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The 20th release of the Marketing All Product Survey (Maps) will be available in mid-November 2025 (Image source: © 123rf )

Research

20th Maps Quarterly Survey release

20 hours

OOH

Tractor Outdoor ramps up its Cape Town CBD presence with two new high-profile sites

Issued by Tractor Outdoor 22 hours

Johanna McDowell, founder and CEO of IAS and partner for Scopen Africa, reports back from the AdForum Worldwide Summit. Social, she says, is rising in importance

Advertising

EXCLUSIVE: Wrap up of AdForum Worldwide Summit from Johanna McDowell

1 day

Spark Media voted best print media owner, awarded Most Award

Media

Spark Media voted best print media owner, awarded Most Award

Issued by Spark Media 1 day

Bridging the retail skills gap: South Africa's strategic move

Training

Bridging the retail skills gap: South Africa's strategic move

1 day

HR Tools & Software

Why AI can't substitute human judgment in psycho-legal work - part 1

Natasha Gerber 2 days

Stumps and Sovereignty: South Asian cricket from empire to the digital age

Sport

Stumps and Sovereignty: South Asian cricket from empire to the digital age

Issued by Sufghan Sarwar Khan 2 days

Client belief in creativity powers historic win for Joe Public: Africa and the Middle East’s #1 agency

Loeries Creative Week

Client belief in creativity powers historic win for Joe Public: Africa and the Middle East’s #1 agency

Issued by Joe Public 2 days

Still Good connects South Africans with nutritious food at reduced prices

ESG

Still Good connects South Africans with nutritious food at reduced prices

2 days

Aleph Hospitality to launch Kenya’s first Tapestry Collection by Hilton Hotel

Hospitality

Aleph Hospitality to launch Kenya’s first Tapestry Collection by Hilton Hotel

24 Oct 2025

Source: © Coolr Coolr, a social agency, is one of the agencies visited by the AdForum Worldwide Summit taking place in London

Advertising

EXCLUSIVE: AdForum Worldwide Summit Day 3 from Johanna McDowell

24 Oct 2025

Growthpoint acquires a 30% stake in new R390m Boston Hydroelectric Plant

Industrial & Logistics Property

Growthpoint acquires a 30% stake in new R390m Boston Hydroelectric Plant

Issued by Catchwords 24 Oct 2025

Image credit: Anglo American

Mining

Hixonia Nyasulu exits Anglo American board

24 Oct 2025

How Cape Town is converting a major road into a hillclimb track

Motorsport

How Cape Town is converting a major road into a hillclimb track

23 Oct 2025

Vinimark ranked SA’s top wine distributor at 2025 Advantage Awards

Food & bev. services

Vinimark ranked SA’s top wine distributor at 2025 Advantage Awards

23 Oct 2025

Spar Health extends its reach with strategic Aptekor Group acquisition

Health & Beauty

Spar Health extends its reach with strategic Aptekor Group acquisition

23 Oct 2025

When workplace AI harms employees, who’s to blame?

4th Industrial Revolution

When workplace AI harms employees, who’s to blame?

Nadeem Mahomed, Safee-Naaz Siddiqi, Dylan Greenstone 22 Oct 2025

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Higher Education

Universities can turn AI from a threat to an opportunity by teaching critical thinking

Anitia Lubbe 22 Oct 2025

Affordable & Social Housing

Social housing in Cape Town questioned

Katja Hamilton 22 Oct 2025

Labour Law & Unions

Labour Court restraint of trade ruling hinges on time and territory

Tim Laurens 21 Oct 2025

Source: GroundUp/Kimberly Mutandiro

Construction & Engineering

Contract workers march in Joburg demanding permanent jobs

Kimberly Mutandiro 21 Oct 2025

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Management & Leadership

Leading with compassion: How to manage a grieving brain at work

Anja van Beek 20 Oct 2025

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

InPursuit Renewable Energy’s Hleziphi Mtshizane on developing energy solutions for Africans by Africans

21 Oct 2025

Source: © 123rf Choosing the right research partner is now as complex as selecting your creative agency says IAS

Marketing & Media

Why smart marketers treat research selection like an agency pitch

21 Oct 2025

Finance

The cost of being young in South Africa: Gen Z's financial hurdles

17 Oct 2025

Sappi recognised in Forbes' World’s Best Employers and Top Companies for Women rankings for 2025

Management & Leadership

Sappi recognised in Forbes' World’s Best Employers and Top Companies for Women rankings for 2025

Issued by Sappi 17 Oct 2025

Siphokazi Sigenu (left) has been appointed an executive director of Meropa and the head of the agency’s public affairs division. Right: Yolisa Pasipanodya, managing director of Meropa (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

Meropa makes key leadership changes

16 Oct 2025

#WorldFoodDay: Shoprite launches 2025 South African Food Security Index

ESG

#WorldFoodDay: Shoprite launches 2025 South African Food Security Index

16 Oct 2025

Umalusi briefing the media on the state of readiness of the public and private assessment bodies (Department of Basic Education, Department of Higher Education and Training, Independent Examinations Board and South African Comprehensive Assessment Institute) to conduct, administer and manage the 2025 end of year national examinations. -

Primary & Secondary Education

All systems go for matric exams 2025 - Umalusi

16 Oct 2025

The real cost of winning business in advertising

Advertising

The real cost of winning business in advertising

Thembi Sizani, Issued by Ebony+Ivory 16 Oct 2025

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Primary & Secondary Education

Matric exams 2025: Umalusi issues strict regulations for online and distance learners

15 Oct 2025

The One Club for Creativity has launched The One Show Indies, dedicated to celebrating the work of independent agencies, design firms, production houses, and creators (Image supplied)

The One Club for Creativity

The One Club for Creativity launches awards to celebrate indie agencies

15 Oct 2025

Johanna McDowell, founder and CEO of IAS and partner for Scopen Africa, will be at the AdForum Worldwide Summit, which takes place next week in London.

Marketing & Media

IAS represents SA on global ad forum

15 Oct 2025

MDNtv becomes official non-profit partner of GlobalGiving

Media

MDNtv becomes official non-profit partner of GlobalGiving

Issued by MDNTV 15 Oct 2025

Joe Public named Agency of the Year at 2025 Loerie Awards

Loeries Creative Week

Joe Public named Agency of the Year at 2025 Loerie Awards

Issued by Joe Public 15 Oct 2025

Source: © 123rf Forward-thinking CMOs are reshaping the way creative and media intersect as integrated briefs become standard practice

Marketing & Media

Building responsive systems: Integrating creative and media

14 Oct 2025

Image source: Kostyantine Pankin –

Primary & Secondary Education

Umalusi to brief on 2025 exams

13 Oct 2025

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 13 Oct 2025

Source: © 123rf The Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRC) is pleased to announce that following its rigorous Radio Audience Measurement System (RAMS) Request for Proposal (RFP) process, which concluded in June 2025

Radio & Audio

Rams contract awarded to new media measurement company

13 Oct 2025

Source: Reuters.

Finance

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

Colleen Goko 13 Oct 2025

Home or online schooling? Benefits for SA learners

E-learning

Home or online schooling? Benefits for SA learners

Issued by Impaq 10 Oct 2025

Loeries Agency of the Year Joe Public (Image: Loeries, ER Lombard, Gallo Images)

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2025 Night 2 | All the winners

11 Oct 2025

Growthpoint Healthcare makes strategic move into senior living with Auria acquisition

Markets & Investment

Growthpoint Healthcare makes strategic move into senior living with Auria acquisition

Issued by Catchwords 9 Oct 2025

CambriLearn announces IEB registration; launches Grade 10 from 2026

E-learning

CambriLearn announces IEB registration; launches Grade 10 from 2026

Issued by CambriLearn 8 Oct 2025

Joe Public turns street studs into street nipples for Breast Cancer UK

Advertising

Joe Public turns street studs into street nipples for Breast Cancer UK

Issued by Joe Public 8 Oct 2025

Samro's 2026 Music Creation Support Fund calls for applications

Music

Samro's 2026 Music Creation Support Fund calls for applications

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