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Source: GroundUp/Sechaba Mokhethi. A Qingjian Group Company plant in Qacha’s Nek during construction of the Makhaola Lerotholi Highway.

Construction & Engineering

Lesotho community left in ruins by highway project

Sechaba Mokhethi 15 minutes

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HR & Management

Financial strain increases for frontline workers - Deskless Worker Pulse 2025

1 hour

Advertising

Nando’s Oh What a Place!: From category noise to cultural signal

2 hours

Source: Supplied. Izak Petersen, chief executive officer of Dipula Properties.

Property

Resilient Dipula sees earnings rise amidst property sector recovery

2 hours

A screenshot of the advertisement on YouTube Shorts.

Advertising

Energy drink ad in hot water over 'drinking and driving' ad

Karabo Ledwaba 2 hours

Hospitality

Hospitality doubles down on human talent in response to AI transformation

Sandra Kneubuhler 2 hours

SA Tourism has opened exhibitor registrations for the 2026 Meetings Africa trade show and appointed a 13-member advisory panel for the event. Source: ( )

Tourism

Meetings Africa 2026 opens exhibitor registrations

2 hours

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Markets & Investment

Stocks crumble as hopes fade for imminent Fed rate cut

Stella Qiu and Gregor Stuart Hunter 3 hours

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Noncommunicable diseases

#WorldDiabetesDay: Tackling workplace stigma in South Africa

3 hours

Cell C sets offer price ahead of Johannesburg listing

Telecoms & Networks

Cell C sets offer price ahead of Johannesburg listing

Nqobile Dludla 22 hours

Media

Meet the 2025 Western Cape Vodacom Journalist of the Year Winners

5 hours

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

2025 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards: Check out the 24 finalists

5 hours

Source: Supplied. GCIS. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.

Finance

South Africa sets bold 3% inflation target in transformative fiscal strategy

18 hours

Some learners have given up hope that their promised new school will ever be built. Photos: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

Promises, promises but still no school

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 21 hours

MetaLab now on shelves at Checkers nationwide

FMCG

MetaLab now on shelves at Checkers nationwide

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Legislation & Regulation

Unpacking SA's new e-hailing regulations

Vanessa Jacklin-Levin, Max Taylor, Tarika Patel and Cayley Lov 1 day

Understanding the growing emotional drivers behind consumer choice

FMCG

Understanding the growing emotional drivers behind consumer choice

Issued by TLC Worldwide Africa 1 day

Railway

Rolling into recovery: SA's railways on the path to revitalisation

Vivien Chaplin and Haafizah Khota 1 day

Women walk past a Mozambique soldier inside a camp for the internally displaced in the town of Quitunda, Mozambique, 22 September 2021. Image credit: Reuters/Baz Ratner/File Photo

Coal, Oil & Gas

Locals angry over TotalEnergies' enclave model in Mozambique

Nellie Peyton 4 hours

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Hospitality

Glamour vs reality: Preparing young professionals for hospitality's demands

Casper Coetzee 23 hours

Can the Sunlight bar become a youth icon through #RaiseTheBar?

Marketing

Can the Sunlight bar become a youth icon through #RaiseTheBar?

Karabo Ledwaba 1 day

Source: Supplied. TransBridj chief executive officer, Michael Lenz.

Proptech

Inside Africa's digital lending revolution: Where fintech meets proptech

1 day

In 2026, there will be changes to the Cannes Lions Awards (Image source: © Bizcommunity)

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2026: A new Creative Brand Lions and other changes

1 day

When a global powerhouse like the BBC ends up apologising for a “misleading edit” of Donald Trump’s speech - a move that’s now sparked resignations and a potential $1bn lawsuit - it shakes more than their newsroom. It shakes faith in journalism itself (Image supplied)

Media Freedom

The BBC-Trump saga: Questioning integrity in journalism and PR

Hayley Hillary 1 day

Aesthetic Medicine

Innovation, experience, and expansion: Trendier AI's 2026 K-beauty forecast

Maroefah Smith 1 day

Novartis' new malaria medicine GanLum sachets at the company's manufacturing site in Slovenia, October 30, 2024. Image credit: Novartis/Handout via Reuters

Malaria

Novartis' new drug more than 97% effective at treating malaria

Jennifer Rigby 1 day

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Seshni Naidoo to engineer a new energy era at Engie South Africa

1 day

Workers protested outside this project site in Illitha Park, Khayelitsha, since Monday over their unpaid wages. Photo: Vincent Lali / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Workers shut down Cape Town construction project over unpaid wages

1 day

Johannesburg Tourism Company (JTC) has appointed Rendani Khorombi as executive head of tourism strategic services. (Image supplied)

Tourism

Johannesburg Tourism new executive head to drive city’s tourism strategy

1 day

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PR & Communications

Tlhogi Ngwato | You cannot fact-check your way out of outrage

Tlhogi Ngwato 1 day

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Health & Social Welfare

Finance Minister extends Sassa’s R370 Covid-19 SRD grant

1 day

How to send email promotions for Black Friday that delivers results (without overwhelming your customers)

Marketing

How to send email promotions for Black Friday that delivers results (without overwhelming your customers)

Issued by Everlytic 1 day

Patience Nyoni, Academic Head, Regenesys Education

Higher Education

SA needs future-ready education to future-proof graduates

Patience Nyoni 1 day

Pharmaceuticals

SAHPRA gives Biovac go-ahead to start oral cholera vaccine trials

2 days

Tobias Maier, new CEO of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight for Middle East & Africa

Shipping

New CEO for DHL Global Forwarding, Freight: MEA

2 days

Rethinking AI-Generated advertising: How real people really react

Artificial Intelligence

Rethinking AI-Generated advertising: How real people really react

Ecem Erdem and Věra Šídlová, Issued by Kantar 2 days

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Tax Law

When does the High Court have jurisdiction over tax disputes?

Joon Chong and Dario Milo 2 days

How locally-driven hotels are driving West Africa's hospitality resurgence

Hospitality

How locally-driven hotels are driving West Africa's hospitality resurgence

2 days

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Infrastructure & Utilities

How a major municipal utility cut call response rates from 36 to 16 hours in six months

Dzingira Matenga 2 days

Source: © 123rf The No-Nonsense Guide to Getting Cited by AI is a white paper that introduces a comprehensive framework for adapting content strategies to AI assistants

Artificial Intelligence

How to stop being invisible to AI assistants

2 days

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Why Eskom's virtual wheeling is a breakthrough moment for SMEs

Bronwyn Timm 2 days

Seychelles' 15th Minister for Tourism, Nicola Amanda J Bernstein. (image supplied)

Tourism

Seychelles appoints new tourism and culture minister

2 days

Vodacom inks Africa internet deal with Musk's Starlink

Internet

Vodacom inks Africa internet deal with Musk's Starlink

Pushkala Aripaka, Nqobile Dludla 2 days

Sola Oke is the managing director for Pernod Ricard Africa. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

#AfricaTechFestival: Sola Oke on technology, innovation and Africa’s cultural future

Karabo Ledwaba 2 days

#UnboxingDay 26 December! Win your year’s presence on Biz!

Advertising

#UnboxingDay 26 December! Win your year’s presence on Biz!

Issued by Bizcommunity.com 2 days

CRM, CX, UX

Confidence: The key differentiator for banking brands

2 days

Workers are seen at a construction site at Protea Glen, a township of Johannesburg, South Africa, 19 March 2021. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Talent Acquisition

Unemployment rate falls, helped by construction

Kopano Gumbi 2 days

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CSI & Philanthropy

Team Gift: Gift of the Givers and BackaBuddy’s new giving initiative

2 days

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Trends

Digital-led empathy: 5 healthcare trends to look out for in 2026

2 days