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Allie Hunt joins Cape Town Helicopters and Escape+Explore's management team

Stadio appoints new Head of Campus for Waterfall

Flight Centre Travel Group appoints Mummy Mafojane as general manager of FCM South Africa

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Tswalu announces key leadership appointments

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Puma’s biggest global campaign Go Wild: Rooted in history with a new vision of sports

Puma’s biggest global campaign Go Wild: Rooted in history with a new vision of sports

Gen Z embraces AI for social media spending

Gen Z embraces AI for social media spending

Source: © 123rf While Global advertising spend is now on course to grow 6.7% this year to $1.15trn, according to a new study from Warc, this is a downgrade of almost one percentage point (pp) from the marketing effectiveness experts’ November forecast

Warc study shows growth this year but still downgrade of almost one percentage point

Ongeziwe "Oz" Lupuwana is the new head of integrated marketing. Source: SABC.

Ongeziwe "Oz" Lupuwana joins SABC as head of integrated marketing

The campaign is refreshed for Gen Z's. Source: Coca Cola.

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Shein partners with actress Cindy Mahlangu for Autumn/Winter lookbook

Shein partners with actress Cindy Mahlangu for Autumn/Winter lookbook

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Ster-Kinekor, as the official representative to Cannes Lions, is proud to announce HeinekenÒ as the official sponsor of the Cannes Young Lions Competition for South Africa (Image supplied)

#Cannes2025: Heineken official sponsor of the Ster-Kinekor Cannes Young Lions Competition SA

Source: Supplied. Motlatsi Mthimunye, Head Investment Banking Division SA, Absa CIB.

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South Africa's tech-driven gated communities set a new global standard

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Seeff: New transfer duty threshold a game changer for young homebuyers

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Capitec Bank CEO Gerrie Fourie to retire in July

Tamsyn Lunt, director of Product Growth at Plentify

Unpacking progressive parental leave policies with Plentify's Tamsyn LuntShan Radcliffe

Source: World Trade Organization.

The US escalates trade tensions by halting WTO payments

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The digital transformation of community pharmacies: from scripts to smart servicesMthobisi Kgathi

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

Eased PPP approvals to trigger wave of private investment in South Africa

New Bok jersey to feature Pick n Pay logo

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African Markets Conference: Leaders call for SSA to drive global economic reset as US steps backKatja Hamilton

Source: Viren Sookhun, managing director at Oxyon People Solutions.

Bridging the skills gap: Southern Africa's role in Saudi's Vision 2030Viren Sookhun

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Gauteng and Western Cape lead South Africa's affordable housing boom

German auto supplier Mann+Hummel launches SA plant

German auto supplier Mann+Hummel launches SA plant

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Oral health is more than smiles: South Africa’s public health emergency

Source: © 123rf South Africans will not be denied their constitutional right to access to news and information after the Gauteng High Court suspended the analogue TV switch-off date of 31 March 2025

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Source: © 123rf While Global advertising spend is now on course to grow 6.7% this year to $1.15trn, according to a new study from Warc, this is a downgrade of almost one percentage point (pp) from the marketing effectiveness experts’ November forecast

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Ongeziwe "Oz" Lupuwana is the new head of integrated marketing. Source: SABC.

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Ster-Kinekor, as the official representative to Cannes Lions, is proud to announce HeinekenÒ as the official sponsor of the Cannes Young Lions Competition for South Africa (Image supplied)

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