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Oct 3, 2023
Woolworths released its annual remuneration report for 2023 – revealing how much the retailer’s top execs earned over the last financial year.

Sep 7, 2023
Retail legend Raymond Ackerman (92) has died, Pick n Pay, the retail group he founded, announced on Thursday morning. 

Sep 7, 2023
Retail legend Raymond Ackerman (92) has died, Pick n Pay, the retail group he founded, announced on Thursday morning. 

Oct 3, 2022
Major South African pharmacy retailer Dis-Chem is charging into the baby market, acquiring two big brands in almost as many years, drawing concerns from competitors around its increasing purchasing power with both local and international suppliers.

Oct 3, 2022
South Africa’s top brick-and-mortar retailers, including Shoprite, Woolworths, and Massmart, are improving their eCommerce capabilities to become bigger online shopping players.

Mar 17, 2021
Applications for the Shoprite Group’s bursary programme are now open for the 2022 academic year. The bursaries offer students in the fields of accounting and information technology an unparalleled opportunity to further their studies - and then go on to work for Africa’s largest retailer.

Mar 10, 2021
To be turning 90 seems unreal. It’s a very long time, and if I think back on the many ups and downs, the difficulties we’ve been through as a nation, it’s quite amazing to be writing this at all.

Mar 9, 2021
As the world enters a new COVID phase we are now getting to grips with the practicalities. We have worked out pretty much where our healthcare capacity problems lie and how to protect those.

Mar 2, 2021
The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has published the amendments to the national standard, SANS 490 that specifies the requirements for all alcohol-based hand sanitisers and hand rubs in the form of liquids, gels, foams and aerosols.