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Markets & Investment

The Budget that never was: SA's political gridlock rattles investor confidence

Katja Hamilton 3 days

#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

Trends

#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

Christopher John Day 13 Jan 2025

Source: © Waterfall City Pictures: Mall of Africa. BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index’s latest data reveals economic activity continues to move sideway, however, rising optimism levels remain

Economy

BETI still treading water but positive economic trend continues

17 Dec 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Cystic fibrosis drug access secured in South Africa

12 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. Nomfundo Vilakazi, Dis-Chem's new HR director.

Healthcare

Dis-Chem's visionary Nomfundo Vilakazi appointed HR director

9 Dec 2024

Pictured: Thula Mngoma

Skills Training

Shaping the future: Digitisation and sustainability in South Africa’s supply chains

Thula Mngoma, Issued by Regent Business School 28 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

CPHI Middle East: Future of pharma takes centre stage

14 Nov 2024

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Covid-19

Leadership shakeup at Moderna ahead of major vaccine rollouts

Katja Hamilton 8 Nov 2024

Promise won Gold at the 2024 LIA Awards.

Advertising

South Africa's Promise Agency strikes Gold at LIA for The Vluit Project

Karabo Ledwaba 17 Oct 2024

IMC Conference

#NedbankIMC2024: Mzamo Xala – building a better world through the lens of marketing

Danette Breitenbach 3 Oct 2024

Legal and regulatory insights into South Africa’s growing medical cannabis market

Ethics & Medicolegal

Legal and regulatory insights into South Africa’s growing medical cannabis market

Issued by Bassani Medical 2 Oct 2024

The Top Women Awards celebrates 21 years of gender empowerment! Entries now open

Events & Conferencing

The Top Women Awards celebrates 21 years of gender empowerment! Entries now open

Issued by Topco Media 2 Oct 2024

Pharmaceuticals

MiKO Pharma's new facility promises affordable, high-quality medicine across Africa

26 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied.

Pharmaceuticals

Tahaluf launches CPHI Middle East as region’s premier pharma event

25 Sep 2024

Getting to grips with healthcare inflation

Medical Aid

Getting to grips with healthcare inflation

Kathy Malherbe, Issued by Bonitas 19 Sep 2024

Top CEOs and thought leaders address AI in marketing at upcoming MMA SA Impact Forum

Marketing

Top CEOs and thought leaders address AI in marketing at upcoming MMA SA Impact Forum

9 Sep 2024

Public Health

Pharmacists International Federation: Global vaccine supply in the balance

4 Sep 2024

Q&A with Neosun Energy’s founder and CEO Ilya Likhov

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Q&A with Neosun Energy’s founder and CEO Ilya Likhov

Issued by Neosun Energy 13 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Wendy Cupido, vice president at the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (Ipasa) and general manager at Roche South Africa.

Healthcare

Unlocking potential: Why women leaders are essential for advancing global health

8 Aug 2024

#WomensMonth: Siphiwe Ledingwane, director of PR, comms & projects at Ipasa on resilience

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Siphiwe Ledingwane, director of PR, comms & projects at Ipasa on resilience

Karabo Ledwaba 1 Aug 2024

#Cannes2024: Emotional connection key for brands to reach consumers

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2024: Emotional connection key for brands to reach consumers

Terry Levin 30 Jul 2024

AI is slowly making its way into advanced pharmacology, but will need investor patience.

Data & Analytics

Forget chat bots, AI is helping out in drug discovery and development

Lindsey Schutters 17 Jul 2024

Source: © 123rf Shop! South Africa has announced the industry leaders and influencers for its second annual Outstanding Shopper Marketing Awards (OSMA)

Marketing

Shop! South Africa announces judging panel for Outstanding Shopper Marketing Awards

12 Jul 2024

3 lessons that SA youth can learn from African countries with thriving SME sectors

How To Start Up

3 lessons that SA youth can learn from African countries with thriving SME sectors

Issued by Business Partners Limited 15 Jul 2024

3 key lessons for young SA entrepreneurs from thriving African SMEs

SMEs

3 key lessons for young SA entrepreneurs from thriving African SMEs

8 Jul 2024

A man walks inside a branch of the South African drug retailer Clicks, at the Mall of the North, in Polokwane in the Limpopo province of South Africa, 31 March 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/ File Photo

Competition Law

Clicks to sell drugmaker after court ruling

Nelson Banya 1 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, chief executive officer of the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (Ipasa).

Healthcare

Research and innovation key to safeguarding SA’s health resiliency

27 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied. Haytham El Maayergi, executive vice president, Global Trade Bank, Afreximbank and Smangele Mandidi, acting managing director of CBZ Bank during the signing ceremony.

Banking

Afreximbank inks $80m deals with CBZ Bank

26 Jun 2024

Are topical products helping to boost South Africa’s analgesics market?

Pharmaceuticals

Are topical products helping to boost South Africa’s analgesics market?

Issued by Insight Survey 19 Jun 2024

Source: Department of Science and Innovation.

Healthcare

Nzimande unveils inaugural nuclear medicine research facility in Pretoria

23 May 2024

Supplied image (L-R): Jan Willem Pont from Pachas Restaurant Pretoria, Maré Smit, Director of Breathtaking Fundraising NPC and Hannes Taute from TRX Electronics.

Health & Welfare

R400k boost for cystic fibrosis fighters

9 May 2024

Spar gets secondary listing on A2X Markets

Banking & Finance

Spar gets secondary listing on A2X Markets

8 May 2024

Source: Supplied - Forestry South Africa

Forestry

From trees to triumph: Forestry as a plastic pollution solution

23 Apr 2024

Source: @LightUpScience/Twitter. Richard Slayman is seen here with the surgical team at Massachusetts General Hospital who performed his transplant, led by Tatsuo Kawai, MD, PhD and Nahel Elias, MD.

Healthcare

Man survives pig kidney transplant

8 Apr 2024

Source: BRICSNews/@BRICSinfo

Pharmaceuticals

India surpasses Germany as Russia's leading pharmaceutical supplier amidst sanctions

2 Apr 2024

HE Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary General of OPEC

Materials & Equipment

We face a transport and construction apocalypse if oil vanishes

Haitham Al Ghais 25 Mar 2024

More than 200-million litres of untreated or partially treated sewage is released into False Bay daily. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Failing sewage plants continue to pollute False Bay

Steve Kretzmann 16 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Viebeg's chief executive officer, Tobias Reiter and chief commercial officer Alex Musyoka.

Healthcare

How one African health tech firm is expanding access to affordable health care in Africa

12 Feb 2024

South African business schools must take advantage of growth in trade and investment in Africa

Education & Training

South African business schools must take advantage of growth in trade and investment in Africa

Dr Chante van Tonder, Issued by JNPR 25 Jan 2024

Upgrading your manufacturing ERP in 2024? Here's what to look out for

Software

Upgrading your manufacturing ERP in 2024? Here's what to look out for

Issued by QuickEasy Software 22 Jan 2024

Economy

#WEF24: Global leaders unite to drive initiatives for climate action and clean energy

Katja Hamilton 19 Jan 2024

RCS expands retailer network and payment options

Banking & Finance

RCS expands retailer network and payment options

19 Jan 2024

Rui Lopes, animal welfare specialist and Equity Principal & Head of Africa Relations at Lopes Attorneys

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Animal welfare laws and regulation - what we can expect in 2024

Rui Lopes and Michael Jenkins 16 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf a new CMO Council initiative in 2023 will audit, identify, and showcase corporate best practices and successes in blending self-interest with altruism in the country

Marketing

CMO Council survey to evidence SA private sector commitment to ESG and sustainability progress

12 Dec 2023

Pharmaceuticals

Pfizer and Tris Pharma sued for supplying compromised ADHD medicine to children

21 Nov 2023

#SBTopWomenAwards: Celebrating 'My Africa' and honouring excellence

Events & Conferencing

#SBTopWomenAwards: Celebrating 'My Africa' and honouring excellence

Issued by Topco Media 8 Nov 2023

Image source: Allan Swart –

IP Law

SA's battle against fake goods

Mohamed Khader 7 Nov 2023

Finalists announced: 20th Annual Standard Bank Top Women Awards brought to you by Topco Media

Events & Conferencing

Finalists announced: 20th Annual Standard Bank Top Women Awards brought to you by Topco Media

Issued by Topco Media 6 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

South Africa's Dis-Chem posts 17.2% fall in half-year profit

3 Nov 2023

Bird flu could be eradicated by editing the genes of chickens - our study shows how

Food Security

Bird flu could be eradicated by editing the genes of chickens - our study shows how

Alewo Idoko-Akoh 3 Nov 2023