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Celeste Sirin, employer branding specialist and CEO of Employer Branding Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Employer Branding Africa's Celeste Sirin: Employer brand credibility and the human differentiator

Celeste Sirin 3 hours

Lebo Masola-Mnjama, talent manager, Dariel Software

Skills Development & Training

Beyond tech: 4 essential skills driving future career success

6 Feb 2026

Source: Supplied.

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Hyprop's Wayne Abegglen: Digital fatigue driving demand for new retail experiences

Wayne Abegglen 3 days

Brian Eagar, CEO of Towerstone

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Towerstone's Brian Eagar: A leadership guide to turning job huggers into culture champions

Brian Eagar 28 Jan 2026

UK gold bars and gold Sovereign coins are displayed at Baird & Co in Hatton Garden in London, Britain, October 8, 2025. Image credit: Reuters/Hiba Kola

Gold

Gold miners see shares spike as gold extends its historic rally

Pooja Menon 27 Jan 2026

Kevin Dam, Director at Kisch IP

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Kisch IP's Kevin Dam: Micro, macro and mega trends steering the future of the legal sector

Kevin Dam 21 Jan 2026

Branding

SA's brand soft power ranking down, reputation ranking up

21 Jan 2026

Samantha-Jane Gravett, Director at Robert Walters Recruitment Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Robert Walters' Samantha-Jane Gravett: How HR leaders can navigate mega-trends shaping work in 2026

Samantha-Jane Gravett 19 Jan 2026

SA small businesses rebuilt cash flow models to drive growth in 2025

SMEs

SA small businesses rebuilt cash flow models to drive growth in 2025

19 Jan 2026

WOO president Tom Goddard. Source: WOO.

Media

#BizTrends2026 | WOO president Tom Goddard: How OOH is reinventing itself

Tom Goddard 15 Jan 2026

Source: Supplied. Thomas Berry, head of Sales at PSG Wealth.

Taxation & Regulation

Tax efficiency: Your secret weapon in unpredictable markets

Thomas Berry 8 Jan 2026

Innovation meets impact in NIQ’s 2025 South African Breakthrough Innovation Awards

Retail Marketing

Innovation meets impact in NIQ’s 2025 South African Breakthrough Innovation Awards

Issued by NielsenIQ 20 Nov 2025

Purpose pays: How young entrepreneurs can build businesses with impact

SMEs

Purpose pays: How young entrepreneurs can build businesses with impact

Jeremy Lang, Issued by Business Partners 12 Nov 2025

Markets & Investment

Surging gold prices push Switzerland's reserves to $135bn

3 Nov 2025

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

28 Oct 2025

Creating value perceptions

Advertising

Creating value perceptions

Issued by eatbigfish 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

Image source: Getty Images

Talent Acquisition

Combating Africa's talent crisis: Strategies for an evolving workforce

Barry Jansen van Rensburg 23 Sep 2025

Retail leaders call for profitable, collaborative and future-fit growth at Ti Retail Conference

Retail

Retail leaders call for profitable, collaborative and future-fit growth at Ti Retail Conference

22 Sep 2025

PnP Clothing opens 400th store in Roodepoort

Retailers

PnP Clothing opens 400th store in Roodepoort

15 Sep 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

South African markets soar despite weak economic data, slow reforms

Kopano Gumbi 15 Sep 2025

Fuel the future: AMIE Academy Fund

Funding

Fuel the future: AMIE Academy Fund

Issued by AMIE 9 Sep 2025

Financial Services

SA credit growth hits strongest quarter since Covid era

3 Sep 2025

Takeaways drive growth in SA's F&B market despite mixed signals

Food & bev. services

Takeaways drive growth in SA's F&B market despite mixed signals

27 Aug 2025

South Africans kick off festive shopping earlier each year

Sales

South Africans kick off festive shopping earlier each year

21 Aug 2025

CIMA launches Business Resilience Toolkit to help businesses navigate economic uncertainty and risk

Financial Services

CIMA launches Business Resilience Toolkit to help businesses navigate economic uncertainty and risk

Issued by AICPA & CIMA 19 Aug 2025

CEM Africa Summit 2025 to tackle the new CX mandate: Connection, trust, and real value

CRM, CX, UX

CEM Africa Summit 2025 to tackle the new CX mandate: Connection, trust, and real value

Issued by CEM Africa Summit 7 Aug 2025

Warc report: Top consumer trends shaking up next year’s spending habits

Advertising

Warc report: Top consumer trends shaking up next year’s spending habits

23 Jul 2025

Image credit: Reuters

Mining

Rising platinum prices to benefit SA's fiscal plans - Old Mutual

Colleen Goko 23 Jul 2025

SA SMEs warned to brace for Trump tariffs, rising costs

SMEs

SA SMEs warned to brace for Trump tariffs, rising costs

21 Jul 2025

Source: © Omnicom Group The Omnicom Group announced its results for the quarter ended June 30 this week

Advertising

Omnicom delivers on Q2 2025

17 Jul 2025

Advertising

IAB Report: Nearly 90% of advertisers in the US will use GenAI for video ads

16 Jul 2025

South Africa's economy reignites urgent mental health focus

Employee Wellness

South Africa's economy reignites urgent mental health focus

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 4 Jul 2025

As the years go by, when should your business replace its PC hardware?

Hardware

As the years go by, when should your business replace its PC hardware?

Werner Joubert, Issued by ASUS 2 Jul 2025

Magogodi Litlhakanyane, candidate attorney at Bowmans

Law Practice

#YouthMonth: Leaders of tomorrow are catalysts of change today - Magogodi Litlhakanyane, Bowmans

Shan Radcliffe 30 Jun 2025

Source: Supplied. Chantal Marx, Head: Investments Research at FNB Wealth and Investments.

Markets & Investment

Gold leaps to near-record prices as inflation fears loom

27 Jun 2025

Source: © Student Village The Gen Z Economy Report: Cash, Culture and Clout, is a new research report on how young people in South Africa earn, spend, save and think about money

Youth Marketing

Brands, stop relying on stereotypes to connect with Gen Z

13 Jun 2025

FAO forecasts record highs for global food crops amid market uncertainty

Commodities & Fairtrade

FAO forecasts record highs for global food crops amid market uncertainty

12 Jun 2025

Gen Zs are shaping the future of retail

Research

Gen Zs are shaping the future of retail

12 Jun 2025

Advertising

Global ad spend projected to hit $1.16tn, despite economic volatility

12 Jun 2025

Why workplace anxiety needs a voice, and a safe place like Palm Tree Clinic

Mental health

Why workplace anxiety needs a voice, and a safe place like Palm Tree Clinic

Issued by Harmony Clinic 10 Jun 2025

No market research? You’re throwing good money after bad

Research

No market research? You’re throwing good money after bad

Issued by BMi Research 5 Jun 2025

Advertising

Amazon’s ad business boom: Raking in over $60bn

21 May 2025

Kudzi Chikumbu launches groundbreaking podcast: Not Just One Thing

Podcasts

Kudzi Chikumbu launches groundbreaking podcast: Not Just One Thing

Issued by Lynne Collins Communications 19 May 2025

Image source: Getty Images

Management & Leadership

Why you need to reinvent the career ladder to attract and retain young talent

Anja van Beek 9 May 2025

Daily Maverick has won Best Digital Product. Source: Daily Maverick.

Media

Daily Maverick wins most Innovative Digital Product at Wan-Ifra's Digital Media Awards

7 May 2025

Source: © LinkedIn In March, the gold sector recorded the highest average increase in input cost inflation, although benefiting from strong market prices - with gold averaging $2,986/oz

Markets & Investment

Downward mining input cost trends suprising given volatility in economy

6 May 2025