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

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Growthpoint Gems Scholarship Programme marks ten years

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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 educationCyril Ramaphosa Foundation

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 SustainabilityTopco Media

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H&M donates R1m to empower South African youth

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

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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

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Inkosi Thathezakhe Special School in the Mzinyathi District will stay closed until its needs are fully met, says Dudu Moloi, chair of the School Governing Body. Photo: Bongane Motaung / GroundUp

KwaZulu-Natal Premier promises funds for special schools

Bongane Motaung and Tsoanelo Sefoloko 30 Oct 2025

Dr Mavuso Msimang received the Eco-Logical Intelligence Lifetime Achievement Award. Image supplied.

South Africa's eco-champions win big at 2025 Eco-Logic Awards

30 Oct 2025

Tembisa West Secondary School crowned champions of 2025 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition

Tembisa West Secondary School crowned champions of 2025 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition

Samsung 29 Oct 2025

DBE, Dove, and DBSA launch #ChangeTheCompliment

DBE, Dove, and DBSA launch #ChangeTheCompliment

29 Oct 2025

Work that matters: How OLC is turning brand purpose into real-world change

OLC Through The Line Communications 28 Oct 2025

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South African women in STEM celebrated at the 2025 L'Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science Awards

27 Oct 2025

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Are business schools priming students for a world that no longer exists?

Carla Liuzzo and Mimi Tsai 24 Oct 2025

Building a greener future: Recycling education programme introduced in Gauteng Schools

Building a greener future: Recycling education programme introduced in Gauteng Schools

Fibre Circle 24 Oct 2025

Oxford University Press South Africa donates to the Athlone School of the Blind

Oxford University Press South Africa donates to the Athlone School of the Blind

Oxford University Press 23 Oct 2025

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Sanlam-backed CFM’s Climate Investor Two Fund closes at $1bn

23 Oct 2025

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‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’ is corporate gaslighting – the real change must come from the fossil fuel industry

Alex Lenferna 22 Oct 2025

Parents protest outside Khulangolwazi Special School in Durban. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Special schools closed in KZN after education department fails to pay subsidies

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 17 Oct 2025

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#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth: Why mental health advocacy needs real action

17 Oct 2025

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NBI’s new campaign unlocks the green economy for South African youth entrepreneurs

15 Oct 2025

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Gender Commission lambasts "violent nature" of Mchunu's anti-LGBTQIA+ comments

13 Oct 2025

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SAHRC orders Ngizwe Mchunu to apologise for anti-LGBTQIA+ remarks

10 Oct 2025

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#FluxxAwards: PinkDrive CEO wins Social Impact Influencer award

9 Oct 2025

The Zayed Sustainability Prize’s jury selected the 33 finalists from 7,761 entries received across six categories. Image supplied.

Inmed South Africa is a finalist for the 2026 Zayed Sustainability Prize

6 Oct 2025

The new campus for Rivoni School of the Blind includes several large buildings. But work to finish the project has been stalled for most of this year. Photos: Thembi Siaga / GroundUp

IDT’s school project stalls as costs reach R198m

Thembi Siaga 3 Oct 2025

Captain Fanplastic sets sail in Equatorial Guinea for a new partnership with Unicef

Captain Fanplastic sets sail in Equatorial Guinea for a new partnership with Unicef

Soapbox 3 Oct 2025

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MTN, Nedbank support 2025 PachiPanda Challenge

2 Oct 2025

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SanParks and NYDA launch initiative to empower disabled entrepreneurs

1 Oct 2025

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Kumba Iron Ore hands over transformative community project

26 Sep 2025

Pizza Hut honours inspiring third LeadHERship cohort at graduation event

Pizza Hut honours inspiring third LeadHERship cohort at graduation event

Plato Comms 26 Sep 2025

Readers are leaders: 1,700 learners celebrate Literacy Month with stories and songs

Readers are leaders: 1,700 learners celebrate Literacy Month with stories and songs

Coronation 25 Sep 2025

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Children advocate for safe online environments

25 Sep 2025

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UFS’s new initiative plans to plant 400,000 trees across South Africa

23 Sep 2025

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South African networks urged to zero-rate PBO content for equal internet access

22 Sep 2025

Midvaal opens groundbreaking skills development centre

Midvaal opens groundbreaking skills development centre

Heineken Beverages 16 Sep 2025

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Hunger among South African students: study shows those studying remotely need financial aid for food

Angelo Fynn 16 Sep 2025

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