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The OceanXplorer is docked in Cape Town until the end of the week.

Data & Analytics

OceanX shows how AI is transforming marine research

Lindsey Schutters 26 Feb 2025

Source: Reuters.

HIV/AIDS

Trump's aid cuts stop South African HIV vaccine trials in their tracks

Catherine Schenck 19 Feb 2025

Mall of Africa celebrates launch of new Bridget Jones film with beauty

Exhibitions & Events

Mall of Africa celebrates launch of new Bridget Jones film with beauty

Issued by Mall of Africa 14 Feb 2025

A drone image of oil at the main beach in Strandfontein on the West Coast. Photo: Tania Fouche / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

West Coast beaches polluted by oil spill

John Yeld 3 Feb 2025

Oncology

African men most at risk of prostate cancer – new study flags genetic causes

31 Dec 2024

Training boosts output, disease control for Kenyan smallholder fish farmers

Fishing

Training boosts output, disease control for Kenyan smallholder fish farmers

19 Dec 2024

Mining enters its AI era

Mining

Mining enters its AI era

17 Dec 2024

Source: © 123rf The sixth wave of the Agency Scope study in South Africa will begin in May 2025

Research

Agency Scope 2025 to include more marketing and agency professionals

14 Nov 2024

Website builder vs WordPress: Practical uses

Digital

Website builder vs WordPress: Practical uses

Issued by Domains.co.za 6 Nov 2024

Behind the epic crescendo: Our work on the latest Hilux commercial

Production

Behind the epic crescendo: Our work on the latest Hilux commercial

Issued by Howard Audio 30 Oct 2024

Image source: Gleb Shabashnyi –

Cyber Law

Cybercrimes Act: What you need to know

Zaakir Mohamed and Shuaib Vahed 30 Oct 2024

Image source: jukic –

Public Health

Death of 6 Soweto children linked to Terbufos

28 Oct 2024

4 provinces declared free from foot and mouth disease

Agriculture

4 provinces declared free from foot and mouth disease

28 Oct 2024

South Africans continue their love affair with discounts as inflation dips

Sales

South Africans continue their love affair with discounts as inflation dips

24 Oct 2024

A busy month at Howard Audio – Loerie wins and festive preparations!

Production

A busy month at Howard Audio – Loerie wins and festive preparations!

Issued by Howard Audio 22 Oct 2024

Parenting Experience Plus (+) 2025 offers solutions based on interaction between parents and brands

Events

Parenting Experience Plus (+) 2025 offers solutions based on interaction between parents and brands

Issued by BabyYumYum.com 21 Oct 2024

Woolworths launches Denim Drop-Off programme

ESG

Woolworths launches Denim Drop-Off programme

9 Oct 2024

Optimise efficiency and costs with custom-designed packaging

Packaging

Optimise efficiency and costs with custom-designed packaging

Issued by Mpact 4 Oct 2024

Brown Skuas breeding on Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, mainly feed on seabirds that breed on the island. Photo: Peter Ryan

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Surprising study: Amount of plastic ingested by seabirds remains unchanged since the 80s

16 Sep 2024

Image source: Engin Akyurt from

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Nigeria is the world’s 2nd biggest plastic polluter: expert insights into the crisis

Wale Fatade 13 Sep 2024

Plastic and garbage on South Beach, Durban, in February 2023. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

How much worse are coloured plastics for the environment?

Aisling de Lange 9 Sep 2024

Image supplied. All the Tabbi Awards 2024 winners

Media

Global excellence in B2B journalism: All the 2024 Tabbie Awards winners

2 Sep 2024

Smollan acquires majority stake in Send Me a Sample Limited

Retail

Smollan acquires majority stake in Send Me a Sample Limited

26 Aug 2024

Study reveals soil health's impact on wine flavour profiles

Viticulture & Oenology

Study reveals soil health's impact on wine flavour profiles

23 Aug 2024

Image source: Pixabay from

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Air pollution in South Africa: Affordable new devices use AI to monitor hotspots in real time

Bruce Mellado 19 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf

Marketing

Warc research: A clear customer promise is even more effective in B2B than B2C

15 Aug 2024

#WomensMonth: WAS Laboratory’s Merecia Smith on pioneering wine analysis

Viticulture & Oenology

#WomensMonth: WAS Laboratory’s Merecia Smith on pioneering wine analysis

Robin Fredericks 13 Aug 2024

#WomensMonth: Michaella Menin, founder of Myboombra, chats career pivots and the “Super Mom" myth

Fashion & Homeware

#WomensMonth: Michaella Menin, founder of Myboombra, chats career pivots and the “Super Mom" myth

Ruth Cooper 14 Aug 2024

Copper 360 staff welcome the first load of
copper ore mined from Rietberg Mine in
forty one years.

Mining

Copper 360 revives O'Kiep Copper District ahead of global shortage

6 Aug 2024

Above: Tea samples set out for participants to analyse

Higher Education

Sensory lab reveals science behind consumer and product testing

Issued by Enterprises University of Pretoria 5 Aug 2024

Drones optimise last-mile deliveries and healthcare access

Supply Chain

Drones optimise last-mile deliveries and healthcare access

30 Jul 2024

The Umgeni River mouth is a popular recreation area in Durban, but is chronically polluted by sewage. Photo: Nokulunga Majola / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through Durban

Nokulunga Majola 19 Jul 2024

Lithium batteries are not being recycled at the rate that they should

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Lithium alternatives needed to avoid 'forever chemicals'

Lindsey Schutters 11 Jul 2024

Massmart, Wits University improve tinned seafood testing process

Research

Massmart, Wits University improve tinned seafood testing process

26 Jun 2024

Generative AI is having its legitimacy as an artistic tool tested in the latest recording industry court filing.

4th Industrial Revolution

Generative AI sent to the dock in RIAA ‘BBL Drizzy’ legal action

Lindsey Schutters 25 Jun 2024

First-of-a-kind study measures children’s utterances in Southern Bantu languages

Higher Education

First-of-a-kind study measures children’s utterances in Southern Bantu languages

Birgit Ottermann, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 20 Jun 2024

Captivating Gen Z: The power of experiential marketing

Marketing

Captivating Gen Z: The power of experiential marketing

Issued by Tradeway 20 Jun 2024

Farm workers and their children are exposed to pesticides that have been banned in Europe. These pesticides remain in the environment, and studies have found them all year round in three river catchments in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Steve Kretzmann 12 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied. Kopano Tholo, drone expert at ITOO Special Risks.

Healthcare

Africa sees big uptake of insurance for drone medical deliveries in remote areas

7 Jun 2024

ECape farmers urged to curb the spread of foot and mouth disease

Agriculture

ECape farmers urged to curb the spread of foot and mouth disease

6 Jun 2024

Acid mine drainage in Gauteng, South Africa, has polluted the water and soil in Soweto. Courtesy Professor Craig Sheridan, University of the Witwatersrand

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at risk

Lesego Khomo 28 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

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024

Child speech database research project attracts international attention

Higher Education

Child speech database research project attracts international attention

Birgit Ottermann, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 7 May 2024

Jacke Smith, head of Buyers Trust

Cybersecurity

Malware's AI-powered evolution threatens your money

15 Apr 2024

Marketing

#Exclusive: Ethics in marketing - Just because you can, should you?

Anisa Fielding 18 Mar 2024

Brands winning hearts with authentic connections

Marketing

Brands winning hearts with authentic connections

Issued by Motherland OMNi 28 Feb 2024

A’Rise by Heineken unleashes a global musical explosion at SXSW 2024

Music

A’Rise by Heineken unleashes a global musical explosion at SXSW 2024

Issued by JNPR 19 Feb 2024

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

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Failing sewage plants continue to pollute False Bay

Steve Kretzmann 16 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Nqobile Ndlovu, chief executive officer of ASLM and Tom Berkovits, senior director of Illumina Africa Middle East and Asia-Pacific during the MoU signing between The African Society for Laboratory Medicine and Illumina at the 6th Biennial ASLM2023 conference in Cape Town.

Medtech

ASLM and Illumina: Genomics empowers Africa's pandemic readiness

29 Dec 2023