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Bruce Hunt, MD Transcend Capital

Employment Equity

Funding vs fronting: Is the 3% BEE levy the answer to empowerment?

Bruce Hunt 2 hours

Children are dying from malnutrition: Relaxed liability can end the crisis

Food, Water & Energy Security

Children are dying from malnutrition: Relaxed liability can end the crisis

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 1 day

Purely African, Queerly Powerful: Johannesburg's vibrant Pride Month 2025

Events

Purely African, Queerly Powerful: Johannesburg's vibrant Pride Month 2025

8 hours

Signal Hill Products aligns with Basa to drive beverage innovation

Food & bev. services

Signal Hill Products aligns with Basa to drive beverage innovation

3 Oct 2025

Youth Marketing

Why Francophone Africa's youth are rewriting the rules of brand engagement

Passy Nopoudem 3 Oct 2025

British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist Jane Goodall poses for a picture at the British Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 15, 2024. Image credit: Reuters/Irina Dambrauskas

Environment & Natural Resources

The world mourns Jane Goodall, champion of chimpanzees and climate change

Susan Heavey 2 Oct 2025

Why customers prefer information over the hard sell

Marketing

Why customers prefer information over the hard sell

Issued by G&G Advocacy 1 Oct 2025

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Health & Social Welfare

Sassa beneficiaries get green light to keep using Postbank

2 Oct 2025

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Coal, Oil & Gas

#AEW2025: Breaking the fossil fuel impasse in South Africa's Orange Basin

Maroefah Smith 1 Oct 2025

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Mental health

The rise of victimhood culture: How TikTok glorifies trauma narratives

Jessica Gbedemah 29 Sep 2025

Early Childhood Development

ECD registration drive approves 10,000 centres ahead of deadline

25 Sep 2025

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Health & Social Welfare

Children advocate for safe online environments

25 Sep 2025

South African talents shine in Next Creative Leaders 2025 shortlist

The One Club for Creativity

South African talents shine in Next Creative Leaders 2025 shortlist

23 Sep 2025

Women in tech and payments: Why supporting the ecosystem matters

Technology

Women in tech and payments: Why supporting the ecosystem matters

Nina Sternberg, Issued by XLink 22 Sep 2025

Murray Legg believes that machines can not build trust on their own. Source: Supplied.

Artificial Intelligence

AI can't build trust: Why human voices matter more than ever

Murray Legg 22 Sep 2025

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

African businesses urged to unlock growth through disability inclusion

19 Sep 2025

Building a career in marketing

Marketing

Building a career in marketing

Issued by eatbigfish 18 Sep 2025

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Climate Change

South Africa urged to strengthen climate plans as 2030 deadline looms

12 Sep 2025

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Education & Training

Chronically online: South Africa’s digital dilemma for sexual health

Jessica Gbedemah 12 Sep 2025

Embedding gender-lens investing into every decision

Financial Services

Embedding gender-lens investing into every decision

Tshilidzi Matlala, Issued by JNPR 11 Sep 2025

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Coal, Oil & Gas

South African environmental groups push to block Shell’s new wells – how world court opinion might help

Angela van der Berg 10 Sep 2025

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Management & Leadership

Breaking barriers: Women leading Africa’s operational transformation

Xoe Mfokazi 9 Sep 2025

What global brands can learn from South African creativity

Film & Cinematography

What global brands can learn from South African creativity

Issued by Scholars Film 9 Sep 2025

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Obstetrics & Gynaecology

#WHXCapeTown: Why aren't more African women offered IR for fibroid treatment?

Maroefah Smith 8 Sep 2025

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Noncommunicable diseases

Experts call for mandatory warning labels to combat South Africa's childhood obesity

8 Sep 2025

FMCG

Laager Rooibos turns 80: A brand of heritage, health and heart

5 Sep 2025

Rainbow Chicken puts South African gogos on centre stage

FMCG

Rainbow Chicken puts South African gogos on centre stage

Issued by Rainbow Chicken 5 Sep 2025

Sex workers will have a respite from prosecution until a court case that will determine whether sex work should be decriminalised concludes. The case may take years. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Criminal Law

No sex workers will be prosecuted while court process plays out

Liezl Human 5 Sep 2025

FoodForward SA advocacy secures landmark food donation standard for South Africa

Food, Water & Energy Security

FoodForward SA advocacy secures landmark food donation standard for South Africa

Andy Du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 3 Sep 2025

The future is in your pocket: Why 2025 is the year of the digital wallet

Cybersecurity

The future is in your pocket: Why 2025 is the year of the digital wallet

Carrie Peter, Issued by Perfect Word 2 Sep 2025

Prof Herman Wasserman, Director of Stellenbosch University's Centre for Information Integrity in Africa

Higher Education

R20m grant awarded to SU to combat information disorder

1 Sep 2025

7 reasons savvy consumers choose brands that teach instead of push

Marketing

7 reasons savvy consumers choose brands that teach instead of push

Michael Gullan, Issued by G&G Advocacy 2 Sep 2025

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Competition Law

New merger regulations by EACCA to change East African transactional landscape

Joyce Karanja and Nazeera Mia 1 Sep 2025

The winners at Ask Africa 2025 Orange Index presentation for the telecommunications sector (Image supplied)

Telecoms & Networks

In telco “good enough” is not good enough

29 Aug 2025

SA takes first step toward modernised pesticide governance

Agriculture

SA takes first step toward modernised pesticide governance

29 Aug 2025

From pills to partnerships and why pharmacists are key to effective self-care

Public Health

From pills to partnerships and why pharmacists are key to effective self-care

Issued by G&G Advocacy 28 Aug 2025

Ajabu Scholarship 2025 elevates African mixologists to new heights

Training

Ajabu Scholarship 2025 elevates African mixologists to new heights

28 Aug 2025

Women and gambling: Beyond the nuances of Imbokodo

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Women and gambling: Beyond the nuances of Imbokodo

Sibongile Simelane- Quntana, Issued by Tishala Communications 27 Aug 2025

African healthcare leaders reimagine patient safety

Public Health

African healthcare leaders reimagine patient safety

Issued by COHSASA 27 Aug 2025

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HIV/AIDS

AHF treats 2.5 million as Trump withholds Pepfar funds

27 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth: Lamelle's Suzana Matiradonna on leadership, purpose and women in marketing

Retail Marketing

#WomensMonth: Lamelle's Suzana Matiradonna on leadership, purpose and women in marketing

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2025

CIMA launches Business Resilience Toolkit to help businesses navigate economic uncertainty and risk

Financial Services

CIMA launches Business Resilience Toolkit to help businesses navigate economic uncertainty and risk

Issued by AICPA & CIMA 19 Aug 2025

Jaimé-Lee Jacobs, director at Herold Gie Attorneys

Law Practice

#WomensMonth: Caregiving is essential labour - Jaimé-Lee Jacobs, Herold Gie Attorneys

Shan Radcliffe 15 Aug 2025

Mirriam Fonang: Breaking barriers and redefining enterprise in rural South Africa

SMEs

Mirriam Fonang: Breaking barriers and redefining enterprise in rural South Africa

Issued by BrandScapers 15 Aug 2025

One symbol, one stand: Dentsu Creative SA and POWA unite against GBV

Advertising

One symbol, one stand: Dentsu Creative SA and POWA unite against GBV

Issued by Dentsu 15 Aug 2025

Source: GCIS. President Cyril Ramaphosa urged that water investment be central to finance discussions at the AU-AIP Water Summit 2025, which aligns with the launch of the Rand Water Zuikerbosch System Purification Plant in Vereeniging which he attended last week.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Global leaders unite in Cape Town to transform water investment strategy

14 Aug 2025

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Noncommunicable diseases

Push for CGM device standards to protect diabetics

12 Aug 2025

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Sarah Mthintso appointed new executive director of SAB Foundation

11 Aug 2025

How to build strong business networks and partnerships

SMEs

How to build strong business networks and partnerships

Jeremy Lang, Issued by Business Partners Limited 11 Aug 2025