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Markets & Investment

Anglo American to drive inclusive growth in SA with help from the UK

17 hours

Seychelles' 15th Minister for Tourism, Nicola Amanda J Bernstein. (image supplied)

Tourism

Seychelles appoints new tourism and culture minister

12 Nov 2025

Registration opens for 31st Commonwealth Agriculture Conference in Cape Town

Agriculture

Registration opens for 31st Commonwealth Agriculture Conference in Cape Town

6 Nov 2025

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Changes to UK sanctions designations list: What African operations need to know

Ryan Nelson, Nikita Shaw, and Cynthia Venter 21 Oct 2025

Township retail gets an upgrade to be more sustainable

Packaging

Township retail gets an upgrade to be more sustainable

Issued by DY/DX 8 Oct 2025

Dozens of people, many of them health workers, picketed outside Red Cross Hospital on Thursday. Photos: Matthew Hirsch

Ethics & Medicolegal

Health workers picket for flotilla to be protected

Matthew Hirsch 3 Oct 2025

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Agribusiness

New area-yield index insurance helps farmers tackle climate risks

13 Aug 2025

Smartfill calls on FMCG brands to join circular innovation drive in Thembisa

FMCG

Smartfill calls on FMCG brands to join circular innovation drive in Thembisa

Issued by DY/DX 18 Jun 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Jittery markets await Fed as Mideast conflict rages on

18 Jun 2025

All the African Beer Cup 2025 winners

Food & Wine

All the African Beer Cup 2025 winners

2 Jun 2025

Beyond the classroom walls: Why more South African parents are choosing flexible education paths

Primary & Secondary Education

Beyond the classroom walls: Why more South African parents are choosing flexible education paths

Issued by CambriLearn 2 Jun 2025

Olympian Caitlin Rooskrantz has graduated from UJ. Source: UJ.

Marketing

Olympian Caitlin Rooskrantz earns marketing degree

30 May 2025

Manzi Water debuts at automated refill store, Skubu

FMCG

Manzi Water debuts at automated refill store, Skubu

26 May 2025

Former Springboks wing Cornal Hendricks, aged 37, passes away

Sport

Former Springboks wing Cornal Hendricks, aged 37, passes away

15 May 2025

Ogilvy SA won four Warc Awards 2025 - Middle East Africa including gold for its Bread of the Nation campaign for AB InBev SA

Advertising

Ogilvy wins all SA’s Warc Awards 2025 - Middle East and Africa

29 Apr 2025

Smartfill joins Transform’s R9m initiative to drive circular economy innovation in South Africa

FMCG

Smartfill joins Transform’s R9m initiative to drive circular economy innovation in South Africa

Issued by DY/DX 11 Apr 2025

UK-backed MiDO Academy empowers CT youth with cybersecurity skills

Skills Training

UK-backed MiDO Academy empowers CT youth with cybersecurity skills

4 Mar 2025

Pegasys joins RSK Group to advance global development goals

ESG & Sustainability

Pegasys joins RSK Group to advance global development goals

Issued by Stone 5 Feb 2025

VML won gold in the Community Core category dnd in the Sound On Please category, for Vodacom Hearing Challenge in the inaugural TikTok METAP region Ad Awards (Image supplied)

Social Media

SA agencies shine at inaugural METAP region TikTok Ad Awards

29 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Dollar slips as FX traders gird for US election outcome

Amanda Cooper 5 Nov 2024

#WomensMonth: Thati Zulu, South African hockey player and Red Bull athlete

Sport

#WomensMonth: Thati Zulu, South African hockey player and Red Bull athlete

Evan-Lee Courie 22 Aug 2024

Akani Simbine to lead SA’s delegation as flag bearer at the Olympic Games Paris 2024

Sport

Akani Simbine to lead SA’s delegation as flag bearer at the Olympic Games Paris 2024

17 Jul 2024

Markets & Investment

International money transfers: How SA’s exchange controls affect (and protect) them

21 Jun 2024

Courtney Williams is part of the cohort. Source: LinkedIN.

Cannes Lions

Lions announces 2024 scholarship recipients, SA on the list

30 May 2024

David Meads, Cisco vice president for the Middle East, Africa, Romania, and the Commonwealth of Independent States

Services

Cisco appoints new vice president for MEA, Romania, and CIS

9 May 2024

Source: Supplied. Founder and medical director of Child Accra, Juliette Tuakli.

Healthcare

"And the Lifetime Achievement in Healthcare at AHAS Summit goes to..."

3 May 2024

Social Media

What’ll happen when Facebook stops paying for news? Here’s what happened when radio stopped paying for music

Peter Martin 22 Mar 2024

#BizTrends2024: What's hot to eat, taste, wear and more in 2024

Trends

#BizTrends2024: What's hot to eat, taste, wear and more in 2024

Sue Blaine 22 Jan 2024

30 South African authors to take part in inaugural iLembe Book Festival

Events

30 South African authors to take part in inaugural iLembe Book Festival

12 Jan 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Oil jumps 2% as Middle East tension deepens

Arathy Somesekhar and Muyu Xu 18 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Japan's yen takes the spotlight in central bank week

18 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

Financial Services

Hundreds of millions of dollars pledged for African carbon credits at climate summit

Duncan Miriri and Simon Jessop 5 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Dollar teeters near one-year low; euro climbs to 17-month peak

Rae Wee 18 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Yen nervy as markets on intervention alert; Aussie slips after RBA

Ankur Banerjee 4 Jul 2023

SA, France sign anti-cyber crime agreement

Cybersecurity

SA, France sign anti-cyber crime agreement

19 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Dollar retreats as Fed pause eyed; US debt deal clears House

Rae Wee 1 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Tom Kariuki, SFA Foundation executive director at the Deltas Africa ll launch event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Medical Research

Science for Africa Foundation launches $70m research programme

11 May 2023

Continent's best beers awarded at African Beer Cup

FMCG

Continent's best beers awarded at African Beer Cup

11 May 2023

Late copywriter's book The Hidden Star now available in isiXhosa

Publishing

Late copywriter's book The Hidden Star now available in isiXhosa

10 May 2023

File photo: Zimbabwean novelist, Tsitsi Dangarembga, whose latest book "This Mournable Body" has been nominated for a Booker Prize, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Harare, Zimbabwe, 4 August 2020. Reuters/MacDonald Dzirutwe

Criminal Law

Zimbabwe prize-winning novelist acquitted over anti-government protest

Nyasha Chingono 8 May 2023

Branding

Hosting the World Cup: what Qatar can learn from South Africa about nation branding

Brendon Knott 5 Dec 2022

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Media

Queen Elizabeth II: the end of the 'new Elizabethan age'

Laura Clancy 9 Sep 2022

Why public relations (PR) professionals need to mind their language when working in Africa

PR & Communications

Why public relations (PR) professionals need to mind their language when working in Africa

Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, Issued by APO Group 9 Sep 2022

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Higher Education

ACU pays tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II

9 Sep 2022

Image supplied: A sneak peek at the new Commonwealth Games Leisure and Sportswear

Fashion

Young Durban designers conceptualise SA Commonwealth Games kit

20 Jul 2022

Source: © The Mill Walter the Cat— Chevy Silverado is one of the nominees in the 2022 Emmy’s Outstanding Commercial category

Advertising

All the 74th Emmy Outstanding Commercial category nominations

14 Jul 2022

AICPA & CIMA appoint Jeremy Osborn as global head of ESG

Accounting & Auditing

AICPA & CIMA appoint Jeremy Osborn as global head of ESG

Issued by AICPA & CIMA 13 Jul 2022

Dentsu renews their commitment to end malaria by 2030

Advertising

Dentsu renews their commitment to end malaria by 2030

Issued by Dentsu 1 Jul 2022