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Retailers face a trust and liability test as AI shopping agents emerge

Technology

Retailers face a trust and liability test as AI shopping agents emerge

18 minutes

Everything you need to know about dry ice smoke for weddings and events

Events

Everything you need to know about dry ice smoke for weddings and events

Issued by SEOPros 3 days

Lessons in building your talent pipeline from HR Summit 2026

Talent Acquisition

Lessons in building your talent pipeline from HR Summit 2026

Simon Blair, Issued by Pnet 3 Sep 2026

Electra Mining Africa: More to see, learn and experience

Mining

Electra Mining Africa: More to see, learn and experience

Issued by Electra Mining Africa 2 Sep 2026

NIQ State of the Retail Nation: South Africans spend carefully as value takes centre stage

Retail Marketing

NIQ State of the Retail Nation: South Africans spend carefully as value takes centre stage

Issued by NielsenIQ 2 Sep 2026

WesBank New Generation Awards announces 2026 finalists

Digital

WesBank New Generation Awards announces 2026 finalists

Issued by WesBank New Generation Awards 1 Sep 2026

Image source: Kateryna Babaieva from

Higher Education

WorldSkills SA opens 2027 competition applications in September

28 Aug 2026

The price tag isn’t the whole story: What your appliances really costs you

Sales

The price tag isn’t the whole story: What your appliances really costs you

Cagdas Fidan 31 Aug 2026

The era of creative builders: Rethinking the role of design

Design

The era of creative builders: Rethinking the role of design

Grant Campbell, Issued by MakeReign 27 Aug 2026

AI is optimising for ad fraud… because you told it to

Artificial Intelligence

AI is optimising for ad fraud… because you told it to

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 26 Aug 2026

City Lodge Hotels smashes fundraising goal, hands Cansa R144,258

CSI & Philanthropy

City Lodge Hotels smashes fundraising goal, hands Cansa R144,258

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 25 Aug 2026

Supplied image: Retha Beerman, Director of Knowledge Management at CDH

4th Industrial Revolution

Is AI eroding our critical thinking skills?

Retha Beerman 24 Aug 2026

Alfred Ramosedi CIMA President and Association Co-Chair

Accounting & Auditing

The future of our profession will be defined by human leadership

Alfred Ramosedi, Issued by AICPA & CIMA 18 Aug 2026

Shaping the unknown: Why Dr Mandi Joubert believes the future of education is still deeply human

Higher Education

Shaping the unknown: Why Dr Mandi Joubert believes the future of education is still deeply human

Issued by Eduvos 17 Aug 2026

Prasa upgrades Crossmoor rail crossing in KwaZulu-Natal

Railway

Prasa upgrades Crossmoor rail crossing in KwaZulu-Natal

14 Aug 2026

Sustainable solutions driving industry transformation at Electra Mining Africa

Mining

Sustainable solutions driving industry transformation at Electra Mining Africa

Issued by Electra Mining Africa 12 Aug 2026

HostAfrica completes Tanzanian acquisition Zesha

Internet

HostAfrica completes Tanzanian acquisition Zesha

Issued by HOSTAFRICA 11 Aug 2026

South African clothing factories struggle after migrant workers flee

Design & Manufacturing

South African clothing factories struggle after migrant workers flee

Nellie Peyton and Thando Hlophe 7 Aug 2026

TCL opens its first local Experience Store at Cedar Square, Sandton

Fashion & Homeware

TCL opens its first local Experience Store at Cedar Square, Sandton

7 Aug 2026

Middle East conflict threatens virgin plastic supply and margins

Manufacturing

Middle East conflict threatens virgin plastic supply and margins

4 Aug 2026

Marketing

Kantar strengthens brand intelligence offer

Issued by Kantar 3 Aug 2026

#WPRD2026 | Trust, not traffic: What Nigeria's AI reckoning teaches South African communicators

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | Trust, not traffic: What Nigeria's AI reckoning teaches South African communicators

Covenant Nsa 30 Jul 2026

#WPRD2026 | 4 Principles for managing a crisis in the AI era

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | 4 Principles for managing a crisis in the AI era

Madelain Roscher 30 Jul 2026

Profitable growth has a measurement problem

Marketing

Profitable growth has a measurement problem

Issued by Incubeta 29 Jul 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Why SA’s top fashion retailers can no longer blame weak macroeconomics

Retailers

EXCLUSIVE: Why SA’s top fashion retailers can no longer blame weak macroeconomics

James Townsend 29 Jul 2026

If you are not the answer, you are not in the game

Branding

If you are not the answer, you are not in the game

Ingrid von Stein, Issued by Dentsu 28 Jul 2026

Brewing Growth: How competition is transforming South Africa's coffee market

Research

Brewing Growth: How competition is transforming South Africa's coffee market

Issued by Insight Survey 27 Jul 2026

Image source: Drazen Zigic from

Employee Wellness

7 reasons workers suffer mid-year blues... and what to do about it

Anja van Beek 24 Jul 2026

Distrikt 9 partnered with the Loeries to shape the strategic direction of this year’s awards campaign across Africa and the Middle East (Image supplied)

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2026 | This is Madness (aka Tuesday): A mirror and a rallying cry

23 Jul 2026

Artificial Intelligence

AI agents could influence $3.35tn in consumer spending by 2030

22 Jul 2026

Kevin Welman, director at ByDesign Communications says the credibility economy has arrived; external communications was built for it (Image supplied)

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | PR is entering the golden age of external communications

Kevin Welman 22 Jul 2026

#WPRD2026 | Natalia Rosa on why AI is making strategic communications more valuable than ever

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | Natalia Rosa on why AI is making strategic communications more valuable than ever

Robin Fredericks 20 Jul 2026

Customers buy the reflection of themselves, not just the car. Orange sells the dream. Silver sells the tech, writes Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa head of marketing Tarryn Knight (Image supplied)

Marketing

Ford's Tarryn Knight: "Silver is sensible, but Orange sells the dream"

Tarryn Knight 15 Jul 2026

Beyond policing: Reclaiming the purpose of higher education in an Age of AI

Higher Education

Beyond policing: Reclaiming the purpose of higher education in an Age of AI

Issued by Eduvos 9 Jul 2026

Singularity Summit South Africa 2026 announces robotics, AI and investment pioneers

Events & Conferencing

Singularity Summit South Africa 2026 announces robotics, AI and investment pioneers

Issued by Mann Made 9 Jul 2026

Shop2Shop and Pay@ turn 'corner shops' into community payment hubs

Retail Services

Shop2Shop and Pay@ turn 'corner shops' into community payment hubs

8 Jul 2026

Finance’s future needs technology – but it will be defined by people

Accounting & Auditing

Finance’s future needs technology – but it will be defined by people

Alfred Ramosedi, Issued by AICPA & CIMA 1 Jul 2026

The AI skills South African creatives need - before the global gap widens

Artificial Intelligence

The AI skills South African creatives need - before the global gap widens

Issued by Brandtech+ 21 Jan 2026

Fandom as algorithmic fuel: How AI is killing traditional marketing

Marketing

Fandom as algorithmic fuel: How AI is killing traditional marketing

Mathabatha Sexwale, Issued by Brave Group 29 Jun 2026

Consumers skeptical of aluminum recyclability despite industry advantage

Packaging

Consumers skeptical of aluminum recyclability despite industry advantage

19 Jun 2026

Using drones for high-rise window cleaning, without the high risk

Facilities & Property Management

Using drones for high-rise window cleaning, without the high risk

Adriaan Otto, Issued by Excellerate Services 18 Jun 2026

Marketing

The platform your media plan is ignoring is already shaping what AI says about your brand

Musa Kalenga, Issued by Brave Group 18 Jun 2026

The old playbook is finished. So is the way we measure TV in South Africa

TV

The old playbook is finished. So is the way we measure TV in South Africa

Issued by TDMC 10 Jun 2026

Zak Haeri, MD for NIQ in South Africa

Retail Marketing

NIQ State of the Retail Nation Q1 2026: South African retail benefits from benign inflation

Issued by NielsenIQ 3 Jun 2026

Newspapers across SA turned into 'sanitary pads'

Advertising

Newspapers across SA turned into 'sanitary pads'

Issued by Joe Public 1 Jun 2026