| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.05.2025 | South Africa Has Too Many Retail Stores, Pick n Pay CEO Says | - |
| 15.05.2025 | Spar Mobile: A New Player in South Africa's MVNO Arena | Spar Mobile has entered the South African telecommunications landscape, shaking things up with its new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service. This move marks a significant step for the Spar Group, a well-known retailer, as it ventu... |
| 14.05.2025 | Spar Mobile is South Africa’s latest MVNO | Retailer Spar Group has launched an MVNO offering that includes 5G data services and will piggyback off MTN’s network infrastructure, according to a statement.
Customers can purchase Spar Mobile Sim cards at any Spar, Tops, Spar Express or ... |
| 16.04.2025 | Standard Bank joins forces with Checkers Sixty60 | In the latest move in the rapidly evolving relationship between banks and retailers, Standard Bank has partnered with Checkers to offer UCount Rewards members with up to 40% back on shopping on Checkers Sixty60.
UCount Rewards can now be ea... |
| 27.03.2025 | The Mobile AI Revolution: A New Era of Personalization and Privacy | The world of technology is shifting. Mobile devices are no longer just tools for communication; they are becoming the backbone of artificial intelligence. The recent collaboration between TensorOpera AI and Samsung Electronics is a game-cha... |
| 25.03.2025 | Discovery turns to AI for ‘hyper-personalised health care’ | Discovery Health CEO Ron Wheelan
Discovery Health is using data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to create a new system to provide individualised health care to its adult medical aid members.
Premised on the princ... |
| 06.03.2025 | It’s getting easier to launch an MVNO in South Africa | Huge NXTGN MD Jason Harmsen
The mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market is South Africa is getting crowded, yet a new player in the space believes that by making it easier for businesses to launch them, there’s still room for signific... |
| 27.02.2025 | Pick n Pay strikes back at Checkers with eBucks deal | Retailer Pick n Pay has expanded its partnership with FNB’s eBucks rewards programme as it battles for market share with rival Checkers and its market-leading Sixty60 on-demand shopping service.
The announcement follows a decision by Discov... |
| 11.11.2024 | Woolies Dash sees sales rise more than 50% | Woolworths Holdings’ on-demand grocery delivery service, Woolies Dash, recorded a 54.4% improvement in sales in the past year.
However, while far outstripping total sales growth, the impressive number is still slightly below recent sales fi... |
| 22.08.2024 | Listed: all the MVNOs in South Africa – H2 2024 edition | South Africa has a dynamic MVNO industry. It has been some seven months since TechCentral last published a comprehensive list of all the mobile virtual network operators in the local market. The emergence of two new entrants in that short p... |
| 05.08.2024 | Pick n Pay’s rights offer completed with resounding success | Pick n Pay has completed its rights offer, raising R4 billion in capital with a high subscription rate and overwhelming market support. Image: Supplied
The Pick n Pay Group has successfully completed its rights offer. The retailer has raise... |
| 02.08.2024 | Discovery Vitality's Bold Move: A Shift from Pick n Pay to Checkers | In a world where partnerships can make or break a brand, Discovery Vitality has chosen to pivot. The health rewards program, which has been a beacon for promoting healthy living among its members, has severed ties with Pick n Pay after a de... |
| 01.08.2024 | Discovery Vitality ditches Pick n Pay for Checkers | Discovery Vitality, the rewards programme focused on encouraging healthy habits for Discovery medical aid members, has ended a decade-long health benefits partnership with embattled retailer Pick n Pay.
Instead, it has started a new partner... |
| 02.07.2024 | What Sanral says you can do with your e-tag | Sanral, the state-owned agency in charge of the now-defunct Gauteng e-toll programme, has advised road users to make use of their e-toll tags – and the high throughput Shesha lanes at toll plazas – to make toll payments when travelling arou... |
| 25.06.2024 | Takealot to add to TakealotMore subscription plan | The entrance to Takealot Group’s head office in Cape Town. Duncan McLeod/TechCentral
Takealot Group CEO Frederik Zietsman said on Tuesday that the Naspers-owned e-retailer plans to add more services to its TakealotMore subscription service,... |
| 27.05.2024 | Online sales a highlight in otherwise bleak Pick n Pay results | Online sales at Pick n Pay grew by nearly 75% in the past year – and more than doubled for on-demand sales via its asap! app and Takealot’s Mr D app.
This was, however, one of few bright spots in the troubled retailer’s annual results for t... |
| 27.05.2024 | Ackerman family to give up control of Pick n Pay | Gareth Ackerman Pick n Pay chairman. Image: Supplied
Pick n Pay confirmed on Monday that Ackerman Investment Holdings (AIH) the controlling shareholder of Pick n Pay, had provided a firm written confirmation to vote in favour of and to foll... |
| 21.05.2024 | TymeBank comes to 172 000 spaza shops | TymeBank, the digital bank in which Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Capital (ARC) is majority shareholder, has partnered with Flash – a payments solutions provider with a large footprint in the informal trading market – to offer TymeBank ... |
| 15.04.2024 | SASSA reminder: April and May social grant payment dates | South Africa’s R370 Social Relief of Distress Grant comes online in April 2024. Here’s how you can secure your spot in the queue. Image: File
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) pays South Africa’s social grants. Grants include... |
| 10.04.2024 | SASSA grant payment dates for MAY, 2024: Reminder | Be in the know for the May 2024 SASSA child support grant and all the latest requirements. Image: File
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) pays the country’s social grants, which are due on specific dates every month. Millions ... |
| 07.04.2024 | SASSA Payment Dates and Process Unveiled | Dive into the world of SASSA grants and payments for April 2024. Discover the dates and steps to secure your social grant.
SASSA, the lifeline for millions
SASSA, the South African Social Security Agency, is the heartbeat of social grant pa... |
| 01.04.2024 | Reminder: Here are the SASSA payment dates for April, 2024 | SASSA: Finding your grant date. Source: SASSA
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is responsible for South Africa’s social grant payments. It pays more than 18 million grant recipients each month, including the SRD Grant, Disab... |
| 21.03.2024 | Easter egg prices sky rocket. Can you afford Easter? | A cost of living crisis and even climate change are being blamed for the huge rise in cost of Easter eggs. Image: @beacontreats/ X
Retailers across South Africa have hiked the prices of Easter eggs significantly and some consumers are optin... |
| 19.03.2024 | JSE finally sees its listings crisis easing | JSE CEO Leila Fourie. Image: JSE
The JSE is slowly turning the tide from a wave of delistings to companies once again considering initial public offerings.
Bankers cited potential interest rate cuts, South Africa’s upcoming election and the... |
| 04.02.2024 | Peanut butter recall at Pick n Pay: Revealing the reasons | Specific peanut butter recall at Pick n Pay. Image: Pick n Pay
Pick n Pay is taking swift action to ensure the health and safety of its customers by recalling specific peanut butter products from its shelves nationwide.
The recall stems fro... |
| 11.01.2024 | Listed: MVNOs in South Africa – and a look at the state of the market | Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are telecommunications service providers that piggyback off the infrastructure of larger, more established mobile network operators to provide services to niche consumer segments.
The history of MVNO... |
| 11.01.2024 | Pick n Pay CEO Sean Summers appoints new leadership team | Group CEO Sean Summers has appointed his senior leadership team as a key step in the drive to return Pick n Pay supermarkets to growth. Photo: Supplied
Group CEO Sean Summers has appointed his senior leadership team as a key step in the dri... |
| 27.11.2023 | Air fryers remain most coveted item for Black Friday deal seekers | Air fryers continue to reign supreme as the most coveted items among Black Friday deal seekers, says Pick n Pay. Photo: Supplied
Air fryers continue to reign supreme as the most coveted items among Black Friday deal seekers, marking an impr... |
| 18.10.2023 | Online sales growth accelerates at Pick n Pay | Pick n Pay, which is facing significant headwinds, can count at least one area of its business that’s still performing exceptionally well: online.
The retail group said on Wednesday that online sales in the half-year ended 27 August 2023 ju... |
| 11.10.2023 | Pick n Pay launches Smart Shopper app in digital overhaul | Pick n Pay is launching a new Smart Shopper app that does away with the need to carry a physical loyalty card when shopping at any of the retailer’s stores.
The new app also allows Pick n Pay shoppers to track and earn benefits as well as s... |
| 05.09.2023 | Checkers Sixty60 sales surge 81% in a year | Shoprite CEO Pieter Engelbrecht
Checkers Sixty60, Shoprite Holdings’ on-demand grocery delivery service, grew sales by 81% year on year in the 52 weeks ended 2 July 2023, underscoring just how much South Africans have warmed to the concept.... |
| 03.07.2023 | These are the CHEAPEST ways to renew your license disc online | 5 ways to renew your vehicle license online
There are several ways South Africans can avoid standing in lengthy queues to renew their vehicle license disc online. Our colleagues at Business Tech looked at all the options across the province... |
| 04.05.2023 | Load shedding takes a big toll on Pick n Pay | Pick n Pay Group said it delivered a “resilient” performance in its financial results for the year ended 26 February 2023, despite the damaging impact of load shedding on its bottom line. Its shares plunged.
The retailer said it had to cont... |
| 04.05.2023 | Pick n Pay’s load shedding bill passes R520 million | South African retail giant Pick n Pay on Thursday, 4 May published its financial results for the year ended 26 February 2023. Photo: Supplied
South African retail giant Pick n Pay on Thursday, 4 May published its financial results for the y... |
| 08.02.2023 | Pick n Pay is gearing up for permanent load shedding | Energy minister Gwede Mantashe might think South Africa’s load shedding crisis can be solved within 12 months. Pick n Pay is betting big money that he’s wrong.
The JSE-listed retail group said in a trading update on Wednesday that it is “cl... |
| 15.11.2022 | Customers Can Expect ‘Smart Changes’ At Pick N Pay This Black Friday | Pick n Pay |
| 14.11.2022 | Matric exams under siege due to community protests | Matric learners have been blocked from writing their exams due to community protests. PHOTO: Twitter/@DBE_SA
Matriculants are seemingly under siege as community protests have hindered them from writing their final matric exams across the co... |
| 08.11.2022 | Pick n Pay Launches Online Homeware Store | Pick n Pay Home |
| 17.08.2022 | Pick n Pay announces new name for its ‘middle market’ stores: Coming soon! | Pick n Pay has officially renamed its “middle market” retail chain as its store rollout continues to gain momentum. Photo: Pick n Pay
Pick n Pay has officially renamed its “middle market” retail chain as its store rollout continues to gathe... |
| 17.05.2022 | Smart meter roll-out in Tshwane showing great progress | Prepaid electricity meters will help consumers to reduce their electricity costs. Photo: City of Tshwane
The City of Tshwane is pleased with the progress it is making with its continuous smart meter roll-out.
The City intends to convert all... |
| 14.05.2022 | Not sure if you have unclaimed R350 grants? Here is how to check | You can track you application on Whatsapp. Photo: Supplied
Did you apply for the R350 Special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant?
“The SA Post Office strongly advises beneficiaries to include this option: Post Office branches wi... |
| 13.05.2022 | Not sure if you have unclaimed R350 grants? Here is how to check | You can now apply for the SRD grant on WhatsApp.
Photo: Supplied
Did you apply for the R350 Special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant?
“The SA Post Office strongly advises beneficiaries to include this option: Post Office branc... |
| 10.12.2021 | ‘Unsafe’ noodles and free diapers: what we know about Howe, the brand named in deaths | The National Consumer Commission has named Howe instant noodles as the brand it suspects is linked to the deaths of at least three children.
The commission says it has a "reasonable suspicion" the company behind the noodles, Grand... |
| 26.11.2021 | Black Friday | The best deals on toilet paper, nappies, Omo, Coke, and breakfast | Price review
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Pick n Pay and Checkers are going head-to-head on some grocery items this Black Friday.
You can... |
| 09.11.2021 | Pick n Pay Promises Massive Black Friday Deals In-Stores And Online | Pick n Pay. Image source - Pick n Pay Ferndale Mall |
| 09.11.2021 | Pick n Pay Promises Massive Black Friday Deals In-Stores And Online | Pick n Pay. Image source - Pick n Pay Ferndale Mall
Pick n Pay is preparing to release its Black Friday deals this November and says customers can expect massive deals and some of the lowest prices reported this year.
Andrew Mills, Group Ex... |
| 02.11.2021 | These are our 5 favourite early Black Friday deals right now | Price review
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Black Friday is on 26 November this year, but some retailers have been pushing the sales over a much longer period in recent years.
Here are some of our favourite early Black Friday deals in South Africa, each ch... |
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| 28.07.2021 | For less than price of a cappuccino or chocolate bar you can feed a hungry person for a week | A pupil looks at food parcels.
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The Feed the Nation Foundation grew out of a call for donations to feed the hungry.
Pick n Pay started the initiative last year, and it grew so rapidly that it is now a foundation.
R21, less than the ... |
| 17.07.2021 | How to participate in Mandela Day without leaving home | What are doing for Mandela Day
Mandela Day is usually a time when people come together
But, for the past two years, Covid-19 has meant this hasn't been possible. Then riots broke out in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
Although some organisations... |
| 08.07.2021 | Grocery Delivery Is Booming In Gauteng Due To COVID-19 Third Wave, Says PnP | wp_booster error:
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| 07.07.2021 | Clicks launches new portal to help local black-owned businesses get their products on its shelves | Local Clicks Suppliers (Clicks Groups)
Clicks Group has launched a suppliers' portal which will help local SMMEs to have the retailer list their products on its shelves. Through the platform, Clicks will give small businesses commercial and... |
| 27.05.2021 | Pick n Pay Smart Shoppers Can Now Earn Points On Their Orders With Bottles by PnP app | wp_booster error:
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| 08.07.2020 | You Can Now Make Cash Deposit at all Pick n Pay Till Points | Pick n Pay. Image source - Pick n Pay Ferndale Mall |
| 19.06.2020 | We tried the new Cremora liquid 'milk' - and it was surprisingly good | Cremora has launched liquid creamers. Bombi Mavundza/Business Insider South Afriac
Cremora has launched a brand new liquid creamer that comes in two flavours: hazelnut and vanilla.
A 250ml container costs more than a litre of milk.
It packs... |
| 19.05.2020 | Pick n Pay Signs Up More New Online Customers During Lockdown | Pick n Pay Online
Pick n Pay Online, South Africa’s largest online grocery retailer, announced on Tuesday that it is signing up more online shoppers as more people turn to online convenience during the lockdown.
The COVID-19 outbreak has si... |
| 19.05.2020 | Pick n Pay Signs Up More New Online Customers During Lockdown | Pick n Pay Online |
| 07.04.2020 | Here's how email shopping at Pick n Pay will work | Quantities are limited. Source Pick n Pay.
Nationwide retailer Pick n Pay says you can now email a shopping list to 174 stores for collection during South Africa’s lockdown period.
Called ‘Collect Direct’, customers can select from over 260... |
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| 16.12.2019 | Most – but not all – South African companies are struggling in Zimbabwe. Here are the winners and losers. | News analysis
A moneychanger at the Chirundu border post between Zambia and Zimbabwe displays some of the older high denomination banknotes from Zimbabwe in 2008. (Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images)
Zimbabwe is facing a heap of... |
| 19.09.2017 | Luno raises $9M to bring its bitcoin wallet, exchange and services to Europe | Luno, a bitcoin wallet and exchange based out of Singapore, is riding the crypto wave into Europe after it closed a $9 million Series B round for market expansion.
The funding was led by new investor Balderton Capital, with participation fr... |
| 11.07.2016 | Pick n Pay introduces Augmented Reality app for its Super Animals campaign | - |
| 26.04.2016 | Pick n Pay to invest in picking warehouse in Gauteng to cash in on online shopping ‘boom’ | - |
| 10.08.2012 | The 5 Largest Retailers In South Africa | The 5 Largest Retailers in South Africa
South Africa is increasingly appearing on the radar screen of western retailers looking for the next growth opportunity in emerging markets as consumer spending remains subdued at home. Consultants De... |
