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A Burson study has revealed that companies with the strongest reputations earned nearly five percent ‘Reputation Return’ in shareholder value (Image source: © 123rf )

PR & Communications

Burson: The value of reputation reveals a $7tr global economy

1 hour

#BizTrends2026 | Trend Group - Key office design trends to watch in 2026

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Trend Group - Key office design trends to watch in 2026

Issued by Trend Group 26 minutes

#BizTrends2026 | B-Well's Tersia Joubert: Carbon-light kitchens and climate conscience cooking

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | B-Well's Tersia Joubert: Carbon-light kitchens and climate conscience cooking

Tersia Joubert 3 hours

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Yen sinks to 18-month low on election speculation

Gregor Stuart Hunter 2 hours

#BizTrends2026 | Standard Bank South Africa’s Brendan Jacobs: What will shape agriculture in 2026

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Standard Bank South Africa’s Brendan Jacobs: What will shape agriculture in 2026

Brendan Jacobs 6 hours

#BizTrends2026 | DHL Express’s Venessa Dewing: How Africa’s logistics landscape will evolve in 2026

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | DHL Express’s Venessa Dewing: How Africa’s logistics landscape will evolve in 2026

Venessa Dewing 6 hours

#BizTrends2026 | Marriott International’s Dorcas Dlamini Mbele: How South Africans will travel in 2026

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Marriott International’s Dorcas Dlamini Mbele: How South Africans will travel in 2026

Dorcas Dlamini Mbele 6 hours

Erica Bopape (CM SA) is the executive for marketing and communications at Absa Business Banking. Source: Absa.

Marketing

#BizTrends2026 | Absa's Erica Bopape: What 2026 will demand of financial services marketers

Erica Bopape 6 hours

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Centennial Schools' Shaun Fuchs: Reinventing education beyond the blackboard

Shaun Fuchs 6 hours

Future Nation Schools does it again, celebrating another 100% IEB matric pass

Primary & Secondary Education

Future Nation Schools does it again, celebrating another 100% IEB matric pass

Issued by Sifiso Learning Group 23 hours

Raising revenue from alien invasives

Agriculture

Raising revenue from alien invasives

John Yeld 1 day

#RAPTBizTrendsTV | Google's country director, Kabelo Makwane: Collaboration is key for Africa

BizTrendsTV

#RAPTBizTrendsTV | Google's country director, Kabelo Makwane: Collaboration is key for Africa

Danette Breitenbach 1 hour

Why SA's retail giants are rethinking constant promotions

FMCG

Why SA's retail giants are rethinking constant promotions

1 day

Artificial Intelligence

I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneous

Jean-Hugues Roy 1 day

Image credit: on Pexels

Environment & Natural Resources

Nigeria and South Africa plan to boost fossil fuel production, risking their climate change pledges

Emily Ghosh and Derik Broekhoff 1 day

Will Smith goes Pole to Pole in new Nat Geo series

TV

Will Smith goes Pole to Pole in new Nat Geo series

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 1 day

Source: Supplied. Frank Blackmore, lead economist at KPMG.

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | KPMG's Frank Blackmore: SA's fight to stay competitive in a new economic frontier

Frank Blackmore 6 hours

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Gold leaps to record high, dollar drops as US prosecutors target Fed's Powell

1 day

Inclusive play redefined: First-ever autistic Barbie hits the shelves

DEI

Inclusive play redefined: First-ever autistic Barbie hits the shelves

1 day

Source: Supplied. Jonathan Katende, co-founder and chief executive officer of Lipaworld.

Fintech

Africa's $19.4bn remittance challenge: how stablecoins offer a way out

Jonathan Katende 2 days

Research

‘If you don’t like dark roast, this isn’t the coffee for you’: How exclusionary ads can win over the right customers

Jaclyn L. Tanenbaum and Karen Anne Wallach 2 days

Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan backs Adbot to build tools that multiply marketing capacity

Marketing

Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan backs Adbot to build tools that multiply marketing capacity

Issued by AdBot 2 days

On Thursday, 8 January Chinese regulators said they would investigate Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus (Image source: © 123rf )

Artificial Intelligence

Meta's Chinese AI acquisition investigated

9 Jan 2026

Research

Verified consumer data non-negotiable for SA brands

Ross Joughin 9 Jan 2026

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Goldman Sachs expects South Africa's rand to extend gains as conditions improve

Colleen Goko and Anathi Madubela 9 Jan 2026

How small businesses can decode customer silence

Entrepreneurship

How small businesses can decode customer silence

Liezel Jonkheid 8 Jan 2026

Land reform in South Africa: How new landholders could prosper from wildlife and not just farming

Agriculture

Land reform in South Africa: How new landholders could prosper from wildlife and not just farming

H Clements, A De Vos, M Child and S Shwababa 8 Jan 2026

Kickstart your career: 7 steps to get job-ready in 2026

Career Advice

Kickstart your career: 7 steps to get job-ready in 2026

Michelle Dobson, Issued by Pnet 8 Jan 2026

Image credit: on Pexels

Aesthetic Medicine

From sun safety to sex appeal: what sunscreen ads reveal about beauty ideals and power

Lauren Alex O'Hagan and Lame M. Kenalemang-Palm 8 Jan 2026

South Africa should push for Sacu reform to unlock trade flexibility

Agriculture

South Africa should push for Sacu reform to unlock trade flexibility

Wandile Sihlobo 7 Jan 2026

The brands that win in 2026 will be the ones who view this seasonal moment not as a post-holiday filler, but as the launchpad for behaviour-driven (Image source: © 123rf )

Social Media

January is an opportunity for brands: 11 social media marketing ideas

Keith Kakadia 7 Jan 2026

As social media giant Meta continues to pivot aggressively toward artificial intelligence, its acquisition of Manus represents an ambition to redefine how AI interacts with everyday users and enterprises around the world (Image source: © 123rf )

Artificial Intelligence

Meta’s Manus acquisition: A strategic play for advanced AI agents

7 Jan 2026

Image credit: L'Oréal

Aesthetic Medicine

It's lit: L'Oréal unveils new light tech-powered beauty tools at CES 2026

7 Jan 2026

SA retail landscape shifts as consumers vote with their wallets

Sales

SA retail landscape shifts as consumers vote with their wallets

Issued by Caxton Media 7 Jan 2026

The South African Entrepreneurial Competency Framework identifies 14 essential competencies that drive entrepreneurial action (Source: © Mike Jones )

How To Start Up

An African-centric framework for entrepreneurs

5 Jan 2026

According to Sociallyin CEO Keith Kakadia, the next phase of digital retail rewards efficiency, conversion, and retention—not spray-and-pray advertising or unchecked scale (Image source: © 123rf )

E-commerce

2026: The year e-commerce gets ruthless

Keith Kakadia 5 Jan 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

South African rand steady after Venezuela shock

Anathi Madubela 5 Jan 2026

How gender-inclusion in higher education can transform Africa’s future

Higher Education

How gender-inclusion in higher education can transform Africa’s future

Meekness Lunga-Ayidu 2 Jan 2026

Source: Conference Venues South Africa.

Healthcare

Global healthcare leaders to converge in Johannesburg for World Health Expo 2026

2 Jan 2026

Johannesburg's inner city is alive with creative and cultural small entrepreneurs. Pictured: Victoria Yards (Image source: © Urban Jozi

Entrepreneurship

Johannesburg’s creative hubs are booming: how artists are rejuvenating a failing inner city

2 Jan 2026

African fashion has flourished in terms of creativity and innovation in recent years, and is attracting global attention. Pictured: Lagos Fashion Week (Image source: © The Labari Journal

Fashion & Homeware

Lagos fashion: how designers make global trends uniquely Nigerian

2 Jan 2026

Advertising

How ChatGPT could change the face of advertising, without you even knowing about it

2 Jan 2026

Entering the world of entrepreneurship in 2026 requires more than just ambition (Image source: © 123rf )

How To Start Up

8 key steps to becoming an entrepreneur in 2026

31 Dec 2025

The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) updated critical minerals list now encompasses 60 different materials (Image source: © ET Auto

Markets & Investment

Every mineral is critical in the new metals age

31 Dec 2025