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The Western Cape is in the clutches of its second major storm in 2024. Source: Unsplash/Hennie Stander

Construction & Engineering

Western Cape uses #CapeStorm to call for decentralised emergency housing fund

Lindsey Schutters 3 days

Solly Malatsi may have no technology or ministerial experience, but will build on a strong policy foundation.

ICT

Malatsi is fourth Minister of Communications in Ramaphosa presidency

Lindsey Schutters 2 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Residential investment and development summit (Reside) chair, Debbie Tagg.

Property

Sustainability enhances residential property development's long-term viability

2 Jul 2024

Source: @GovernmentZA/X. SA's continued finance minister, Enoch Godongwana.

Finance

Godongwana holds onto Finance Ministry in new Cabinet

Katja Hamilton 1 Jul 2024

Source: Western Cape Provincial Parliament.

Finance

NCOP introduces economic and finance clusters

28 Jun 2024

Source: © fotoknips - Fotolia.com

Healthcare

Supreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

Jonathan Lipson 28 Jun 2024

Paycorp expands into embedded business funding in South Africa and the UK

Finance

Paycorp expands into embedded business funding in South Africa and the UK

Issued by Paycorp Group 28 Jun 2024

Finance

Saudi Arabia has announced its involvement in Project mBridge

17 Jun 2024

Building agile teams for company success

HR & Management

Building agile teams for company success

Issued by CONTRACT 6 Nov 2018

Source: St Petersburg International Economic Forum. Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

Finance

Putin confirms Brics' independent payment system in the pipeline

Katja Hamilton 10 Jun 2024

ESG & Sustainability

Buffalo City search and rescue operations continue

4 Jun 2024

ESG & Sustainability

Awaiting NWRIA Bill sign-off: Focus on sustainable water management

23 May 2024

Last 4 traders at Salt River Market to fight their eviction

Entrepreneurship

Last 4 traders at Salt River Market to fight their eviction

21 May 2024

SheBeen campaign reimagines women’s safety in taverns

Marketing & Media

SheBeen campaign reimagines women’s safety in taverns

Issued by Joe Public 21 May 2024

Minister Mondli Gungubele delivered a South Africa technology history lesson in his Africa Tech Week keynote.

ICT

#ATW24: Minister Gungubele calls for connectivity and inclusion

Lindsey Schutters 17 May 2024

Source: Wikipedia. Police minister, Bheki Cele is overseeing investigations of the George building collapse at the weekend.

Property

George building collapse: 33 lives claimed, 19 remain trapped

Katja Hamilton 14 May 2024

Image source: Chayanit Chankhong –

ESG & Sustainability

Sectoral emission targets: What it means for business

Garyn Rapson, Nonhlanhla Mnengi, Sabeeha Loonat & Sinalo Matubatuba 13 May 2024

Source: CHRO. Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi.

Property

George building collapse: 44 remain missing

Katja Hamilton 10 May 2024

ESG & Sustainability

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

Sean Avery 6 May 2024

Finance

African countries can’t resolve their debt crisis under a system rigged against them

Carlos Lopes 6 May 2024

Mourners as seen at the Central Methodist Mission, at the memorial service in honour of the Marshalltown fire victims, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 8 September 2023. Reuters/Shiraaz Mohamed/File Photo

Legal

Inquiry blames Joburg authorities for neglect leading to deadly building fire

Tim Cocks 6 May 2024

Source: AstraZeneca.

Healthcare

AstraZeneca admits to rare Covid-19 vaccine side effects in legal filing

30 Apr 2024

South Africa's energy and construction industry under heavy scrutiny in Draft Sectoral Emissions Target Report. Source: Meta AI

Construction & Engineering

Draft report shows emissions dip, but energy and construction pivotal to deeper cuts

Lindsey Schutters 29 Apr 2024

Filling the census data gap with complementary information

Marketing & Media

Filling the census data gap with complementary information

Issued by GEOTERRA Image 23 Apr 2024

Rangelands provide a wealth of ecosystem services and support rural economies while harbouring native biodiversity. Courtesy Rauri Alcock

ESG & Sustainability

Planting trees in grasslands won't save the planet – rather protect and restore forests

Susanne Vetter 22 Apr 2024

Image source: X/Twitter

ESG & Sustainability

KZN activates disaster teams

16 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

Source: Supplied.

Property

Sustainable redistribution of land remains crucial to human rights in South Africa, as political parties jostle for voter support

Peter Setou 27 Mar 2024

Source: WikiCommons. The common yellow commelina, one of the popular plants used to treat children.

Healthcare

Medicinal plants help keep children healthy in South Africa: 61 species were recorded

T Ndhlovu, A O Omotayo, A O Aremu and W Otang-Mbeng 26 Mar 2024

Property

Hundreds of people stake out plots for houses on empty land in Nelson Mandela Bay

25 Mar 2024

TB - serious but curable

Healthcare

TB - serious but curable

Issued by Bonitas 19 Mar 2024

One of 16 local citizen scientists collects data from Mamelodi in Pretoria. The data collected from each site will help the City of Tshwane develop an effective plan to mitigate the effects of climate change. Photos: Jabulile Mbatha / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Volunteers collect data to mitigate effects of global heating in Tshwane

Jabulile Mbatha 11 Mar 2024

The Limpopo Mirror is published in Louis Trichardt, a town in the north of South Africa’s Limpopo province. Photo: Anton van Zyl

Marketing & Media

Google and Facebook are killing local news

Nathan Geffen and Anton van Zyl 8 Mar 2024

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is seen in Washington, D.C., USA. Source: Reuters/Andrew Kelly

ICT

Unanimous ruling favours Big Tech in DRC child labour cobalt claim

Jonathan Stempel 6 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Olebogeng Manhe, chairman of the Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC).

Property

Transforming informal settlements with modern drainage solutions

Olebogeng Manhe 5 Mar 2024

World Wildlife Day, 3 March: Anyone can join the fight to save Africa’s wildlife

ESG & Sustainability

World Wildlife Day, 3 March: Anyone can join the fight to save Africa’s wildlife

Issued by Irvine Partners 1 Mar 2024

Nguni language news platform celebrates a year of touching lives

Marketing & Media

Nguni language news platform celebrates a year of touching lives

Issued by Newzroom Afrika 27 Feb 2024

WC Government: Housing subsidy increase causes delays in project implementation

Construction & Engineering

WC Government: Housing subsidy increase causes delays in project implementation

18 Feb 2024

Gauteng Tourism revenue soars to over R30bn this year

Tourism & Travel

Gauteng Tourism revenue soars to over R30bn this year

Issued by Gauteng Tourism Authority 13 Feb 2024

Source: Postbank/Facebook.

Finance

Smart IDs: From government grants to payment cards? The deal that's raising eyebrows

Katja Hamilton 7 Feb 2024

#BizTrends2024: Navigating the evolving retailing landscape in SSA

Retail

#BizTrends2024: Navigating the evolving retailing landscape in SSA

Christele Chokossa 6 Feb 2024

Property

Housing project for 500 Dunoon families put on hold

Peter Luhanga 2 Feb 2024

Top payment trends for 2024

Finance

Top payment trends for 2024

Issued by Ecentric Payment Systems 31 Jan 2024

Healthcare

The R500m KfW donation that spotlights Joe Phaahla

29 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Ged Nooy - 4 trends to unlock the informal market

Marketing & Media

#BizTrends2024: Ged Nooy - 4 trends to unlock the informal market

Ged Nooy 24 Jan 2024

Image source: Leon Swart –

ESG & Sustainability

4,000 families to receive houses in the Northern Cape

19 Jan 2024

Insurance companies weather the storm with threat alerts from AfriGIS

Marketing & Media

Insurance companies weather the storm with threat alerts from AfriGIS

Issued by AfriGIS 16 Jan 2024