South Africans are visiting shopping malls less than they did, staying for shorter periods and their trips are more deliberate. Online shopping and lifestyle changes have fuelled South Africa’s changing shopping habits, and shopping malls are reimagining their purpose to keep customers coming through their doors. Lightstone Retail tracked South African shopping behaviour in February 2023 and again in February 2026, using anonymised vehicle movement data from Tracker covering between 450 000 – 510 000 passenger vehicles per month and unlike retailer surveys or operator reports, the telemetry data captured what drivers actually did, not what they said they did.…
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Walk into any buzzing coffee shop on a Monday morning and you’ll hear South Africans confidently customising their orders with additional shots of espresso, specific foam ratios and various milk alternatives. We have the time to hyperfocus on our daily caffeine fix, but often when it comes to other key daily essentials, like insurance, many of us still rely on default cover we don’t fully understand. This is according to Sherry Sibeko, Executive Head for Personal Lines at Miway, who is challenging South African policyholders to consider their policy composition as carefully as they do their daily coffee order, ensuring…
This youth month, Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) is excited to announce the national winners of the 19th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. Aligned with Toyota’s global mission to “Produce Happiness for All”, the Contest is a flagship initiative that encourages children under the ages of 15 to imagine the future of mobility through art. With over 10 million entries globally since its inception in 2004, the Dream Car Art Contest has become one of the world’s largest international art competitions. Through this platform, Toyota is fostering creativity, innovation and a sense of possibility among the next generation. The Contest…
As South Africa marks Youth Month, the conversation around young people’s futures must move beyond opportunities alone to the systems, skills, and support needed to help them build sustainable careers. In sectors such as logistics and supply chain, this means creating clearer pathways between potential and participation, ensuring that young people are equipped not only to enter the world of work but to grow within it. For Unitrans, this responsibility is closely linked to its role as a business built on both infrastructure and people. By investing in training, mentorship and practical career development, the company is helping to build a…
Henkel South Africa has made significant progress in advancing sustainable manufacturing, achieving a substantial reduction in carbon emissions at its Alrode production facility through a series of targeted operational measures. Between 2024 and 2025, the facility reduced its CO₂ emissions from 613 tonnes to 375 tonnes, reflecting a 238-tonne reduction driven by improvements in energy efficiency, equipment optimisation and a shift towards renewable energy. A key contributor to this progress has been the commissioning of a 1.8MWp solar installation, which now supplies approximately 65% of the plant’s electricity demand.This transition, combined with the phased removal of fossil fuel-based systems and…
Troye Interactive Solutions today announced it has been named Arctic Wolf’s 2026 South Africa Partner of the Year. The award recognises the company’s leadership in helping organisations strengthen security operations and defend against modern, AI‑driven threats by delivering trusted security outcomes through Arctic Wolf solutions. “Being named Arctic Wolf’s South African Partner of the Year is a significant achievement for our team and reflects our commitment to helping organisations strengthen their security posture in an increasingly complex threat landscape. At Troye, we focus on building long-term partnerships and delivering practical security outcomes that help customers reduce risk, improve resilience, and…
President Ramaphosa’s recent State of the Nation Address painted a clear picture of the future: a stronger, more capable state, powered by digital transformation and a zero-tolerance approach to corruption. For South African businesses, this vision of a modernised, efficient government is welcome news. However, it carries a powerful and immediate implication. The same digital tools and integrated strategies being used to improve service delivery are also being deployed to revolutionise regulatory enforcement. The era of reactive, siloed compliance audits is giving way to a more proactive, intelligence‑led enforcement approach. This shift was highlighted by the President’s announcement of the…
South Africa’s digital future will be shaped not only by the infrastructure we build, but by how effectively that infrastructure enables people and businesses to participate in the digital economy. Over the past decade, the country has seen significant investment in digital infrastructure – including Liquid Intelligent Technologies’ 110,000 km fibre network spanning the continent – yet expanding connectivity alone does not automatically translate into meaningful digital participation. Turning access into opportunity requires a more deliberate and coordinated effort to ensure that connectivity is affordable, accessible, and capable of unlocking real economic and social outcomes. For many South Africans, connectivity exists in…
Yoco has announced its biggest product launch to date: more than 20 new products and features designed to give South Africa’s independent businesses the advantage they need to compete, alongside a first look at Yoco AI — the company’s first AI agent. For years, independent businesses — which power 40% of South Africa’s economy — have run on tools never built for them: generic, disconnected, and designed for big business then watered down for small. Yoco started by solving access to payments. Today, it is giving independent businesses what it calls an unfair advantage: a smart commerce platform designed to…
Ninety One is proud to announce the companies selected for the 2026 cohort of the Ninety One Accelerator in support of the Earthshot Prize. Working in partnership with Endeavor South Africa, the programme supports high-growth founders building innovative, impactful and commercially scalable solutions to environmental and social challenges across South Africa and beyond. Ninety One launched the Accelerator in 2025, supporting five climate solutions and their entrepreneurial founders in the inaugural cohort. The objective was to support solutions working to solve for climate innovation through commercially oriented businesses and to prepare them for further investment and scaling. In 2026, Ninety…