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How Pick n Pay is using AI to get online grocery orders out faster

FMCG

How Pick n Pay is using AI to get online grocery orders out faster

2 hours

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Retailers

There’s a 300-year-old story flowing through this Checkers store

3 hours

The release of the 2026 John Lewis Xmas ad is highly anticipated by the media and public. Pictured: the 2025 John Lewis Xmas advert (Image: @ John Lewis Partnership)

Advertising

John Lewis releases teaser to highly anticipated Xmas TVC

1 day

Me&B makes its kidswear debut in Ackermans collaboration

Fashion & Homeware

Me&B makes its kidswear debut in Ackermans collaboration

30 Oct 2026

Biz CVs – make the right impression in the right place

Career Advice

Biz CVs – make the right impression in the right place

Issued by Bizcommunity.com 29 Oct 2026

Fashion & Homeware

Relay Jeans turns 40 by keeping denim culture anything but blue

29 Oct 2026

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FMCG

Oreo gets a Mzansi twist with new limited-edition biscuit

29 Oct 2026

People walk past a Dis-Chem Pharmacy outlet in Cape Town. Image credit: Reuters/Esa Alexander

Aesthetic Medicine

Dis-Chem brings the World of Beauty to Cape Town

Maroefah Smith 3 days

The Johannesburg Labour Court has set aside a CCMA ruling because the commissioner cited a non-existent judgment and failed to verify the source. Illustration: Bronwyn Webb / GroundUp

Labour Law

Labour Court slams CCMA commissioner for relying on AI hallucination

Tania Broughton 27 Oct 2026

How Offernet protects client media budgets from ad fraud through VeriNET

Digital

How Offernet protects client media budgets from ad fraud through VeriNET

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 26 Oct 2026

Retailers

#BlackFriday push as TFG launches Shopfest

26 Oct 2026

Tenofovir, lamivudine and dolutegravir are arguably the three most important medicines in South Africa. Archive photo: GroundUp Staff

HIV/AIDS

Cipla wins court fight over HIV pill tender

Tania Broughton 23 Oct 2026

What is the best quoting software for manufacturers and printers?

Software

What is the best quoting software for manufacturers and printers?

Issued by QuickEasy Software 22 Oct 2026

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Events & Shows

How Defender and Bryan Habana are helping The Litterboom Project tackle plastic pollution

Chloe Posthumus 22 Oct 2026

The Supreme Court of Appeal has slammed the Department of Social Development’s “cultural” guidelines for adoption. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Family Law

Mothers win case against “cultural” adoption guidelines

Tania Broughton 21 Oct 2026

Not just pizza: Roman’s Pizza launches limited-edition streetwear

Fashion & Homeware

Not just pizza: Roman’s Pizza launches limited-edition streetwear

21 Oct 2026

Honor introduces the new Honor 600 Lite S: Build to last, powered to perform

Mobile & Apps

Honor introduces the new Honor 600 Lite S: Build to last, powered to perform

Issued by Honor South Africa 20 Oct 2026

Labour Law & Unions

The 6% shift allowance dispute: LAC clarifies jurisdictional rules in labour law

Richard Brown and Khanyisa Monqo 20 Oct 2026

Keamogetswe Matsho, author, entrepreneur and founder of the Maru Maphiri Group

Education

#WoolworthsYouthMakers2026: How Keamogetswe Matsho is reimagining children's financial literacy with Maphiri

Shan Radcliffe 20 Oct 2026

Wait, cereal milk is on Vida’s new menu?

Food & bev. services

Wait, cereal milk is on Vida’s new menu?

20 Oct 2026

Carrol Boyes returns to leather handbags with new heritage collection

Fashion & Homeware

Carrol Boyes returns to leather handbags with new heritage collection

19 Oct 2026

Time Out Market Cape Town shakes up summer menus

Food & Wine

Time Out Market Cape Town shakes up summer menus

16 Oct 2026

Sealand rolls out Digital Product Passports to improve supply chain transparency

ESG

Sealand rolls out Digital Product Passports to improve supply chain transparency

15 Oct 2026

Barbie drops Celine Dion doll inspired by Titanic-era look

Music

Barbie drops Celine Dion doll inspired by Titanic-era look

15 Oct 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Anything Goes unifies SA’s music communities in new Culture in Motion campaign

Lifestyle

EXCLUSIVE: Anything Goes unifies SA’s music communities in new Culture in Motion campaign

Evan-Lee Courie 15 Oct 2026

Retail

Will AI put your brand on the festive shopping shortlist?

Pule Martin 13 Oct 2026

SA World Champ Thomas van Tonder to tackle 600-bar challenge beneath Bloukrans Bridge

Sport

SA World Champ Thomas van Tonder to tackle 600-bar challenge beneath Bloukrans Bridge

12 Oct 2026

Samsung Galaxy Content Creator Awards unveil final nominees

Social Media

Samsung Galaxy Content Creator Awards unveil final nominees

12 Oct 2026

Douwe Egberts launches QR-code coffee jars with local short stories

Packaging

Douwe Egberts launches QR-code coffee jars with local short stories

12 Oct 2026

Branding

Hollard. Be More Sure | A refreshed brand positioning that informs

12 Oct 2026

Nawty Water’s big retail push: from local demand to national rollout

FMCG

Nawty Water’s big retail push: from local demand to national rollout

Evan-Lee Courie 9 Oct 2026

Represent opens first African store in Cape Town, with Johannesburg next

Fashion & Homeware

Represent opens first African store in Cape Town, with Johannesburg next

8 Oct 2026

FMCG

Local hard seltzer brand Nawty Water hits Pick n Pay shelves

7 Oct 2026

From fabric to stone: Gert-Johan Coetzee redefines luxury retail with marble and porcelain

Shopfitting & Merchandising

From fabric to stone: Gert-Johan Coetzee redefines luxury retail with marble and porcelain

7 Oct 2026

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Tourism & Travel

Club Med celebrates The Art of Free Time in new global travel campaign

6 Oct 2026

SA Fashion Awards 2026 spotlight Woolworths, Foschini and local brands

Fashion

SA Fashion Awards 2026 spotlight Woolworths, Foschini and local brands

6 Oct 2026

500 braai grids, 1 bottle: Sunlight's ultimate Heritage Day clean-up

Promotions & Activations

500 braai grids, 1 bottle: Sunlight's ultimate Heritage Day clean-up

6 Oct 2026

Advertising

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Delano Chengan, Issued by M+C Saatchi Abel 5 Oct 2026

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Corporate & Commercial Law

When letters backfire: How an AOD sealed a debtor’s insolvency fate

Werner Lotter and Wilmien van Biljon 5 Oct 2026

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Branding

AI slop & the death of identity: Designing for instant brand recognition

Muqminah Pontac 5 Oct 2026

Musa Kalenga, CEO of the Brave Group says AI filters now sideline up to 40% of emails before customers see them (Image supplied)

Marketing

AI changes inbox visibility; marketers need to rethink strategy

Musa Kalenga 5 Oct 2026

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Food, Water & Energy Security

Durban and Joburg worst hit by water outages

Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff. 2 Oct 2026

#12OfficialSandwichesOfSA: Sasko wants South Africans to settle the sandwich fight

Retail Marketing

#12OfficialSandwichesOfSA: Sasko wants South Africans to settle the sandwich fight

2 Oct 2026

The iPendoring Awards finalists have been announced. Pictured: Promise: Pendoring 2024 Umpetha winners )

Pendoring

All the iPendoring 2026 finalists

2 Oct 2026

South Africa's spaza shops are ready for delivery

Informal Retailing

South Africa's spaza shops are ready for delivery

Issued by On the Dot 1 Oct 2026

Could chasing playlists be hurting South African Hip-Hop creativity?

Music

Could chasing playlists be hurting South African Hip-Hop creativity?

Tyson Sybateli 1 Oct 2026

Truth Coffee founder David Donde turns to wholesale bread at Flour Market

Food & bev. services

Truth Coffee founder David Donde turns to wholesale bread at Flour Market

1 Oct 2026

Zuru's latest collectible range, Nook Nooks by StarBox hits SA

FMCG

Zuru's latest collectible range, Nook Nooks by StarBox hits SA

30 Sep 2026