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1 Jun 2026

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SA's energy needs and environmental protection square off in court

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FNB commits R1.5m in disaster-relief funding as NMB ramps up response

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Barry Callebaut warns El Niño could add thousands to cocoa pricesPaolo Laudani

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H&M donates R1m to empower South African youth

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Woolies pays tribute to fynbos' resilience with limited-edition Veld Fire bouquet

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FNB commits R1.5m in disaster-relief funding as NMB ramps up response

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Barry Callebaut warns El Niño could add thousands to cocoa prices

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How Siv Ngesi’s MENstruation Foundation tackles period poverty

25 May 2026

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Storm recovery efforts continue across Western Cape

25 May 2026

WHO workers mobilised 4.7 tonnes of essential medical supplies and emergency kits to support the affected regions in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, Kenya. Image credit: World Health Organisation/Handout via Reuters

Gates Foundation commits $15m to Ebola response as WHO suspects 900 cases

25 May 2026

Fuel pump nozzles for gasoline at a TotalEnergies gas station in Paris, France. Image credit: Reuters/Benoit Tessier

Iran war is exposing South Africa’s dependency on diesel: what went wrong

Lisette IJssel de Schepper 25 May 2026

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

22 May 2026

Footgear, Barefoot No More initiative helps fund 10,000 school shoes

Footgear, Barefoot No More initiative helps fund 10,000 school shoes

22 May 2026

Schools recycling programme

Schools recycling programme

Safripol 22 May 2026

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

Wolfgang Preiser, Carla Mavian, Cheryl Baxter, Richard Lessells and Tulio de Oliveira 22 May 2026

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 change

Peter Johnston 22 May 2026

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De Doorns farm workers’ homes destroyed in floods

Liezl Human 21 May 2026

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Sassa gets the bulk of social development budget allocation

21 May 2026

Trialogue Business in Society Conference 2026 urges business to turn values into collective action

Trialogue Business in Society Conference 2026 urges business to turn values into collective action

Trialogue 21 May 2026

On the Wings of Hope. Hot Cares and the Children’s Flight give 500 children the gift of flight

On the Wings of Hope. Hot Cares and the Children’s Flight give 500 children the gift of flight

HOT 102.7FM 21 May 2026

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The Starbucks Foundation awards FoodForward SA with $10k grant

20 May 2026

One man. One backpack. One 1,600km journey to redefine what “home” means in South Africa

One man. One backpack. One 1,600km journey to redefine what “home” means in South Africa

Cape Union Mart 20 May 2026

Cooling with care: KIC partners with FoodForward SA to fight hunger

Cooling with care: KIC partners with FoodForward SA to fight hunger

KIC South Africa 20 May 2026

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Exclusive: Digital inclusion must also mean access to safe credit

Nita Morgan 19 May 2026

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MyMoolah targets financial inclusion with integrated wallet launch

19 May 2026

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Solar boom exposes critical engineering workforce gap

19 May 2026

Why processing is the food security lever Southern Africa keeps ignoring

Why processing is the food security lever Southern Africa keeps ignoring

Wael Khoury 19 May 2026

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How South Africans are showing up for Western Cape storm victims

19 May 2026

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Why SA's youth shouldn't waste the circular economy opportunity

Duduzile Mathabela 19 May 2026

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How the office sector rebound is shaping intelligent workspaces

Scott Thorburn 18 May 2026

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New R500m deal strengthens Fedgroup’s role in South Africa’s energy transition

18 May 2026

Protesters outside the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s offices in Cape Town in August 2025. Archive photo: Matthew Hirsch

No plan to review SA’s coal exports to Israel, says Parks Tau

Matthew Hirsch 18 May 2026

Act For Change: Checkers and Meals on Wheels to deliver R1m worth of stationery to learners in SA

Act For Change: Checkers and Meals on Wheels to deliver R1m worth of stationery to learners in SA

18 May 2026

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SA Agulhas II to evacuate Marion Island team after fuel shortage delays relief voyage

15 May 2026

In 2025, KFC Add Hope open-sourced its entire child-feeding blueprint and invited Gen Z innovators to improve it. Image supplied.

How SA's young innovators help KFC Add Hope feed more children

15 May 2026

People, planet, prosperity: Driving change through solar power

People, planet, prosperity: Driving change through solar power

Yellow Door Energy 15 May 2026

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Eviction law reform sparks debate over housing rights and market access

Renier Kriek 14 May 2026

Africa news

WHO workers mobilised 4.7 tonnes of essential medical supplies and emergency kits to support the affected regions in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, Kenya. Image credit: World Health Organisation/Handout via Reuters

Gates Foundation commits $15m to Ebola response as WHO suspects 900 cases

25 May 2026

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

Wolfgang Preiser, Carla Mavian, Cheryl Baxter, Richard Lessells and Tulio de Oliveira 22 May 2026

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Migratory bird declines signal risks to water, food security, climate resilience

8 May 2026

X3M Ideas created a Nollywood series called Don’t Burn Their Future. Source: X3M Ideas.

X3M Ideas leads Africa as a top force in sustainable creative campaigns

15 Apr 2026

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