{"id":859253,"date":"2026-05-05T11:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=859253"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:43:11","slug":"major-retailer-opens-new-24-7-store-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/859253\/major-retailer-opens-new-24-7-store-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Major retailer opens new 24\/7 store in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Clicks has opened a new UniCare 24\/7 Trusted Health pharmacy in Somerset West, Cape Town, as the retailer expands into new store formats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clicks is the nation&#8217;s largest pharmacy chain, with over 1,000 Clicks stores and over 800 pharmacies. The company also owns the Sorbet and Body Shop brands in South Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening of the UniCare 24\/7 location is the third in South Africa and forms part of the group&#8217;s plan to offer round-the-clock pharmacy and wellness services accessible to communities nationwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clicks said that the UniCare 24\/7 is built on the legacy of M-KEM 24 Hour Pharmacy in Bellville, Cape Town. Clicks acquired M-KEM in 2023. The other UniCare 24\/7 is found in Bassonia, Johannesburg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clicks added that the new Somerset West location, the third of its kind, will combine years of healthcare expertise with a modern, patient-focused environment designed around people\u2019s needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It offers 24-hour professional pharmaceutical care, specialised clinics, a multidisciplinary healthcare team, and an after-hours doctor service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Services at the pharmacy include diabetes checks, vaccinations, travel and wound-care clinics, as well as specialised orthopaedic and surgical support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUniCare 24\/7 Trusted Health Somerset West marks another important milestone in our strategy to expand access to quality, professional healthcare nationwide,\u201d said Clicks CEO, Bertina Engelbrecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy combining trusted pharmacy expertise with patient-focused care, we are improving convenience and ensuring that customers can access expert advice, treatment and wellness support whenever they need it, 24 hours a day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/858174\/clicks-opening-10-new-types-of-stores-in-south-africa\/\">In its interim financial results for the 6 months ended 28 February 2026,<\/a> the Clicks group said that it would open new concept stores across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said that it planned to open 40 to 50 new stores and 40 to 50 new pharmacies in the 2026 financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its plans also include 10 differentiated concept stores, which will be piloted in the second half of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its results, Clicks said that its subsidiary, United Pharmaceutical Distributors (UPD), has acquired a medical consumables business and will launch this offering to customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the group&#8217;s planned capital expenditure of R1.3 billion for the 2026 financial year, R663 million is set aside for new stores and pharmacies, and the refurbishment of 80\u201390 stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the first half of the financial year, its basic and headline earnings per share increased by 8.3% to 653 cents, benefiting from a share buyback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clicks has opened the third UniCare 24\/7, as the group looks to open new types of stores across the country. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":859480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[4268,25340,25341],"class_list":["post-859253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-clicks","tag-m-kem","tag-unicare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859253"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859268,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859253\/revisions\/859268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}