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GNU to add more tax-exempt food items

Retail

GNU to add more tax-exempt food items

14 hours

A day of magic and joy as Motsepe Advertising celebrates Mandela Day with Coach

Marketing & Media

A day of magic and joy as Motsepe Advertising celebrates Mandela Day with Coach

Issued by Motsepe Advertising 3 days

Massmart praises CSI partners for embracing Mandela Day spirit everyday

Retail

Massmart praises CSI partners for embracing Mandela Day spirit everyday

3 days

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Agriculture

Supreme Court ruling upholds drone fishing ban

18 Jul 2024

Why SMEs are the low hanging fruit for hackers

Entrepreneurship

Why SMEs are the low hanging fruit for hackers

17 Jul 2024

Source: © south African government This year, the Mandela Day theme is '#ItIsInYourHands' and aims to combat poverty and inequity

Marketing & Media

#ItsInYourHands: Celebrate Mandela Day

Danette Breitenbach & Evan-Lee Courie 17 Jul 2024

How FoodForward SA's digital tech tackles climate challenges and enhances food access in South Africa

ESG & Sustainability

How FoodForward SA's digital tech tackles climate challenges and enhances food access in South Africa

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 15 Jul 2024

A cleaned African Penguin swimming at Sanccob's Rietvlei centre in 2018. Photos: John Yeld / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Latest science confirms plummeting penguin population

John Yeld 15 Jul 2024

People living in makeshift shelters outside the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town have been cold and wet this week. The site is owned by the Department of Public Works. Photos: Matthew Hirsch / Groundup

ESG & Sustainability

Shelters scramble as heavy rain continues

Matthew Hirsch 12 Jul 2024

Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Tourism & Travel

Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Kaitano Dube 12 Jul 2024

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 12 Jul 2024

Image source: Denniz Futalan from

Legal

Cape Town's homeless eviction ruling: Struggle between rights and safety

Bukhobethu Matyeni 10 Jul 2024

Healthcare

Leveraging the power of nutrition to drive the potential of young minds

Mandy Murphy 11 Jul 2024

Samsung definitely knows how to build a quality handset, but it may not be enough to get the youth on board.

ICT

Review: Samsung Galaxy A55 is another lost ship in the Android sea

Lindsey Schutters 8 Jul 2024

Healthcare

KnowBe4 report exposes cybersecurity crisis in healthcare

8 Jul 2024

AWS CISO Chris Betz

ICT

AWS is also embracing AI, but for security

Brendon Petersen 4 Jul 2024

Woolworths' partnership with FoodForward SA extended

Retail

Woolworths' partnership with FoodForward SA extended

3 Jul 2024

Future-ready youth – Business must collaborate to build skills for the evolving workplace

HR & Management

Future-ready youth – Business must collaborate to build skills for the evolving workplace

Issued by Trialogue 1 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Minister Wenger visits Western Cape hospitals, supports healthcare

1 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

Partnership with GOTG brings water to teaching hospital

Healthcare

Partnership with GOTG brings water to teaching hospital

Issued by Bonitas 26 Jun 2024

Property

New property scam preys on South Africa’s most vulnerable population segment

26 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied. Lee Callakoppen, Bonitas Medical Fund; Themba Hadebe, Bonitas Medical Fund; Imtiaz Sooliman, Gift of The Givers; Priya Soma Pillay, University of Pretoria and Hope Mpshe of Kalafong Hospital.

Healthcare

Bonitas, Gift of the Givers restore reliable water to Kalafong Hospital

25 Jun 2024

Mbali Hlophe was appointed Gauteng MEC of the social development and agriculture departments in October 2022. Photo from the Gauteng government (fair use).

Marketing & Media

Gauteng government buys newspaper space to praise MEC

Daniel Steyn, Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph 25 Jun 2024

Property

Upholding integrity: Anti-money laundering compliance imperatives in real estate

25 Jun 2024

Image source: Michael Bogner –

ESG & Sustainability

2024 OceanLove Innovation Award winners

24 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

Mass potato donation provides staple for over 5 million meals countrywide

ESG & Sustainability

Mass potato donation provides staple for over 5 million meals countrywide

Issued by FoodForward SA 21 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

Tiger Brands drives township expansion by recruiting unemployed youth, young people with disabilities

Retail

Tiger Brands drives township expansion by recruiting unemployed youth, young people with disabilities

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

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

Source: Supplied. Sameer Kumandan, managing director of SearchWorks.

Property

Avoid Fica sanctions as a property practitioner

19 Jun 2024

Source: Maize Suppliers.

Healthcare

Almost 50% of adult South Africans are overweight or obese. Poverty and poor nutrition are largely to blame

Thokozani Simelane 14 Jun 2024

Malawi farming experiment shows how simple changes can boost maize yields and improve soil

Agriculture

Malawi farming experiment shows how simple changes can boost maize yields and improve soil

Alan Dixon 13 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

ESG & Sustainability

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Steve Kretzmann 12 Jun 2024

Building skills to deal with SA’s youth mental health crisis

Healthcare

Building skills to deal with SA’s youth mental health crisis

Issued by SACAP 10 Jun 2024

Bridging the ECD gap through parent and caregiver programmes

ESG & Sustainability

Bridging the ECD gap through parent and caregiver programmes

Rebotile Matoane, Issued by The Social Employment Fund 10 Jun 2024

ESG & Sustainability

6 little-known facts about climate change in South Africa

Karen King 6 Jun 2024

South Africa is ideally placed to reap the many rewards of conscious travel – here’s how

Tourism & Travel

South Africa is ideally placed to reap the many rewards of conscious travel – here’s how

Nick Dickson 5 Jun 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Research into climate change adaptation and mitigation receives $92m

5 Jun 2024

The causes making a difference in SA

ESG & Sustainability

The causes making a difference in SA

Issued by Irvine Partners 4 Jun 2024

The case for extending chicken tariff rebates

Agriculture

The case for extending chicken tariff rebates

Roy Thomas 31 May 2024

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Legal

Don't be duped: Tips to protecting fashion IP against replicas

Gaby Meintjes 30 May 2024

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

ESG & Sustainability

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

Lesego Khomo 28 May 2024

Bring hope and warmth with WinterHope this June

ESG & Sustainability

Bring hope and warmth with WinterHope this June

Issued by MES (Mould Empower Serve) 28 May 2024

Former Miss Soweto Tsakane Sono, unveils home renovation project at Ellen Glen Home in partnership with CTM

Lifestyle

Former Miss Soweto Tsakane Sono, unveils home renovation project at Ellen Glen Home in partnership with CTM

Issued by OnPoint PR 30 May 2024

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

Marketing & Media

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

Adam Hunter, Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 5 Jun 2024

Members of non-profit organisations funded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development protested last week because of delays in funding allocations and subsidy payments. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Court orders Gauteng government to pay non-profit organisations

Masego Mafata 24 May 2024