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Source: Supplied. The overall winner at the 2025 Sapoa Property Development Awards for Innovative Excellence is Canopy by Hilton Cape Town Longkloof – Growthpoint Properties / dhk Architects.

Property

Sustainability and innovation shine at the Sapoa 2025 property awards

3 hours

Construction & Engineering

Will green building save South Africa's construction sector from decline?

Justin Duarte 6 hours

Access Bank named “Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs in Africa” at 2025 Global SME Finance Awards

SMEs

Access Bank named “Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs in Africa” at 2025 Global SME Finance Awards

Issued by The Publicity Workshop 9 hours

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

South Africa unveils first net recycling hub at V&A Waterfront

9 hours

Convenience as a catalyst: SA's on-demand culture redefines local retail

E-commerce

Convenience as a catalyst: SA's on-demand culture redefines local retail

Evan-Lee Courie 10 hours

SAPOA Excellence in Property Journalism Awards 2025 winners

Media

SAPOA Excellence in Property Journalism Awards 2025 winners

Issued by Catchwords 10 hours

Source: Supplied. A gabion wall will support cut-slopes on Protea Road.

Infrastructure & Utilities

R141.5m road project set to transform Western Cape's Protea and Waarburgh Roads

11 hours

International arrivals surge 30.2% as SA’s tourism rebound strengthens

Travel

International arrivals surge 30.2% as SA’s tourism rebound strengthens

14 hours

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Developing nations rack up $3.9bn in net debt payments to China a year, study finds

Colleen Goko 13 hours

Songwriting programme, SongHubs comes to South Africa

Music

Songwriting programme, SongHubs comes to South Africa

3 days

Oxford University Press SA extends inclusive and accessible education with a new braille edition

Primary & Secondary Education

Oxford University Press SA extends inclusive and accessible education with a new braille edition

Issued by Oxford University Press 3 days

Trade shifts and FATF delisting open new paths for SA SMEs

SMEs

Trade shifts and FATF delisting open new paths for SA SMEs

3 days

Understanding the psychological reality behind business ownership

SMEs

Understanding the psychological reality behind business ownership

Issued by The Noise Factory 3 days

SA’s auto industry must turn tariff pain into transformation opportunity

Automotive

SA’s auto industry must turn tariff pain into transformation opportunity

Kebalepile Matlhak 3 days

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Advertising

Why the proposed ban on alcohol advertising has a valid point

Corné Kritzinger 3 days

Nuclear Power

G20 South Africa: Govt plans nuclear energy expansion

3 days

FlySafair launches Cape Town–Hoedspruit route

Travel

FlySafair launches Cape Town–Hoedspruit route

3 days

Saatchi & Saatchi Middle East - © Ashley Vlotman - Gallo Images

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2025 Night 1 | All the winners

3 days

VML Birdwatching at The Loeries | Episode 3: More than an awards show

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at The Loeries | Episode 3: More than an awards show

Danette Breitenbach 3 days

Infrastructure: the missing link in South Africa’s SME growth story

SMEs

Infrastructure: the missing link in South Africa’s SME growth story

Issued by Business Partners Limited 9 Oct 2025

Source: Supplied. Waterkloof Ridge – this exclusive home is on the market for R14,750m.

Property

South Africa's top ambassadorial homes: inside Waterkloof and Bishopscourt

9 Oct 2025

Revitalising Gauteng’s rail: Restoring reliability through infrastructure and workforce investment

Railway

Revitalising Gauteng’s rail: Restoring reliability through infrastructure and workforce investment

Jacques Maritz 9 Oct 2025

Paul Dunne — Minerals Council South Africa president and Northam CEO — delivered a keynote address at the 2025 Joburg Indaba in Sandton. Image supplied.

Mining

#JoburgIndaba: Can mining growth and transformation co-exist in South Africa?

Maroefah Smith 9 Oct 2025

Source: Supplied.

Infrastructure & Utilities

R550m Invest International grant powers Johannesburg’s new waste-to-energy project

9 Oct 2025

Source: Supplied. Harry Kellan, FNB chief executive officer.

Banking

FNB takes top honours for SME banking innovation in Africa

9 Oct 2025

Image supplied.

Oncology

#FluxxAwards: PinkDrive CEO wins Social Impact Influencer award

9 Oct 2025

Skills Training

DHET, Microsoft SA signs agreement to boost AI and digital skills

9 Oct 2025

Source: © Gallo Images executive mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, says the creative economy is a key part of the city’s vision to be a City of hope and opportunity

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2025 and City of Cape Town drive creative industry

Danette Breitenbach 8 Oct 2025

Source: Bradd Bendall, BetterBond’s national head of Sales.

Residential Property

Shift in property trends: Sectional-title units gain momentum in SA

8 Oct 2025

Creating value perceptions

Advertising

Creating value perceptions

Issued by eatbigfish 8 Oct 2025

Basa’s 2025 Annual General Meeting

Marketing & Media

Basa’s 2025 Annual General Meeting

Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 8 Oct 2025

West Pack Lifestyle transitions to a franchise-driven powerhouse

Franchising

West Pack Lifestyle transitions to a franchise-driven powerhouse

8 Oct 2025

Google makes advanced AI tools free for SA university students

4th Industrial Revolution

Google makes advanced AI tools free for SA university students

8 Oct 2025

A shop attendant displays gold necklaces for the camera at a jewellery shop in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, June 30, 2009. Image credit: Reuters/Krishnendu Halder

Gold

$4,000 an ounce: Gold price hits a record

Brijesh Patel and Anushree Mukherjee 8 Oct 2025

South Africa has a skills development problem - what about the TVET solution?

Skills Training

South Africa has a skills development problem - what about the TVET solution?

Issued by Oxford University Press 7 Oct 2025

Wetility unveils OneBill: Set to skyrocket solar adoption

Energy

Wetility unveils OneBill: Set to skyrocket solar adoption

Issued by MultiChoice 7 Oct 2025

Meat, markets and money: Empowering SA entrepreneurs for a food-secure future

FMCG

Meat, markets and money: Empowering SA entrepreneurs for a food-secure future

Issued by AMIE 7 Oct 2025

Build wealth that survives tax shocks and rand volatility

Markets & Investment

Build wealth that survives tax shocks and rand volatility

Issued by Outbound Investment Group 7 Oct 2025

Source: Reuters.

Finance

World Bank raises sub-Sahara Africa growth forecast on inflation drop

7 Oct 2025

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Higher Education

Debunking the myth: Quality education isn't confined to international universities

Professor HB Klopper 7 Oct 2025

Sapa calls for balanced trade policy to protect the local poultry industry

Agribusiness

Sapa calls for balanced trade policy to protect the local poultry industry

Izaak Breitenbach 6 Oct 2025

Children are dying from malnutrition: Relaxed liability can end the crisis

Food, Water & Energy Security

Children are dying from malnutrition: Relaxed liability can end the crisis

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 6 Oct 2025

Introducing the Innovator Trust Women in Tech Awards: Meet the powerhouse lineup

SMEs

Introducing the Innovator Trust Women in Tech Awards: Meet the powerhouse lineup

Issued by The Innovator Trust 6 Oct 2025

Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 23, 2025. Image credit: Reuters/Eduardo Munoz

Mining

Congo warns cobalt exporters about violating quotas

Ange Kasongo 6 Oct 2025

Advertising

Warc report: 80% of strategists say strategy is undervalued but in demand

6 Oct 2025

Octotel’s learnership programme continues to transform youth into workforce-ready professionals

ICT

Octotel’s learnership programme continues to transform youth into workforce-ready professionals

Issued by Octotel 6 Oct 2025

Cape Union Mart aims to revive SA's clothing manufacturing industry

Design & Manufacturing

Cape Union Mart aims to revive SA's clothing manufacturing industry

6 Oct 2025

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Mining

South Africa’s mining input cost index stays at “historic lows”

6 Oct 2025

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Youth Employment

New internship programme to boost youth opportunities in hospitality sector

6 Oct 2025