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Publicis Groupe Africa shines at Bookmark Awards with 21 finalist nominations

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Why financial resilience matters to the household economy

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Source: Supplied. Nicole Malan, Head: Africa Power Systems | Schneider Electric.

Nicole Malan appointed Head: Africa Power Systems | Schneider Electric

Exxaro partners with South Africa's leading business schools to build the next generation of leaders

Exxaro partners with South Africa's leading business schools to build the next generation of leadersGordon Institute of Business Science

From GuguByGugu to FoodForward SA: Meet the 2026 Eco-Logic Award finalists

Armed with both corporate and civil society work and a people-centred leadership style, Sarah Mthintso is ready to take the SAB Foundation into its next chapter. Image supplied.

#WomensMonth | Impact is not just a word for SAB Foundation’s Sarah MthintsoMaroefah Smith

“Sustainability starts with a genuine commitment to want to achieve meaningful impact,” says Empact’s group sustainability executive Lara Barlow. Image supplied.

Empowering people to prosper: Inside Empact’s first sustainability reportMaroefah Smith

#WomensMonth | PepsiCo's Suraya Hamdulay on leading with purpose, trust and the courage to keep growing

#WomensMonth | PepsiCo's Suraya Hamdulay on leading with purpose, trust and the courage to keep growingEvan-Lee Courie

Exxaro partners with South Africa's leading business schools to build the next generation of leaders

Exxaro partners with South Africa's leading business schools to build the next generation of leaders

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From GuguByGugu to FoodForward SA: Meet the 2026 Eco-Logic Award finalists

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The Starbucks Foundation awards FoodForward SA with $10k grant

20 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

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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

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11 dead and 83,184 affected as Cape Town calls for urgent donations

13 May 2026

The City of Cape Town is attending to multiple incidents related to the storm raging across Cape Town. Image credit

Western Cape battles storm as govt declares a national disaster

11 May 2026

Eskom’s current and only nuclear power station located at Koeberg, Western Cape. Archive photo: Brent Meersman

Public gets three more weeks to comment on Eskom nuclear site — but critics say it’s not enough

John Yeld 11 May 2026

A damaged road following heavy rain at the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga, earlier this year. Image credit: Reuters/Oupa Nkosi

Santam-SA Weather Service partnership to cut flood and storm losses

8 May 2026

The CSIR’s 2024 power generation statistics found that the power Eskom sells to South Africans is more than three times as expensive, on average, as what new wind and solar can deliver (R1.95 per kWh vs 50-60 cents per kWh). Above: Eskom’s Lethabo power station in the Free State. Photo: Simisa Bearbeitung (Auschnitt, Farben): Pechristener via

The Israel/US-Iran war is hitting South Africa hard – our oil dependency is why

Jo-Anne Smetherham and Yanga Malotana 8 May 2026

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

8 May 2026

Source: Supplied. Taru Madangombe, vice president for power and grid segment, MEA at Schneider Electric.

Smart city ambitions expose critical infrastructure to rising cyber threats

Taru Madangombe 7 May 2026

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Nominations open for Wessa100 Conservation Leadership Awards

7 May 2026

Transnet secures R5.8bn loan to support freight decarbonisation

Transnet secures R5.8bn loan to support freight decarbonisation

4 May 2026

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CIOs are paying for a waste problem that vendors created

Kwirirai Rukowo 28 Apr 2026

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SA women's football scores big as Glencore launches girls' league

24 Apr 2026

A drone view shows the Sasol petrochemical refinery in Sasolburg, southwest of Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Thando Hlophe/File Photo

Sasol targets major EU market shift with sustainable jet fuel

Wendell Roelf 23 Apr 2026

SA's nature risk is mounting, but JSE companies are not keeping pace

SA's nature risk is mounting, but JSE companies are not keeping pace

WWF South Africa 23 Apr 2026

The new technical agreement between South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), France's Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB), and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was signed at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden in South Africa. Image supplied.

Sanbi-France collab unlocks funds to bridge biodiversity finance gap

23 Apr 2026

SAB spotlights South African women restoring water systems through invasive species clearing in the Western Cape

SAB spotlights South African women restoring water systems through invasive species clearing in the Western Cape

SAB 22 Apr 2026

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From compliance to climate: Rethinking real estate insurance in South Africa

22 Apr 2026

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Dairy producers urged to upgrade lines for large emissions, cost savings

22 Apr 2026

#WorldEarthDay: The FMCG industry’s journey to reducing carbon footprint

#WorldEarthDay: The FMCG industry’s journey to reducing carbon footprint

22 Apr 2026

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Virtual power plants: The future of residential energy in South Africa

21 Apr 2026

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Last call for $100,000 Wilderness Impact Challenge entries

20 Apr 2026

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#EXCLUSIVE | Prof. Madinga: Why green marketing isn’t closing the deal

Prof. Nkosivile Madinga 20 Apr 2026

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New laws and financing options energise SA's solar market

20 Apr 2026

There were long queues at the SASSA offices in Makhado last week as beneficiaries tried to find out what had happened to their grants. Photo: Thembi Siaga

Thousands of grants suspended after Sassa review process in Limpopo

Thembi Siaga 17 Apr 2026

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