Nearly 20 million more people faced food crises last year amid armed conflict, the Covid-19 pandemic and weather extremes...
Maytaal Angel 1 day ago
Ghana's government has announced a loan scheme to help tenants pay the hefty advance rent...
Nicky Morrison, Emmanuel Kofi Gavu, Lewis Abedi Asante, and Richmond Juvenile Ehwi 1 day ago
I used to have someone at Raizcorp who was really good at his job; let's call him Tshepo (not his real name). Tshepo was not only really good at his job, he was also incredibly loyal and willing to step in to help wherever help was needed...
Allon Raiz 3 days ago
Food Lover's Market is launching its fifth Hunger Month campaign this May, encouraging consumers to contribute a meal to FoodForward SA by purchasing partner products...
Exxaro Resources chief executive, Mxolisi Mgojo, announced in February that his company will join a growing list of international miners divesting from thermal coal assets....
US retail giant Amazon will be the anchor tenant of a R4bn River Club development that has gotten the go-ahead from the City of Cape Town...
Social entrepreneurs are invited to submit their entries for consideration for incubation to the second leg of a Barloworld flagship entrepreneurial programme known as Mbewu...
Edge continues to serve as the thread that sews the seams of our high-tech lives together today - and reinforces the fabric of our 5G-charged futures...
Tony Bartlett 16 Apr 2021
As much as South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised the need for South Africans to "buy local" to boost the country's ailing economy, exports remain crucial to the government's turnaround strategy...
Muhammad Ali 14 Apr 2021
Social entrepreneurs who position their business activities at the intersection of purpose and profit are uniquely placed to contribute to the regeneration of South Africa's economy post-Covid...
Miranda Hosking, Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 8 Apr 2021
Ebola is back in Guinea in West Africa, five years after the largest Ebola epidemic ever known ended...
Connor Bamford 1 Apr 2021
The Marketing Achievement Awards (MAAs) took place last night by way of a premium virtual event, giving everyone the opportunity to safely participate in the evening's festivities...
Issued by Marketing Achievement Awards 1 Apr 2021
The last year has made the rights enshrined in South Africa's Bill of Rights more relevant than ever before. Prior to Covid-19, many of us simply took the right to freedom of movement for granted, as well as the right to freedom of trade, to healthcare and to education...
Jackie Carroll, Issued by Optimi 30 Mar 2021
With a broad range of skills under his belt, RocoMamas national brand manager Adam Deane sits comfortably in the coveted 'unicorn' category of employees...
Lauren Hartzenberg 26 Mar 2021
Leading short-term insurer and financial services provider, MiWay, today announced that it will make a further R30 million available to help reduce the financial impact of COVID-19 on its clients, suppliers and the broader South African community. This is in addition to over R25 million in premium reduction that was set aside for MiWay clients for the initial lockdown period.
Issued by MiWay 23 Mar 2021
Leading short-term insurer and financial services provider, MiWay announced the launch of MiWheels At Home - a new car insurance cover that is designed specifically for South Africans who work from home. This comes at a critical time in the country and is relevant in context of the changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown regulations
Issued by MiWay 23 Mar 2021
MiWay has launched MiSwitch, an innovative solution to counter the time-consuming task of obtaining a comparative insurance quote. The new process is designed to give consumers a quick, easy and convenient way to get a quote.
Issued by MiWay 23 Mar 2021
In just the last five years South Africa has faced two of the biggest challenges imaginable. We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic and...
Michael Franze 19 Mar 2021
A year into the Covid-19 pandemic, global testing capacity sadly mimics countries' GDP per capita. Testing requires money, and rich countries can spend more on tests than middle-income and poor countries...
The nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards were announced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas live from London...
A clinical review recommends that healthy nutrition and supplementation with vitamins, minerals and probiotics may benefit immunity and prevent or ease viral infections...
Issued by Leap Communications 15 Mar 2021
Nomlayo Mabhena is known for being the youngest-ever Black female attorney admitted as a conveyancer...
Charndré Emma Kippie, Issued by Topco Media 9 Mar 2021
Dr Morgan Mkhatshwa, head of operations at Bonitas Medical Fund, unpacks the differences and similarities between 'flu' and Covid-19, how it affects your body and offers compelling reasons why you should consider getting the flu vaccine this year...
Issued by Bonitas 8 Mar 2021
Team Mahali recently won first prize in the City of Cape Town and the Green Building Council South Africa's (GBCSA) design competition...
Water is the foundation of life making it a perfect breeding ground for infection, microbial growth and antibiotic resistant pathogens. Water, also being the foundation for dialysis, plays the most important role for successful patient care...
Issued by GO Content Lab 3 Mar 2021
June 2020 saw Omni HR formalise its partnership with the WYE Trust, after working in partnership with the organisation since its inception in 2018...
Issued by Omni HR Consulting 2 Mar 2021
Governments in most developing countries use medium-term expenditure frameworks as fiscal policy instruments to match the imperatives of policy, planning and budgeting over the medium-term horizon...
Matthew Kofi Ocran 23 Feb 2021
Two South African non-profit organisations (NPOs) stand the chance to win a share of R1m for showing how they innovated and used technology...
The 2021 Programme of Kucheza Afrika Festival will take place online and at the South African State Theatre (SAST) from 1 to 11 April. This year's programme boasts the dance fraternity's renowned dancers such as Vincent Mantsoe, Lulu Mlangeni, Bailey Snyman, Nicola Haskins, Ignatius van Heerden, Fana Tshabalala, Thulani Chauke, Mdu Nhlapo and more.
According to the latest PwC Net Zero Economy Index, a decarbonisation rate of 11.7% per annum is now required to keep...
Meat Naturally and Agricool Finance were awarded joint first place in the 10th Annual Social Innovation Awards, while Leafline Washable Sanitary Wear scooped first place in the Disability Empowerment Awards...
News reports on mutated, more virulant, strains of the virus most likely conjures movie-like images of an invisible, indestructible enemy causing massive disruption. The reality is fortunately much less dramatic...
Felicity Burt, Dominique Goedhals & Sabeeha Vawda 4 Feb 2021
A webinar, focused on highlighting the imperative for a concerted and collaborative effort to accelerate access to palliative care during Covid-19 and beyond, took place on Sunday, 24 January 2021...
Issued by MANGO-OMC 3 Feb 2021
A number of Covid-19 restrictions under adjusted level 3 have been eased following a decline in the number of positive cases, hosipal admission and deaths, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on 1 February...
Dion Chang, one of South Africa's most respected trend analysts, kicked off BizTrends2021 - Towards New North and New Narratives...
Evan-Lee Courie 28 Jan 2021
According to a survey conducted by The Craft Brewers Association of South Africa, the vast majority of local craft brewers don't see themselves surviving the third alcohol ban...
Just over a year after the coronavirus was first reported in China countries are still reeling from its effects. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes Covid-19 disease...
Puleng Segalo, Adeyemi Oladapo Arem, Pradeep Kumar 20 Jan 2021
An extract of seaweed which protects marine plants from disease has been shown in clinical studies to also help block viruses, prevent infections and inhibit the flu...
Issued by Leap Communications 19 Jan 2021
Globally, day surgery hospitals have changed the experience of patients by offering an alternative to acute/conventional hospital surgery...
Lee Callakoppen 7 Jan 2021
If Covid-19 has shown us anything, it underlined the fact that the future of life insurance belongs to the insurers who go out of their way to make their customers' lives simpler and easier by delivering exceptional experiences...
Gareth Quinn 6 Jan 2021
The franchise industry has proven itself to be resilient, innovative and collaborative, which is why it still survives. But it will need all these qualities, and more, to weather and adapt to what will continue to be a testing time...
Morne Cronje 5 Jan 2021
In the midst of the planetary emergency of climate change, Covid-19 is testing modern civilisation's preparedness for shocks, across the spheres of finance, economics and technology; global, national and regional governance; global and population health; social cohesion and food security. This is according to Baker McKenzie's new report, Unprecedented: Converging Crises...
Wildu du Plessis 4 Jan 2021
Brands need to be clear on consumers changing habits, specifically around their desire to connect with others and how they spend their time on shopping preferences...
Jason Stewart 29 Dec 2020
Gugulethu Mhlungu, popularly known as Gugs, was recently appointed editor of Careers Magazine...
Jessica Tennant 28 Dec 2020
Despite intense efforts to control the pest throughout 2020, a new generation of Desert Locust swarms is threatening livelihoods and food security in the Horn of Africa and Yemen...
In recent years, Africa has recorded the fastest growth globally in the number of hungry people and will have the highest total number of hungry people in the next decade if we cannot reverse current trends...
Patrice Talla 21 Dec 2020
Medium-sized companies in South Africa are in a precarious position in terms of cybersecurity...
Lukas van der Merwe 18 Dec 2020
For thousands of consumers this means transitioning from living their best lives, often funded by credit, to survival mode. In a reality where income is under severe pressure but expenses keep occurring, it begs the question: 'Where to next?'...
Issued by Irvine Partners 11 Dec 2020
Without a doubt, small businesses have been the most acutely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Here are some insights from one SMME to others on its survival strategy...
Khathutshelo Mufamadi 10 Dec 2020
There is little point in making provision for a comfortable retirement if the society and environment in which you live is untenable...
Adam Bennot 9 Dec 2020