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

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SA signs agreement to advance ocean protection

Key appointments to stabilise the Department of Social Development

Key appointments to stabilise the Department of Social Development

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Experts urge a new global agreement on carbon credit emission factors

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

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#WorldEnvironmentDay: New recycling initiative to minimise SA's impact on Antarctica

Avbob Road to Literacy campaign gives hope to 1,000 schools and NGOs through trolley libraries

Avbob Road to Literacy campaign gives hope to 1,000 schools and NGOs through trolley libraries

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No more headroom: 2025 Budget Speech is bad news for taxpayers

12 Mar 2025

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South Africa's housing crisis: Why 2.2 million homes are needed immediately

12 Mar 2025

To mark International Women’s Day this past Saturday, 8 March, KFC Africa collected the stories of 54 women in its KFC Africa’s list, one for each year the company has been in Africa. (Image supplied)

The KFC List celebrates women in Africa - despite the SSA gender gap hardly closing

12 Mar 2025

How plastic is revolutionising fuel-efficient cars and green mobility

How plastic is revolutionising fuel-efficient cars and green mobility

Safripol 12 Mar 2025

People walk through water at a flooded area affected by rising sea levels and land subsidence in North Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 November 2024. Reuters/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo

Cities face 'whiplash' of floods, droughts as temperatures rise, study warns

David Stanway 12 Mar 2025

Spur Corporation's 2024 Green Feather Rewards winners

Spur Corporation's 2024 Green Feather Rewards winners

12 Mar 2025

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Trump's USAID freeze boosts local nurse-led clinics in South African townships

11 Mar 2025

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No NGOs under investigation for money laundering, terror financing

11 Mar 2025

The Future of Sustainability Conference 2025: The countdown begins!

The Future of Sustainability Conference 2025: The countdown begins!

Topco Media 11 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Professor Rajendra Bhimma, who practises at Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital.

Award-winning kidney specialist leads the fight against youth dialysis rates

10 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Youth Employment Services.

YES and Mastercard partnership drives job creation for South Africa’s youth

10 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Miyelani Holeni, group chief advisor at Ntiyiso Consulting Group.

Redefining economic growth: South Africa's budget blueprint for reform

Miyelani Holeni 10 Mar 2025

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US withdraws from Just Energy Transition partnership with SA

10 Mar 2025

Local community trust debt fund advances social upliftment in renewable energy sector

Local community trust debt fund advances social upliftment in renewable energy sector

Infra Impact Investment Managers 7 Mar 2025

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Rhino poaching continues to decrease

7 Mar 2025

Source: TymeBank and Kazang Pay.

Kazang and TymeBank team up to transform financial access in underserved communities

Katja Hamilton 6 Mar 2025

How Africa's largest food distribution organisation works with researchers to improve operations

How Africa's largest food distribution organisation works with researchers to improve operations

FoodForward SA 6 Mar 2025

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Gauteng's illegal boreholes and other water infrastructure woes: What can we do about it?

Danielle van der Vaart and Kiera Bracher 6 Mar 2025

How plastic shade cloth is revolutionising sustainable agriculture and boosting crop yields

How plastic shade cloth is revolutionising sustainable agriculture and boosting crop yields

Safripol 5 Mar 2025

The deadline for the transition from the SASSA Gold Card to the Black Card is looming. Archive photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

About 1.9m people still need to swap gold cards as Sassa deadline looms

Marecia Damons 5 Mar 2025

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eThekwini Municipality tackles water challenges; Durban beachfront set for facelift

5 Mar 2025

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Support over stigma: how pregnant women battling substance use need healthcare, not judgment

4 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Samantha Lambert, General Manager: Redefine Properties.

How sustainable office parks are reshaping South Africa's business landscape

Samantha Lambert 4 Mar 2025

Shoprite and Checkers offer purified water at just R1 per litre

Shoprite and Checkers offer purified water at just R1 per litre

4 Mar 2025

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The threat of climate inaction on corporate profits

4 Mar 2025

Mouse-Free Marion Cycling Team members John Cooper, Erica Leppan, Katta Ludynia and Jeremy George on the descent from Chapman’s Peak into Hout Bay along the Cape Town Cycle Tour route

Mouse-Free Marion Project riders to raise awareness during Cape Town Cycle Tour

3 Mar 2025

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SA presses forward for a just society

3 Mar 2025

Source: Global NCD Alliance Forum.

A breath of fresh air: How Kigali’s car-free Sundays keep people moving

Zano Kunene 28 Feb 2025

Source: Matthew Hirsch. More than 100 Cape Town residents attended a meeting to discuss the proposed redevelopment of the Mowbray Golf Course Site.

Mixed reactions to affordable housing development on Mowbray Golf Course

Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025

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South African philanthropists unite for climate action with new pledge

Shan Radcliffe 28 Feb 2025

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Nairobi Fashion Week 2025 puts regenerative fashion in the spotlight

Nairobi Fashion Week 2025 puts regenerative fashion in the spotlight

11 Feb 2025

Laurent Muschel, HERA Director General, and Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC Director General, stand near mpox vaccines as first batches arrive at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aid

Jennifer Rigby 6 Feb 2025

AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

3 Dec 2024

Source: G20 South Africa - @g20org

South Africa makes historic leap as first African nation to head the G20

Katja Hamilton 3 Dec 2024