For most of us, our smartphone is among our most prized and useful possessions. More than a mere gadget, your phone is an essential tool for work, learning, entertaining yourself, connecting with friends and family, capturing life’s most important moments, shopping, managing your finances and so much more besides. But just like our beloved Android…
In his 2025 State of the City Address, Executive Mayor Dada Morero laid bare Johannesburg’s service delivery challenges, from failing infrastructure to electricity, water, housing, and urban decay . He presented a bold turnaround plan focused on restoring basic services, revitalising the inner city, and building a city that works for all. We invite you…
Sipho Mhaga Trade agreements are one of the essential pillars supporting South Africa’s economic strategy, shaping market access, investment flows, and international competitiveness. While global discourse on trade has recently focused on negotiations involving the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China, to mention a few, South Africa needs to look closer to home and examine…
Sustainability has become a cornerstone of the South African wine industry, shaping how wine is produced, marketed, and consumed. As the industry continues to prioritise environmental stewardship and social responsibility, stakeholders across the value chain need to play a role in advancing these sustainability efforts and building SA’s wine sector into a blueprint of resilience…
Website teaches key topics including money management, debt, and more FNB recently announced the launch of its new online financial education hub, www.fincents.co.za, in a bid to ramp up its consumer education efforts and improve financial literacy outcomes among South African communities. The website, which is open to all South Africans regardless of which financial institution they…
Sduduzo DludlaIn a bold move to reclaim City of Johannesburg-owned properties and enforce bylaws, the Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Human Settlements, Cllr Mlungisi Mabaso, led a multi-agency operation targeting illegally occupied commercial spaces in Hillbrow. The operation, conducted in collaboration with the Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO), Environmental Health, Single Law Enforcement,…
Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) Africa 2025 comes to Cape Town from 17–19 June 2025, bringing together the most influential voices in hospitality investment, development, and sustainability from across the globe. This year’s speaker lineup features major investors, visionaries, strategists, and dealmakers who are actively reshaping the landscape of hospitality across Africa. William E. Heinecke, Founder and…
As Gauteng embraces the future, the Department of e-Government, Research and Development is accelerating efforts to build a smart Gauteng City Region through digital innovation. The 2025/26 financial year marks the start of its new Five-Year Strategic Plan (2025–2030), which aims to transform public service delivery and promote inclusive socio-economic development. In line with the…
In a bid to empower township-based SMMEs, Takealot, South Africa’s leading online retail group recently launched its Franchisee Development Programme across Gauteng townships. This programme is part of the Takealot Township Economy Initiative (TTEI), which aims to empower township-based SMMEs and entrepreneurs by offering franchise opportunities that unlock the e-commerce ecosystem in the township economy….
Meet Neo Ntlatleng, the award-winning filmmaker and former Zone 14 actor who is set to breathe new life into the 2nd Annual Khuma Film Festival which is set to return bigger and better in its bid to educate, inform and entertain aspiring filmmakers and the young people of Matlosana in the North West Province. For more than…
