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Circular Economy & Waste Management

#WorldCitiesDay: Smart cities need smart waste management

3 days

Geospatial in Africa: The highs, the lows, and what’s ahead in 2025

Digital

Geospatial in Africa: The highs, the lows, and what’s ahead in 2025

Issued by AfriGIS 8 Oct 2025

Matchbox reveals the future of urban mobility

Environment & Natural Resources

Matchbox reveals the future of urban mobility

Issued by The Vibe Media 3 Sep 2025

Source: Balwin Properties. Mooikloof Mega City was by president Cyril Ramaphosa in 2020, and is one of 62 Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) gazetted in 2020.

Infrastructure & Utilities

How Mooikloof Mega City is fuelling the future of Tshwane's infrastructure

6 Aug 2025

Bright prospects: KZN’s energy and mining sectors embrace innovation at Kite 2025

Energy

Bright prospects: KZN’s energy and mining sectors embrace innovation at Kite 2025

Issued by KwaZulu-Natal Industrial Technology Exhibition 14 Jul 2025

Source: Pixabay.

Smart Buildings & Cities

Leveraging technology: A new hope for South African municipalities drowning in debt

9 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Willie Vos, chief executive officer of Waterfall City Management Company (WCMC), Tertia du Toit, communications manager of WCMC and Piet Joubert, general manager of WCMC.

Mixed-Use Property

Africa's smart city, Waterfall City, takes top honours for urban design

24 Feb 2025

Integrated surveillance systems boost security for local businesses

Security

Integrated surveillance systems boost security for local businesses

Leandro da Cunha 11 Feb 2025

RedCap will finally fulfil 5G prophecy

Telecoms & Networks

RedCap will finally fulfil 5G prophecy

Lindsey Schutters 14 Jan 2025

The global demand for AI will drive data centre innovation.

Data & Analytics

Data centre trends in 2025 will support, enable, leverage and regulate AI

6 Dec 2024

Smart cities in South Africa – the role of technology in urban development

Technology

Smart cities in South Africa – the role of technology in urban development

Issued by ASUS 29 Oct 2024

Building tomorrow's cities today

Technology

Building tomorrow's cities today

Brian Civin, Issued by AfriGIS 18 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied. Theresa Huysamen, business unit manager at Duxbury Networking.

Property

Using advanced video surveillance technology as a smart city enabler

Teresa Huysamen 29 Aug 2024

Waheed Adam, CEO of iTouch

Mobile & Apps

MVI could solve digital fraud

12 Aug 2024

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Clarens leads Sandton as SA's first 'smart town' with innovative electricity management programme

Katja Hamilton 29 Feb 2024

Image source: Denis Ismagilov –

Corporate & Commercial Law

Africa: Drivers of venture capital growth in Q3 2023

Ashlin Perumall, Janine Howard and Tanya Seitz 17 Jan 2024

Source: Yael Geffen, chief executive officer and a shareholder of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty.

Trends

#BizTrends2024: The shifting landscape of cities

Yael Geffen 8 Jan 2024

Source: The Essence – Troux aux Biches

Residential Property

Mauritius property showcases by Park Lane Properties

6 Nov 2023

Source: Pixabay/Pexels

Smart Buildings & Cities

#CybersecurityMonth: Smart cities are built from the network up

Rebatho Madiba 18 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Andrew Dickson is the engineering executive at CBI-electric: low voltage.

Property

Boosting property value: The rise of smart technology in South African homes

Andrew Dickson 1 Sep 2023

We first have to build this (smart) city

Smart Buildings & Cities

We first have to build this (smart) city

Thabang Byl 5 Jul 2023

Celebrating Africa's top 5 smart cities: Showcasing progress and prowess

Smart Buildings & Cities

Celebrating Africa's top 5 smart cities: Showcasing progress and prowess

Marcel Bruyns 5 Jun 2023

South Africa's hotspots for hyperscalers

Office Property

South Africa's hotspots for hyperscalers

Issued by Catchwords 16 May 2023

#BizTrends2023: Retail's reality check

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Retail's reality check

Howard Saunders 17 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Cloud trends for 2023 in South Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Cloud trends for 2023 in South Africa

Jonathan Oaker, Issued by CloudZA 9 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Buildings in 2023 - here's to a smarter, sustainable future

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Buildings in 2023 - here's to a smarter, sustainable future

Anoop Hariparsad 9 Jan 2023

How engineers can design the next 100 years with digital twins

Infrastructure & Utilities

How engineers can design the next 100 years with digital twins

Bonga Ntuli 19 Dec 2022

The extremely unsecure crystal ball: cybersecurity in 2023

Trends

The extremely unsecure crystal ball: cybersecurity in 2023

15 Dec 2022

Building and enabling smart and sustainable cities of the future

4th Industrial Revolution

Building and enabling smart and sustainable cities of the future

Matone Ditlhake 30 Nov 2022

Second cohort of Google for Startups Black Founders Fund revealed

Funding

Second cohort of Google for Startups Black Founders Fund revealed

7 Sep 2022

Africa driving a transformed economy: Day 2

Events & Conferencing

Africa driving a transformed economy: Day 2

Issued by Topco Media 15 Aug 2022

Supplied. Changing commuter patterns and access to consumers makes street furniture an effective and affordable campaign platform

OOH

The power of hyperlocal advertising on streets

John Faia 13 Jul 2022

Embracing the era of smart, sustainable, and slick buildings

Sustainable Development

Embracing the era of smart, sustainable, and slick buildings

Faiyad Peterson 29 Jun 2022

PPC Cement, Nextec to tackle decarbonisation challenge at African Smart Cities Summit

Sustainable Development

PPC Cement, Nextec to tackle decarbonisation challenge at African Smart Cities Summit

3 Jun 2022

Image source: Alexander Ryabintsev –

Legal

'Africa Rising' - law and investment quotes in celebration of Africa Day

25 May 2022

Source: iStock.

Markets & Investment

The Vaal Cannabis Capital - the linchpin of SA's first smart city

Katja Hamilton 31 Mar 2022

Smart retailing for smart cities

Technology

Smart retailing for smart cities

Mariëtte Frazer 1 Feb 2022

Baker McKenzie Johannesburg team

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Key trade and investment trends in Africa - Part 2

Ashlin Perumall and Janet MacKenzie 25 Jan 2022

Here are the world's top 5 smart cities for 2022 - Juniper Research study

Smart Buildings & Cities

Here are the world's top 5 smart cities for 2022 - Juniper Research study

25 Jan 2022

6 technology trends affecting the security sector in 2022

Cybersecurity

6 technology trends affecting the security sector in 2022

Ettiene van der Watt 22 Dec 2021

A city landscape in flux: Trends shaping cities over the next 1000 days

Trends

A city landscape in flux: Trends shaping cities over the next 1000 days

Bronwyn Williams 21 Dec 2021

Report: Developing 'future-fit' South African cities and engaging in a just transition

Sustainable Development

Report: Developing 'future-fit' South African cities and engaging in a just transition

3 Dec 2021

Two UP academics feature on prestigious Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List 2021

Higher Education

Two UP academics feature on prestigious Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List 2021

Issued by University of Pretoria 22 Nov 2021

Chetan Goshalia

IoT

Factors driving IoT growth in SA

Chetan Goshalia 16 Nov 2021

Private sector involvement is key for sustainable cities and towns

Sustainable Development

Private sector involvement is key for sustainable cities and towns

Garyn Rapson and Leanne Mostert 11 Nov 2021

Get ready for the invasion of smart building technologies following Covid-19

Smart Buildings & Cities

Get ready for the invasion of smart building technologies following Covid-19

Patrick Lecomte 19 Oct 2021