Through its Wyzetalk-developed Engage platform, Anglo American was able to share targeted information at the individual level, communicating with workers via their mobile phones...
The country's vaccination programme on Sunday reached a welcomed milestone with Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, announcing the arrival of the first batch of the Pfizer vaccination doses...
As the world moves to secure health passports to enable us to travel freely again, Atter Pathology Services' have joined forces with the International Air Transport Association, which represents 292 airlines to become their first African partner...
Ghana became the first country globally to receive a vaccine shipment from the Covax facility...
Godfred Boafo 29 Apr 2021
According to latest results of the Ask Afrika Covid-19 Tracker study, misconceptions continue to be very prevalent with the most common of these being that the vaccine interacts with your DNA, causes side effects and contains the actual virus...
Issued by Ask Afrika 29 Apr 2021
The Investec Property Fund recently issued a three-year, sustainability-linked bond of R800m - a first for the local real estate investment trust sector...
India reported 314,000 new cases of Covid-19 on 22 April, the highest-ever infection tally recorded by any country on a single day.
Pradeep Taneja & Azad Singh Bali 28 Apr 2021
It's been a year since that fateful day when we prepared to shut down...
Deidre Davids 26 Apr 2021
SA's paperless rollout of the Covid-19 vaccinations brings a critical need for data management to the fore...
Hemant Harie 26 Apr 2021
South Africa will resume the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine rollout on Wednesday in a push to vaccinate 500,000 healthcare workers through the Sisonke Programme...
Coronavirus vaccines have been developed and deployed in record time, but as global rollout has progressed, too few doses have been made available in low-income countries...
Adrian Hill 26 Apr 2021
Lyndy van den Barselaar offers four ways that organisations can mitigate employee burnout and foster resiliency in the workplace...
Lyndy van den Barselaar 21 Apr 2021
This month's Marketing Mastermind is Gustav Praekelt, founder and chairman of non-profit organisation, The Praekelt Foundation. He discusses the National Covid-19 WhatsApp Hotline...
Drunk driving is a huge problem in South Africa. According to the Road Traffic Management Corporation Driver Intoxication and Fatal Crashes Report, published March 2020, The contribution of alcohol intoxication, along with human behaviourial risk factors are estimated to contribute to 90% of road traffic crashes...
Issued by Joe Public United 21 Apr 2021
South Africa's Covid-19 death rate is likely to be three times higher than the official figures
LexisNexis South Africa (LNSA), in partnership with global parent company, RELX Group, launched its Employee Resource Group (ERG) Chapter in South Africa on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, to drive the company's commitment to inclusion and diversity (I&D)...
Issued by LexisNexis 19 Apr 2021
Retail veteran Mitch Slape unpacks the changes in consumer behaviour that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about, and where Massmart is seeing growth...
Lauren Hartzenberg 19 Apr 2021
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has recommended the pause on the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine be lifted...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has invited the public to comment on the draft regulations of the Covid-19 Vaccine Injury No-Fault Compensation Scheme...
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has demanded a letter from the Department of Trade and Industry acknowledging its local investment before it will sign off the delivery of 20-million doses of the vaccine to South Africa...
Deloitte's latest State of the Consumer tracker shows South Africans are currently most concerned about finances - even more so than the health impact of Covid-19...
Zitulele KK Combi and Ari Jacobson have launched their patented deep-fryer technology, Kombo King, to retailers, after securing investment from the Vumela Fund...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged his support for Global Citizen's Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, to draw attention to the need to vaccinate, end Covid-19 and kickstart a global economic recovery...
Issued by OnPoint PR 14 Apr 2021
Uganda, Tanzania and oil firms Total and China National Offshore Oil Corporation have signed agreements to kickstart the construction of a $3.5bn 1,440 Kilometers long crude oil pipeline...
All NSFAS-funded students registered at a public university and Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges are being reminded to order laptops online...
Woolworths is expanding its 'plastic shopping bag free' policy to 52 more stores and has announced the replacement of plastic packaging with kraft packaging in 'Ripe and Ready' avocados...
The Vodacom Group has announced that it will work with the African Union Development Agency to build digital infrastructure to manage vaccinations...
Health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has announced that the second phase of the country's vaccination will begin on 17 May, as millions of doses of vaccine are set to land on South African shores over the next few weeks...
Kenya has started the first phase of its Covid-19 vaccination strategy. This was made possible by the delivery of just over one million AstraZeneca vaccines that arrived in two batches...
Catherine Kyobutungi 9 Apr 2021
"South Africa's road network has a pivotal role to play in the country's economic recovery but the condition of some of our roads are preventing this."
Most telcos are also taking steps to secure key aspects of their 5G networks, such as implementing security network slicing, APIs, and more...
At the end of 2020, there was a strong hope that high levels of vaccination would see humanity finally gain the upper hand over SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19...
Salim Abdool Karim 6 Apr 2021
The electronic vaccine data system (EVDS) allows South Africans to register online to receive their Covid-19 vaccination...
Jessie Taylor, Issued by Topco Media 1 Apr 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa stated that the R100bn Infrastructure Fund, aimed at revitalising South Africa's battered economy, will blend resources from the fiscus with financing from the private sector and development institutions...
There will be a four-day ban on the sale of alcohol for off-premise consumption over the upcoming Easter weekend...
Many island economies are dependent on tourism and nowhere is this more apparent than in the Indian Ocean islands of the Maldives and the Seychelles...
South Africa has secured 30-million Johnson and Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccines, the first batch of which will will be delivered in April...
It's no surprise that many people have the misconception that 5G will ultimately replace fibre, when in fact 5G without fibre would not exist...
Steve Briggs 30 Mar 2021
The month of February was the 18th consecutive month in which the Ctrack Freight Transport Index showed a decline. Like January, the February year-on-year decline was marginal, although greater than that of January...
British American Tobacco South Africa has opened the doors to the first Vuse Inspiration Store...
Disputes over the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine have dominated the week, just as they have at various points over the past few months...
Rob Reddick 29 Mar 2021
India has stepped up its global ambitions and foreign policy re-engagement with African countries in recent years. Its bilateral trade increased from $7.bn in 2001 to $63bn in 2017/18...
Dan Banik & Renu Modik 26 Mar 2021
South African retailer confidence has declined by 13 points in the first quarter of 2021, impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and related trade restrictions...
There's hope that some industrialised countries will achieve near-universal vaccination against Covid-19 in the coming months...
Cyrus Sinai & Rob Fetter 23 Mar 2021
Spearheading a new era of performance-driven brand building, the new agency reveals its digital-first global proposition, evolved capabilities and a brand-new identity...
Issued by Dentsu 19 Mar 2021
Scientists are predicting that the social gatherings associated with the Easter weekend will trigger the third wave of Covid-19, just as the country heads into winter. What are the lessons learned from the second wave?
Most developed countries are in the advanced stages of Covid-19 vaccination rollouts. But a large number of developing countries, including most across Africa, are still at the early stages, mainly due to a shortage of shots...
Benjamin Kagina 18 Mar 2021