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In South African law, gig workers, such as Checkers Sixty60 drivers, are classified as “independent contractors” with limited labour protections or benefits. Photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp

Employee Wellness

South African law is failing gig workers

Nick Fabré 10 Jun 2025

Source: © Anne Spratt Agecny Scope 2023 has found that the trend of in-house marketing operations is starting to wan, as marketers start to respond to the post-Covid world

Marketing & Media

Scopen 2023 trend: In-house agency heading for the out house?

21 Feb 2024

Source: City of Hope.

Healthcare

Breakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important developments for Africa

Oyewale Tomori 2 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied. Anthony Figaji, head of the paediatric neurosurgery unit at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and the African Brain Child Initiative at the University of Cape Town.

Education & Training

South African children face staggering road accident risk

27 Oct 2023

Paradigm Shift: Why we need to see early learning centres as social enterprises that deliver triple impact

Early Childhood Development

Paradigm Shift: Why we need to see early learning centres as social enterprises that deliver triple impact

Tracey Chambers, Issued by Soapbox Communications 20 Jul 2023

New digital community for startup founders to launch

SMEs

New digital community for startup founders to launch

Issued by SME South Africa 10 Jul 2023

Cape Town Arts Festival celebrates 100 years of Langa with Langa Vibes

Art

Cape Town Arts Festival celebrates 100 years of Langa with Langa Vibes

22 May 2023

Sustainability in an unaffordable world

Branding

Sustainability in an unaffordable world

Issued by Human8 2 May 2023

Source © Paul Skorupskas The fifth wave of the Agency Scope study is on track in South Africa with fieldwork on the study beginning in May 2023

Research

Scopen 2023/24: South Africa's fifth wave study set for May

25 Oct 2022

Source: © fauxels CMOs want one agency within their ecosystem that is an integrator

Marketing

Integrators and relationships: what CMOs are looking for from agencies

Cesar Vacchiano 29 Aug 2022

Image source: Hanna Kuprevich –

Remuneration & Payroll

Employers urged to pay contributions and declare workers

22 Jul 2022

Covid shutdowns exposed flaws in Uganda's transport system: How to fix them

Transport

Covid shutdowns exposed flaws in Uganda's transport system: How to fix them

Astrid R.N. Haas 4 Apr 2022

Applications open for 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme

Community

Applications open for 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme

7 Jan 2022

Source: Julian Herzog via

Travel

UAE bans non-vaccinated citizens from travelling

3 Jan 2022

Public Health

Covid-19 targets kidneys, study finds...

Katja Hamilton 20 Dec 2021

What Covid-19 travel bans have done to conservation tourism in Africa

Tourism

What Covid-19 travel bans have done to conservation tourism in Africa

Alexander Richard Braczkowski and Duan Biggs 20 Oct 2021

Eyes on recovery as SA celebrates World Tourism Day

Tourism Month

Eyes on recovery as SA celebrates World Tourism Day

29 Sep 2021

Tourism & Travel

UK and SA delegates meet over red list status

28 Sep 2021

A healthcare worker administers the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccination to a woman in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 August, 2021. Reuters/ Sumaya Hisham/File Photo

Covid-19

South Africa detects new coronavirus variant, still studying its mutations

31 Aug 2021

Source: ©Franco Volpato

Economy

Credit ratings are punishing poorer countries for investing more in healthcare during the pandemic

Ramya Vijaya 17 Aug 2021

Some of the most vulnerable are yet to receive their first dose. Hanna Kuprevich/Alamy Stock Photo

Covid-19

Covid-19: WHO calls for moratorium on booster shots - is it justifiable?

Jonathan Pugh, Dominic Wilkinson & Julian Savulescu 16 Aug 2021

Dr Susan Vosloo. Source: Facebook

Covid-19

Medical community slams top heart surgeon's anti-vaxx comments

16 Aug 2021

South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout is picking up pace. Luca Sola/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Reluctant to be vaccinated for Covid-19? Here are 6 myths you can put to rest

30 Jul 2021

Source: ©Romolo Tavani

Covid-19

We created a tool to help predict Covid-19 increases in African countries

Steven J Schiff, Andrew Geronimo, Claudio Fronterre & Paddy Ssentongo 23 Jul 2021

The research was conducted at the Zambia University Teaching Hospital morgue. Salim Dawood/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Latest data from Lusaka morgue analysis shows spike in Covid-19 deaths

Christopher J Gill 12 Jul 2021

Gates Foundation makes $2.1bn commitment at Generation Equality Forum

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Gates Foundation makes $2.1bn commitment at Generation Equality Forum

1 Jul 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

Covid-19

South Africa's latest Covid-19 lockdown puts spotlight back on vaccination failures

Shabir A Madhi 30 Jun 2021

Source: ©Penchan Pumila

Covid-19

Study: HIV and TB co-infection skews Covid-19 T cell response

24 Jun 2021

Samuel Dhol Ayeun, a trainee doctor who fled from South Sudan to Uganda. ReuterAbubaker Lubowa

Education & Training

"I made it," says South Sudanese who fled to Uganda

Francis Mukasa, 21 Jun 2021

Is YouTube being underutilised by South African brands?

Social Media

Is YouTube being underutilised by South African brands?

Nicole Van Wyk, Issued by Clockwork 15 Jun 2021

E-payments are the catalyst for a global cashless society

Fintech

E-payments are the catalyst for a global cashless society

2 Jun 2021

In It Together: Cotton On partners with Unicef to help deliver 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to the world's most vulnerable

ESG

In It Together: Cotton On partners with Unicef to help deliver 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to the world's most vulnerable

Issued by Cotton On Group 20 May 2021

Health minister, Zweli Mkhize

Covid-19

Covid-19 highlights need to invest in health system resilience

14 May 2021

Employee Wellness

Remote working in a time of pandemic

Maritsa Grewe, Issued by Milpark Education 24 Mar 2021

Covid-19 vaccination strategies have been affected by supply woes. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC

Covid-19

Ghana's Covid-19 vaccine rollout is struggling to keep up with its great start

Godfred Boafo 29 Apr 2021

3 defining tech moments that have helped businesses face Covid-19

Technology

3 defining tech moments that have helped businesses face Covid-19

Angelique Montalto 29 Apr 2021

Finance minister, Tito Mboweni

Economy

Mboweni looks at Africa's post-Covid economic bounce back

28 Apr 2021

Covid-19

India's staggering Covid crisis could have been avoided. But the government dropped its guard too soon

Pradeep Taneja & Azad Singh Bali 28 Apr 2021

Supply Chain

Why you should expect more Suez-like supply chain disruptions and shortages at your local grocery store

Nada R. Sanders 12 Apr 2021

Health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize

Public Health

Pandemic highlights health inequalities

8 Apr 2021

Covid-19

New Covid variants have changed the game, and vaccines will not be enough. We need global 'maximum suppression'

Salim Abdool Karim 6 Apr 2021

Workers at India’s biggest syringe manufacturer ramp up production in September 2020 in race to meet Covid-19 vaccine-driven demand. Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Why India is banking on health diplomacy to grow African footprint

Dan Banik & Renu Modik 26 Mar 2021

Train passengers carried out a Covid-19 detection test with the GeNose C19 screening at Pasar Turi Station, Surabaya, February 15, 2021.
ANTARA FOTO/Didik Suhartono/rwa

Covid-19

Indonesian-made Covid-19 breathalyser sensitivity comparable to RT-PCR

17 Mar 2021

RIP Peter Matlare

Radio & Audio

RIP Peter Matlare

8 Mar 2021