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Open Chair: Stepping beyond the isolation of women in leadership

DEI

Open Chair: Stepping beyond the isolation of women in leadership

2 days

The future is in your pocket: Why 2025 is the year of the digital wallet

Cybersecurity

The future is in your pocket: Why 2025 is the year of the digital wallet

Carrie Peter, Issued by Perfect Word 2 Sep 2025

About three million SASSA grant beneficiaries receive their grants through Postbank. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa assures Parliament grants will be paid when Postbank contract ends

Marecia Damons 1 Sep 2025

SA takes first step toward modernised pesticide governance

Agriculture

SA takes first step toward modernised pesticide governance

29 Aug 2025

Flash Gala sets record season, boosting SA’s apple industry

Agro-processing

Flash Gala sets record season, boosting SA’s apple industry

29 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth | Bookmarks' Rising Star Sibuyiselwe Nhlangwini is showing up and taking up space

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Bookmarks' Rising Star Sibuyiselwe Nhlangwini is showing up and taking up space

28 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth: Samsung SA CMO Kgomotso Mannya on building brands with purpose

Technology

#WomensMonth: Samsung SA CMO Kgomotso Mannya on building brands with purpose

Imran Salie 27 Aug 2025

Savanna wins big at the International Cider Challenge and SA Food and Beverage Awards

Food & Wine

Savanna wins big at the International Cider Challenge and SA Food and Beverage Awards

Issued by OnPoint PR 27 Aug 2025

African healthcare leaders reimagine patient safety

Public Health

African healthcare leaders reimagine patient safety

Issued by COHSASA 27 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth | Open Chair lioness: Michelle Lourens - Build your own space, then keep an open chair for the next woman

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Open Chair lioness: Michelle Lourens - Build your own space, then keep an open chair for the next woman

Danette Breitenbach 27 Aug 2025

Tourism sector responds to SA Tourism board changes

Tourism

Tourism sector responds to SA Tourism board changes

26 Aug 2025

Source: © LinkedIn Chuma Maqanda, content & community manager at McCann Joburg’s love for the creative started with her love for South African hip hop, culture, and content creation

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Open Chair's lioness: Chuma Maqanda - "Be brave, even if your knees are shaking"

Danette Breitenbach 26 Aug 2025

Health & Safety

The Kitwe disaster: A call for AI and clean data in mining safety

27 Aug 2025

2025 Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top Ten winners announced

Viticulture & Oenology

2025 Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top Ten winners announced

25 Aug 2025

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Plastic microbeads: great in your face wash, bad in your food – how South Africa’s ban can work better

Anusha Rajkaran and Conrad Sparks 25 Aug 2025

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Stellenbosch University, ACWA Power unveil groundbreaking solar energy initiative

22 Aug 2025

Jessica Babsy, senior art director at VML South Africa, was living the dream when she earned a Young Lions Pass to the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity through the Open Chair community. Source: Supplied.

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Open Chair's lioness: Jessica Babsy - I carry the stories of Cannes women with me

Jessica Babsy 21 Aug 2025

You’ve got this! Take control of your matric studies

Primary & Secondary Education

You’ve got this! Take control of your matric studies

Issued by SACAP 20 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth: Rochelle de Paiva steps up as vice president of communications at Anglo American

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Rochelle de Paiva steps up as vice president of communications at Anglo American

Karabo Ledwaba 20 Aug 2025

Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, SARChI Chair in Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma and Director of AVReQ, Prof Pumla Gqola, who will be a guest lecturer in the programme, and Dr Anell Daries, recently appointed lecturer at AVReQ in the role of coordinator of the new MPhil programme.

Higher Education

Stellenbosch University breaks new ground with master's degree on violent histories and repair

19 Aug 2025

Image credit: Damian Patkowski on Unsplash

Climate Change

African universities urged to spearhead climate research

19 Aug 2025

Halo, art director, Mariam Mohamed is reminded that storytelling is one of the most human things we do (Image supplied)

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Open Chair's lioness: Mariam Mohamed - Storytelling is one of the most human things we do

Danette Breitenbach 18 Aug 2025

Chantelle dos Santos, a freelance creative director, advises women who want to enter the industry to trust their gut and keep showing up (Image supplied)

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Open Chair's lioness: Chantelle dos Santos - Trust your gut and keep showing up

Danette Breitenbach 19 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth | Rapt’s Genevieve van Vuuren: Courage driven by curiosity

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Rapt’s Genevieve van Vuuren: Courage driven by curiosity

Danette Breitenbach 18 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth | Open Chair's lioness Abi Dracopoulos - Speak up, even if your voice shakes

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Open Chair's lioness Abi Dracopoulos - Speak up, even if your voice shakes

Danette Breitenbach 15 Aug 2025

Source: GCIS. President Cyril Ramaphosa urged that water investment be central to finance discussions at the AU-AIP Water Summit 2025, which aligns with the launch of the Rand Water Zuikerbosch System Purification Plant in Vereeniging which he attended last week.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Global leaders unite in Cape Town to transform water investment strategy

14 Aug 2025

Private sector forms steering committee to boost SADC tourism

Tourism

Private sector forms steering committee to boost SADC tourism

14 Aug 2025

IAB SA's Front Row delegates for 2025 announced

Digital

IAB SA's Front Row delegates for 2025 announced

13 Aug 2025

Image credit: Casey Lawler on Dupe Photos

Women's Health

Embracing period leave: A step toward true workplace equality

Jessica Gbedemah 13 Aug 2025

UP researchers triumph at NSTF ‘Science Oscars’, spotlighting excellence in science and innovation

Higher Education

UP researchers triumph at NSTF ‘Science Oscars’, spotlighting excellence in science and innovation

Issued by University of Pretoria 13 Aug 2025

Image credit: FutureCoal

Coal, Oil & Gas

Mike Teke to replace July Ndlovu as FutureCoal chairperson

12 Aug 2025

One of the Open Chair Lionesses, Carla Ehlers, a digital designer at Ogilvy Social.Lab, says the Cannes experience showed her the value of being bold (Image supplied)

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Open Chair Lioness Carla Ehlers: Be bold

Danette Breitenbach 12 Aug 2025

2025 Effie Awards South Africa finalists announced

Marketing

2025 Effie Awards South Africa finalists announced

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 12 Aug 2025

Cape Union Mart and pro-Palestine activists gear up for court battle

Legal

Cape Union Mart and pro-Palestine activists gear up for court battle

Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn 11 Aug 2025

Crèches battle complicated registration process

Early Childhood Development

Crèches battle complicated registration process

Mary-Anne Gontsana 11 Aug 2025

2025 Shiraz SA Challenge reveals top SA wines

Viticulture & Oenology

2025 Shiraz SA Challenge reveals top SA wines

11 Aug 2025

Africa Film Finance Forum unlocks path to $20bn film economy

Film & Cinematography

Africa Film Finance Forum unlocks path to $20bn film economy

Issued by Africa Film Finance Forum 8 Aug 2025

Media

Small news companies pin hopes on new Google fund, but already there’s controversy

Liezl Human 8 Aug 2025

Effie South Africa announces 2025 grand jury in record-breaking entry year

Marketing

Effie South Africa announces 2025 grand jury in record-breaking entry year

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 7 Aug 2025

South Africa’s new Digital News Transformation Fund has announced the appointment of its inaugural Board (Image supplied)

Media

Digital News Transformation Fund inaugural Board announced

6 Aug 2025

Image credit: Brit Stubbs on Dupe Photos

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Circularity in the Cape: Wesgro launches CEO Guide

6 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth: Pele Energy Group's Melissa Wilkinson is redefining female leadership

Energy

#WomensMonth: Pele Energy Group's Melissa Wilkinson is redefining female leadership

Maroefah Smith 4 Aug 2025

CIMA strengthens global governing body through election of three African finance leaders

Accounting & Auditing

CIMA strengthens global governing body through election of three African finance leaders

Issued by AICPA & CIMA 1 Aug 2025

New Safrea leadership targets growth and greater support for freelancers

Media

New Safrea leadership targets growth and greater support for freelancers

Issued by Safrea 31 Jul 2025

“It’s an honour to chair the inaugural GTMI board,” says GTMI chair Mark Cutifani. Image supplied.

Mining

Former Anglo American CEO to chair GTMI's board

30 Jul 2025

Leadership and AI shaping the future

Management & Leadership

Leadership and AI shaping the future

Issued by Mann Made 29 Jul 2025

UP named first UN University Hub in Africa and Global South

Higher Education

UP named first UN University Hub in Africa and Global South

Issued by University of Pretoria 29 Jul 2025