Gill Gifford
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 43
- Latest publication
- Sep 30, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Businessday
- Top 100K sites
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- Jul 4, 2026
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Shein’s ‘Satin’ dream shatters as ARB rules against misleading AI-enhanced dress advert (opens the original)
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A shimmering evening gown promising to turn everyday shoppers into royalty — marketed on the Shein mobile app under the grand title of the ‘Serin Elegant Champagne Luxurious Beaded & Sequin Satin Ruffle Hem High Slit Fishtail Evening Dress’ — has become the focus of an advertising complaint. To the unsuspecting scroller, the global online retailer’s dress appeared to be a vision of pure opulence. The listing showcased a show-stopping garment with flawless draping, an idealised fit, a premium she
WATCH | ‘I am bruised, hurting and shaken,’ says woman after hotel assault (opens the original)
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“Right now South Africa doesn’t feel like home to me. I’m ready to leave. South Africa feels like a place where I have been handed another trauma to carry … I am bruised. I am hurting. I am shaken.” These are the words of Mpho Boadia, who, after rebuffing the unwanted advances of a strange man at a hotel bar, claims she was assaulted and treated badly. Boadia, a South African who lives in Luxembourg with her husband, was at the City Lodge Hotel in Fourways with her twin sons, their cousin and a
WATCH | ‘I’m bruised, hurting, shaken’: woman after hotel assault left her ready to leave SA (opens the original)
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“Right now South Africa doesn’t feel like home to me. I’m ready to leave. South Africa feels like a place where I have been handed another trauma to carry … I am bruised. I am hurting. I am shaken.” These are the words of another woman who, after rebuffing the unwanted advances of a strange man at a hotel bar, claims she was assaulted and treated badly. Mpho Boadia, a South African who lives in Luxembourg with her husband, was at the City Lodge Hotel in Fourways with her twin sons, their cousin
Barbie’s dream home goes on auction — in Bryanston (opens the original)
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There are pink houses. And then there is Ennie Tembie Cleary’s pink apartment. Pink floors. Pink walls. Pink ceilings. Pink cupboards filled with pink possessions. Pink furniture. A pink kitchen, pink bedroom and pink bathroom. Even the bed is bespoke — a giant circular creation Cleary calls her “Chinese alien” bed. Yesterday, the Barbie dream house in Bryanston went under the hammer, as Cleary, aka Barbie Brazil, looks for her next pink palace. “Darling, I don’t ever want people to look at my t
How blackouts, tight budgets and betting are reshaping township life and the cost of coping (opens the original)
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For township households, the regular grocery shopping trip is increasingly beginning long before anyone reaches the till. It starts with a more basic calculation. Will the electricity stay on long enough to keep the milk cold? Is there water to cook with? And, with money tight, what can be left out of the basket this month? This is the finding of new research into township consumer behaviour which shows just how deeply financial, electricity and water supply pressures are reshaping what people b
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