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Boxer formally announces its intention to list on JSE

#OrchidsandOnions: Spar reminds us why we're special with Christmas ad

Brendan Seery

Data breach alert: Over 100,000 fake accounts linked to SA grant-fraud claim

Inflationary pressures see alcohol and fast food purchases decline

Danette Breitenbach

Mattel scrambles after Wicked doll packaging links to explicit site

SAB triumphs with 9 Effie Awards, cementing its position as SA's Most Effective Marketer

Postbank has started introducing a new Black Card for Sassa beneficiaries. The current Gold Cards were set to expire on 31 December, but Postbank has assured grant recipients that they will be able to access their money into the new year. Photo supplied by Sassa

Sassa Gold Cards will remain valid, says Postbank, as deadline loomsMarecia Damons

Prince William, Prince of Wales meets the 2024 Earthshot Prize Finalists at the Kirstenbosch Gardens, in Cape Town, South Africa, 6 November 2024. Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters

2024 Earthshot Prize - the 5 winners of £1m

Prince William, Prince of Wales meets the 2024 Earthshot Prize Finalists at the Kirstenbosch Gardens, in Cape Town, South Africa, 6 November 2024. Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters

2024 Earthshot Prize - the 5 winners of £1m

7 Nov 2024

Why SA needs to address its male mental health crisis

Why SA needs to address its male mental health crisis

5 Nov 2024

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First Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge winners

First Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge winners

14 Mar 2017

Support Hout Bay Fire relief through local Shoprite/Checkers

Support Hout Bay Fire relief through local Shoprite/Checkers

14 Mar 2017

Volvo Trucks, Boere In Nood project delivers feed to drought-stricken farmers

14 Mar 2017

Social grants chaos: A major threat to rural economies

Social grants chaos: A major threat to rural economies

Hamlet Hlomendlini 13 Mar 2017

New structure for Val de Vie Foundation

New structure for Val de Vie Foundation

13 Mar 2017

Andrew Lapping, chief investment officer, Allan Gray

Allan Gray defends 'good value' Net1

Hanna Ziady 10 Mar 2017

Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme

Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme

9 Mar 2017

La Mouette - Gerrit Bruwer, Henry and Mari Vigar

#EatOutHelpOut: StreetSmart SA restaurants helping their communities out

9 Mar 2017

Mimi Women aims to build manufacturing plant

Mimi Women aims to build manufacturing plant

9 Mar 2017

Environmental risks kill 1.7-million kids under five a year: WHO

Environmental risks kill 1.7-million kids under five a year: WHO

7 Mar 2017

#DesignIndaba2017: How to know if you're swimming in it

#DesignIndaba2017: How to know if you're swimming in it

Ilse van den Berg 4 Mar 2017

Using mobile to boost access to safe, legal abortion services

Using mobile to boost access to safe, legal abortion services

3 Mar 2017

Source: Rural Health Advocacy Group

Radical transformation begins with fixing how we fund healthcare in remote areas

Russell Rensburg and Marije Versteeg-Mojanaga 2 Mar 2017

Tekkie Tax, more than a fundraising campaign

Tekkie Tax, more than a fundraising campaign

Sindy Peters 2 Mar 2017

Service delivery starts with data. See who's been missing from the spreadsheets

Service delivery starts with data. See who's been missing from the spreadsheets

Dominic Haslam 1 Mar 2017

Leapfrog Property Group launches Leapfrog Smiles

Leapfrog Property Group launches Leapfrog Smiles

1 Mar 2017

Sale of donkeys now prohibited on Gumtree SA

28 Feb 2017

First group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

#DesignMonth: Technology changing the lives of newborns

#DesignMonth: Technology changing the lives of newborns

Ilse van den Berg 24 Feb 2017

Joanne van der Walt, Sage Foundation manager, Africa

Sage launches $1m fund to inspire African innovation

23 Feb 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via - Olivia Gimbo holds up her family's supply of food for the week in Epworth, Harare.

Global future food security in jeopardy warns FAO report

22 Feb 2017

African partnership launched to fight childhood cancer

21 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Man-made famine declared in South Sudan, thousands face starvation

21 Feb 2017

Organ Donor Foundation of SA receives R28K cheque from Profmed

Organ Donor Foundation of SA receives R28K cheque from Profmed

17 Feb 2017

South Africa isn't budgeting for its care economy. What can be done about it

South Africa isn't budgeting for its care economy. What can be done about it

Lisa Vetten 17 Feb 2017

#DesignMonth: Clover Mama Afrika focuses on empowerment, sustainability

#DesignMonth: Clover Mama Afrika focuses on empowerment, sustainability

Sindy Peters 16 Feb 2017

#UrbanHealth: Collaboration key in achieving SDGs, New Urban Agenda

#UrbanHealth: Collaboration key in achieving SDGs, New Urban Agenda

Sindy Peters 10 Feb 2017

CT commits to improved environmental health through technology

CT commits to improved environmental health through technology

10 Feb 2017

Urban farming produces more than food: social networks are a key spinoff

David Olivie 10 Feb 2017

Jenman African Safaris, Subz Pads partner to empower young women in Zim

Jenman African Safaris, Subz Pads partner to empower young women in Zim

8 Feb 2017

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Social grants chaos: A major threat to rural economies

Social grants chaos: A major threat to rural economies

Hamlet Hlomendlini 13 Mar 2017

New structure for Val de Vie Foundation

New structure for Val de Vie Foundation

13 Mar 2017

Andrew Lapping, chief investment officer, Allan Gray

Allan Gray defends 'good value' Net1

Hanna Ziady 10 Mar 2017

Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme

Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme

9 Mar 2017

La Mouette - Gerrit Bruwer, Henry and Mari Vigar

#EatOutHelpOut: StreetSmart SA restaurants helping their communities out

9 Mar 2017

Mimi Women aims to build manufacturing plant

Mimi Women aims to build manufacturing plant

9 Mar 2017

Environmental risks kill 1.7-million kids under five a year: WHO

Environmental risks kill 1.7-million kids under five a year: WHO

7 Mar 2017

#DesignIndaba2017: How to know if you're swimming in it

#DesignIndaba2017: How to know if you're swimming in it

Ilse van den Berg 4 Mar 2017

Using mobile to boost access to safe, legal abortion services

Using mobile to boost access to safe, legal abortion services

3 Mar 2017

Source: Rural Health Advocacy Group

Radical transformation begins with fixing how we fund healthcare in remote areas

Russell Rensburg and Marije Versteeg-Mojanaga 2 Mar 2017

Tekkie Tax, more than a fundraising campaign

Tekkie Tax, more than a fundraising campaign

Sindy Peters 2 Mar 2017

Service delivery starts with data. See who's been missing from the spreadsheets

Service delivery starts with data. See who's been missing from the spreadsheets

Dominic Haslam 1 Mar 2017

Leapfrog Property Group launches Leapfrog Smiles

Leapfrog Property Group launches Leapfrog Smiles

1 Mar 2017

Sale of donkeys now prohibited on Gumtree SA

28 Feb 2017

First group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

#DesignMonth: Technology changing the lives of newborns

#DesignMonth: Technology changing the lives of newborns

Ilse van den Berg 24 Feb 2017

Joanne van der Walt, Sage Foundation manager, Africa

Sage launches $1m fund to inspire African innovation

23 Feb 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via - Olivia Gimbo holds up her family's supply of food for the week in Epworth, Harare.

Global future food security in jeopardy warns FAO report

22 Feb 2017

African partnership launched to fight childhood cancer

21 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Man-made famine declared in South Sudan, thousands face starvation

21 Feb 2017

Organ Donor Foundation of SA receives R28K cheque from Profmed

Organ Donor Foundation of SA receives R28K cheque from Profmed

17 Feb 2017

South Africa isn't budgeting for its care economy. What can be done about it

South Africa isn't budgeting for its care economy. What can be done about it

Lisa Vetten 17 Feb 2017

#DesignMonth: Clover Mama Afrika focuses on empowerment, sustainability

#DesignMonth: Clover Mama Afrika focuses on empowerment, sustainability

Sindy Peters 16 Feb 2017

#UrbanHealth: Collaboration key in achieving SDGs, New Urban Agenda

#UrbanHealth: Collaboration key in achieving SDGs, New Urban Agenda

Sindy Peters 10 Feb 2017

CT commits to improved environmental health through technology

CT commits to improved environmental health through technology

10 Feb 2017

Urban farming produces more than food: social networks are a key spinoff

David Olivie 10 Feb 2017

Jenman African Safaris, Subz Pads partner to empower young women in Zim

Jenman African Safaris, Subz Pads partner to empower young women in Zim

8 Feb 2017

Professors develop technology for safe, clean drinking water

Professors develop technology for safe, clean drinking water

31 Jan 2017

#OperationRehab: Free treatment offered for 1000 disabled Africans in India

#OperationRehab: Free treatment offered for 1000 disabled Africans in India

31 Jan 2017

Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute. Image source:

#WSF2017: Six key investment areas for Africa to achieve the SDGs - Jeffrey Sachs

Sindy Peters 30 Jan 2017

Top Chenin Blanc producers building their communities

27 Jan 2017

CASA members' 2015/16 CSI spend over R70m

CASA members' 2015/16 CSI spend over R70m

26 Jan 2017

New study: Fiscal interventions could ease SA's public health burden

New study: Fiscal interventions could ease SA's public health burden

25 Jan 2017

African towns decline when miners exit

African towns decline when miners exit

Penda Diallo 17 Jan 2017

How bucking climate change accord would hinder fight against HIV/AIDS

How bucking climate change accord would hinder fight against HIV/AIDS

Brian King 11 Jan 2017

Smokeless cooking in Kenya

Smokeless cooking in Kenya

23 Dec 2016

Innovation Solutions, Mimi partner to keep 1,000 girls in school

Innovation Solutions, Mimi partner to keep 1,000 girls in school

23 Dec 2016

KZN works to build food security

KZN works to build food security

21 Dec 2016

Slum health is not urban health: why we must distinguish between the two

Slum health is not urban health: why we must distinguish between the two

Alex Ezeh, Blessing Mberu and Tilahun Haregu 20 Dec 2016

MySchool raises over R70m for schools, charities

MySchool raises over R70m for schools, charities

15 Dec 2016