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Energy & Mining

CSIR to coordinate phase one of WC green hydrogen master plan

11 hours

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Primary & Secondary Education

Protocol to improve safety in schools

25 Jun 2025

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Nuclear Power

New report calls for nuclear-free Africa

3 days

Business and Arts South Africa appoints Beth Arendse as new CEO

Marketing & Media

Business and Arts South Africa appoints Beth Arendse as new CEO

Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 24 Jun 2025

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CSI & Philanthropy

Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation joins the Climate Philanthropy Pledge

23 Jun 2025

Image credit: Dawn McDonald on Unsplash

Fuel & Energy

Sars teams up with law enforcement to combat illicit fuel trade

18 Jun 2025

Redefining leadership for impact: Why the right hires now shape tomorrow’s South Africa

Management & Leadership

Redefining leadership for impact: Why the right hires now shape tomorrow’s South Africa

Wendy Spalding, Issued by The Twenty2nd 13 Jun 2025

Breaking the cycle: How investing in young lives builds a thriving nation

FMCG

Breaking the cycle: How investing in young lives builds a thriving nation

Issued by Rainbow Chicken 13 Jun 2025

Yuneal Padayachy, Chief Support Officer at The BEE Chamber

Career Advice

16 tips for young career seekers and entrepreneurs this Youth Month

Yuneal Padayachy 13 Jun 2025

Breaking silos: Bold call for cross-sector alliances to boost social development in South Africa

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Breaking silos: Bold call for cross-sector alliances to boost social development in South Africa

Issued by Trialogue 10 Jun 2025

Insights into H&M and WWF's partnership for a more sustainable future

ESG

Insights into H&M and WWF's partnership for a more sustainable future

9 Jun 2025

Urgent action to stop violence, abuse, and neglect in schools

Education & Skills Development

Urgent action to stop violence, abuse, and neglect in schools

Issued by Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation 6 Jun 2025

This winter the Pick n Pay Hypermarket Soup for SA initiative encourages customers to donate a packet of soup costing just R5, aiming to collect over one million packs of soup (Image supplied)

ESG

Pick n Pay Hypermarket Soup for SA to collect 1m packets of soup

29 May 2025

ESG & Sustainability

SanParks launches Biodiversity Offset Bank

27 May 2025

A report by shareholder activist organisation Just Share has shown that South Africa’s largest polluters pay so little carbon tax that it barely has any impact on their greenhouse gas emissions. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Climate Change

Corporate lobbying derailed South Africa’s climate goals, report finds

Liezl Human 14 May 2025

Heineken Beverages reiterates Tavern Transformation Programme

FMCG

Heineken Beverages reiterates Tavern Transformation Programme

Issued by Heineken Beverages 9 May 2025

Digify Africa and Meta are offering a free digital marketing programme for 2025. Source: Supplied.

Education

Calling unemployed youth: Digify Africa and Meta offer free digital marketing programme for 2025

6 May 2025

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This year, World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, will focus on the profound influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on journalism and media under the theme: Reporting in the Brave New World – The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media

Media Freedom

World Press Freedom Day 2025: The impact of AI on media and press freedom

2 May 2025

WHO and Unicef expose unethical baby milk ads in South Africa

Advertising

WHO and Unicef expose unethical baby milk ads in South Africa

2 May 2025

Trialogue Business in Society Conference 2025 rallies CSI sector to drive impact in turbulent times

CSI & Philanthropy

Trialogue Business in Society Conference 2025 rallies CSI sector to drive impact in turbulent times

Issued by Trialogue 30 Apr 2025

New GenG Engage app tackles gender-based violence in SA

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

New GenG Engage app tackles gender-based violence in SA

16 Apr 2025

Lesotho grants operating licence to Musk's Starlink

Telecoms & Networks

Lesotho grants operating licence to Musk's Starlink

15 Apr 2025

Mary Beth West, a senior strategist from the US, challenges the industry to confront its role in blurring the lines between advocacy, ideology, and profit at the World Communications Forum Association’s Davos Communications Summit (Image supplied by Lebo Madiba)

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - Bell Pottinger’s legacy and the shifting terrain of PR, ethics and geopolitics

Lebo Madiba 14 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf The SABC has stated that there is no plan to discontinue Afrikaans news - “It was a scheduling error”

TV

SABC: No plan to discontinue Afrikaans news - “It was a scheduling error”

9 Apr 2025

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Legislation & Regulation

Kenya launches national strategy for responsible AI development

3 Apr 2025

Op-Ed: How companies can strengthen democracy in South Africa

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Op-Ed: How companies can strengthen democracy in South Africa

Issued by Trialogue 1 Apr 2025

Healthcare

The N4G Summit: Linking agriculture to better health in South Africa

Katja Hamilton 1 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf In sub-Saharan Africa, TikTok removed over 7.5 million videos in Q3 2024, rising to more than 8 million in Q4 2024—an increase of 14.06% quarter-on-quarter

Social Media

TikTok removes than 8 million videos in Q4 2024 in SSA, highlighting online safety

27 Mar 2025

Rethinking CSI to meet the collaboration imperative

CSI & Philanthropy

Rethinking CSI to meet the collaboration imperative

Issued by Trialogue 24 Mar 2025

An architect’s impression of the proposed retirement complex at Sedgefield. Graphic: Eco Route Environmental Consultancy (Draft Amendment Report).

Land & Property Law

Developer sues Sedgefield environmentalist for R5m

John Yeld 19 Mar 2025

Why World Consumer Rights Day matters for your consumer rights

Regulatory

Why World Consumer Rights Day matters for your consumer rights

17 Mar 2025

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Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

"Wandile Sihlobo is too bullish on the Expropriation Act"

Martin van Staden 14 Mar 2025

#Budget2025: No fuel levy and sugar tax increases, a positive outcome for agriculture

Agribusiness

#Budget2025: No fuel levy and sugar tax increases, a positive outcome for agriculture

Paul Makube 13 Mar 2025

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

SA presses forward for a just society

3 Mar 2025

Media Freedom

Trump’s foreign aid freeze disrupts global journalism

19 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied. Tshikululu Social Investments' CEO, Tracey Henry steps down.

Markets & Investment

Tracey Henry: Icon of social investment honoured as she steps down from Tshikululu

3 Feb 2025

Urban food gardens produce more than vegetables, they create bonds for young Capetonians – study

Sustainable Farming

Urban food gardens produce more than vegetables, they create bonds for young Capetonians – study

Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira 3 Feb 2025

Source: Reuters/2023. President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Economy

#Sona2025: SA's future at stake in impending energy and trade address

Katja Hamilton 31 Jan 2025

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Climate Change

SA calls on US to reconsider withdrawal from Paris Agreement

24 Jan 2025

Source: World Economic Forum.

Economy

SA's president calls for global partnerships at World Economic Forum in Davos

21 Jan 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

South Africa, GEF host international environmental action seminar

20 Jan 2025

Feryal Domingo, acting executive director, Inyathelo

Trends

#BizTrends2025: New challenges, new opportunities for nonprofits

Feryal Domingo 13 Jan 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

Public called to enter Citizen Science for Water Photo Story Competition

10 Jan 2025

Human Rights Law

Zimbabwe scraps the death penalty – tracking the path to abolition

Carolyn Hoyle and Parvais Jabbar 3 Jan 2025

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Combatting construction mafia - part 2: How to get ahead of the game

Lionel van Tonder, Inge Swanepoel, Martin Versfeld, and Tyron Theessen 30 Dec 2024

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Climate Change

Historic climate change advisory: What the case before the International Court of Justice might mean

Zunaida Moosa Wadiwala 27 Dec 2024

Global Citizen now comes to Rio De Janeiro, with Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa

Climate Change

Global Citizen now comes to Rio De Janeiro, with Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa

Issued by OnPoint PR 22 Nov 2024

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor targets immigrant-owned spaza shops

SMEs

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor targets immigrant-owned spaza shops

Thamsanqa Mbovane 13 Nov 2024

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Food, Water & Energy Security

City of Johannesburg to implement water restrictions

12 Nov 2024