa appoints Mervyn Naidu as commercial manager

1 day

The ACA celebrates 5th Women in Leadership cohort, marking 100 graduates

Marketing

The ACA celebrates 5th Women in Leadership cohort, marking 100 graduates

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 1 day

Shipping

SMEs across sub-Saharan Africa invited to enter inaugural DHL Exporters of the Year Awards

1 day

Barokologadi - ERP Melorane Game Reserve Partnership is an example of beneficiary communities forging strategic partnerships with private investors that have enabled them to put their land to effective economic use in the tourism industry (Image supplied)

Tourism

Land reform for tourism and conservation

1 day

Source: Supplied. Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, Senior Economist at FNB.

Construction & Engineering

Survey hints at brighter year-end despite weak construction activity

1 day

Source: Supplied.

Retail & Hospitality Property

From Paris to Mauritius: Radisson Individuals' rapid growth redefines the hotel landscape

1 day

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Climate Change

How African companies are setting the stage for sustainable growth

1 day

Daily Maverick and Gift of the Givers return with 5th MavericKids book to combat child illiteracy

ESG

Daily Maverick and Gift of the Givers return with 5th MavericKids book to combat child illiteracy

Issued by Daily Maverick 1 day

People before process: How strategic empathy builds high-performance teams

Media

People before process: How strategic empathy builds high-performance teams

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 1 day

Matthew Bresnahan is the new CMO. Source: Pret A Manger.

Marketing

Pret A Manger taps Matthew Bresnahan as CMO amid global push

1 day

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Trump administration says it supports 1-year renewal of Africa trade initiative

Aaron Ross 1 day

Herbal remedies take centre stage in South Africa’s Cough, Cold and Flu market

Natural Medicine

Herbal remedies take centre stage in South Africa’s Cough, Cold and Flu market

Issued by Insight Survey 2 days

KickOff's print revival scores big

Magazines

KickOff's print revival scores big

1 day

Digital dithering holds back SA small businesses

SMEs

Digital dithering holds back SA small businesses

2 days

The FlySafair annual Business Booster Competition, six winning businesses have been announced (Image supplied)

Travel

All the FlySafair 2025 Annual Business Booster competition winners

2 days

The architect and the scaffold: A collaborative pathway to SA’s National Entrepreneurship Strategy

Entrepreneurship

The architect and the scaffold: A collaborative pathway to SA’s National Entrepreneurship Strategy

Eunéne Levine, Issued by Shaper 1 day

Is the CMO going extinct?

Marketing

Is the CMO going extinct?

Issued by Brave Group 2 days

SA agro-processors from 6 provinces to woo global food importers

Agro-processing

SA agro-processors from 6 provinces to woo global food importers

2 days

SA beverage disruptor Pura lands R260m for global expansion

Funding

SA beverage disruptor Pura lands R260m for global expansion

2 days