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Construction & Engineering

Eastern Cape floods cause R5bn in damage – health facilities among worst hit

18 Jul 2025

Image source: Paul H from

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Govt allocates R1.44bn for natural disaster recovery efforts – Hlabisa

31 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

HIV/AIDS

Trump's aid cuts stop South African HIV vaccine trials in their tracks

Catherine Schenck 19 Feb 2025

South Africa wants to launch a communications satellite

Telecoms & Networks

South Africa looks to space for economic growth

Lindsey Schutters 24 Nov 2024

Massmart praises CSI partners for embracing Mandela Day spirit everyday

ESG

Massmart praises CSI partners for embracing Mandela Day spirit everyday

19 Jul 2024

Property

Western Cape calls for urgent reform in emergency housing funding

Katja Hamilton 18 Jul 2024

Climate Change

South Africa aims for net zero emissions by 2050

15 Jul 2024

The Western Cape is in the clutches of its second major storm in 2024. Source: Unsplash/Hennie Stander

Infrastructure & Utilities

Western Cape uses #CapeStorm to call for decentralised emergency housing fund

Lindsey Schutters 12 Jul 2024

Why spatial data accuracy matters

Data & Analytics

Why spatial data accuracy matters

Issued by AfriGIS 26 Jun 2024

Image source: nexusplexus –

Climate Change

#BudgetSpeech2024: Govt raises $3.3bn to support climate change initiatives

22 Feb 2024

February 2023 flooding. Source: SANews.gov.za

Climate Change

#MTBPS: Funds allocated for future disasters

2 Nov 2023

Clicks, Gift of the Givers partner to keep girl learners in school

ESG

Clicks, Gift of the Givers partner to keep girl learners in school

14 Sep 2023

The Al-Imdaad Foundation joins forces with Rescue SA to provide hands-on support during emergency situations

Health & Social Welfare

The Al-Imdaad Foundation joins forces with Rescue SA to provide hands-on support during emergency situations

Issued by Clockwork 9 May 2023

Public Sector Leaders (PSL) celebrates Human Rights Month

Magazines

Public Sector Leaders (PSL) celebrates Human Rights Month

Issued by Topco Media 22 Mar 2023

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

Funding

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

11 Jan 2023

Image source: renjith krishnan –

Legislation & Regulation

National Assembly approves Division of Revenue Amendment Bill

18 Nov 2022

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Hospital Groups

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Issued by COHSASA 19 Jul 2022

Source: REUTERS.

Covid-19

The National State of Disaster ends

5 Apr 2022

Source: Suppplied

ESG

Joburg mall donates parking income to Gift of the Givers

13 Oct 2021

Disasters take heavy toll on agri-food systems as new threats emerge

Food Security

Disasters take heavy toll on agri-food systems as new threats emerge

23 Mar 2021

Honda donates to healthcare services

Automotive

Honda donates to healthcare services

28 Jul 2020

React-adapt-rebuild: Tiered corporate social investment responses to Covid-19

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

React-adapt-rebuild: Tiered corporate social investment responses to Covid-19

Issued by Trialogue 27 May 2020

Technology is Africa's biggest undiscovered gold mine

Technology

Technology is Africa's biggest undiscovered gold mine

Donald Waigumbulizi 22 May 2020

The South African spirit can never be contained

Health & Social Welfare

The South African spirit can never be contained

Amy Pieterse, Issued by Ginkgo Agency 24 Apr 2020

Hyprop launches food drive in partnership with Gift of the Givers

ESG

Hyprop launches food drive in partnership with Gift of the Givers

22 Apr 2020

Reimagining a new future

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Reimagining a new future

Issued by Next Generation 21 Apr 2020

Spar donates R500k to Gift of the Givers

ESG

Spar donates R500k to Gift of the Givers

9 Apr 2020

Jaguar Land Rover SA assists SARCS amidst Covid-19 pandemic

Automotive

Jaguar Land Rover SA assists SARCS amidst Covid-19 pandemic

3 Apr 2020

Woolworths and MySchool donate R500,000 to Gift of the Givers

ESG

Woolworths and MySchool donate R500,000 to Gift of the Givers

31 Mar 2020

A reimagined South Africa: Opportunities offered by the coronavirus pandemic

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

A reimagined South Africa: Opportunities offered by the coronavirus pandemic

Mamphela Ramphele and George Lindeque 24 Mar 2020

Digital transformation in Africa

ICT

Digital transformation in Africa

Mark Walker 17 Mar 2020

A woman receiving an oral cholera vaccine in Beira, Mozambique. Celeste Mac-Arthur

Public Health

Cyclone Idai is over - but its health effects will be felt for a long time

Kerrigan McCarthy & Lucille Blumberg 15 Apr 2019

Cyclone Idai shows why long-term disaster resilience is so crucial

Climate Change

Cyclone Idai shows why long-term disaster resilience is so crucial

Channing Arndt and Claudia Ringler 5 Apr 2019

DHL Global Forwarding launches Global Competence Center for Humanitarian Logistics

Logistics & Transport

DHL Global Forwarding launches Global Competence Center for Humanitarian Logistics

8 Feb 2019

Image source: The Guardian on YouTube

Infrastructure & Utilities

The Laos disaster reminds us that local people are too often victims of dam development

Jason von Meding, Giuseppe Forino, Tien Le Thuy Du 1 Aug 2018

L to R: Emilar Gandhi, Public Policy Manager SADC at Facebook Africa; deputy minister of communications, Pinky Kekana; Ebele Okobi director of public policy Facebook, Africa; Sherry Dzinoreva, public policy programs manager Facebook EMEA. © Strike A Pose Photography.

Social Media

Facebook hosts first-ever South Africa NGO Day

26 Jun 2018

Risk managers recognising importance of crisis communications

PR & Communications

Risk managers recognising importance of crisis communications

Linden Birns 7 Jun 2018

Agriculture

SADC updates bird flu disaster response plan

15 Mar 2018

Paris “under water” and other European cities facing drastic climate change should trigger planners to think urban spaces differently. ,

Sustainable Development

When climate comes unhinged, we need to rethink how to build our cities

Dagmar Haase 19 Feb 2018

Agriculture

NAMC establishes committee to come up with a smart drought disaster management plan

14 Feb 2018

Why treating water scarcity as a security issue is a bad idea

Infrastructure & Utilities

Why treating water scarcity as a security issue is a bad idea

Joelien Pretorius 6 Feb 2018

How a climate crisis can lead farmers to joint planning and response

Agriculture

How a climate crisis can lead farmers to joint planning and response

Stephanie Midgley 2 Nov 2016

Health & Social Welfare

#WomensMonth: Embracing and celebrating gender differences

Sindy Peters 12 Aug 2016

Digital

Drones: keeping a watchful eye on Africa

Pavithra Rao 6 Jul 2016

[Mobile360] Minimising Ebola risk and mortality through mobile

Mobile

[Mobile360] Minimising Ebola risk and mortality through mobile

Leigh Andrews 14 Nov 2014

IBM, Airtel, Echo Mobile join forces to stop Ebola in West Africa

Digital

IBM, Airtel, Echo Mobile join forces to stop Ebola in West Africa

28 Oct 2014