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Source: Supplied. Vis Govender, co-founder of Everything.Insure and group CEO of FirstEquity Group.

Finance

Weather insurance's evolution on par with rise in adverse climate events

21 Jun 2024

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Finance

2024 must be the year of sustainable investment

Carl Roothman 3 Apr 2024

Accountancy and loss adjusting

Finance

Accountancy and loss adjusting

Jolene Visser, Issued by SAICA 15 Mar 2024

Source: © Unesco Today radio celebrates 100 years

Marketing & Media

#WorldRadioDay: Celebrating a century of informing, entertaining and educating

Danette Breitenbach 13 Feb 2024

Property

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

6 Feb 2024

Source: Yael Geffen, chief executive officer and a shareholder of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty.

Property

#BizTrends2024: The shifting landscape of cities

Yael Geffen 8 Jan 2024

Protecting your wine collection during loadshedding and natural disasters

Lifestyle

Protecting your wine collection during loadshedding and natural disasters

13 Oct 2023

Achieving urban resilience and sustainability through nexus planning

Construction & Engineering

Achieving urban resilience and sustainability through nexus planning

Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli and Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi 7 Aug 2023

Tourism & Travel

Turkey strives to rank among the world's top 3 tourism destinations

19 Jun 2023

SA's children have lost a decade of reading progress, study shows

Education

SA's children have lost a decade of reading progress, study shows

Liezl Human and Daneel Knoetze 19 May 2023

South Africa's hotspots for hyperscalers

Property

South Africa's hotspots for hyperscalers

Issued by Catchwords 16 May 2023

Buildings left standing in Turkey offer design guidance for future earthquake-resilient construction

Construction & Engineering

Buildings left standing in Turkey offer design guidance for future earthquake-resilient construction

Osman Ozbulut 5 Apr 2023

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Legal

Force majeure: How climate change will impact renewable energy contracts

Hannetjie Marais 17 Mar 2023

Strong building regulations are critical in preventing infrastructure disasters

Construction & Engineering

Strong building regulations are critical in preventing infrastructure disasters

16 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Santam's chief executive officer,Tavaziva Madzinga.

Finance

Santam pays out biggest natural-catastrophe claim in its history

3 Mar 2023

Reset with reliability: How dependable digital workplace solutions can build long-term growth

ICT

Reset with reliability: How dependable digital workplace solutions can build long-term growth

Issued by ASUS 14 Dec 2022

Jet Demolition, Edifice Engineering collaborate on tallest building imploded in India

Construction & Engineering

Jet Demolition, Edifice Engineering collaborate on tallest building imploded in India

8 Sep 2022

Why an edit button for Twitter is not as simple as it seems

ICT

Why an edit button for Twitter is not as simple as it seems

Lewis Mitchell 22 Apr 2022

Do middle class South Africans care about the climate crisis?

Marketing & Media

Do middle class South Africans care about the climate crisis?

Issued by BrandMapp 8 Sep 2021

A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia, 8 January, 2014. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad//File Photo

Energy & Mining

Exclusive: Facing green pressure, Indonesia halts deep-sea mining disposal

Fransiska Nangoy and Fathin Ungku 9 Feb 2021

Is the government prepared to prevent a nuclear disaster?

Energy & Mining

Is the government prepared to prevent a nuclear disaster?

8 Oct 2020

The future is positive

ESG & Sustainability

The future is positive

Ian Mann, Issued by SAICA 23 Jul 2020

Healthcare organisations face increased cyber threats

ICT

Healthcare organisations face increased cyber threats

2 Apr 2020

Energy & Mining

Healthcare facilities at mines have vulnerable data - is it being adequately protected?

Hemant Harie 11 Nov 2019

Ensuring the safety of your critical data

ICT

Ensuring the safety of your critical data

Nikola Baldikov 15 Oct 2019

365 days of GDPR: Has the storm passed?

ICT

365 days of GDPR: Has the storm passed?

Johan Scheepers 29 May 2019

Global disaster risk reduction platform calls for drastic change of course

ESG & Sustainability

Global disaster risk reduction platform calls for drastic change of course

23 May 2019

How cities can approach redesigning informal settlements after disasters

Construction & Engineering

How cities can approach redesigning informal settlements after disasters

Fiona Anciano and Laurence Piper 6 May 2019

2019 WSIS Forum concludes highlighting contributions of tech in achieving SDGs

ESG & Sustainability

2019 WSIS Forum concludes highlighting contributions of tech in achieving SDGs

17 Apr 2019

Cyclone Idai: Rich countries are to blame for disasters like this - here's how they can make amends

ESG & Sustainability

Cyclone Idai: Rich countries are to blame for disasters like this - here's how they can make amends

Michael Mikulewicz and Tahseen Jafry 25 Mar 2019

Keith Wade, chief economist and strategist at Schroders

Finance

#BizTrends2019: Has the global economy peaked?

Keith Wade 7 Jan 2019

Tallest in the world, India's Statue of Unity stands 182m high

Construction & Engineering

Tallest in the world, India's Statue of Unity stands 182m high

2 Nov 2018

SA, Ecuador share notes on housing development

Property

SA, Ecuador share notes on housing development

20 Sep 2018

What wine experts should know when insuring their collections

Agriculture

What wine experts should know when insuring their collections

13 Sep 2018

Dell EMC digitalises the Boks for Books initiative

Education

Dell EMC digitalises the Boks for Books initiative

5 Sep 2018

Can data help identify impending natural disasters?

ICT

Can data help identify impending natural disasters?

Morne Bekker 3 Jul 2018

Payatas dumpsite, Metro Manila, Philippines. Image by Kounos, CC BY-SA 3.0,

ESG & Sustainability

Here are the top 10 battles for environmental justice from around the world

Julie Snorek 5 Jun 2018

Natural catastrophes a top risk for engineering, construction, real estate businesses

Construction & Engineering

Natural catastrophes a top risk for engineering, construction, real estate businesses

15 May 2018

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

Agriculture

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

16 Mar 2018

Critical issues from final Construction Sector Code

Construction & Engineering

Critical issues from final Construction Sector Code

Deon Oberholzer 6 Feb 2018

Climate change as seen from space

ESG & Sustainability

Climate change as seen from space

René Garello 25 Jan 2018

Disaster mayhem doubled in 2017: Munich Re

Finance

Disaster mayhem doubled in 2017: Munich Re

5 Jan 2018

Algeria eyes return to controversial shale gas exploration

Energy & Mining

Algeria eyes return to controversial shale gas exploration

3 Oct 2017

African urbanisation must be smart and sustainable for cities to be habitable far into the future

Construction & Engineering

African urbanisation must be smart and sustainable for cities to be habitable far into the future

20 Jul 2017

Construction & Engineering

How would engineers build the Golden Gate Bridge today?

H. GangaRao & M. Martinez de Lahidalga de Lorenzo 1 Jun 2017

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Retail

Pick n Pay slashes Smart Shopper rewards

4 Apr 2017

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Marketing & Media

Facebook adds tool for helping in times of crisis

9 Feb 2017

Salto the high-jumping robot could aid in earthquakes, building collapses

ICT

Salto the high-jumping robot could aid in earthquakes, building collapses

8 Dec 2016