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Good schools, greater demand: The suburbs attracting Gauteng’s family homebuyers
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Gauteng’s residential property market is increasingly shaped by families prioritising access to sought-after schools when choosing where to buy. Source: Supplied. A Linden four-bedroom house for sale.
Ghanaian artist Rita Mawuena Benissan wins 2026 Sovereign African Art Prize
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries A tapestry inspired by a historic Ghanaian chieftaincy procession has taken top honours at the 2026 Sovereign African Art Prize, with Ghanaian artist Rita Mawuena Benissan receiving the grand prize and $25,000 award.
Switching hosting providers? Questions every business should ask first
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Changing web hosting providers can be a good business decision, particularly when your website is slow, downtime is becoming a problem, support is lacking, or hosting costs are climbing. But moving your website is not as simple as just signing up with another provider and cancelling your existing account.
Spur’s Party Socks turn birthday celebrations into support for the Spur Full Tummy Fund
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries A pair of socks can do more than complete an outfit. As Spur celebrates its 59th birthday, the restaurant brand has launched limited-edition Party Socks for R50 per pair, with all profits from their sale going to the Spur Full Tummy Fund to help provide meals to children in need.
Joe Public wins Silver and Newcomer of the Year at Effie Awards UK Original
View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Joe Public has received two honours at the 2026 Effie Awards UK: a Silver Effie for Breast Cancer UK's Street Nipples campaign and the special award for Newcomer of the Year. For an agency still relatively new to the UK market, it's a significant milestone. And a reminder that while Joe Public might be new to London, it's certainly no newcomer to the power of creativity to drive growth.
Cape Town’s Italy in Town festival returns with food, wine and music
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Fancy a weekend of Italian food, coffee, music and a little dolce vita? The Castle of Good Hope is getting a Mediterranean makeover as Italy in Town returns to Cape Town from 21 to 22 November 2026.
OFM celebrates major milestones in October
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries OFM, the sound of your life in Central South Africa, handed over more than R2.1m to Cansa and Reach for Recovery on Tuesday morning, thanks to the generous contributions made by listeners to its Pinktober fundraising campaign. A total of R2,100,405 was raised, which will be shared between the two organisations.
Wine education finds a new audience as social media reshapes discovery
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Social media is opening new pathways into wine discovery, with younger consumers increasingly turning to platforms such as TikTok and Instagram to learn about the category, explore different styles and discover the stories behind individual bottles.
ChatGPT's new Business Hub raises the bar for location intelligence
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries On 10 November 2026, OpenAI introduced Businesses in ChatGPT, a new beta offering allowing eligible businesses to claim their profiles, update business information and access aggregated insights into mentions, website clicks and discovery topics.
Boardwalk Mall opens R60m retail expansion ahead of festive trading season
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Boardwalk Mall in Nelson Mandela Bay has completed a R60m expansion, adding new retail space, bringing additional national brands to the metro and broadening its fashion, dining and leisure offering ahead of the festive trading season.
WhyFive launches BrandMASS, a new lens on the emerging consumer class
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries WhyFive, the South African consumer insights firm that has produced the BrandMapp dataset for the past 13 consecutive years, has announced the launch of BrandMASS.
Bigger events, higher expectations: The tech transforming event logistics
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries The summer events season is here, with concerts, festivals, sporting events and brand activations bringing venues to life across South Africa. Behind the scenes, technology is playing an increasingly important role in keeping these complex operations running smoothly.
KitKat and Krispy Kreme launch 3-day doughnut collab in SA
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Nestlé's KitKat and Krispy Kreme are bringing two established confectionery and foodservice brands together for a limited-edition product collaboration that puts chocolate at the centre of the doughnut-making process.
Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook, Teams and other services globally
Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Microsoft is working to restore services following a major global disruption that affected Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft 365 applications, leaving businesses and organisations struggling to access email and other workplace tools. The outage began on Thursday, 12 November, and continued into Friday, affecting users across multiple regions, including South Africa.
Multiple malaria-related deaths in Gauteng prompts travel warning
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) has urged Gauteng residents, particularly those travelling to malaria-endemic areas, to be on alert after an increase in cases.
Bronze, baby! Cape Town named one of the world's most desirable cities by Wanderlust readers
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries The Mother City storms onto the podium at the 25th Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards, climbing from fourth place to Bronze behind Tokyo and Buenos Aires Table Mountain, take a bow.
Local government elections leave the youth feeling despondent
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries On 4 November 2026, South Africa held its 7th local government election since becoming a democracy and while thousands of newly eligible voters had the opportunity to exercise their democratic right for the first time, the youth don’t appear to hold a positive perception of the democratic process and the results it...
Beauty brand updates iconic 35-year-old tagline
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Maybelline New York has updated its iconic 35-year-old tagline from Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Maybelline. to Maybe. We're born with it. Maybe. It's Maybelline.
UP launches ‘Campus Catalyst’ to show how research becomes solutions
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries A hearing assessment conducted using a smartphone, construction materials made from composite waste, and insecticidal textiles designed to protect public health are among the innovations featured in a new University of Pretoria (UP) publication exploring how research can address real-world challenges.
#CryptoFest 2026: Stablecoins, security and institutional crypto adoption take centre stage
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Against a backdrop of growing institutional appetite for digital assets, rising stablecoin adoption and mounting concerns over cryptocurrency security, CryptoFest 2026 - hosted by Bitcoin Events - is returning to Cape Town on Friday, 20 November 2026.
Dipula caps transformative year with guidance-beating 8.6% dividend growth
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Dipula Properties (JSE: DIB) has delivered strong results ahead of guidance for the year ended 31 August 2026, with sustained strategic progress and improved financial and operational performance.
Don’t bank on Dezemba: Businesses urged to plan beyond festive sales
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries South African small businesses should approach the festive trading season with realistic sales expectations and tighter cash-flow planning, rather than relying on December demand to improve their financial performance.
Retail tech must serve the customer experience, not dictate it
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries South African retailers are operating in a market where growth is steady but competition for customers remains intense. Retail trade sales increased by 3.3% year-on-year in real terms in August 2026, according to Statistics South Africa, while sales grew by 2.6% over the preceding three months.
Waterkloof Wine Estate hits the market for R250m
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies View more, Apple or Spotify Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Waterkloof Wine Estate, an award-winning property on Stellenbosch’s coastal edge, has come to market for R250m, offering a rare opportunity to acquire an established wine business with more than two decades of investment behind it. Source: Supplied.
Designing for the customer’s customer
By Neil Truman, Retail Business Architect at redPanda Software The South African retail sector is growing at a steady pace. Statistics South Africa reports that retail trade sales rose by 3.3% year-on-year in real terms in August 2026 and 2.6% over the three months prior1. The pace is slow, but it is gaining momentum and retailers need solutions that are designed to support how they operate in this market with its unique quirks and demands and requirements.
Designing for the customer’s customer
The South African retail sector is growing at a steady pace. Statistics South Africa reports that retail trade sales rose by 3.3% year-on-year in real terms in August 2026 and 2.6% over the three months prior1. The pace is slow, but it is gaining momentum and retailers need solutions that are designed to support how they operate in this market with its unique quirks and demands and requirements.
From sound bites to software solution: defining the role of today’s business analyst
From sound bites to software solution: defining the role of today’s business analyst For most of us, the title of Business Analyst conjures up an unexciting image of a suited professional pouring over numbers and flowcharts in an isolated corner of the office. While there certainly may be elements of truth in this perception, the role of the Business Analyst in the world of enterprise software development bears closer resemblance to the storyteller than to the statistician.
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