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Would you like to use film as a tool for social change?

Marketing & Media

Would you like to use film as a tool for social change?

Issued by Sunshine Cinema 17 Jul 2024

Healthcare

HIV drug trial shows injection twice-yearly 100% effective against infection

Linda-Gail Bekker 5 Jul 2024

Local community members and supporters of Sustaining the Wild Coast and Greenpeace celebrated a court victory outside the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda in September 2022. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Court asked to stop Shell’s seismic tests once and for all

Tania Broughton 2 Jul 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

Doja Cat, Post Malone, and Rauw Alejandro to headline 2024 Global Citizen Fest in NYC's Central Park

Lifestyle

Doja Cat, Post Malone, and Rauw Alejandro to headline 2024 Global Citizen Fest in NYC's Central Park

Issued by OnPoint PR 19 Jun 2024

Thousands of special needs learners still not placed at schools

Education

Thousands of special needs learners still not placed at schools

Mary-Anne Gontsana 5 Jun 2024

702 Walk the Talk steps into history, honouring 30 years of democracy

Marketing & Media

702 Walk the Talk steps into history, honouring 30 years of democracy

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 23 May 2024

Marketing & Media

2 Tunisian journalists jailed pending trial, bolstering fears for free speech

Tunisian newsroom 16 May 2024

Huge march to parliament for better schools

Education

Huge march to parliament for better schools

Liezl Human 13 May 2024

Protesters demand Wits take public stand on Gaza

Education

Protesters demand Wits take public stand on Gaza

Ihsaan Haffejee 8 May 2024

Trafficked Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller premiers this May

Marketing & Media

Trafficked Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller premiers this May

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 30 Apr 2024

Marketing & Media

Tunisia jails journalist Mohamed Boughalleb for 6 months

Tarek Amara 18 Apr 2024

Reclaim the City demonstrated outside the Western Cape High Court in 2020, calling for the Tafelberg site to be used as affordable housing. Archive photo: James Stent / GroundUp

Legal

Housing activists lose Tafelberg case

Tania Broughton 15 Apr 2024

Global Citizen announces winners of Global Citizen Prize and Cisco Youth Leadership Award

ESG & Sustainability

Global Citizen announces winners of Global Citizen Prize and Cisco Youth Leadership Award

Issued by OnPoint PR 12 Apr 2024

How nature-based knowledge can restore local ecosystems and improve community well-being

Agriculture

How nature-based knowledge can restore local ecosystems and improve community well-being

Saeed Rahman and Natalie Slawinski 11 Mar 2024

Marketing & Media

Ethiopian police release French journalist after a week, employer says

Urvi Dugar and Akanksha Khushi 1 Mar 2024

Marketing & Media

Ethiopian police arrest French journalist, employer says

Giulia Paravicini 26 Feb 2024

Image source: Chayanit Chankhong –

ESG & Sustainability

ESG and employment: Key dispute risks in the EMI sector in 2024

31 Jan 2024

The intersection of global challenges and PR evolution

Marketing & Media

The intersection of global challenges and PR evolution

Michelle Cavé, Issued by Brandfundi 31 Jan 2024

Social media trends: Just an annual echo?

Marketing & Media

Social media trends: Just an annual echo?

Sean Cavé, Issued by Brandfundi 25 Jan 2024

Image source: Andreas Schnabl from

Legal

Can residents conduct sacrificial slaughters in a sectional title scheme?

Corlia van Zyl 18 Dec 2023

The ad has been removed from social media. Source: X.

Marketing & Media

Zara removes ad after Gaza similarities pointed out

Karabo Ledwaba 12 Dec 2023

Unite to end gender-based violence

ESG & Sustainability

Unite to end gender-based violence

Issued by The Social Employment Fund 11 Dec 2023

Source: © 123rf A new media law will be a dangerous setback for freedom of expression in Lebanon

Marketing & Media

New media law a setback for Lebanon's media freedom

8 Dec 2023

Source: © 123rf Authentic is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2023

Marketing & Media

Merriam-Webster's 2023 Word of the Year: Authentic

29 Nov 2023

Marketing & Media

Disinformation is part and parcel of social media’s business model, new research shows

Carlos Diaz Ruiz 24 Nov 2023

Mark Caruso when he was still executive at Mineral Commodities with Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe in February 2019. Caruso is pursuing defamation claims against environmental activists. Archive photo: DMR

Legal

Aussie mining company “Slapp suit” partly settled out of court

John Yeld 23 Nov 2023

Source: © Shift Delete It is reported that Apple is pulling all its adverts from X following the endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory by Elon Musk

Marketing & Media

Apple follows IBM in pulling all adverts from X, after Musk endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory

20 Nov 2023

Parents in tears over terrible conditions at school for disabled children

Education

Parents in tears over terrible conditions at school for disabled children

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 9 Nov 2023

Environmental activists came together to picket outside Parliament to oppose TotalEnergies’ offshore drilling for oil and gas. Photo: Qaqamba Falintenjwa | GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Activists demand end to TotalEnergies offshore drilling

Qaqamba Falithenjwa 6 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied.

Finance

Minit Money eases SA-Zambia money transfers

6 Nov 2023

Luxury brands top mall trading densities - Clur Luxury Brands Index

Retail

Luxury brands top mall trading densities - Clur Luxury Brands Index

27 Oct 2023

The Feather Awards XV nominees announced

Lifestyle

The Feather Awards XV nominees announced

16 Oct 2023

Legal

Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

Frans Viljoen 16 Oct 2023

International Day of the Girl Child: Our time is now - Our rights, our future!

ESG & Sustainability

International Day of the Girl Child: Our time is now - Our rights, our future!

Issued by Triple Eight 10 Oct 2023

Why SA needs sustainable fashion awards

Retail

Why SA needs sustainable fashion awards

10 Oct 2023

Campari, Imbibe Magazine partner to raise funds during #NegroniWeek

Retail

Campari, Imbibe Magazine partner to raise funds during #NegroniWeek

20 Sep 2023

Call to incorporate sport into the school curriculum

Education

Call to incorporate sport into the school curriculum

18 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

ESG & Sustainability

Flooded Libyan city's past troubles deepen with new disaster

Angus McDowall 13 Sep 2023

Chris Moerdyk has had a lifetime of experiences. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & Media

Chris Moerdyk reflects on a lifetime of storytelling: From war zones to iconic ads

Brendan Seery 11 Sep 2023

African leaders are proposing new global taxes and reforms to international financial institutions to help fund climate change action, setting up their negotiating position ahead of November's COP28 summit. Some countries already have taxes on carbon, but a global tax has never gained much traction. Source: Reuters

ESG & Sustainability

African leaders call for new global taxes to fund climate change action

Duncan Miriri 7 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Discovery enters renewable power trading

Promit Mukherjee 6 Sep 2023

Marketing & Media

Loneliness in the digital age: From virtual girlfriends to the Luh Twizzy's

Karabo Ledwaba 6 Sep 2023

Zeitz Mocaa launched new season of exhibitions, a symposium and a publication this August

Lifestyle

Zeitz Mocaa launched new season of exhibitions, a symposium and a publication this August

Issued by DNA Brand Architects 18 Aug 2023

Source: © Wikimedia Zimbabwean authorities on Thursday deported four regional democracy activists on arrival at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport

Marketing & Media

Zimbabwe elections: Journalists barred and democracy activists deported

18 Aug 2023

Image supplied. FP7McCann Dubai for its client the Testicular Cancer Society for its campaign Wall Street Balls is one of four 2023 Genius 100 Inspiration Award winners

Marketing & Media

FP7McCann Dubai one of four 2023 Genius 100 Inspiration Award winners

11 Aug 2023

Heritage approval granted for social housing development at old Woodstock hospital

Property

Heritage approval granted for social housing development at old Woodstock hospital

Matthew Hirsch 1 Aug 2023

The Institute for Economic Justice and #PayTheGrants campaign have launched an application in the Pretoria High Court against what they say are exclusionary regulations for the R350 grant. Archive photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Conditions for R350-a-month grant to be challenged in court

Daniel Steyn 28 Jul 2023

Big tech and journalism: Principles for fair compensation

Marketing & Media

Big tech and journalism: Principles for fair compensation

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 25 Jul 2023