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Call for applications for the Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme is now open for the 2025 intake!

Music

Call for applications for the Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme is now open for the 2025 intake!

Issued by SAMRO 31 minutes

Let’s make 2025 the year of “mental help”

Wellness

Let’s make 2025 the year of “mental help”

Taegan Devar 58 minutes

Final call: Entries for Product of the Year 2025 close 31 January

Branding

Final call: Entries for Product of the Year 2025 close 31 January

Issued by Product of the Year South Africa 1 hour

Artificial Intelligence

The One Show 2025 recognises AI's impact on creativity with new category

1 hour

2025 Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme opens with an expanded intake

Education

2025 Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme opens with an expanded intake

2 hours

#BizTrends2025: The fight against corruption in South Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The fight against corruption in South Africa

Michelle Rawlinson and Melissa Steele 23 hours

Honor is launching the X9c in South Africa in January

Technology

Honor gets new CEO and brings new phones to SA for Chinese New Year

Lindsey Schutters 23 hours

Image provided.

Artificial Intelligence

VML tackles representation with Africa-focused AI image generator

1 day

Unstoppable brilliance: BET Software honours special needs matric learners

Primary & Secondary Education

Unstoppable brilliance: BET Software honours special needs matric learners

Issued by BET Software 1 day

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends that will transform the forensics and compliance sector in 2025 and beyond

Trends

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends that will transform the forensics and compliance sector in 2025 and beyond

Zaakir Mohamed and Mawande Ntontela 2 days

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Responsible Tourism

Entries open for WTM Africa Responsible Tourism Awards

2 days

Beverley Houston, director at Be-cause Integrated Communications says Meta’s decision to end third-party fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads is bad news for brands (image supplied)

Media Freedom

EXCLUSIVE: Meta's farewell to fact-checking; 6 recommendations for brands

Beverley Houston 17 Jan 2025

Birkenstock opens store at Brooklyn Mall, Pretoria

Retailers

Birkenstock opens store at Brooklyn Mall, Pretoria

17 Jan 2025

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: 3 top creatives from continent named jury presidents

Danette Breitenbach 17 Jan 2025

Pictured: Jess Moyer

Interior Design

The cultural blueprint: How to make your office not just look good, but feel right

Jess Moyer, Issued by Catchwords 17 Jan 2025

Amazon.co.za’s Seller Success Centre empowers growth of local business

E-commerce

Amazon.co.za’s Seller Success Centre empowers growth of local business

17 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. John Jack, chief executive officer of Galetti Corporate Real Estate.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Commercial property turns the corner

John Jack 16 Jan 2025

Advertising

Submissions for the 2025 New York Festivals Advertising Awards are open

16 Jan 2025

Virgin Active survey reveals the most outrageous wellness trends from 2024

Wellness

Virgin Active survey reveals the most outrageous wellness trends from 2024

16 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Jeff Ryan, managing director for AWCape, now a member of TydeCo.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Navigating the future of financial management

Jeff Ryan 16 Jan 2025

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Logistics & Transport

CILTSA, BBOpEx Solutions sign MoU to transform SA transport

15 Jan 2025

Inaugural Africa-focused Massmart Growth Summit set for April 2025

Exhibitions & Events

Inaugural Africa-focused Massmart Growth Summit set for April 2025

15 Jan 2025

Real Madrid launches first soccer academy in South Africa

Skills Training

Real Madrid launches first soccer academy in South Africa

15 Jan 2025

Image source: Marina Putilova –

Corporate & Commercial Law

Amendments to Companies Act now in effect - what you need to know

Cathy Truter, Martin Hopkins, and Ntokozo Nzima 15 Jan 2025

5 key focuses global CMOs have prioritised for 2025 relevant for local CMOs

Marketing

5 key focuses global CMOs have prioritised for 2025 relevant for local CMOs

Jessica Jacobs 14 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Top trends set to define SA's business landscape

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Top trends set to define SA's business landscape

Issued by Lula 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

Marketing

#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

Melanie Campbell, Issued by RAPT Creative Agency 13 Jan 2025

Jon Kornik is CEO of Plentify

Trends

#BizTrends2025: How geysers can pave the way for a solar energy boom

Jon Kornik 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends shaping education in 2025

Trends

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends shaping education in 2025

Ravi Nadasen 13 Jan 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

Public called to enter Citizen Science for Water Photo Story Competition

10 Jan 2025

De Beers Group honours the next generation of jewellery designers

Design & Manufacturing

De Beers Group honours the next generation of jewellery designers

10 Jan 2025

Supporting your teen through matric results time

Education

Supporting your teen through matric results time

Issued by SACAP 9 Jan 2025

Learn, lead, succeed: Richfield’s future-focused online MBA degree

Higher Education

Learn, lead, succeed: Richfield’s future-focused online MBA degree

Issued by Richfield 9 Jan 2025

The 2025 Tabbie Awards competition for B2B online and print publications is open (Image supplied)

Media

2025 Tabbie Awards competition open

9 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: © Alphi Social media and content creation can be a lucrative activity, but the transition from full-time corporate employment to independent content creator is not easy says Sipho Alphi Mkhwanazi, who gives 10 tips to help with the transition

Digital

10 tips to pivot from corporate to full-time content creation

Sipho Alphi Mkhwanazi 8 Jan 2025

Get industry-ready with AAA’s fully-online BA Honours in Digital Marketing degree

Education

Get industry-ready with AAA’s fully-online BA Honours in Digital Marketing degree

Issued by AAA School of Advertising 8 Jan 2025

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Railway

Is the end of Transnet’s rail monopoly the beginning of positive change?

Gavin Kelly 6 Jan 2025

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Healthcare

South African activists unite in global protests demanding immediate release of Gaza paediatrician Abu-Safiyah

Katja Hamilton 6 Jan 2025

Meet the January films competing for Oscar glory

Film

Meet the January films competing for Oscar glory

Daniel Dercksen 3 Jan 2025

Where to next for South African travellers in 2025?

Travel

Where to next for South African travellers in 2025?

Euan McNeil 3 Jan 2025

Trace Awards 2025 to showcase Africa's musical diversity

Music

Trace Awards 2025 to showcase Africa's musical diversity

3 Jan 2025

Continuing education transforms careers

Higher Education

Continuing education transforms careers

Dr Rowen Govender 3 Jan 2025

SA red meat producers target Algeria to expand exports

Agro-processing

SA red meat producers target Algeria to expand exports

2 Jan 2025

MICE

Registration for Meetings Africa 2025 is now open

2 Jan 2025

Criminal Law

How the SRD grant system has been defrauded

Nathan Geffen 2 Jan 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Dollar starts 2025 on a high

Andre Cilliers 2 Jan 2025

Apple TV Plus pulls ‘open time’ move this weekend - but there's a catch

Mobile & Apps

Apple TV Plus pulls ‘open time’ move this weekend - but there's a catch

Lindsey Schutters 31 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied.

Property

5 key architectural trends for 2025

30 Dec 2024