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Arbor Month in South Africa

ESG & Sustainability

Arbor Month in South Africa

Issued by Sappi 6 Sep 2024

Healthcare

#ChildSafetyMonth: Children need help to prevent burn injuries

27 Aug 2024

Retail

Philip Morris launches nicotine pouch brand Zyn in SA, enabling a smoke-free culture

22 Aug 2024

Healthcare

Health Department: Mpox under control, stay vigilant

21 Aug 2024

Healthcare

WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency

15 Aug 2024

Advancing equity - breastfeeding support for all

Healthcare

Advancing equity - breastfeeding support for all

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 30 Jul 2024

Healthcare

Complementary medicine can get us closer to universal healthcare

Bianca De Canha 23 Jul 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

Healthcare

1 Mpox fatality, 4 in recovery

13 Jun 2024

Tackling women’s health holistically

Healthcare

Tackling women’s health holistically

Issued by Bonitas 7 Jun 2024

SA wine industry charts path forward at inaugural summit

Agriculture

SA wine industry charts path forward at inaugural summit

27 May 2024

Measles - it’s a serious illness

Healthcare

Measles - it’s a serious illness

Issued by Bonitas 30 Apr 2024

Getting to grips with flu

Healthcare

Getting to grips with flu

Issued by Bonitas 17 Apr 2024

South Africa needs to accelerate its focus when it comes to addressing mental health issues

Healthcare

South Africa needs to accelerate its focus when it comes to addressing mental health issues

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 3 Apr 2024

Healthcare

Advocating support for autism awareness and early intervention

4 Apr 2024

Africa unites to bring nuclear nutrition expertise to the continent

Healthcare

Africa unites to bring nuclear nutrition expertise to the continent

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 2 Apr 2024

Medical aid cover for physical rehabilitation and physical therapy in South Africa, by Medshield

Healthcare

Medical aid cover for physical rehabilitation and physical therapy in South Africa, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 28 Mar 2024

Addressing South Africa’s water scarcity is everyone’s responsibility

ESG & Sustainability

Addressing South Africa’s water scarcity is everyone’s responsibility

Issued by Irvine Partners 22 Mar 2024

Change your brush, change your life

Healthcare

Change your brush, change your life

Issued by Prime Dental 19 Mar 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

South Africa and Zimbabwe enter landmark water sharing deal

18 Mar 2024

Healthcare

Anti-vaxxers thrashed in court

Tania Broughton 11 Mar 2024

How to ensure you’ve started the year off on the right note: 3 areas for entrepreneurs to focus on

Entrepreneurship

How to ensure you’ve started the year off on the right note: 3 areas for entrepreneurs to focus on

Issued by Business Partners Limited 4 Mar 2024

Talking about HPV and cervical cancer

Healthcare

Talking about HPV and cervical cancer

Issued by Bonitas 4 Mar 2024

Do not miss the inaugural Hospital Show in Gauteng

Healthcare

Do not miss the inaugural Hospital Show in Gauteng

Issued by COHSASA 29 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Michael K. Obeng, chief executive officer and founder of Miko Pharma.

Healthcare

Miko Pharma drives $50m investment push to set up pharmaceutical plant in Ghana

29 Feb 2024

Spar makes progress in sustainable packaging

Retail

Spar makes progress in sustainable packaging

29 Feb 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

Healthcare

Is it time for a Cancer Act in South Africa?

Noni Sophe 15 Feb 2024

Marion Wagner addressing the crowd at Breadline's 30th anniversary.

Construction & Engineering

Eradicating pit latrines in schools should be more than an SDG in 2024

Marian Wagner 8 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: 5 tourism and travel megatrends to take note of in 2024

Tourism & Travel

#BizTrends2024: 5 tourism and travel megatrends to take note of in 2024

Sabine Lehmann 10 Jan 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Looking back: The shifts and drivers of philanthropy in 2023

4 Jan 2024

Image source: Wavebreak Media Ltd –

ESG & Sustainability

8 small ways to help others this festive season

12 Dec 2023

Source: The South African National Aids Council.

Healthcare

Launch of initiative to end Aids in children by 2030

5 Dec 2023

Source: Supplied. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Majesty King Charles III open the inaugural Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum.

Finance

UAE launches groundbreaking COP28 Business and Philanthropy Climate Forum

1 Dec 2023

Why and how do we use medication responsibly? - Medshield

Healthcare

Why and how do we use medication responsibly? - Medshield

Issued by Stone 30 Nov 2023

African Energy Chamber predicts 'relative calm' market

Energy & Mining

African Energy Chamber predicts 'relative calm' market

NJ Ayuk 20 Nov 2023

Healthcare

Financial security, insurance, and partnerships: Key tools for tackling global mental-health challenges

30 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Anthony Figaji, head of the paediatric neurosurgery unit at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and the African Brain Child Initiative at the University of Cape Town.

Healthcare

South African children face staggering road accident risk

27 Oct 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

Healthcare

5 ways Google Health is using AI in Africa

24 Oct 2023

Healthcare

Health Department unveils plan to introduce new vaccines

16 Oct 2023

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus is pictured in Seattle, Washington, US 5 May 2021. Reuters/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

Healthcare

Gates gives $40m to boost access to mRNA vaccines in Africa

Jennifer Rigby and Wendell Roelf 9 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

India finds two more toxic syrups months after poisoning deaths

5 Oct 2023

The case for plain language in South African online education

Education

The case for plain language in South African online education

Alison Massey, Issued by EDGE Education 22 Sep 2023

Healthcare

South Africa, Germany sign agreement for vaccine production

15 Sep 2023

MomConnect celebrates 9 years of transforming maternal health and unveils new symptom-check feature

Healthcare

MomConnect celebrates 9 years of transforming maternal health and unveils new symptom-check feature

Issued by A Better World Network 15 Sep 2023

Unilever SA launches digital platform called Hygiene Heroes for kids

Retail

Unilever SA launches digital platform called Hygiene Heroes for kids

14 Sep 2023

Is your workplace breastfeeding-friendly?

Healthcare

Is your workplace breastfeeding-friendly?

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 1 Aug 2023

Healthcare

Last day for public comments on food labels

21 Jul 2023