SUNDAY TIMES NEWS ON FASTMOVING

Samsung and KOO have been announced as South Africa’s Overall Favourite Brands, winning the Grand Prix Awards in the respective Business and Consumer sectors of the 21st Sunday Times Top Brands Survey.  read more

Shoprite has once again been named as South Africa’s favourite retailer according to the results of the 2019 Sunday Times/Sowetan Shopper Survey. read more

CBC Amber Weiss was officially announced as South Africa’s Most Loved Beer at the Sunday Times Lifestyle Beer Awards in partnership with Makro on 2 August 2019, at an event in Johannesburg to celebrate the creators and retailers of local and internationally crafted beers. read more

The Sunday Times Lifestyle Beer Awards in partnership with Makro announced the finalists across five categories in this inaugural competition. The Awards celebrate the creators and retailers of local and internationally crafted beers and will present as a guide to the best beers on the market. read more

Nike was once again awarded as the Uber Cool Overall winner at the 15th Sunday Times Gen Next Awards, held in Sandton. It is the fifth year in succession that Nike has maintained the top spot in the survey conducted by HDI Youth Consultancy, which polls more than seven thousand South African youths between the ages of 8 and 23 on what they find on-trend and aspirational. Nike was also awarded as the Coolest Clothing Brand, the Coolest Footwear Brand, and continues to hold the Coolest Brand Slogan. read more

The Competition Commission is investigating the removal of certain brands of locally-produced cigarettes from the shelves of Spar, according to the Sunday Times. read more

The Sunday Times is excited to announce the launch of its Reader’s Choice Travel Awards that celebrate excellence across all sectors of the travel and tourism industry in South Africa.  read more

This Black Friday, you can get a recurring Sunday Times Digital monthly subscription – including all of the above PLUS access to Times Select, our digital daily edition published at 5am every weekday – for only R48 per month, which is 40% off the usual price of R80 per month. read more

Celebrating twenty years of the Sunday Times Top Brands Survey – the leading barometer of consumer sentiment towards brands – two local companies excelled to become the overall winners in their sectors: KOO adds to its Top Brands awards tally by winning the Grand Prix in the Consumer category, while Discovery Health Medical Scheme claimed the Grand Prix in the Business category.  read more

The Sunday Times Lifestyle Gin Awards, in partnership with Makro and Fitch & Leedes, announced this year’s winning local and international gins at a trendy cocktail event, held at The Empire Rooftop in Parktown on 19 October. Ginologist Floral Gin was awarded first place in the Local Gin category, with Orient placing second. In the International Gin category, Tanqueray came out on top, with Gin Mare taking second spot. read more

Now in its eleventh year, the 2018 Sunday Times/Sowetan Shopper Survey, conducted by Kantar TNS South Africa, has announced South Africa’s favourite retailers. The Grand Prix for overall best retailer is awarded to Shoprite, with Pick 'n Pay and Clicks in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.  read more

SPAR, one of the country’s leading retailers with more than 900 grocery stores across southern Africa, has joined forces with Tiso Blackstar to bring the iconic Finders Keepers competition to South Africans. read more

Johannesburg, 23 August 2016: The results of the 18th Sunday Times Top Brands survey were announced at an awards event in Sandton, recognising those brands that had earned top consumer sentiment in South Africa over the past twelve months. The Sunday Times Top Brands survey, conducted by TNS, remains the leading barometer of consumer sentiment in the country. read more

Johannesburg - In the latest and final AMPS survey conducted for the publishing industry, core titles in the Times Media stable have continued to grow their audiences despite the -3.6% overall drop in newspaper readership in South Africa. read more

New details have emerged about how state funds were used to pay for air-conditioning, fittings, doormats, and fixtures for three houses at President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead. read more

Johannesburg - The new Sunday Times app for Apple and Android mobile devices has been launched, delivering faster download speeds with lower bandwidth consumption, enhanced functionality, a redesigned look-and-feel, and more audio-visual content. read more

Times Media is delighted to announce four key appointments. read more

The Sunday Times has noted the ruling of the Press Ombudsman with regard to the complaints by Pravin Gordhan, Johann van Loggerenberg, and Ivan Pillay. read more

South Africa has the second most diplomatic embassies in the world, behind only the US, spending R3.2 billion annually on global diplomatic missions. read more

Cape Town – Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown should table an uncensored contract agreement between Eskom and one of its coal suppliers owned by the Gupta family, the Democratic Alliance (DA) urged on Wednesday. read more

Engen Petroleum, the country’s leading marketer of petroleum products and convenience, is this year’s Sunday Times Top Brands* survey winner in the retail forecourt (petrol station) arena, making it the number one forecourt brand in the country. read more