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Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of X

Social Media

Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of X

Karabo Ledwaba 10 Jul 2025

The CEO of T-Connect Lesotho, Phelane Phomane, at the launch of Starlink. Image: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Internet

Starlink launches amid job losses in Lesotho

Sechaba Mokhethi 25 Jun 2025

Caprisa condemns fake news incident involving its director

Public Health

Caprisa condemns fake news incident involving its director

24 Jun 2025

WHO and Unicef expose unethical baby milk ads in South Africa

Advertising

WHO and Unicef expose unethical baby milk ads in South Africa

2 May 2025

Source: © 123rf Mark Baldwin, CEO of , a web design and digital marketing agency, weighs in on the biggest social media platform rebrands of all time

Branding

Social media rebrands: The failure - X, the insipid - Meta and the success - Instagram

Mark Baldwin 15 Apr 2025

Source: Source: Donald J. Trump/Facebook.

Taxation & Regulation

Trump's trade war: US slaps 30% tariff on South African imports

Katja Hamilton 3 Apr 2025

Why the Tesla backlash could help electric cars finally go mainstream

Fuel & Energy

Why the Tesla backlash could help electric cars finally go mainstream

Hannah Budnitz 1 Apr 2025

Social Media

Elon Musk’s xAI acquires X

31 Mar 2025

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

New Expropriation Bill: It’s not as transformative as some claim

Katja Hamilton 24 Jan 2025

Mental health

Happiness surges in the USA on Inauguration Day, but declines in South Africa, Index reveals

23 Jan 2025

Source: © News Nine Sorry Tiktok is not available right now.

Media Freedom

Updated: TikTok is now available again in the US

Danette Breitenbach 20 Jan 2025

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Cyber Law

Social media personality appears in court

15 Jan 2025

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Trump prepares world for US 'External Revenue Service' initiative

15 Jan 2025

Source: © Goods Fox Tomorrow, Friday, 10 January, representatives of TikTok's parent company ByteDance will plead to the US Supreme Court to halt the decision of a looming ban later this month

Social Media

Implications of the banning of TikTok in the US

Danette Breitenbach 9 Jan 2025

Source: © The Economic Times President-elect Donald Trump is making a U-turn on banning TikTok in the US

Media Freedom

Trump's U-turn on the banning of TikTok

Danette Breitenbach 2 Jan 2025

Source: UN Photo/Elma Okic. WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Healthcare

WHO chief's close call in Yemen air strike

Katja Hamilton 27 Dec 2024

Social Media

What does the X exodus to Bluesky mean for journalism?

Craig Robertson 27 Dec 2024

Advertising

Facebook's global ad revenue expected to exceed $100bn

12 Dec 2024

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Media & Entertainment Law

Revenge porn ruling highlights legal recourse for victims and repercussions for distributors

4 Dec 2024

Media

‘Brain rot’ declared Oxford Word of the Year 2024 amid fears of social media’s impact

2 Dec 2024

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Social Media

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Jean Burgess 27 Nov 2024

Source: © Avid Following a settlement, the details of which have not been disclosed, Unilever has been dropped from the lawsuit by X

Advertising

Is Elon Musk winning the legal war or losing the ad battle as Unilever and X settle

Danette Breitenbach 16 Oct 2024

Pictured: Phaello Tshabalala, Tums The Narrator, Kim Jayde and Omar Morto. Image supplied.

Media

eNCA's Devi Govender, ARB's Gail Schimmel, and others inspire at DStv Content Creator Awards workshop

7 Aug 2024

How to adapt to the e-commerce explosion - Michael Zahariev, co-founder of Luxity

E-commerce

How to adapt to the e-commerce explosion - Michael Zahariev, co-founder of Luxity

21 Jun 2024

Image supplied. TikTok has announced several initiatives with the local electoral commission and civil society organisations to combat misinformation

Media Freedom

#SAelections24: Initiatives to fight misinformation, provide access to reliable information launched

26 Apr 2024

Source: Reuters. A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government sought to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Economy

Transition to ZiG currency sparks trade disruption in Zimbabwe

Katja Hamilton 11 Apr 2024

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Media & Entertainment Law

Defamation suit a warning to all influencers about appropriate conduct

Pierre le Roux 3 Apr 2024

How SA’s digital services and manufacturers use software to optimise production

Technology

How SA’s digital services and manufacturers use software to optimise production

Issued by QuickEasy Software 14 Mar 2024

Social Media

US House passes bill that could force TikTok sale or ban

14 Mar 2024

Loyiso Twala, chief creative cfficer, McCann Joburg. Source: Supplied

Advertising

The future of advertising: People power and gender diversity

Loyiso Twala 7 Mar 2024

UMG will pull its music off TikTok from 1 February. Source: Ivan Smokov/Pexels

Mobile & Apps

UMG rejects TikTok’s deal, says platform underpays artists and promotes AI

Lindsey Schutters 31 Jan 2024

Taylor Swift's deepfake 'nudes': a wake-up call to the dangers of AI

Lifestyle

Taylor Swift's deepfake 'nudes': a wake-up call to the dangers of AI

30 Jan 2024

Inside the world of esports with VS Gaming Weekly hosts George Mnguni aka ‘Okay Wasabi’ and Sibu Mpanza

Sport

Inside the world of esports with VS Gaming Weekly hosts George Mnguni aka ‘Okay Wasabi’ and Sibu Mpanza

Evan-Lee Courie 24 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Trends in the small business work landscape for 2024

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Trends in the small business work landscape for 2024

Samantha Coom 17 Jan 2024

10 e-commerce trends to look out for in 2024

E-commerce

10 e-commerce trends to look out for in 2024

Issued by TDMC 15 Jan 2024

A view of the newly-commissioned Dangote Petroleum refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. Source: Reuters/Temilade Adelaja

Coal, Oil & Gas

Dangote refinery starts production, eyes full quota by year end

Elisha Bala-Gbogbo 15 Jan 2024

Competition Law

Nigerian competition watchdog fines British American Tobacco $110m

MacDonald Dzirutwe 28 Dec 2023

Advertising

Apple, Disney and other big brands are pulling X ads – why Elon Musk’s latest ‘firestorm’ could bring down the company

Denitsa Dineva 11 Dec 2023

Branding

Israel: Why the brand boycotts probably won't make much difference

Aisha Ijaz 13 Nov 2023

An open letter to Facebook from a very frustrated marketer

Social Media

An open letter to Facebook from a very frustrated marketer

Sarah Britten 6 Nov 2023

Social Media

US states sue Meta for knowingly hurting teens with Facebook and Instagram - here are the harms researchers have documented

Christia Spears Brown 30 Oct 2023

Radio & Audio

Community radio: young South Africans are helping shape the news through social media

Sisanda Nkoala, Blessing Makwambeni and Trust Matsilele 23 Oct 2023

Marketing

Elevate your brand with contextually relevant content marketing on ayoba

Issued by Ayoba 11 Oct 2023

Social Media

Surging user base and downloads push TikTok's brand value to over $65bn

11 Oct 2023

Survey analyses the challenges and strategies for the future of franchising

Franchising

Survey analyses the challenges and strategies for the future of franchising

4 Oct 2023

Advertising

Warc Report: Instagram's projected global ad revenue to soar to $71bn by 2024

20 Sep 2023

Source: Ana E. Cascão/Water Alternatives/Flickr

Construction & Engineering

Ethiopia claims disputed GERD dam has reached final fill

Dawit Endeshaw and Moaz Abd-Alaziz 11 Sep 2023