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Employers' role in health and wellness to promote employee well-being, by Medshield

HR & Management

Employers' role in health and wellness to promote employee well-being, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 25 Jun 2024

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

Healthcare

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 25 Jun 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

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

Source: Supplied. Aimée Wesso-Roberts, AfroCentric Group.

Healthcare

#BizTrends2024: Prevention, digital access, and patient-centred care

Aimée Wesso-Roberts 25 Jan 2024

A view shows a part of Sidi El Barrak dam at low water levels, in Nafza, west of the capital Tunis, Tunisia, 7 January 2023. Reuters/Jihed Abidellaoui

ESG & Sustainability

Climate change is the biggest human health risk, says Africa's disease boss

30 Nov 2023

Allegra: Transforming chronic disease management in support of World Aids Day

Healthcare

Allegra: Transforming chronic disease management in support of World Aids Day

Issued by Allegra Healthcare Management 16 Nov 2023

Source: © 123rf Ahmed El Hofy, general manager SA, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, examines how we navigate our work and personal spaces

HR & Management

#MentalHealth: How to navigate work and personal spaces

Ahmed El Hofy 24 Oct 2023

OFM goes pink in support of Cansa

Marketing & Media

OFM goes pink in support of Cansa

Issued by OFM Radio 26 Sep 2023

Healthcare

For minorities, biased AI algorithms can damage almost every part of life

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam 18 Sep 2023

Finance

Revolutionising life insurance: The impact of Momentum's AI-powered health assessment

Katja Hamilton 28 Aug 2023

50% of SA municipalities have poor or bad drinking water quality - report

Construction & Engineering

50% of SA municipalities have poor or bad drinking water quality - report

7 Jun 2023

Functional labelling for functional foods

Retail

Functional labelling for functional foods

Issued by Pyrotec 22 Mar 2023

Image source: Mumtahina Tanni from

ESG & Sustainability

Afri-Plastics Summit 2023: Ensuring gender empowerment for women in waste management

Shan Radcliffe 16 Mar 2023

6 trends set to define commercial real estate in 2023

Property

6 trends set to define commercial real estate in 2023

21 Dec 2022

Healthcare

The Covid storm may be over, but its impact on the global healthcare sector will be felt for years to come

Katja Hamilton 16 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. Myrna Sachs, head of AlexForbes Health Management.

Finance

South Africa sees increase in insurance claims by incapacitated employees

6 Oct 2022

Medshield encourages well-being in the workplace

Healthcare

Medshield encourages well-being in the workplace

Alan Fritz, Issued by Stone 11 Aug 2022

Source: ©Dmitry Ersler -

Retail

'Unacceptable' levels of illicit trade - liquor association

25 Jul 2022

Image source: dotshock –

HR & Management

Can employees refuse to enter a workspace with unvaccinated co-workers?

11 Jul 2022

Healthcare

Raising the alarm on Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak

22 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Discovery Health sets in motion social network to support long-Covid sufferers

16 Mar 2022

South Africa is determined to turn the tide on the obesity crisis

Healthcare

South Africa is determined to turn the tide on the obesity crisis

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 1 Mar 2022

Cape Town-based waste reclaimers get much-needed support

ESG & Sustainability

Cape Town-based waste reclaimers get much-needed support

26 Jan 2022

Source: ©Livio Monti

Finance

Product recall insurance demand spikes

6 Oct 2021

Source: ©Elvira Koneva

Healthcare

Compulsory Covid-19 vaccines?

28 Sep 2021

EHS vaccination site

Healthcare

Workplace vaccination rollout fast-tracked

1 Sep 2021

Sars seizes illicit cigarettes worth R6m

Legal

Sars seizes illicit cigarettes worth R6m

2 Aug 2021

Next frontier for plastic action lies in clothing, textile industries

ESG & Sustainability

Next frontier for plastic action lies in clothing, textile industries

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa and Dr Nonhlanhla Kalebaila 26 Jul 2021

Source: ©Esben Hansen

Healthcare

Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

Maria De Jesus 23 Jun 2021

False Bay TVET College rolls out Peer-to-Peer Educators Programme with great success

Education

False Bay TVET College rolls out Peer-to-Peer Educators Programme with great success

Issued by False Bay College 18 Jun 2021

Hospital staff in Lagos, Nigeria, administer the AstraZeneca vaccine. AP Photo/Sunday Alamba

Healthcare

How to get Covid-19 vaccines to poor countries - and still keep patent benefits for drugmakers

Dalindyebo Shabalala 16 Apr 2021

Critical first steps to optimising buildings for low-occupancy

Property

Critical first steps to optimising buildings for low-occupancy

Devan Pillay 18 Mar 2021

#EcommerceDay2021: Paving the way for growth beyond Covid-19

Retail

#EcommerceDay2021: Paving the way for growth beyond Covid-19

Lauren Hartzenberg 11 Mar 2021

Cohsasa elects new leaders

Healthcare

Cohsasa elects new leaders

Issued by COHSASA 10 Mar 2021

Northlink College geared to excel in the new normal

Education

Northlink College geared to excel in the new normal

Thozamile Thomas Mvumvu, Issued by Northlink College 17 Feb 2021

How one South African employer helped its staff get healthier and why it's worth doing

HR & Management

How one South African employer helped its staff get healthier and why it's worth doing

Darcelle Schouw and Bob Mash 29 Jan 2021

The loss of vegetation is creating a dangerous heat island over Nairobi

ESG & Sustainability

The loss of vegetation is creating a dangerous heat island over Nairobi

17 Dec 2020

How prepared is SA hospitality for the 2020 festive season?

Tourism & Travel

How prepared is SA hospitality for the 2020 festive season?

Robyn Christie 30 Nov 2020

Why microplastics found in Nigeria's freshwaters raise a red flag

ESG & Sustainability

Why microplastics found in Nigeria's freshwaters raise a red flag

Emmanuel O. Akindele 14 Oct 2020

Court orders Eskom to restore full supply immediately

Legal

Court orders Eskom to restore full supply immediately

Tania Broughton 2 Sep 2020

Impact of employees' health and wellbeing on your company's bottom line

Finance

Impact of employees' health and wellbeing on your company's bottom line

Loshni Naidoo 14 Aug 2020

#MentalHealth4SMEs: Poor mental health can kill your business

Entrepreneurship

#MentalHealth4SMEs: Poor mental health can kill your business

Jeff Lomey & Mark Wortley 30 Jul 2020

How has Covid-19 impacted gig workers?

Entrepreneurship

How has Covid-19 impacted gig workers?

30 Jul 2020

South African study highlights growing number of landfill sites, and health risks

ESG & Sustainability

South African study highlights growing number of landfill sites, and health risks

Andrew Tomita and Rob Slotow 10 Jul 2020

Nedbank unveils 'tap-on-phone' functionality

ICT

Nedbank unveils 'tap-on-phone' functionality

1 Jul 2020

Source: Alternative Information andDevelopment Centre

Finance

Is Covid-19 SA's economic wakeup call?

26 May 2020

Energy & Mining

The case for turning South Africa's coal fields into a renewable energy hub

Hartmut Winkler 26 May 2020