The Black Friday buzz is already at fever pitch as retailers gear up for one of the biggest shopping events of the year.

South Africa’s real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.7% in the second quarter of 2022. The biggest contributors to this contraction were agriculture, forestry & fisheries, down 7.7%, and pulled lower by a decrease in the production of animal products.

The Consumer Goods and Services Ombud (CGSO) is an impartial, independent dispute resolution scheme. We serve as a mechanism for the industry to manage its own disputes rather than referring every unresolved customer complaint to the National Consumer Commission (NCC) for investigation.

Consumers in Africa are going digital. It’s being driven by a myriad of factors—urbanisation, internet penetration, rising incomes, low-cost smartphones and tablets, access to banking services, and perhaps most importantly, a boom of young, tech-savvy Africans.

South Africa’s number one Green tea, Tetley, has launched two new Green teas that are fortified with added vitamins.

Madimetja Tloubatla knows the fuel retail business inside out. From a corporate position with Engen Fuel, to a member of a group that owned three filling stations, and currently the independent owner of two filling stations in Diepkloof, Soweto, Tloubatla can speak from experience about the complex and exciting fuel retail sector.

PMA's Fresh Connections conference and expo are back this years, and although it has a new name, it will still be the same vibrant event as it has been for the past decade.

Thousands of fresh fruit and vegetables are transported by road every day. Traditionally this was done in wooden or cardboard containers.