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AMEC launches GEO Principles to bring rigour to AI-led communications measurement - Ornico
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (311+ words) The resources respond to a fast-changing information environment in which AI-generated summaries, conversational search and zero-click discovery are increasingly shaping how organisations, brands and issues are found, understood and trusted online. GEO, or Generative Engine Optimisation, is increasingly used to…...
New York Festival Awards South African radio station and animation school
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (142+ words) In the New York Festivals Radio Awards, Hot 102. 7 FM has won one silver, two Bronze awards and four Finalists Diplomas. The SABC also won a Finalist Diploma. Silver for Hot1027 went to Tara Penny in the Broadcast Journalist category. The station's…...
How South African travel patterns are changing in 2025 - KLA
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (528+ words) 84% of South Africans say a phone or tablet improves their travel experience. This sentiment has remained stable since 2021, reinforcing that mobile technology is now embedded across every stage of. .. How South African travel patterns are changing in 2025 84% of South Africans…...
South Africa moves closer to new payments regulatory regime
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (715+ words) The proposals include a draft exemption notice for certain payment services and a revised activity-based Authorisation Framework, with stakeholders invited to comment by 15 June 2026 before the rules are finalised. This development builds on earlier rounds of consultation and builds on…...
Iran war is exposing South Africa's dependency on diesel: what went wrong
4+ hour, 30+ min ago (1051+ words) It is forgivable to think that an oil shock mainly hurts at the petrol pump. After all, that is where households feel it first. But when my colleagues and I at the Bureau for Economic Research started digging through South…...
Why business analysts are your organisation's best AI prompt engineers
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (419+ words) The answer may already be on your payroll. And it is not a data scientist. The cost of deploying AI without adequate human oversight is becoming impossible to ignore. In 2025, Deloitte was forced to partially refund a $290, 000 Australian government contract…...
Think, prepare, respond: How finance leaders can help businesses navigate the Middle East crisis - AICPA & CIMA
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (515+ words) So how can finance leaders help their organisations become resilient, and not just survive, but thrive? At CIMA, we believe the most practical way to business resilience is to ask three simple questions: how do we think, how do we…...
South African healthcare startup secures R15m to expand access to affordable dental care - Edge Growth
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (736+ words) South African healthcare startup secures R15m to expand access to affordable dental care Bizcommunity South African healthcare startup secures R15m to expand access to affordable dental care "Edge Growth and FNB's Vumela Fund investment in Mia comes at an exciting stage in…...
NICD detects 2 polio virus strains in Cape Town wastewater
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (270+ words) This detection was part of the NICD's routine environmental and wastewater testing to conduct proactive, population-wide disease tracking. This entails analysing municipal sewage and water resources to detect emerging outbreaks and viral variants before clinical cases appear. The department has…...
A front-row seat to South Africa's wildflower season - Fusion Design
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (565+ words) A front-row seat to South Africa's wildflower season Bizcommunity A front-row seat to South Africa's wildflower season Each year, following the South African winter rains, a rare and brief transformation occurs along the country's Cape West Coast. For just a…...