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Environment & Natural Resources

COP30: Severe weather is natural, but the disasters that follow aren't

Yolandi Meyer 4 hours

Source: Wikipedia.

Construction & Engineering

Lesotho’s giant dam takes shape

10 Sep 2025

Why the internet's backbone needs urgent protection

Internet

Why the internet's backbone needs urgent protection

Alpheus Mangale, Issued by Stone 28 Feb 2025

Now is the time for the property sector to re-think risk

Markets & Investment

Now is the time for the property sector to re-think risk

Jason Griessel, Issued by Catchwords 24 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied. Vis Govender, co-founder of Everything.Insure and group CEO of FirstEquity Group.

Finance

Weather insurance's evolution on par with rise in adverse climate events

21 Jun 2024

Source: Pixabay.

Economy

2024 must be the year of sustainable investment

Carl Roothman 3 Apr 2024

Accountancy and loss adjusting

Accounting & Auditing

Accountancy and loss adjusting

Jolene Visser, Issued by SAICA 15 Mar 2024

Source: © Unesco Today radio celebrates 100 years

Radio & Audio

#WorldRadioDay: Celebrating a century of informing, entertaining and educating

Danette Breitenbach 13 Feb 2024

Property

Risks and the property rental landscape: a look at landlord-tenant insurance dynamics

6 Feb 2024

Source: Yael Geffen, chief executive officer and a shareholder of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty.

Trends

#BizTrends2024: The shifting landscape of cities

Yael Geffen 8 Jan 2024

Protecting your wine collection during loadshedding and natural disasters

Food & Wine

Protecting your wine collection during loadshedding and natural disasters

13 Oct 2023

Achieving urban resilience and sustainability through nexus planning

Sustainable Development

Achieving urban resilience and sustainability through nexus planning

Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli and Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi 7 Aug 2023

Tourism

Turkey strives to rank among the world's top 3 tourism destinations

19 Jun 2023

SA's children have lost a decade of reading progress, study shows

Early Childhood Development

SA's children have lost a decade of reading progress, study shows

Liezl Human and Daneel Knoetze 19 May 2023

South Africa's hotspots for hyperscalers

Office Property

South Africa's hotspots for hyperscalers

Issued by Catchwords 16 May 2023

Buildings left standing in Turkey offer design guidance for future earthquake-resilient construction

Construction & Engineering

Buildings left standing in Turkey offer design guidance for future earthquake-resilient construction

Osman Ozbulut 5 Apr 2023

Image source: Kervin Edward Lara from

Corporate & Commercial Law

Force majeure: How climate change will impact renewable energy contracts

Hannetjie Marais 17 Mar 2023

Strong building regulations are critical in preventing infrastructure disasters

Infrastructure & Utilities

Strong building regulations are critical in preventing infrastructure disasters

16 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Santam's chief executive officer,Tavaziva Madzinga.

Banking

Santam pays out biggest natural-catastrophe claim in its history

3 Mar 2023

Reset with reliability: How dependable digital workplace solutions can build long-term growth

Hardware

Reset with reliability: How dependable digital workplace solutions can build long-term growth

Issued by ASUS 14 Dec 2022

Jet Demolition, Edifice Engineering collaborate on tallest building imploded in India

Construction & Engineering

Jet Demolition, Edifice Engineering collaborate on tallest building imploded in India

8 Sep 2022

Why an edit button for Twitter is not as simple as it seems

Services

Why an edit button for Twitter is not as simple as it seems

Lewis Mitchell 22 Apr 2022

Do middle class South Africans care about the climate crisis?

Research

Do middle class South Africans care about the climate crisis?

Issued by BrandMapp 8 Sep 2021

A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia, 8 January, 2014. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad//File Photo

Mining

Exclusive: Facing green pressure, Indonesia halts deep-sea mining disposal

Fransiska Nangoy and Fathin Ungku 9 Feb 2021

Is the government prepared to prevent a nuclear disaster?

Nuclear Power

Is the government prepared to prevent a nuclear disaster?

8 Oct 2020

The future is positive

Education & Skills Development

The future is positive

Ian Mann, Issued by SAICA 23 Jul 2020

Healthcare organisations face increased cyber threats

Cybersecurity

Healthcare organisations face increased cyber threats

2 Apr 2020

Mining

Healthcare facilities at mines have vulnerable data - is it being adequately protected?

Hemant Harie 11 Nov 2019

Ensuring the safety of your critical data

Cybersecurity

Ensuring the safety of your critical data

Nikola Baldikov 15 Oct 2019

365 days of GDPR: Has the storm passed?

Cybersecurity

365 days of GDPR: Has the storm passed?

Johan Scheepers 29 May 2019

Global disaster risk reduction platform calls for drastic change of course

Climate Change

Global disaster risk reduction platform calls for drastic change of course

23 May 2019

How cities can approach redesigning informal settlements after disasters

Sustainable Development

How cities can approach redesigning informal settlements after disasters

Fiona Anciano and Laurence Piper 6 May 2019

2019 WSIS Forum concludes highlighting contributions of tech in achieving SDGs

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

2019 WSIS Forum concludes highlighting contributions of tech in achieving SDGs

17 Apr 2019

Cyclone Idai: Rich countries are to blame for disasters like this - here's how they can make amends

Climate Change

Cyclone Idai: Rich countries are to blame for disasters like this - here's how they can make amends

Michael Mikulewicz and Tahseen Jafry 25 Mar 2019

Keith Wade, chief economist and strategist at Schroders

Trends

#BizTrends2019: Has the global economy peaked?

Keith Wade 7 Jan 2019

Tallest in the world, India's Statue of Unity stands 182m high

Architecture & Design

Tallest in the world, India's Statue of Unity stands 182m high

2 Nov 2018

SA, Ecuador share notes on housing development

Affordable & Social Housing

SA, Ecuador share notes on housing development

20 Sep 2018

What wine experts should know when insuring their collections

Viticulture & Oenology

What wine experts should know when insuring their collections

13 Sep 2018

Dell EMC digitalises the Boks for Books initiative

Primary & Secondary Education

Dell EMC digitalises the Boks for Books initiative

5 Sep 2018

Can data help identify impending natural disasters?

Data & Analytics

Can data help identify impending natural disasters?

Morne Bekker 3 Jul 2018

Payatas dumpsite, Metro Manila, Philippines. Image by Kounos, CC BY-SA 3.0,

Environment & Natural Resources

Here are the top 10 battles for environmental justice from around the world

Julie Snorek 5 Jun 2018

Natural catastrophes a top risk for engineering, construction, real estate businesses

Construction & Engineering

Natural catastrophes a top risk for engineering, construction, real estate businesses

15 May 2018

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

Agriculture

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

16 Mar 2018

Critical issues from final Construction Sector Code

Construction & Engineering

Critical issues from final Construction Sector Code

Deon Oberholzer 6 Feb 2018

Climate change as seen from space

Climate Change

Climate change as seen from space

René Garello 25 Jan 2018

Disaster mayhem doubled in 2017: Munich Re

Insurance & Actuarial

Disaster mayhem doubled in 2017: Munich Re

5 Jan 2018

Algeria eyes return to controversial shale gas exploration

Energy

Algeria eyes return to controversial shale gas exploration

3 Oct 2017

African urbanisation must be smart and sustainable for cities to be habitable far into the future

Smart Buildings & Cities

African urbanisation must be smart and sustainable for cities to be habitable far into the future

20 Jul 2017