SA’s crackdown on low-value imports has significantly slowed the growth of cross-border e-commerce, forcing international platforms such as Shein and Temu to shift their focus from tax arbitrage, towards local fulfilment and supply chains. This is one of the key findings in the Online Retail in South Africa 2026 report, conducted by World Wide Worx, in partnership with Mastercard, Peach Payments and Ask Africa.

The BRC said the decision follows findings from its 2026 Establishment Survey, which showed that SA increasingly consume video across multiple screens and platforms. As a result, television and online video measurement will launch simultaneously, with no interim TV-only phase and no back-trending to TAMS data.

Sanlam has announced it will soft-launch its new banking services in South Africa on 1 November 2026, with a broader rollout planned for the first quarter of 2027. The group announced in its latest interim financial results that it had received regulatory approval to introduce transactional services to its offerings.

Disney has announced that it will launch a new Disney+ app in South Africa on 9 September 2026 to replace its existing app, with a new subscription available for R49 per month. The app will also add better personalised content recommendations and an updated kids mode with additional parental controls.

Communications minister Solly Malatsi said there were no plans to introduce regulations prohibiting access to social media for persons under the age of 16 in South Africa. Recent reports suggested that the bans were not as effective as planned.

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FieldIQ, a brand new offering from Field Force, makes it possible for brands to know not only what’s on their customer’s minds right now, but also what competitors are doing differently, and whether the measures they’ve implemented in store are really pushing sales.

Raffaele Annecchino, the former President and CEO of Paramount International and a prominent figure in global media, has died suddenly at the age of 55.

DStv’s operating company in South Africa will soon unveil a completely restructured lineup of packages, which will roll out to customers on 17 September 2026. Among the changes are a brand-new standalone package for movies and series, called DStv Movies & Series, and an overhaul of DStv Compact into a standalone sports package called DStv Sports.

Southpaw, a specialist agency focused on sport and culture, has officially launched as the latest business to emerge from independent group Slightly Dangerous Co.