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Finance
2024 must be the year of sustainable investment

Carl Roothman 3 Apr 2024

Ugandan human rights lawyer and activist leads fellow activists to file a petition challenging the signing of the new Anti-homosexuality law by President Yoweri Museveni, at the constitution court in Kampala, Uganda, 29 May 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa
Legal
Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Reuters 30 May 2023

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Retail
R40bn Heineken-Distell merger gets the green light

10 Mar 2023

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Marketing & Media
South African Tourism wants to sponsor football club Tottenham Hotspur - is it a good idea?

Brendon Knott 6 Feb 2023

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Marketing & Media
John Williams Ntwali, Rwandan journalist critical of government has died

23 Jan 2023

Source: © AV The National Assembly in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Energy & Mining
Burkina Faso denies paying mercenaries with mine rights

21 Dec 2022

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Marketing & Media
World Cup 2022: how sponsorship has become less about selling drinks and more about geopolitics

Simon Chadwick 29 Nov 2022

Responsible Minerals Initiative cuts ITSCI from approved traceability list
Energy & Mining
Responsible Minerals Initiative cuts ITSCI from approved traceability list

Helen Reid 1 Nov 2022

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Lifestyle
Artscape celebrates Human Rights Day and Adam Small

11 Mar 2022

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation
Agriculture
Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ange Aboa 4 Mar 2022

Image supplied: Artscape production of She's a Fighter
Lifestyle
Human Rights focused productions at Artscape for March

3 Mar 2022

Prayers, petitions and boycotts: Desmond Tutu's climate activism
ESG & Sustainability
Prayers, petitions and boycotts: Desmond Tutu's climate activism

Kim Harrisberg 5 Jan 2022

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 25, 2015. Picture taken November 25, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo
Energy & Mining
Cobalt, Congo and a mass artisanal mining experiment

Andy Home 14 May 2021

France pledges investment to boost sustainable cotton in Ivory Coast
Agriculture
France pledges investment to boost sustainable cotton in Ivory Coast

Ange Aboa 30 Apr 2021

Rovuma LNG project
Energy & Mining
LNG production in Mozambique and the political risk of Islamic militancy

Theo Neethling 30 Mar 2021

#StartupStory: Small-batch plant milk made in the Cape
Retail
#StartupStory: Small-batch plant milk made in the Cape

Lauren Hartzenberg 11 Feb 2021

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa meets his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping in Beijing, in 2018. EPA-EFE/Lintao Zhang / POOL
Finance
President Mnangagwa claimed Zimbabwe was open for business. What's gone wrong

Henning Melber & Roger Southall 1 Feb 2021

We can shape the climate future we want
ESG & Sustainability
We can shape the climate future we want

Amy Giliam 10 Dec 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo
Energy & Mining
Human rights should be central to the extractive industry's Covid-19 recovery plans

10 Dec 2020

A creuseur or digger, descends into a tunnel at the mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of Congo. Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Energy & Mining
As cobalt demand booms, companies must do more to protect Congolese miners

Dorothee Baumann-Pauly & Serra Cremer Iyi 26 Nov 2020

Traceable, commercially-viable artisanal gold supply chain operational in Côte d'Ivoire
Energy & Mining
Traceable, commercially-viable artisanal gold supply chain operational in Côte d'Ivoire

29 Sep 2020

Image: Impact
Energy & Mining
Illicit gold thrives in DRC

18 Sep 2020

Central bank (in the background) can no longer perform its function of being the lender of last resort. Shutterstock
Finance
Zimbabwe wants to raise money through a sovereign bond. Why this is ill-advised

Misheck Mutize 11 Aug 2020

The chaos of care
Entrepreneurship
The chaos of care

Daniel Human 9 Jun 2020

Joanne Lebert, executive director, Impact
Energy & Mining
India turns a blind eye to illegal gold

28 Nov 2019

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize
ESG & Sustainability
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize

14 Oct 2019

UN expert to assess SA's rights of people with albinism
Legal
UN expert to assess SA's rights of people with albinism

3 Sep 2019

How Twitter has been used in Cameroon's Anglophone crisis
Marketing & Media
How Twitter has been used in Cameroon's Anglophone crisis

Julius T. Nganji and Lynn Cockburn 18 Jun 2019

Botswana High Court landmark ruling a major win for LGBT rights in Africa
Legal
Botswana High Court landmark ruling a major win for LGBT rights in Africa

12 Jun 2019

Mental illness and human rights: Implementing ethical practices
Healthcare
Mental illness and human rights: Implementing ethical practices

7 May 2019

Fashion production is modern slavery: 5 things you can do to help now
Retail
Fashion production is modern slavery: 5 things you can do to help now

Anika Kozlowski 26 Apr 2019

Image: Richards Bay Minerals
Energy & Mining
Dirty deeds: how to stop Australian miners abroad being linked to death and destruction

Julia Dehm 17 Apr 2019

Global concern over Zimbabwe situation
Marketing & Media
Global concern over Zimbabwe situation

18 Jan 2019

Protesters block the main route to Zimbabwe's capital Harare from Epworth township on January 14, 2019, after the government more than doubled the price of fuel. On January 15, CPJ joined more than 20 rights organizations and the #KeepItOn Coalition to call for authorities in Zimbabwe to restore internet and social media services. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Jekesai Njikizana.
Marketing & Media
CPJ joins call for Zimbabwe to restore internet and social media access

16 Jan 2019

Why the US left the UN Human Rights Council - and why it matters
ESG & Sustainability
Why the US left the UN Human Rights Council - and why it matters

Rosa Freedman 21 Jun 2018

M.I.A. brings colour to the Old Biscuit Mill
Lifestyle
M.I.A. brings colour to the Old Biscuit Mill

Ashraf Hendricks 11 Jun 2018

Cape Town academics win international competition
Education
Cape Town academics win international competition

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 22 May 2018

Tanzania. Credit: CPJ.
Marketing & Media
Freedom of expression 'deteriorating' under Magufuli

23 Apr 2018

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Agriculture
Concerted campaign helps women in Kenya's flower industry get a better deal

Lara Bianchi 16 Feb 2018

Sean Gilbertson, CEO: Pallinghurst
Energy & Mining
Gemfields denies human rights abuse

14 Feb 2018

People's Tribunal takes on economic crime
Legal
People's Tribunal takes on economic crime

2 Feb 2018

Disabled people in Africa get a raw deal. What's been done to fix this
ESG & Sustainability
Disabled people in Africa get a raw deal. What's been done to fix this

Laura-Stella Enonchong 18 Jan 2018

Photo: Oil Change International
Energy & Mining
Shell 'liable for rights violations' in Nigeria: Amnesty

29 Nov 2017

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Energy & Mining
Amnesty warns companies on child labour in DRC cobalt mining

17 Nov 2017

AMISOM Public Information via
Agriculture
New guide to help ensure health and safety of workers in banana sector

9 Nov 2017

Africa is rich in diamonds but still poor
Energy & Mining
Africa is rich in diamonds but still poor

21 Sep 2017

Legal barriers to fast tracking HIV/TB response in Africa
Healthcare
Legal barriers to fast tracking HIV/TB response in Africa

4 Aug 2017

Angola: new media law threatens free speech
Marketing & Media
Angola: new media law threatens free speech

1 Dec 2016

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Marketing & Media
$37m in additional US humanitarian aid for Lake Chad Basin region

16 Aug 2016

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