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Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Tourism & Travel

Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Kaitano Dube 1 day

Source: Archive

Logistics & Transport

Transnet halts port operations amid severe weather conditions

Nelson Banya 3 days

Property

Location, location, location: A guide for new investors

25 Jun 2024

Image source: Michael Bogner –

ESG & Sustainability

2024 OceanLove Innovation Award winners

24 Jun 2024

Climate related disasters are causing widespread damage as winter approaches

ESG & Sustainability

Climate related disasters are causing widespread damage as winter approaches

Issued by FoodForward SA 24 Jun 2024

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Legal

Transnet to appeal against R6.2bn Sasol award over tariff dispute

Nelson Banya 21 Jun 2024

Seychelles advocates for sustainable tourism at SIDS4 conference

Tourism & Travel

Seychelles advocates for sustainable tourism at SIDS4 conference

14 Jun 2024

Could the change in the government dynamics feed the semigration trend in South Africa?

Property

Could the change in the government dynamics feed the semigration trend in South Africa?

Issued by SAFR 11 Jun 2024

The high-tech solution is based on the RITM-200 reactor

Energy & Mining

Egypt will benefit from floating nuclear plant

11 Jun 2024

ESG & Sustainability

6 little-known facts about climate change in South Africa

Karen King 6 Jun 2024

Valor Hospitality expands in East Africa with new projects in Kenya, Zanzibar

Tourism & Travel

Valor Hospitality expands in East Africa with new projects in Kenya, Zanzibar

4 Jun 2024

Legal

South African appeal court suspends order halting Shell drilling

Wendell Roelf 3 Jun 2024

Source: © Nations Online The Audit Bureau of Circulations of South Africa (ABC) has released the Q1 for newspapers

Marketing & Media

Newspapers: ABC Q1 2024: The slow steady downward trickle continues

Danette Breitenbach 23 May 2024

Source: © Global African Network The DFFE and DPWI have entered into a MOA on the preferential access for small-scale fisheries co-operatives to public works facilities

Agriculture

DFFE and DPWI preferential access for small scale fisheries MOA

16 May 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

ESG & Sustainability

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024

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Property

Renowned architect creates luxury development on South Coast and calls it home

15 May 2024

Source: Supplied.

Property

Prime investment: Burleigh Ballito, heart of Ballito unveiled

15 May 2024

Source: Anantara. Anantara Dubai The Palm Resort.

Tourism & Travel

#ATM2024: Anantara unveils global expansion

Katja Hamilton 14 May 2024

Source: Supplied. Crystal Towers in Century City where a rental of R70,000 per month was concluded by Seeff.

Property

Apartments in demand, up to R70,000/month to rent, R50m to buy

13 May 2024

Source: Supplied. Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol, chief executive officer of ITFC and Riham ElGizy, chief executive officer of RVCMC.

Finance

ITFC, RVCMC collaborate for Maldives' blue carbon credits

13 May 2024

Index Hotels SA takes over management of the C Resort & Residences in Prampram, Ghana

Tourism & Travel

Index Hotels SA takes over management of the C Resort & Residences in Prampram, Ghana

Issued by Index Hotels 7 May 2024

Tourism & Travel

Africa's Travel Indaba 2024 set to showcase global tourism innovations, networking

6 May 2024

ICT

Huawei launches eKit brand for SMEs at the China (Shenzhen) - SA Investment Promotion Conference

Issued by Irvine Partners 3 May 2024

#SauvBlancDay: Celebrating the diversity and global appeal of Sauvignon Blanc

Agriculture

#SauvBlancDay: Celebrating the diversity and global appeal of Sauvignon Blanc

3 May 2024

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Property

The rise of aparthotels: Fad, buzzword, or booming sector?

Jonathan Liebmann 3 May 2024

Source: Supplied. Geoff Perkins of Collins Residential.

Property

Seaton Estate: Over R100m sales in 10 days

25 Apr 2024

Bombay Sapphire's ‘Saw This Made This’ local campaign

Lifestyle

Bombay Sapphire's ‘Saw This Made This’ local campaign

Issued by OnPoint PR 24 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. Gus van der Spek, owner of upmarket retirement lifestyle estate Wytham Estate in Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs.

Property

Western Cape claims title of South Africa’s luxury retirement capital

22 Apr 2024

Source: © The Food for Mzansi Group won three Wan-Ifra Digital Media Africa 2024 Awards

Marketing & Media

South African digital publishers make clean sweep of Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2024

16 Apr 2024

Bombay Sapphire collaborates with local artists, celebrates SA summer with #SawThisMadeThis campaign

Lifestyle

Bombay Sapphire collaborates with local artists, celebrates SA summer with #SawThisMadeThis campaign

Issued by OnPoint PR 12 Apr 2024

The Alexkor coffer-dam wall between two dams at high tide. Photos from a Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment report titled: “Enforcement: In Loco Inspection Report – The salt/tidal flats of the Orange River Mouth Ramsar site”, published 28 January 2020.

ESG & Sustainability

Alexkor vs Creecy in environment court battle

John Yeld 12 Apr 2024

Who will tell Mr. President that SA widows are weeping and mourning again?

Finance

Who will tell Mr. President that SA widows are weeping and mourning again?

Issued by MDNTV 4 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied.

Property

The best journey takes you home – expats return to SA to invest in property

5 Apr 2024

Penguin chicks wait to be fed at South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds rehabilitation centre, where the centre has been incubating over 200 eggs of the endangered African penguin that were rescued from two penguin colonies, since the start of the year and they are soliciting donations by inviting people to "adopt an egg", in Cape Town, South Africa, 27 March 2024. Reuters/Esa Alexander

ESG & Sustainability

'Adopt a penguin egg' Easter campaign helps endangered African birds

Shafiek Tassiem and Tim Cocks 2 Apr 2024

Minister de Lille inspects R54m tourism project at Cape Agulhas National Park

Tourism & Travel

Minister de Lille inspects R54m tourism project at Cape Agulhas National Park

2 Apr 2024

Marine protected areas safeguard more than ecology – they bring economic benefits to fisheries and tourism

Agriculture

Marine protected areas safeguard more than ecology – they bring economic benefits to fisheries and tourism

Mark John Costello 2 Apr 2024

Pullman Cape Town: Where business meets leisure

Tourism & Travel

Pullman Cape Town: Where business meets leisure

Robin Fredericks 9 Apr 2024

Why 2024 will be the year of tourism FDI in South Africa

Tourism & Travel

Why 2024 will be the year of tourism FDI in South Africa

Clinton Thom 27 Mar 2024

African penguins, photographed here in Simon’s Town, could be extinct as soon as 2035, according to BirdLife South Africa and Sanccob (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds). Photos: Dan Callister

ESG & Sustainability

Minister’s plan could wipe out African penguins, say scientists

John Yeld 25 Mar 2024

Somali pirates' return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

Logistics & Transport

Somali pirates' return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

22 Mar 2024

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste dies by suicide, reports say

22 Mar 2024

Healthcare

Easter snoek shortage fears rise amidst tightened fishing regulations

19 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Rhys Dyer, chief executive officer of ooba Group.

Property

5 residential property trends that no one saw coming

6 Mar 2024

Property

Clarens leads Sandton as SA's first 'smart town' with innovative electricity management programme

Katja Hamilton 29 Feb 2024

Image: Bizcommunity, Lesley Svenson. Newspaper circulation is showing stability despite a 5.7% year-on-year decline, while Q4 experienced a marginal drop of -1.5% compared to Q3 says the ABC

Marketing & Media

ABC Q4 2023: Newspapers: Stable with marginal declines

Danette Breitenbach 21 Feb 2024

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Tourism & Travel

Charting success: Sustainability anchored in expedition cruise ships

Wrenelle Stander 20 Feb 2024

ESG & Sustainability

IMF reaches $1.3bn agreement with Ivory Coast for resilience, sustainability facility

Portia Crowe 19 Feb 2024

More than 200-million litres of untreated or partially treated sewage is released into False Bay daily. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Failing sewage plants continue to pollute False Bay

Steve Kretzmann 16 Feb 2024

Interrupted supply chain infrastructure: Global supply risk or opportunity?

Logistics & Transport

Interrupted supply chain infrastructure: Global supply risk or opportunity?

Jason Griessel 15 Feb 2024

More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / Groundup

ESG & Sustainability

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024