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It's a first! Best Digital Agency awarded to two agencies

Publicis Groupe Africa shines at Bookmark Awards with 21 finalist nominations

Jury chairs and jury members announced

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Why financial resilience matters to the household economy

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Harambee's new Breaking Barriers report: A gender lens to the analysis of South Africa's youth employment challenge

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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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Africa to weather billion-dollar storm as “super” El Niño approaches

Simon Jessop and Marc Jones 27 Jul 2026

“This Textile Innovation Challenge is about discovering ideas that could help shape Africa’s textile future,” says Jackie May, founder of Twyg and co-founder of Africa Textile Talks. Image credit: The Dollie House

Africa’s sustainable fashion future to be unveiled at Twyg’s Africa Textile Talks

24 Jul 2026

CapeNature warns small visitor offences can have a big impact on biodiversity

CapeNature warns small visitor offences can have a big impact on biodiversity

24 Jul 2026

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Green mobility shift: Absa expands BYD EV finance offering

22 Jul 2026

Shoprite reaches 300th community garden milestone in Bredasdorp

Shoprite reaches 300th community garden milestone in Bredasdorp

22 Jul 2026

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

Giselda Vagnoni and Oriana Boselli 21 Jul 2026

Power, purpose and progress: A new model for female influence in city-building

Power, purpose and progress: A new model for female influence in city-building

The Greater Tygerberg Partnership 21 Jul 2026

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

21 Jul 2026

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Embedding carbon management into construction contracts: What SA needs to know

Joe Whittle 17 Jul 2026

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Proudly South African and Aranda show the impact of buying local this Mandela Month

15 Jul 2026

Akhoma Qengqe, general manager of KFC Africa, with the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and Minister of Social Development, Sindisiwe Chikunga. Image supplied.

Doing finger-licking good: KFC Africa serves up its first-ever impact report

KFC Africa 15 Jul 2026

The inaugural Bindzu Youth Fund cohort culminated in a national pitching competition, in which entrepreneur Kamogelo Selepe, founder of the AI-powered marketing and technology business ArcaneEdge, was awarded the programme's top prize of R1m. Image supplied.

Mr Price Foundation opens applications for Bindzu Youth Fund

14 Jul 2026

Shaz Ballim, CEO, Kwality Holdings, holds recycled plastic pellets used to manufacture the bags in one hand and a finished Waste2Wear shopping bag in the other, illustrating how discarded plastic is transformed into high-quality, verified recycled products. Image supplied.

SA entrepreneurs bring blockchain-verified recycling to Mzansi

13 Jul 2026

Thinkerneur unlocks the Cannes Lions Gold and Grand Prix winning code

Thinkerneur unlocks the Cannes Lions Gold and Grand Prix winning code

Thinkerneur 10 Jul 2026

WWF South Africa’s Mandela Day campaign calls on South Africans to dedicate their 67 minutes to nature close to home or even at home. Image supplied.

WWF South Africa’s Mandela Day campaign asks SA to sweep before Mother Nature’s door

8 Jul 2026

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#WoolworthsYouthMakers2026: Kuhle Phumzile Zondo weaves African storytelling into fashion

Maroefah Smith 7 Jul 2026

Home food gardens help households weather cost-of-living pressures

Home food gardens help households weather cost-of-living pressures

7 Jul 2026

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Can corporate volunteering help solve SA’s youth unemployment crisis?

6 Jul 2026

CorpsAfrica South Africa opens applications for Cohort 3 of its 2026/2027 volunteer programme

CorpsAfrica South Africa opens applications for Cohort 3 of its 2026/2027 volunteer programme

CorpsAfrica South Africa 6 Jul 2026

Mandatory sustainability rules begin shaping global reporting, study by IFAC, AICPA and CIMA finds

Mandatory sustainability rules begin shaping global reporting, study by IFAC, AICPA and CIMA finds

AICPA & CIMA 3 Jul 2026

From Paris to Joburg: What the 15-minute city movement tells us about sustainable urban planning

From Paris to Joburg: What the 15-minute city movement tells us about sustainable urban planning

IGrow Wealth 3 Jul 2026

Dewald Visser travels to De Hoop Nature Reserve and MPA in the new kykNET series Hey Skipper. Image supplied.

Western Cape coastline to make waves in new kykNET series

3 Jul 2026

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Amazon-backed spekboom carbon removal programme to create 11,000 jobs

2 Jul 2026

Urban farming helps Johannesburg’s poorest households survive – now it needs bigger investment

Urban farming helps Johannesburg’s poorest households survive – now it needs bigger investment

Blessings Masuku and Colleta Gandidzanwa 1 Jul 2026

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi founded the Kolisi Foundation to help remove barriers that prevent young people from reaching their full potential. Image supplied.

How Emirates and Siya Kolisi are using rugby to tackle childhood hunger

30 Jun 2026

Exciting tool to help organisations measure sustainability integration

Exciting tool to help organisations measure sustainability integration

Trialogue 30 Jun 2026

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SMMEs asked to waste no time in joining new national database

29 Jun 2026

#YouthMonth | Walk in the footsteps of SA schoolchildren and get them school shoes

#YouthMonth | Walk in the footsteps of SA schoolchildren and get them school shoes

Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2026

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African Frontier Capital secures $50m green bond for solar rollout

24 Jun 2026

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False Bay seabed acts as a “storage reservoir for pollution”

24 Jun 2026

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