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As purse strings draw tighter under the strain of an economy in flux, challenger brands are stepping into the spotlight says Lebo Madiba, PR Powerhouse   Challenger brands are the new maestros in sectors as varied as tech, motoring, healthcare, and energy, orchestrating a market shift towards options that resonate with the consumers’ chorus for […]

Thungela’s Goedehoop Colliery in partnership with Barloworld Equipment handed over fully kitted teacher’s communal facilities consisting of a staff room, kitchen, and boardroom, to the KwaZamokuhle Secondary School in Mpumalanga. The facilities, constructed using shipping containers will aid teachers and administrators in carrying out their duties more effectively, fostering an environment where learning and teaching […]

OPPO has been quite busy in recent weeks when it comes to launching new mid-range affordable smartphones in South Africa, but to kick off March the company has brought a fresh wearable to our shores in the form of the Watch X. The new device officially became available to purchase in SA last week Friday, […]

Coal producer and exporter Thungela on February 23 launched a fish breeding facility at the Loskop Dam Nature Reserve, in Mpumalanga. The facility was pursued in congruence with efforts to restore aquatic life in the Wilge Olifants river catchment following the uncontrolled release of mine-affected water from the South shaft at the Khwezela colliery’s Komdraai […]

SASOLBURG – More than two million members of the South Africa’s workforce are on sick leave, while 85-percent of the population don’t have access to private healthcare. That’s according to Unu healthcare. It says there’s an urgent need for accessible and affordable healthcare. Unu It’s created a platform that will try and bridge the gap by […]

Samsung may be the talk of the town throughout January and February thanks to its newly launched slate of Galaxy S24 flagships, but Oppo doesn’t care. It’s February and it hasn’t been dissuaded: it’s time to launch something new. It’ll be the A series getting a refresh, moving up from last year’s A78 to 2024’s […]

THUNGELA Resources is to market its coal production from Dubai after establishing a sales company with the emirate’s Dubai Multi Commodity Centre Authority. The move gives further momentum to the Johannesburg-listed firm’s plans to diversify internationally. Last year, the company completed the R4.1bn acquisition of Ensham, a mine in Australia’s Queensland. The Dubai office would […]

Dermatologist warn that South Africa is facing a melanoma epidemic unlike anything seen before. According to analysis from BBC, the year 2023 has been confirmed as the warmest on record, driven by human-caused climate change and boosted by the natural El Niño weather event. Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist at Berkeley Earth, a science organisation […]