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South Africa to welcome new private university by 2026

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Blue Label Media partners with African Bank to roll out new corporate identity across 155 buses

2024 Earthshot Prize - the 5 winners of £1m

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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

Why SA needs to address its male mental health crisis

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Pep and Cansa launches The Dry & Detect Towel Initiative

Pep and Cansa launches The Dry & Detect Towel Initiative

Why SA needs to address its male mental health crisis

Why SA needs to address its male mental health crisis

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Pep and Cansa launches The Dry & Detect Towel Initiative

Pep and Cansa launches The Dry & Detect Towel Initiative

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Women are carrying the heaviest load under lockdown

Women are carrying the heaviest load under lockdown

Siphelele Chirwa 11 Aug 2020

Herd solidarity: A vaccine for the shadow pandemic of gender-based violence

Herd solidarity: A vaccine for the shadow pandemic of gender-based violence

Professor Francis Petersen 7 Aug 2020

Tavern Dialogues initiative launched to address GBV in townships

Tavern Dialogues initiative launched to address GBV in townships

7 Aug 2020

Rebuilding the humanitarian ecosystem in South Africa

Rebuilding the humanitarian ecosystem in South Africa

Reana Rossouw, Next Generation 7 Aug 2020

Shimza, pH and Robben Island Museum to deliver 120 food parcels to 600 people in Cape Town

Shimza, pH and Robben Island Museum to deliver 120 food parcels to 600 people in Cape Town

6 Aug 2020

Diesel becomes member of the Better Cotton Initiative

Diesel becomes member of the Better Cotton Initiative

6 Aug 2020

L'Oréal partners with POWA on Women's Month campaign

L'Oréal partners with POWA on Women's Month campaign

5 Aug 2020

Mattel supports Children's Hospital Trust with #ThankYouHeroes initiative

Mattel supports Children's Hospital Trust with #ThankYouHeroes initiative

5 Aug 2020

Masked Heroes campaign delivers PPE to community-based organisations

Masked Heroes campaign delivers PPE to community-based organisations

4 Aug 2020

Trialogue offers CSI strategy refresh support in response to Covid-19

Trialogue offers CSI strategy refresh support in response to Covid-19

Trialogue 4 Aug 2020

What Mrs Gauteng has learned during the Covid-19 pandemic

What Mrs Gauteng has learned during the Covid-19 pandemic

Mrs Gauteng 28 Jul 2020

Converse hands over donation to Surfers Not Street Children

Converse hands over donation to Surfers Not Street Children

28 Jul 2020

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

27 Jul 2020

Red Cross frontline medics call for urgent support

Red Cross frontline medics call for urgent support

22 Jul 2020

GovChat steps in to help with SASSA's FAQs

GovChat steps in to help with SASSA's FAQs

20 Jul 2020

National Lotteries Commission ordered to submit list of beneficiaries

National Lotteries Commission ordered to submit list of beneficiaries

20 Jul 2020

Standard Chartered supports Smile Foundation with 25,000 N95 face masks

Standard Chartered supports Smile Foundation with 25,000 N95 face masks

17 Jul 2020

#BizUnity: Goedgedacht pivots to allay Covid-19 pressure in Swartland

#BizUnity: Goedgedacht pivots to allay Covid-19 pressure in Swartland

Sindy Peters 17 Jul 2020

The township of Khayelitsha in Cape Town. South Africa has adopted First World Covid-19 responses for Third World reality.

South Africa is failing on Covid-19 because its leaders want to emulate the First World

Steven Friedman 17 Jul 2020

Beekeepers demonstrate resilience during Covid-19

Beekeepers demonstrate resilience during Covid-19

Sappi 17 Jul 2020

UNICEF SA - Let's reimagine a better South Africa this Mandela Month

UNICEF SA - Let's reimagine a better South Africa this Mandela Month

Prebo Digital 16 Jul 2020

#BizUnity: Pro bono behind the scenes on the National Ventilator Project

#BizUnity: Pro bono behind the scenes on the National Ventilator Project

Shan Radcliffe 14 Jul 2020

Children aged 0-14 years are likely to be physically active outdoors when it’s warm. Hello World/Getty Images

Air pollution, temperature and respiratory disease: a South African study

Bukola Olutola & Janine Wichmann 14 Jul 2020

#BizUnity: How UCook's paying it forward as partners feel the pinch

#BizUnity: How UCook's paying it forward as partners feel the pinch

Sindy Peters 10 Jul 2020

Shoprite donates care packages to Western Cape health department

Shoprite donates care packages to Western Cape health department

8 Jul 2020

FNB, The Unlimited Child partner in distributing masks in KZN

FNB, The Unlimited Child partner in distributing masks in KZN

8 Jul 2020

New date set for annual Sunflower Day campaign

New date set for annual Sunflower Day campaign

8 Jul 2020

Soweto welfare centre struggling to help orphans after robbery

Soweto welfare centre struggling to help orphans after robbery

Mosa Damane 3 Jul 2020

#BizUnity: Crossmoor Transport adopts community-based response to Covid-19 crisis

#BizUnity: Crossmoor Transport adopts community-based response to Covid-19 crisis

Sindy Peters 2 Jul 2020

Engen contributes further to fighting Covid-19, pledging R1m to FoodForward SA

Engen contributes further to fighting Covid-19, pledging R1m to FoodForward SA

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Herd solidarity: A vaccine for the shadow pandemic of gender-based violence

Herd solidarity: A vaccine for the shadow pandemic of gender-based violence

Professor Francis Petersen 7 Aug 2020

Tavern Dialogues initiative launched to address GBV in townships

Tavern Dialogues initiative launched to address GBV in townships

7 Aug 2020

Rebuilding the humanitarian ecosystem in South Africa

Rebuilding the humanitarian ecosystem in South Africa

Reana Rossouw, Next Generation 7 Aug 2020

Shimza, pH and Robben Island Museum to deliver 120 food parcels to 600 people in Cape Town

Shimza, pH and Robben Island Museum to deliver 120 food parcels to 600 people in Cape Town

6 Aug 2020

Diesel becomes member of the Better Cotton Initiative

Diesel becomes member of the Better Cotton Initiative

6 Aug 2020

L'Oréal partners with POWA on Women's Month campaign

L'Oréal partners with POWA on Women's Month campaign

5 Aug 2020

Mattel supports Children's Hospital Trust with #ThankYouHeroes initiative

Mattel supports Children's Hospital Trust with #ThankYouHeroes initiative

5 Aug 2020

Masked Heroes campaign delivers PPE to community-based organisations

Masked Heroes campaign delivers PPE to community-based organisations

4 Aug 2020

Trialogue offers CSI strategy refresh support in response to Covid-19

Trialogue offers CSI strategy refresh support in response to Covid-19

Trialogue 4 Aug 2020

What Mrs Gauteng has learned during the Covid-19 pandemic

What Mrs Gauteng has learned during the Covid-19 pandemic

Mrs Gauteng 28 Jul 2020

Converse hands over donation to Surfers Not Street Children

Converse hands over donation to Surfers Not Street Children

28 Jul 2020

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

27 Jul 2020

Red Cross frontline medics call for urgent support

Red Cross frontline medics call for urgent support

22 Jul 2020

GovChat steps in to help with SASSA's FAQs

GovChat steps in to help with SASSA's FAQs

20 Jul 2020

National Lotteries Commission ordered to submit list of beneficiaries

National Lotteries Commission ordered to submit list of beneficiaries

20 Jul 2020

Standard Chartered supports Smile Foundation with 25,000 N95 face masks

Standard Chartered supports Smile Foundation with 25,000 N95 face masks

17 Jul 2020

#BizUnity: Goedgedacht pivots to allay Covid-19 pressure in Swartland

#BizUnity: Goedgedacht pivots to allay Covid-19 pressure in Swartland

Sindy Peters 17 Jul 2020

The township of Khayelitsha in Cape Town. South Africa has adopted First World Covid-19 responses for Third World reality.

South Africa is failing on Covid-19 because its leaders want to emulate the First World

Steven Friedman 17 Jul 2020

Beekeepers demonstrate resilience during Covid-19

Beekeepers demonstrate resilience during Covid-19

Sappi 17 Jul 2020

UNICEF SA - Let's reimagine a better South Africa this Mandela Month

UNICEF SA - Let's reimagine a better South Africa this Mandela Month

Prebo Digital 16 Jul 2020

#BizUnity: Pro bono behind the scenes on the National Ventilator Project

#BizUnity: Pro bono behind the scenes on the National Ventilator Project

Shan Radcliffe 14 Jul 2020

Children aged 0-14 years are likely to be physically active outdoors when it’s warm. Hello World/Getty Images

Air pollution, temperature and respiratory disease: a South African study

Bukola Olutola & Janine Wichmann 14 Jul 2020

#BizUnity: How UCook's paying it forward as partners feel the pinch

#BizUnity: How UCook's paying it forward as partners feel the pinch

Sindy Peters 10 Jul 2020

Shoprite donates care packages to Western Cape health department

Shoprite donates care packages to Western Cape health department

8 Jul 2020

FNB, The Unlimited Child partner in distributing masks in KZN

FNB, The Unlimited Child partner in distributing masks in KZN

8 Jul 2020

New date set for annual Sunflower Day campaign

New date set for annual Sunflower Day campaign

8 Jul 2020

Soweto welfare centre struggling to help orphans after robbery

Soweto welfare centre struggling to help orphans after robbery

Mosa Damane 3 Jul 2020

#BizUnity: Crossmoor Transport adopts community-based response to Covid-19 crisis

#BizUnity: Crossmoor Transport adopts community-based response to Covid-19 crisis

Sindy Peters 2 Jul 2020

Engen contributes further to fighting Covid-19, pledging R1m to FoodForward SA

Engen contributes further to fighting Covid-19, pledging R1m to FoodForward SA

1 Jul 2020

High Court rules SRD grant should be available to asylum seekers, special permit holders

High Court rules SRD grant should be available to asylum seekers, special permit holders

Dibuseng Motlokoa and Laura Macfarlane 24 Jun 2020

5 ways to help fight menstrual poverty in SA

5 ways to help fight menstrual poverty in SA

Lindiwe Nkuna 24 Jun 2020

Community Chest houses homeless group in its office for winter

Community Chest houses homeless group in its office for winter

Lucas Nowicki and James Stent 22 Jun 2020

Pharma Dynamics CEO kicks off Tutudesk Covid-19 Challenge with R1.2m pledge

Pharma Dynamics CEO kicks off Tutudesk Covid-19 Challenge with R1.2m pledge

22 Jun 2020

Counselling Hub boosts mental healthcare response during Covid-19 crisis

Counselling Hub boosts mental healthcare response during Covid-19 crisis

19 Jun 2020

Covid-19 pandemic: Should brands be doing more?

Covid-19 pandemic: Should brands be doing more?

Richard Wells 17 Jun 2020

CEO Luc-Olivier Marquet on Unilever's response to Covid-19

CEO Luc-Olivier Marquet on Unilever's response to Covid-19

Lauren Hartzenberg 15 Jun 2020

Sappi empowers youth by providing access to Covid-19 information during Youth Month

Sappi empowers youth by providing access to Covid-19 information during Youth Month

Sappi 15 Jun 2020

#YouthMonth: What do all these #movements want?

#YouthMonth: What do all these #movements want?

Charles Siboto 12 Jun 2020

#UnsungHeroes: Dipuo Ngxata of Mosaic SA

#UnsungHeroes: Dipuo Ngxata of Mosaic SA

Ilse van den Berg 10 Jun 2020

Siphokazi Mngxali (Woolworths national distribution service manager) and Ali Sablay (Gift of the Givers) loading up the truck with the help of Nur Davids (Woolworths).

Woolworths donates R700,000 worth of product to healthcare facilities

10 Jun 2020