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Health & Social Welfare

R1.2bn grant to aid disaster-affected provinces

8 Jul 2025

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Mining

African mining in for period of profound change – DSS+ report

2 Jul 2025

Minister Barbara Creecy outlines SA’s rail, logistics and transport recovery plan

Logistics & Transport

Minister Barbara Creecy outlines SA’s rail, logistics and transport recovery plan

Robin Fredericks 26 Jun 2025

Health & Social Welfare

Eastern Cape floods claim 90 lives amid ongoing relief efforts

17 Jun 2025

Property

Sick buildings: the unseen health threat during winter months

15 May 2025

Smartfill revolutionises food safety in informal markets amid alarming contamination crisis

Shopfitting & Merchandising

Smartfill revolutionises food safety in informal markets amid alarming contamination crisis

Issued by DY/DX 9 May 2025

Don’t let burst tyres derail April’s travel plans

Manufacturing & Parts

Don’t let burst tyres derail April’s travel plans

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 16 Apr 2025

Source: © The Assay Roof bolters are one of the key interventions behind the 96% reduction in FOG-related fatalities over the past 31 years

Health & Safety

Action Plan Day of Learning critival to eliminate Falls of Ground

31 Mar 2025

Covid-19

Trump administration begins controversial $11.4bn Covid-19 funding withdrawal

26 Mar 2025

Source: © International Mining Murray Macnab, group executive technical director UMS says mining is here to stay and underground mining is the future. Picture: Shaft sinking

Mining

Underground mining the future

Murray Macnab 26 Mar 2025

The Keliber lithium hydroxide project will comprise five mining areas, a concentrator, refinery and auxiliary facilities at all sites. Source: Sibanye-Stillwater

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater CCDO resigns for personal reasons

Lindsey Schutters 27 Jan 2025

Emergency Medicine

Western Cape EMS responds to record 69,000 calls during festive season

27 Jan 2025

2024 was record low for mining fatalities

Mining

2024 was record low for mining fatalities

Lindsey Schutters 24 Jan 2025

Mental health

Happiness surges in the USA on Inauguration Day, but declines in South Africa, Index reveals

23 Jan 2025

Dunlop Tyres SA emphasises road safety as South Africa returns to school

Safety

Dunlop Tyres SA emphasises road safety as South Africa returns to school

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 13 Jan 2025

Safe and nutritious food – healthy communities

Food, Water & Energy Security

Safe and nutritious food – healthy communities

Namhla Skweyiya, Issued by FoodForward SA 19 Dec 2024

With a busy festive season meaning additional traffic on the roads, expert local tyre manufacturer, Dunlop, urges drivers to practice “planning, preparation, patience and performance” while on the roads.

Safety

Drivers: Prepare to drive responsibly over the festive period

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 17 Dec 2024

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Agriculture

Farmers urged to tackle climate risks with strategic planting

8 Nov 2024

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Public Health

Death of 6 Soweto children linked to Terbufos

28 Oct 2024

Operational excellence at Air Products for more than 50 years

Coal, Oil & Gas

Operational excellence at Air Products for more than 50 years

Issued by Air Products South Africa 27 Aug 2024

Source: Climate Change as a Human Rights Risk: A Resource for Health and Education Rights Activists in South Africa.

Healthcare

New Section27 report: Climate change threatens child health and education

20 Jun 2024

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Occupational Health & Safety

Lessons from George building collapse: Importance of compliance for disaster mitigation

Donné Nieman 20 Jun 2024

Road Freight & Fleet Management

How fleet management can improve road safety

Justin Manson 11 Jun 2024

IEEFA report casts more doubt on SMR future

Nuclear Power

IEEFA report casts more doubt on SMR future

Lindsey Schutters 11 Jun 2024

The river that flows out to sea at Margate’s main beach is fed with up to 7-million litres of effluent per day from a failing sewage treatment plant about 1.8km upstream. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024

Source: Wikipedia. Police minister, Bheki Cele is overseeing investigations of the George building collapse at the weekend.

Residential Property

George building collapse: 33 lives claimed, 19 remain trapped

Katja Hamilton 14 May 2024

Building collapse in George kills one, 22 injured. Source:

Construction & Engineering

At least one fatality in George construction site collapse

Bhargav Acharya and Tannur Anders 6 May 2024

Source: AstraZeneca.

Covid-19

AstraZeneca admits to rare Covid-19 vaccine side effects in legal filing

30 Apr 2024

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Health & Social Welfare

KZN activates disaster teams

16 Apr 2024

RAF empowers Polokwane traffic officers through tyre safety workshop

Safety

RAF empowers Polokwane traffic officers through tyre safety workshop

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 22 Feb 2024

Nomathamsanqa Rweqana has passed away. Source: SABC.

Radio & Audio

Umhlobo Wenene mourns the passing of two radio legends

8 Feb 2024

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Criminal Law

Licensing officials in court on fraud, corruption allegations

30 Jan 2024

Source: Summit Detox.

Pharmaceuticals

US-China talks: The fate of fentanyl manufacturing hangs in the balance

Katja Hamilton 30 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Key supply chain trends set to transform businesses

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Key supply chain trends set to transform businesses

MJ Schoemaker 11 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf The Health Department has applauded NICD And SAHPRA`s decision to recall contaminated health product - Sterile Lubricating Jelly

Healthcare

Health Department applauds recall of contaminated health product

21 Dec 2023

Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga

Safety

Minister’s plea: ‘Road safety paramount in festive season’

21 Dec 2023

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Logistics & Transport

Tips for businesses on protecting company fleets over the holiday season

12 Dec 2023

Number 11 shaft, Impala Rustenburg. Source: Supplied.

Mining

75 injured, 11 fatalities in Impala Rustenburg winder rope incident

Lindsey Schutters 28 Nov 2023

Plastic has a greater value than we think

ESG & Sustainability

Plastic has a greater value than we think

Issued by Safripol 22 Nov 2023

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

Accounting & Auditing

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

Issued by SAICA 6 Nov 2023

Healthcare

Discovery Insure and CMT: Safer roads, fewer claims

31 Oct 2023

Unitrans wins two prestigious awards in the annual Master Drive competition

Transport

Unitrans wins two prestigious awards in the annual Master Drive competition

Issued by Unitrans 24 Oct 2023

Transport Month: Truck driver wellness critical to road safety

Transport

Transport Month: Truck driver wellness critical to road safety

24 Oct 2023

Source: WHO. Time is running out to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe if fuel and life-saving health and humanitarian supplies cannot be urgently delivered to the Gaza Strip amidst the complete blockade.

Healthcare

Healthcare crisis at breaking point in Gaza

Katja Hamilton 19 Oct 2023

Sumitomo Rubber SA lends technical support to RAF/SATMC road safety programme

Safety

Sumitomo Rubber SA lends technical support to RAF/SATMC road safety programme

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 18 Oct 2023

Venetia diamond mine, Limpopo. Source: De Beers

Mining

Mining industry mourns lives lost in fatal Murray & Roberts crash

18 Sep 2023