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LG CEO unveils 2025 strategy focusing on smart solutions and B2B growth

Technology

LG CEO unveils 2025 strategy focusing on smart solutions and B2B growth

4 hours

Dunlop strengthens global position with strategic acquisition

Manufacturing & Parts

Dunlop strengthens global position with strategic acquisition

Issued by Sumitomo Dunlop 5 hours

The strategic role of compact LCVs in last-mile logistics operations

Commercial & Industrial

The strategic role of compact LCVs in last-mile logistics operations

7 hours

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Legislation

AI adoption in Africa - balancing innovation and regulation

Zaakir Mohamed, Kabelo Dlothi, and Lebogang Molebale 9 hours

The decision to sunset Long Steel has sparked debate in the steel industry. Source: ArcelorMittal

Materials & Equipment

ArcelorMittal Long Steel closure sparks debate over industrial policy

Lindsey Schutters 9 hours

De Beers Group honours the next generation of jewellery designers

Design & Manufacturing

De Beers Group honours the next generation of jewellery designers

11 hours

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HR Tools & Software

Why SMEs should consider outsourcing payroll and recruitment

Pierre Bekker 1 day

Property

From rental shifts to AI innovations: The evolving landscape of South Africa's property sector

Waldo Marcus 1 day

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 1 day

Darryl Erasmus, Chief Operations Officer, South African Tourism

Tourism

Darryl Erasmus returns to SA Tourism as COO

1 day

Profit boost predicted for 2025 despite ongoing supply chain issues

Logistics & Transport

Profit boost predicted for 2025 despite ongoing supply chain issues

2 days

Human8 hires Niels Neudecker as managing director, US

Research

Human8 hires Niels Neudecker as managing director, US

Issued by Human8 2 days

Choreographed integration of human workers, robotic and agentic systems and equipment in a facility digital twin. Source: Image courtesy of Accenture, Kion Group.

Construction & Engineering

Nvidia ‘Mega’ Omniverse is digital win for industrial engineers

Lindsey Schutters 3 days

Sourcefin lands R150m investment from Futuregrowth to boost SME lending

Funding

Sourcefin lands R150m investment from Futuregrowth to boost SME lending

3 days

Renergen starts 2025 with helium hurdles and legal battles

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Renergen starts 2025 with helium hurdles and legal battles

Lindsey Schutters 3 days

Medtech

Network restored at Western Cape healthcare facilities

Katja Hamilton 6 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

Source: © Campaign Asia Tiktok’s North American general manager, Sameer Singh has announced his resignation at a critical time for the platform in the US

Social Media

TikTok’s US GM, Sameer Singh resigns at key time, raises advertising stability concerns

Danette Breitenbach 6 Jan 2025

QuickFest returns in January: A must-attend for progressive accountants

Accounting & Auditing

QuickFest returns in January: A must-attend for progressive accountants

Issued by Intuit QuickBooks 6 Jan 2025

Stilfontein: ‘It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation’

Mining

Stilfontein: ‘It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation’

Lindsey Schutters 6 Jan 2025

Entrepreneurship

The AI revolution, sustainable investments and other trends shaping SA's business landscape in 2025

3 Jan 2025

V&A Waterfront launches 2025 Makers Landing Food Incubator Programme

Retail

V&A Waterfront launches 2025 Makers Landing Food Incubator Programme

3 Jan 2025

Nicol Myburgh, head of HR Services at CRS outlines some changes businesses face following the Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEA) 4 of 2022 coming into effect

Employment Equity

New Employment Equity Amendment Act: Compliance is achievable

3 Jan 2025

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Agriculture

South Africa's agriculture may recover in 2025

Wandile Sihlobo 3 days

Sasol Secunda Facility Benfield units Phase 1 and 2. The sole purpose of the Benfield is to remove CO2 from the Feedgas from Synthol. The Benfield circulation Regen column releases the CO2 and steam into the atmosphere. Each Benfield has a Feedgas flow rate of 400 000Nm3/hr, of which 12% is CO2. So about 48,000Nm3/h CO2 into the atmosphere per column per hour, seven days a week, 365 days per year. There are 4 Benfield Regen columns on the Sasol Secunda facility. Source:

Markets & Investment

Sasol battles production declines and changing chemicals landscape

Lindsey Schutters 3 Jan 2025

Criminal Law

How the SRD grant system has been defrauded

Nathan Geffen 2 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

Tourism

How smart technology can drive hotel profits this festive season

27 Dec 2024

Teamwork tips for hospitality providers striving for success this festive season

Tourism & Travel

Teamwork tips for hospitality providers striving for success this festive season

Reinhard Visser 24 Dec 2024

Source: © the Workers Union John Botha, joint-CEO of Global Business Solutions, emphasises the importance of collaboration to mitigate the effects of retrenchments

Management & Leadership

Rethinking retrenchments though collaboration and a combination approach

John Botha 27 Dec 2024

Food & bev. services

King Charles III ends royal warrants for Cadbury and Unilever

24 Dec 2024

Logistics & Transport

Driving the future: Key logistics trends to watch in 2025

27 Dec 2024

Source: Anoop Hariparsad, digital energy business unit leader for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric.

Property

Microgrids in buildings are crucial to pioneering the future of energy management

Anoop Hariparsad 23 Dec 2024

Post Office Amendment Act parachutes beleaguered service into the digital era

Services

Post Office Amendment Act parachutes beleaguered service into the digital era

Lindsey Schutters 23 Dec 2024

MoMo Coach empowers nearly one million SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa

SMEs

MoMo Coach empowers nearly one million SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa

20 Dec 2024

Energy

Eskom forecasts profit and operational turnaround

Lindsey Schutters 20 Dec 2024

Mr Sweet workers picketed outside the Department of Labour’s office in Germiston during their 11-week strike. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Mister Sweet workers face disciplinary hearings for strike

Kimberly Mutandiro 20 Dec 2024

Your partner in sustainable business success

SMEs

Your partner in sustainable business success

Issued by Great 4 Business 20 Dec 2024

Building a resilient workforce: Why South African business owners should hire a recruitment agency

Talent Acquisition

Building a resilient workforce: Why South African business owners should hire a recruitment agency

Issued by SA Shares 19 Dec 2024

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Practice management

How healthcare facilities can guard against ransomware attacks

Hemant Harie 19 Dec 2024

From the classroom to creative stardom – 6 lessons from experts on turning your passion into a profession

Education

From the classroom to creative stardom – 6 lessons from experts on turning your passion into a profession

Issued by Red & Yellow 19 Dec 2024

MTN shuffles management deck

Telecoms & Networks

MTN shuffles management deck

19 Dec 2024

Source: © 123rf SA’s future economic performance will hinge mainly on domestic policy decisions says the NWU's PUI

Economy

SA economy: Negative trends are reversible - if the right steps are taken

19 Dec 2024

Informal Retailing

Government extends spaza shop registration amid rising foodborne illness crisis

19 Dec 2024

The future of printing: AI-powered, sustainable, and reliable

Hardware

The future of printing: AI-powered, sustainable, and reliable

Issued by HP 18 Dec 2024

Digital signage: The future of content production is here

Digital

Digital signage: The future of content production is here

Issued by TQ Group 18 Dec 2024

Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida announcing the financial results. Source: Nissan

Automotive

Market responds well to Nissan and Honda merger talks

Lindsey Schutters 18 Dec 2024

An educator uses a model of the HIV virus to illustrate a lesson on Aids to youths at a primary health centre in Kobi suburb, Abuja, Nigeria 30 November 2022. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

HIV/AIDS

New HIV prevention drug could reach poorest countries by 2025, says health official

Jennifer Rigby 18 Dec 2024