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Children wade through the flooded Westpoort road on their way to school in Mitchells Plain on 10 May. Archive photo: David Harrison

Explainer: What last week’s storm says about climate changePeter Johnston

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Sassa gets the bulk of social development budget allocation

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The Starbucks Foundation awards FoodForward SA with $10k grant

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) African Regional Certification Commission declared South Africa polio-free in 2019. Image credit: , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

NICD detects 2 polio virus strains in Cape Town wastewater

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Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced from the April 2026 outbreak, at Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal. Image credit: Reuters/Ricci Shryock

Hantavirus in Africa: why climate change, rats and weak surveillance are worrying scientists

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Disability diversity still lacking in SA's workforce: What needs to change

2 Dec 2025

Factory farming in Africa: development banks see it as a good idea, but it’s bad for the climate

Factory farming in Africa: development banks see it as a good idea, but it’s bad for the climate

Divya Narain 2 Dec 2025

Community leader Vuyani Madikane opens a tap at Ethembeni informal settlement, Khayelitsha, to show that they have not had consistent water since the taps were installed earlier this year. Photo: Vincent Lali

Illegal connections leave hundreds of Cape Town households without water

Vincent Lali 2 Dec 2025

TLC Worldwide Africa celebrates the success of its 2025 TLC Gives Back initiative

TLC Worldwide Africa celebrates the success of its 2025 TLC Gives Back initiative

TLC Worldwide Africa 2 Dec 2025

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TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG project loses R2.2bn backing

Shadia Nasralla and America Hernandez 2 Dec 2025

Smart washroom solutions: Propelair’s IoT-driven facility management

Smart washroom solutions: Propelair’s IoT-driven facility management

Propelair SA 1 Dec 2025

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Sustainable mining is key to a clean, just energy transition

Alastair Bovim 1 Dec 2025

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Disability organisation loses Constantia land claim battle

Tania Broughton 28 Nov 2025

Dr Titus Mathe, Prof Francis Petersen and Prudence Madiba after signing the MOA. Image supplied.

UP, Eskom, and SANEDI to solve SA’s energy challenges with AI

28 Nov 2025

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Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards: Meet the 2025 winners

28 Nov 2025

MDNtv announces 2025 GivingTuesday campaign focused on Youth Journalism Academy

MDNtv announces 2025 GivingTuesday campaign focused on Youth Journalism Academy

MDNTV 28 Nov 2025

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Empowering women in waste: Vhonani Nemukondeni's story

28 Nov 2025

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TotalEnergies: French court ruling over false climate claims could boost African cases against polluters

Zunaida Moosa Wadiwala and Tracy-Lynn Field 27 Nov 2025

Domestos celebrates World Toilet Day by fostering lifelong hygiene habits among learners

Domestos celebrates World Toilet Day by fostering lifelong hygiene habits among learners

Domestos 27 Nov 2025

Shoprite competition accelerates community food security across SA

Shoprite competition accelerates community food security across SA

27 Nov 2025

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5FM’s "16 Days, 16 Voices" shines spotlight on GBV survivors' stories

27 Nov 2025

Apple faces new lawsuit over Congo conflict minerals

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and David Lewis 27 Nov 2025

Global Citizen reactive statement on G20 outcomes

Global Citizen reactive statement on G20 outcomes

Michael Sheldrick, OnPoint PR 26 Nov 2025

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Midvaal Hospital goes green with Standard Bank's R34m support

26 Nov 2025

Amazi marks 10 years of empowering women with over 40 nail bars in Woolworths

Amazi marks 10 years of empowering women with over 40 nail bars in Woolworths

26 Nov 2025

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Jetour partners with Reach For A Dream for 2025 Dream Raffle

26 Nov 2025

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Govt calls on South Africans to help end "societal scourge" of GBVF

26 Nov 2025

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Bridging the water gap: How South Africa plans to secure its future

Zen Dlamini 25 Nov 2025

This Christmas, 12,000 children need more than gifts – They need to be ready for Grade 1

This Christmas, 12,000 children need more than gifts – They need to be ready for Grade 1

The Publicity Workshop 25 Nov 2025

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Gen Z: The generation that calls everything out except ableism

Jessica Gbedemah 25 Nov 2025

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority’s challenge to paying compensation to the Bobete community in Thaba-Tseka. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Court orders Lesotho dams authority to pay 600 villagers compensation

Sechaba Mokhethi 24 Nov 2025

An African solution for an African crisis: Tears–MoyaApp partnership

An African solution for an African crisis: Tears–MoyaApp partnership

TEARS Foundation 24 Nov 2025

Sassa expects to save more than R341-million in the next financial year after about 35,000 grants were ended after recent reviews. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Sassa expects to save R341m by tightening screenings

Marecia Damons 24 Nov 2025

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SA media plays vital role in ending female genital mutilation in Africa

24 Nov 2025

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Will global promises deliver local justice for Kya Sands?

Keith Elliott 21 Nov 2025

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TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG project loses R2.2bn backing

Shadia Nasralla and America Hernandez 2 Dec 2025

Apple faces new lawsuit over Congo conflict minerals

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and David Lewis 27 Nov 2025

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Team Gift: Gift of the Givers and BackaBuddy’s new giving initiative

12 Nov 2025

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Lagos Fashion Week wins the 2025 Earthshot Prize

6 Nov 2025

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