With the 2026 academic year entering its second semester, RISE Student Living wants students and their families to know that securing a place near campus need not be a stressful ordeal. The company operates purpose-built Student Accommodation across four South African cities, offering university students a safe, fully furnished home within walking distance of their lecture halls. August tends to be when students start weighing up their housing options for the term ahead, and RISE Student Living …
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Pay@ Connects South African Businesses to Over 40 Payment Network
Getting paid promptly, and through the methods customers genuinely want to use, is a challenge that sits high on the priority list for many South African businesses heading through the back half of 2026. This is precisely the problem that Pay@, a South African payment solutions provider, has built its business around, linking billers to over 40 separate payment networks that stretch across retail, banking, mobile, and digital channels. At its core, the concept is straightforward. Instead of …
Does Your Business Need ChatGPT, Copilot—or Better Workflow Discovery?
Durban: Executives should understand where work is slowing down before deciding which AI platform—or combination of solutions—their organisation needs. By Arnold Muscat, Director of College Africa Group A CEO approves Microsoft Copilot licences for the management team. Another department starts experimenting with ChatGPT. Individual employees adopt additional AI tools they have discovered online. Six months later, senior management asks a reasonable question: “What measurable difference has AI …
Settlement Between Tshwane and Kleinfontein Welcomed
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the settlement reached between Kleinfontein Share Block and the Tshwane Metro, which has just been confirmed by the High Court in Pretoria and made an order of court. These developments mark the end of a to-and-fro legal battle in the courts between the community and the Metro after yet another ruling was made against Kleinfontein two years ago regarding the fact that the process of formalising Kleinfontein into a town had not yet been properly …
Women Are Reshaping South Africa’s Used-Car Market – Is the Automotive Industry Keeping Up?
As women now account for nearly four in ten financed vehicle purchases, Weelee’s Head of Marketing, Sam Ghisleni, is championing a more human, transparent approach to buying pre-owned cars. For decades, South Africa’s automotive industry has largely been built around assumptions of the traditional car buyer. But today’s market tells a different story. Women are no longer influencing vehicle purchasing decisions – they are making them. According to Lightstone Auto, women now …
Why Women Experience Different Heart Attack Symptoms
Affinity Health, a leading provider of high-quality health cover, is encouraging women to learn the often subtle warning signs of a heart attack this National Women’s Day (9 August), as symptoms can differ significantly from those commonly experienced by men. Heart attack symptoms are not always what people expect. Most people still believe that a heart attack always involves sudden, severe chest pain. While chest discomfort remains one of the most common warning signs, women are more …
Atterbury Celebrates the Women Whose Expertise Shapes Its Commercial Property Portfolio
South African property development and management firm spotlights eight women whose work across acquisitions, asset management, legal, HR, marketing, and property management drives long-term value behind every development. PRETORIA, South Africa — Atterbury, a real estate development, investment, and management company, has published a new article going behind the buildings to introduce the women whose expertise underpins the business at every stage of the property lifecycle. The piece makes a …
There is Something Better About Woman Only Events
I like to joke with the ladies from BELA (Built Environment Ladies Association) that I am their token male just to balance out their mission. August being Women’s Month, BELA President Sue Parkin and her committee presented their annual Women’s Event last night at Astro Paints on Willow Road. This year was the third year that BELA has held a Women’s Day Event in aid of Yokhuselo Haven – if you have a few spare Rand please do consider sending them the way of Yokhuselo, …
Motion of No Confidence Tabled Against Tshwane Speaker
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: The DA in Tshwane today submitted a motion of no confidence against the Speaker of the Tshwane Council, Mncedi Ndzwanana. A recent High Court judgment confirmed that the Speaker acted unlawfully when he arbitrarily deducted 13 votes from the Council’s recorded vote. This effectively rigged the outcome and enabled the unlawful suspension of City Manager Johann Mettler. It formed part of an attempt by the ANC-EFF-ActionSA …
The Emerald Opens Phase 6 of Its Hyde Park Sandton Apartments
Spring 2026 is shaping up to be a busy buying season across Johannesburg, and Legaro Property Development has timed its latest move to meet it: Phase 6 at The Emerald is now on the market. The company’s luxury residential estate in Hyde Park, Sandton, expands with this release, bringing a new run of one, two, and three bedroom homes to one of the northern suburbs’ most talked-about addresses. Set in Hyde Park, The Emerald puts residents close to Sandton’s commercial heart as …