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Festive food demand puts packaging and supply-chain resilience in focus

Packaging

Festive food demand puts packaging and supply-chain resilience in focus

Wael Khoury 5 hours

Peelerz sweetens its fruit claims after ARB complaint

Retail Marketing

Peelerz sweetens its fruit claims after ARB complaint

Chloe Posthumus 27 Oct 2026

Propak Cape 2026 seminar programme brings packaging industry insights to Cape Town

Packaging

Propak Cape 2026 seminar programme brings packaging industry insights to Cape Town

Issued by Propak Cape 8 Oct 2026

Wearing his creative direction hat, South African designer Wanda Lephoto recently worked on a project for Soccer Bible and Adidas, showcasing Bafana Bafana’s 2026 World Cup kit in a three-chapter visual narrative mirroring the adidas three stripes, moving from street and Zulu heritage to everyday community life. Image credit:

ESG & Sustainability

#AfricaTextileTalks: Africa’s not new to sustainable fashion; it’s true to it

Maroefah Smith 3 Aug 2026

Image credit: on Pexels

Noncommunicable diseases

Alcohol’s hidden calories: product labels could help fight obesity in South Africa

Siphiwe Dlamini 31 Jul 2026

Want to decode food labels? Chilled launches free scanner to help shoppers

Technology

Want to decode food labels? Chilled launches free scanner to help shoppers

8 Jun 2026

Wyda Packaging's strategic acquisition from Hulamin boosts local manufacturing

Packaging

Wyda Packaging's strategic acquisition from Hulamin boosts local manufacturing

14 Apr 2026

Questions are being raised about microplastics studies – here’s what’s solid science and what isn’t

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Questions are being raised about microplastics studies – here’s what’s solid science and what isn’t

Michael Richardson and Le Yang 4 Feb 2026

Packaging battle brews between Eskort and Rainbow Chicken

Advertising

Packaging battle brews between Eskort and Rainbow Chicken

Karabo Ledwaba 3 Dec 2025

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Paediatrics

Flavourings in South African baby food could pose health risk, finds new Stellies study

22 Oct 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

Absa joins hands for Mandela Day 2025, packing meals for community upliftment

Mandela Month

Absa joins hands for Mandela Day 2025, packing meals for community upliftment

Issued by OnPoint PR 22 Jul 2025

CapeTalk and 702 announce winners of the 2025 Nedbank Business Ignite Awards

Radio & Audio

CapeTalk and 702 announce winners of the 2025 Nedbank Business Ignite Awards

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 11 Jul 2025

Source: © 123rf Justin Bott, CEO at Interwaste, examines business practices to address food packaging waste business practices for a more circular and responsible economy

Packaging

Business practices to address food packaging waste

Justin Bott 30 May 2025

Changing systems to reduce obesity in SA

Education & Training

Changing systems to reduce obesity in SA

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Mar 2025

Game-changing packaging innovations take center stage at Propak Africa

Packaging

Game-changing packaging innovations take center stage at Propak Africa

Issued by Propak Africa 3 Mar 2025

Trends and innovations shaping the growing food and beverage sector on show at Propak Africa 2025

Food & bev. services

Trends and innovations shaping the growing food and beverage sector on show at Propak Africa 2025

Issued by Propak Africa 27 Feb 2025

Setshego Ledwaba, Marketing and Communications Manager at Radisson Hotel & Convention Centre, Johannesburg, O.R. Tambo Airport

Tourism

Tourism's climate crossroads: Sustainability is not just a trend, it's a necessity

Setshego Ledwaba 14 Oct 2024

SMME Food Safety Compliance South Africa: A guide for SMMEs supplying to large retailers

Regulatory

SMME Food Safety Compliance South Africa: A guide for SMMEs supplying to large retailers

Phumi (PJ) Mhlongo 7 Oct 2024

Image source: Engin Akyurt from

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Nigeria is the world’s 2nd biggest plastic polluter: expert insights into the crisis

Wale Fatade 13 Sep 2024

Image source: Tatiana Gladskikh –

Consumer Law

Producers, advertisers, retailers beware - stricter regulations for pet food packaging on the cards

Ashleigh Blair, Bernadette Lötter and Kenan Petersen 13 Sep 2024

How consumer demand is driving change in food packaging

Packaging

How consumer demand is driving change in food packaging

Issued by KLA 5 Aug 2024

Switching to polymer bearings across its 160 global sites could save 20 tonnes of lubricant and over R100m in personnel costs annually for Heineken Brasil

Materials & Equipment

Polymer bearings can decarbonise the beer industry

9 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied - Forestry South Africa

Forestry

From trees to triumph: Forestry as a plastic pollution solution

23 Apr 2024

HE Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary General of OPEC

Materials & Equipment

We face a transport and construction apocalypse if oil vanishes

Haitham Al Ghais 25 Mar 2024

Charting a sustainable future: Join Topco Media's Future of Sustainability Conference 2024

Events & Conferencing

Charting a sustainable future: Join Topco Media's Future of Sustainability Conference 2024

Issued by Topco Media 8 Mar 2024

Sustainable recycling and bio-degradable solutions on show at Propak Cape

Exhibitions & Events

Sustainable recycling and bio-degradable solutions on show at Propak Cape

Issued by Propak Cape 23 Oct 2023

The sustainable properties of plastic on show at Propak Cape

Packaging

The sustainable properties of plastic on show at Propak Cape

Issued by Propak Cape 18 Oct 2023

Trends driving growth in the South African packaging industry

Packaging

Trends driving growth in the South African packaging industry

Issued by Propak Cape 17 Oct 2023

Image source: cottonbro studio from

Media & Entertainment Law

Mind the fine print - food producers should beware of placing misleading claims on packaging

Bernadette Versfeld, Kenan Petersen & Bernadette Lötter 7 Aug 2023

Klaus Plenge, managing director for Tetra Pak Southern Africa.

Packaging

Klaus Plenge named MD for Tetra Pak Southern Africa

5 Jun 2023

The power of paper showcased at restaurant awards

Food & Wine

The power of paper showcased at restaurant awards

Issued by dotGOOD 30 Nov 2022

Young SA shoppers will pay a premium for healthy food - but distrust nutrition labels

Research

Young SA shoppers will pay a premium for healthy food - but distrust nutrition labels

25 Nov 2022

Welcome to the Safripol toy campaign

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Welcome to the Safripol toy campaign

Issued by KAP 17 Oct 2022

Let's plastic responsibly

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Let's plastic responsibly

Issued by KAP 20 Sep 2022

Source: ©Antonio Diaz -

Research

Consumers rewire priorities around environment, health and human connection

20 Jun 2022

2021 Gold Pack Trophy winner. Source: Screenshot

Packaging

Best in SA packaging: Gold Pack Awards 2021 winners revealed

25 Nov 2021

Tetra Pak pumps R500m into Pinetown factory upgrade

Design & Manufacturing

Tetra Pak pumps R500m into Pinetown factory upgrade

2 Nov 2021

Pentawards 2021 acknowledges best in global packaging design

Packaging

Pentawards 2021 acknowledges best in global packaging design

1 Oct 2021