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Firexpo 2025: Strengthening fire safety and preparedness in the retail sector

Retailers

Firexpo 2025: Strengthening fire safety and preparedness in the retail sector

Issued by Firexpo 2025 14 May 2025

Securex South Africa 2025: Making retail security smarter, safer, and more efficient

Security

Securex South Africa 2025: Making retail security smarter, safer, and more efficient

Issued by Securex 2025 24 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters.

Emergency Medicine

Calls for global justice: South Africa reacts to Gaza hospital strike

21 Apr 2025

Infrastructure & Utilities

Hundreds at risk of flooding as Vaal Dam surpasses safe water levels

8 Apr 2025

Source: © BBC The BBC Board has identified serious flaws in the making of the programme Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone

Media

BBC News takes full responsibility for Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone shortcomings

3 Mar 2025

Now is the time for the property sector to re-think risk

Markets & Investment

Now is the time for the property sector to re-think risk

Jason Griessel, Issued by Catchwords 24 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf Supply chain or distribution failure made the top 10 risks at number six in Aon’s latest Global Risk Management Survey when it comes to events such as elections

Supply Chain

#SAelections24: Supply chain failure in top 10 of risks in year of elections

15 May 2024

Image: Specially designed evacuation chair. Source: Evac+Chair

Occupational Health & Safety

Ensure employee's human rights and OHS through ethical emergency preparedness

19 Mar 2024

NUPRC CEO Gbenga Komolafe in December received awards for public service from the SUN Newspaper and for distinction from foreign investment network. Source: Facebook/NUPRC

Markets & Investment

Nigeria invests $13.5bn to fight oil theft and vandalism

Camillus Eboh 2 Jan 2024

Source: Unicef/Mohammad Ajjour. Amal, 7 years old, contemplates her neighbourhood in the wake of the houses being levelled to the ground.

Healthcare

Unicef's urgent call for ceasefire as children's lives hang in the balance

Katja Hamilton 31 Oct 2023

Source: WHO. Time is running out to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe if fuel and life-saving health and humanitarian supplies cannot be urgently delivered to the Gaza Strip amidst the complete blockade.

Healthcare

Healthcare crisis at breaking point in Gaza

Katja Hamilton 19 Oct 2023

Source: Pixabay/Pexels

Smart Buildings & Cities

#CybersecurityMonth: Smart cities are built from the network up

Rebatho Madiba 18 Oct 2023

A satellite image shows lower dam on Wadi in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya 13 September 2023. Maxar Technologies/Reuters

Infrastructure & Utilities

Libyans furious at revelations that warnings went unheeded before flood

Tom Perry and Angus McDowall 18 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Ecobank Kenya partners with Amref Flying Doctors to offer affordable medical evacuation services for clients

24 Aug 2023

Insurance & Actuarial

Satib unveils SatibGo: A revolutionary insurance offering for thrilling adventures in Africa!

2 Aug 2023

Burnt trees and vehicles are pictured in the aftermath of a wildfire in Bejaia, Algeria, 25 July 2023. Reuters/Ramzi Boudina

Climate Change

Deadly fires rage along Algeria coast, spread to Tunisia

Tarek Amara and Michele Kambas 25 Jul 2023

Travel

Sudanese airspace to remain closed to all traffic till 31 July

Yomna Ehab 10 Jul 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: Canine Cuisine 'barks' at competitor in new ad

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Canine Cuisine 'barks' at competitor in new ad

Brendan Seery 8 May 2023

The top war films you should watch now

Film

The top war films you should watch now

Daniel Dercksen 10 Nov 2022

New Dunlop performance tyre provides ultimate ride

Manufacturing & Parts

New Dunlop performance tyre provides ultimate ride

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 16 Sep 2022

Source: Freepik.com

Economy

Pan-African trade enabling Africa's Fourth Industrial Revolution

Sisonke Mgwebi 15 Jul 2022

Latest Japanese tyre tech for high performance sports cars, SUVs and crossovers

Manufacturing & Parts

Latest Japanese tyre tech for high performance sports cars, SUVs and crossovers

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 23 May 2022

#KZNflooding: Impact on leased properties and property being purchased

Residential Property

#KZNflooding: Impact on leased properties and property being purchased

20 Apr 2022

KZN's Hazelmere Dam wall intact, emergency evacuation plan activated

Infrastructure & Utilities

KZN's Hazelmere Dam wall intact, emergency evacuation plan activated

13 Apr 2022

Platform launched to assist African students in Ukraine

Education

Platform launched to assist African students in Ukraine

7 Apr 2022

Amazon opens humanitarian aid facility for Ukrainian refugees

CSI & Philanthropy

Amazon opens humanitarian aid facility for Ukrainian refugees

31 Mar 2022

Image source: © auremar –

Higher Education

Campus life revives, but is it still safe for students?

1 Mar 2022

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi attends a signing ceremony following the talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia 22August, 2019. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters

Coal, Oil & Gas

Mozambique's gas ambitions rest on distant hope of peace

Emma Rumney & David Lewis 22 Jul 2021

How to manage key employment issues during times of unrest and looting

Labour Law & Unions

How to manage key employment issues during times of unrest and looting

Lizle Louw, Kate Collier, Dhevarsha Ramjettan, Shane Johnson and Mbali Nkosi 15 Jul 2021

Covid-19 economic impact failed to put brakes on climate change - WMO report

Climate Change

Covid-19 economic impact failed to put brakes on climate change - WMO report

22 Apr 2021

Cape Town fire: Vodacom donates R3m towards relief efforts

Telecoms & Networks

Cape Town fire: Vodacom donates R3m towards relief efforts

20 Apr 2021

UCT campus evacuated, classes suspended after fire guts library

Higher Education

UCT campus evacuated, classes suspended after fire guts library

Shan Radcliffe 19 Apr 2021

Emergency Medicine

#BehindtheMask: Dr Nadia Swart, flight doctor, Netcare 911

Nicci Botha 16 Mar 2021

Covid-19

World's first ICU Covid-19 patient long-haul repatriation

9 Mar 2021

Know your rights before renewing your corporate lease agreement

Facilities & Property Management

Know your rights before renewing your corporate lease agreement

Jamie Louw 23 Feb 2021

#BizTrends2021: How the aviation industry is taking off during the pandemic

Trends

#BizTrends2021: How the aviation industry is taking off during the pandemic

Anand Yedery 6 Jan 2021

LetMeIn.to raises R2.2m funding to scale up and expand

Funding

LetMeIn.to raises R2.2m funding to scale up and expand

3 Dec 2020

Business travel into Africa takes off

Travel

Business travel into Africa takes off

8 Oct 2020

Is the government prepared to prevent a nuclear disaster?

Nuclear Power

Is the government prepared to prevent a nuclear disaster?

8 Oct 2020

Makoko neighbourhood in Lagos, initially founded as a fishing village.Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images

Sustainable Development

Can Covid-19 inspire a new way of planning African cities?

Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Ellis Adjei Adams & Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie 21 Sep 2020

O. R Tambo anticipates more than 210,000 passengers in September

Travel

O. R Tambo anticipates more than 210,000 passengers in September

3 Sep 2020

Capitec Bank's new headquarters unveiled

Architecture & Design

Capitec Bank's new headquarters unveiled

6 Jul 2020

African tourism has been put on ice by coronavirus - here's how some countries are reviving it

Tourism & Travel

African tourism has been put on ice by coronavirus - here's how some countries are reviving it

Davina Stanford and Adama Bah 19 Jun 2020

Business interruption insurance: Could you be covered for Covid-19?

Corporate & Commercial Law

Business interruption insurance: Could you be covered for Covid-19?

Ayanda Nondwana 21 Apr 2020

Covid-19: Passenger liner under investigation in Cape Town

Logistics & Transport

Covid-19: Passenger liner under investigation in Cape Town

18 Mar 2020

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.

Infectious Diseases

Plans to evacuate South Africans from Wuhan City

2 Mar 2020