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The Marketing Achievement Awards Season 6 qualifiers have been announced. Picture: Season 5 MAA winners (Image supplied)

Marketing

All The Marketing Achievement Awards qualifiers Season 6

23 hours

Shoprite’s R1m food garden competition adds three new judges

Agriculture

Shoprite’s R1m food garden competition adds three new judges

1 day

When trust is harder to find, Coronation asks who has earned yours

Marketing

When trust is harder to find, Coronation asks who has earned yours

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 1 day

Zazi puts South African identity in the doll aisle

Design & Manufacturing

Zazi puts South African identity in the doll aisle

1 day

The fear we invented: Why creativity and technology were never enemies

Advertising

The fear we invented: Why creativity and technology were never enemies

Tseliso Rangaka, Issued by Accenture Song 1 day

For this year’s festive ad John Lewis has put an upmarket spin on the Christmas countdown (Image: John Lewis/Press Association)

Advertising

Mixed reviews for 2026 John Lewis Christmas advert

2 days

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Retailers

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

3 days

Boundless and Engen take fashion for a spin

Marketing

Boundless and Engen take fashion for a spin

Issued by Boundless 3 days

Accenture Song South Africa and Allan Gray win South Africa's only D&AD Pencil in 2026

Advertising

Accenture Song South Africa and Allan Gray win South Africa's only D&AD Pencil in 2026

Issued by Accenture Song 3 Nov 2026

South Africa’s first Inter-School Debtor Management Competition

Primary & Secondary Education

South Africa’s first Inter-School Debtor Management Competition

Issued by Gen1Media 2 Nov 2026

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Retail Marketing

Nando’s teams up with Siya Kolisi for new limited-edition sauce

2 Nov 2026

Some Sassa beneficiaries in Umlazi now have to spend time and money to travel to offices like the Durban Station branch in the city centre after their office was shut down last week. Photo: Joseph Bracken

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa’s Umlazi office declared unsafe, shuts down

Tsoanelo Sefoloko and Joseph Bracken 2 Nov 2026

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IP Law

Chatty McChatbot: Why you should trade mark your chatbot's name

Alissa Naran 30 Oct 2026

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign | KFC: An awkward family dinner and a bucket of chicken - perfect!

29 Oct 2026

New QR-code platform simplifies tipping at safari lodges

Tourism & Travel

New QR-code platform simplifies tipping at safari lodges

29 Oct 2026

Club Med looks to put KZN’s North Coast on the international tourism map

Tourism & Travel

Club Med looks to put KZN’s North Coast on the international tourism map

Robin Fredericks 27 Oct 2026

Inside the dome that is reframing the conversation around the future of daily sun protection

Health & Beauty

Inside the dome that is reframing the conversation around the future of daily sun protection

Issued by Capacity Relations 23 Oct 2026

UCT student builds app to expose restaurant price differences

Mobile & Apps

UCT student builds app to expose restaurant price differences

23 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

This year’s Loeries Young Creative, Sebastian Dupper of LePub Johannesburg talks about winning the title, his work and how he got into advertising (Image supplied)

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2026 | Young Creative, LePub’s Sebastian Dupper: Years of work culminates in one moment

Danette Breitenbach and Cheryl Hunter 23 Oct 2026

The national rollout was inspired by an initiative at Pick n Pay Steenberg Village in Cape Town, where the franchised store introduced R5 food stamps that customers could buy and give to car guards. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

CSI & Philanthropy

Pick n Pay introduces Appreciation Voucher for cashless tipping

23 Oct 2026

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign | Coronation revisits its long-standing Trust is earned

23 Oct 2026

Sinead Samputh presenting certificates to the delighted students | Image supplied

Primary & Secondary Education

Teen robotics champion launches free coding lab for underserved youth

22 Oct 2026

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Aesthetic Medicine

Sweet as Huneyyy: Maria Masiu’s got the wellness market buzzing

Maroefah Smith 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

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Media & Entertainment Law

AI, fake news, and free elections: How SA is tackling digital disinformation

Vanessa Jacklin-Levin 21 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

Force USA has arrived at Sportsmans Warehouse

Retailers

Force USA has arrived at Sportsmans Warehouse

20 Oct 2026

Fuel & Energy

Fuel costs pushing SA car buyers to rethink brand loyalty

19 Oct 2026

RoadCover turns 21: A crash, a claim, a community

Safety

RoadCover turns 21: A crash, a claim, a community

Issued by RoadCover 16 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

Securex Africa 2027 puts African market access at the heart of new show strategy

Construction & Engineering

Securex Africa 2027 puts African market access at the heart of new show strategy

Issued by Securex Africa 15 Oct 2026

Clinical nurse practitioner Patricia-Ann Smith will lead the clinic, supported by Dis-Chem and the Cipla Foundation. Image supplied.

CSI

Dis-Chem, Cipla open nurse-led clinic in underserved Cape Town community

13 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

Miss SA 2026 unveils a new mandate

Film & Cinematography

Miss SA 2026 unveils a new mandate

Issued by OnPoint PR 9 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

More data does not mean better data

Research

More data does not mean better data

Issued by Field IQ 8 Oct 2026

FMCG

Local hard seltzer brand Nawty Water hits Pick n Pay shelves

7 Oct 2026

LunchBar launches limited-edition chrome foil pack with a share of R1m prizes to be won

Marketing

LunchBar launches limited-edition chrome foil pack with a share of R1m prizes to be won

Issued by Duma Collective 8 Oct 2026

H&M Studio brings power tailoring back to the fashion retail conversation

Fashion

H&M Studio brings power tailoring back to the fashion retail conversation

7 Oct 2026

Source: Supplied. Marin Cundall, Managing Executive: Digital Experience: GoTyme Bank.

Banking

#EXCLUSIVE: GoTyme rethinks banking with its new app

Katja Hamilton 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

At 50, Nicky Mullinos went back to university and found her way forward

Education

At 50, Nicky Mullinos went back to university and found her way forward

Issued by Stellenbosch Academy of Design & Photography 6 Oct 2026

Qualified artisans across South Africa have been waiting years for Red Seal certificates from the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Higher Education

Artisans forced to wait years for Red Seal certificates

Alice Scott 6 Oct 2026

Dentsu Africa and Blitz formalise partnership after years of collaboration

Marketing

Dentsu Africa and Blitz formalise partnership after years of collaboration

Issued by Dentsu 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

This October, Spar’s water bottles carry a hidden breast cancer message

Retail Marketing

This October, Spar’s water bottles carry a hidden breast cancer message

5 Oct 2026

Chery SA reveals the name South Africans chose for its first bakkie

Launches & Reviews

Chery SA reveals the name South Africans chose for its first bakkie

2 Oct 2026

What if you could just ask? Conversational analytics and the end of the static report

Marketing

What if you could just ask? Conversational analytics and the end of the static report

Wayne Tigere, Issued by Dentsu 2 Oct 2026