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A Sudanese refugee girl displaced by clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army at the Tine transit camp in eastern Chad. Image credit: Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

El Niño, Strait of Hormuz deadlock threaten strides made to end global hungerGiselda Vagnoni and Oriana Boselli

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Volkswagen charges up Kariega component plant with 1,410 solar panels

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4 Sassa officials fired following R33m social grants fraud scheme

Bafana Bafana’s Thapelo Maseko, with teammates, celebrating scoring their first goal in the Fifa World Cup 2026 match against South Korea at the Estadio Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. Image credit: Reuters/Eloisa Sanchez

Racism at the World Cup is an ugly reality. How to understand where it comes fromChristian Ungruhe

A Sudanese refugee girl displaced by clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army at the Tine transit camp in eastern Chad. Image credit: Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

El Niño, Strait of Hormuz deadlock threaten strides made to end global hunger

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Volkswagen charges up Kariega component plant with 1,410 solar panels

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Barry Callebaut warns El Niño could add thousands to cocoa prices

Paolo Laudani 4 Jun 2026

Growthpoint Gems Scholarship Programme marks 10 years

Growthpoint Gems Scholarship Programme marks 10 years

Catchwords 4 Jun 2026

MTN: Supporting the ecosystem, not just the programme

MTN: Supporting the ecosystem, not just the programme

Trialogue 3 Jun 2026

Ink meets intention: South Africa and China celebrate people-to-people exchange through art and education

Ink meets intention: South Africa and China celebrate people-to-people exchange through art and education

Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation 3 Jun 2026

Why is toilet water the ESG priority no one talks about in commercial buildings?

Why is toilet water the ESG priority no one talks about in commercial buildings?

Zea Gove, Propelair SA 3 Jun 2026

Topco Media spearheads Environment Month with the 8th edition of ESG: The Future of Sustainability

Topco Media spearheads Environment Month with the 8th edition of ESG: The Future of Sustainability

Topco Media 3 Jun 2026

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H&M donates R1m to empower South African youth

3 Jun 2026

The 2026 Kantar-Diva-Curve Report

The 2026 Kantar-Diva-Curve Report

Leigh Andrews and Carissa Poonsammy, Kantar 3 Jun 2026

Community Media shines at the Budget Vote 2026

Community Media shines at the Budget Vote 2026

Media Development and Diversity Agency 3 Jun 2026

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

3 Jun 2026

On Monday, fishers and environmental activists picketed outside the Cape High Court on the first day of a case against the government granting environmental authorisation for seismic surveys off the West Coast. Photo: Liezl Human.

Fishers in court to stop West Coast oil search

Liezl Human 2 Jun 2026

Source: Supplied. Evan Rice, chief executive officer of Etana Energy.

5 Cape Town buildings now run on pooled renewables — is yours next?

2 Jun 2026

Shoprite and Checkers’ Market Days offers local gardeners a platform to scale

Shoprite and Checkers’ Market Days offers local gardeners a platform to scale

2 Jun 2026

Scheduled water cuts cripple township businesses, threatens livelihoods

Scheduled water cuts cripple township businesses, threatens livelihoods

2 Jun 2026

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Private water trading faces total ban under 2026 NWA Amendment Bill

James Ross, Alysa Buntin and Emily Raubenheimer 2 Jun 2026

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When corporate gifts become brand landfill

Bianca Capazorio 2 Jun 2026

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Western and Eastern Cape brace for disruptive rain, flooding and snow

2 Jun 2026

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EU starts first investment roadshow in South Africa targeting minerals

Colleen Goko and Tim Cocks 2 Jun 2026

FirstRand: Mobilising leadership, employees and partners around a common purpose

FirstRand: Mobilising leadership, employees and partners around a common purpose

Trialogue 2 Jun 2026

JA South Africa expands board to drive youth impact

JA South Africa expands board to drive youth impact

JA South Africa 2 Jun 2026

Dreams begin with slippers: Blu Label Media joins the Slipper Day movement

Dreams begin with slippers: Blu Label Media joins the Slipper Day movement

Blu Label Media 2 Jun 2026

#WorldEnvironmentDay: Tourism shifts from green claims to measurable impact

#WorldEnvironmentDay: Tourism shifts from green claims to measurable impact

2 Jun 2026

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Lesotho explores R5bn floating solar project on its highland reservoirs

Sechaba Mokhethi 1 Jun 2026

The Gauteng Department of Social Development will no longer fund non-South African social workers. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Gauteng cuts funding for non-South African social workers

Seth Thorne 1 Jun 2026

South Africa's schools step up and deliver: Kiwi crowns Step Up to Step In winners

South Africa's schools step up and deliver: Kiwi crowns Step Up to Step In winners

OLC Through The Line Communications 1 Jun 2026

Four Paws welcomes landmark pet population data in South Africa

Four Paws welcomes landmark pet population data in South Africa

FOUR PAWS 1 Jun 2026

Counting the cost: Annual food price barometer signals further pain ahead for households

Counting the cost: Annual food price barometer signals further pain ahead for households

Andy Du Plessis, FoodForward SA 1 Jun 2026

Newspapers across SA turned into 'sanitary pads'

Newspapers across SA turned into 'sanitary pads'

Joe Public 1 Jun 2026

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Africa’s builders get a resilience wake-up: 51% see higher value now

29 May 2026

From purpose to impact: Unilever's Rexona unveils Safe-Hub to empower KwaMashu youth

From purpose to impact: Unilever's Rexona unveils Safe-Hub to empower KwaMashu youth

Unilever South Africa 29 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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