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Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, used his first media address to highlight the biggest issues facing the country's electricity supply.

Energy & Mining

Ramokgopa highlights SA’s biggest electricity challenges, and it isn’t supply

Lindsey Schutters 8 Jul 2024

UCT council adopts Gaza resolutions

Education

UCT council adopts Gaza resolutions

Matthew Hirsch 25 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

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

Small businesses are optimistic about SA’s democratic future post-2024 elections – Q1 SME Index

Entrepreneurship

Small businesses are optimistic about SA’s democratic future post-2024 elections – Q1 SME Index

David Morobe, Issued by Business Partners Limited 11 Jun 2024

#OrchidsandOnions: DA crosses line in political persuasion

Marketing & Media

#OrchidsandOnions: DA crosses line in political persuasion

Brendan Seery 27 May 2024

Apple Music unveils 100 Best Albums of all time

Lifestyle

Apple Music unveils 100 Best Albums of all time

22 May 2024

“Dismay” at Stellenbosch senate’s rejection of call for Gaza ceasefire

Education

“Dismay” at Stellenbosch senate’s rejection of call for Gaza ceasefire

Matthew Hirsch 13 May 2024

Marketing & Media

Apple’s crush advert annoys people across the generations – that’s why it misfired

Kim Watts 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

ESG & Sustainability

Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

Sean Avery 6 May 2024

SA's looming humanitarian crisis: Potential for civil unrest and riot

ESG & Sustainability

SA's looming humanitarian crisis: Potential for civil unrest and riot

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 11 Apr 2024

Largest frog in more than 100 years discovered in Africa

ESG & Sustainability

Largest frog in more than 100 years discovered in Africa

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 26 Mar 2024

African cocoa plants run out of beans as global chocolate crisis deepens

Agriculture

African cocoa plants run out of beans as global chocolate crisis deepens

Maytaal Angel 14 Mar 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

How law firms can make a sustainable impact with green arbitration

Priyesh Daya, Kiara Ghirao and Khanya Thwala 27 Feb 2024

SMEs are most at risk to cyber treats Source: Disruptivo/Unsplash

ICT

SA is a cyberattack hotspot and SMEs are most at risk

14 Feb 2024

Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rule on emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, Netherlands, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw

Legal

SA asks World Court to weigh Israel's Rafah offensive

Nellie Peyton 13 Feb 2024

Property

Risks and the property rental landscape: a look at landlord-tenant insurance dynamics

6 Feb 2024

Embracing plant-based lifestyles: A look at vegan and vegetarian trends among South African consumers

Marketing & Media

Embracing plant-based lifestyles: A look at vegan and vegetarian trends among South African consumers

Issued by KLA 1 Feb 2024

SAHRC Commissioner Philile Ntuli

Legal

SAHRC releases July 2021 unrest report

29 Jan 2024

Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rule on emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, Netherlands, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw

Legal

World Court says Israel must take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza

Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch 26 Jan 2024

A view of a live broadcast displayed on a street as pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest near the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the day judges hear a request for emergency measures to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands, 11 January 2024. Reuters/Thilo Schmuelgen

Legal

Israel rejects genocide charges, tells World Court it must defend itself

Anthony Deutsch, Toby Sterling and Stephanie van den Berg 12 Jan 2024

Legal

SA speaks at ICJ case

11 Jan 2024

Coffee firms turning away from Africa as EU deforestation law looms

Agriculture

Coffee firms turning away from Africa as EU deforestation law looms

Maytaal Angel and Dewi Kurniawati 19 Dec 2023

Durban beaches closed due to contamination

Tourism & Travel

Durban beaches closed due to contamination

18 Dec 2023

Healthcare

NCOP's NHI approval: No surprise here

Mike Settas 12 Dec 2023

A haul truck is seen at the Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mokopane. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Energy & Mining

Anglo American readies cost cuts in wake of PGM market downturn

Felix Njini and Clara Denina 7 Dec 2023

Source: iStock.

Finance

South Africa's economic crisis deepens: Recession looms

Katja Hamilton 6 Dec 2023

Here's what's on at the cinema this December

Lifestyle

Here's what's on at the cinema this December

Daniel Dercksen 29 Nov 2023

Source: World Food Programme.

Healthcare

SA condemns attack that wounded Jordanian medics in Gaza

17 Nov 2023

Source: Unicef.

Healthcare

South African Society of Psychiatrists urges global action amid Middle East crisis

Seape Sebolelo 9 Nov 2023

Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags

Automotive

Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags

Laura Lander, Grazia Todeschini 8 Nov 2023

ESG & Sustainability

Impasse broken on climate fund before COP28 but tough road ahead

Valerie Volcovici and Kate Abnett 7 Nov 2023

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Legal

SA's battle against fake goods

Mohamed Khader 7 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: Unicef/Mohammad Ajjour. Amal, 7 years old, contemplates her neighbourhood in the wake of the houses being levelled to the ground.

Healthcare

Unicef's urgent call for ceasefire as children's lives hang in the balance

Katja Hamilton 31 Oct 2023

A general view shows the water conditions of the Piraiba river before a summit of Amazon rainforest nations, in Belem, Para state, Brazil 6 August 2023. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino

ESG & Sustainability

Home countries of major rainforests agree to work together to save them

Ange Kasongo 30 Oct 2023

From crisis to opportunity: Using climate change to ramp up investment in Africa's water sector

ESG & Sustainability

From crisis to opportunity: Using climate change to ramp up investment in Africa's water sector

Mtchera Chirwa 25 Oct 2023

Hamas attack on Israel: What does this mean for South Africa?

Education

Hamas attack on Israel: What does this mean for South Africa?

Bertie Jacobs, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 12 Oct 2023

Sandvlei in Cape Town was flooded during last week’s storm. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Western Cape floods: Is climate change to blame?

Jess Vujovic 6 Oct 2023

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Legal

Can a sectional title scheme be cancelled?

Lauren Theron 5 Oct 2023

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Legal

Likely impact of coastal storm surges on insurance policies

Mtho Maphumulo 22 Sep 2023

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Legal

Claiming constructive dismissal - take advice from your wingman

Johan Botes 21 Sep 2023

A view shows destroyed buildings, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya - 18 September 2023. Reuters/Ahmed Elumami

ESG & Sustainability

Climate change made Libya's deadly rainfall up to 50 times more likely - study

Riham Alkousaa 19 Sep 2023

Unveiling Oppenheimer on screen: A journey into brilliance

Lifestyle

Unveiling Oppenheimer on screen: A journey into brilliance

Charles Siboto 18 Sep 2023

Healthcare

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

A man carries his bicycle over a flooded area in Muloza on the border with Mozambique after the tropical Cyclone Freddy, around 100km outside Blantyre, Malawi, 18 March 2023. Reuters/Esa Alexander

ESG & Sustainability

Extreme weather events under the spotlight as Africa Climate Summit kicks off

Hereward Holland 4 Sep 2023

From entrepreneur to artist: Nelia Annandale embraces her artistic spirit

Lifestyle

From entrepreneur to artist: Nelia Annandale embraces her artistic spirit

25 Aug 2023