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Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Dollar hits near 4-year low versus euro, weighed by worries over tax bill, trade deal

Chibuike Oguh 1 Jul 2025

Candlelight Concerts expands to Gqeberha and Durban

Music

Candlelight Concerts expands to Gqeberha and Durban

19 May 2025

Source: Reuters.

Emergency Medicine

Calls for global justice: South Africa reacts to Gaza hospital strike

21 Apr 2025

AuthenticA Series Lab spotlights Africa's rising screenwriting talent at Series Mania Forum

Film & Cinematography

AuthenticA Series Lab spotlights Africa's rising screenwriting talent at Series Mania Forum

26 Mar 2025

University of Cape Town MBA students win global innovation competition

Higher Education

University of Cape Town MBA students win global innovation competition

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 28 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied. LuxeRivers in Chongqing.

Property

SAOTA strengthens foothold in China

25 Nov 2024

Legendary automotive designer Bruno Sacco passes away

Automotive

Legendary automotive designer Bruno Sacco passes away

8 Oct 2024

Africa's next big storytellers: 4 screenwriters selected for AuthenticA Series Lab

Film & Cinematography

Africa's next big storytellers: 4 screenwriters selected for AuthenticA Series Lab

10 Sep 2024

WTO cases against EU citrus measures move forward

Agro-processing

WTO cases against EU citrus measures move forward

29 Jul 2024

SA advances WTO dispute against EU citrus restrictions

Agriculture

SA advances WTO dispute against EU citrus restrictions

26 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied.

Public Health

Global health at risk: AHF warns against unfair WHO Pandemic Agreement

24 May 2024

Highlights from the 2024 Beijing Auto Show

Events & Shows

Highlights from the 2024 Beijing Auto Show

2 May 2024

Deena Naidoo, group nursing services manager, Lenmed (standing) with from left: Jacqui Stewart, CEO of Cohsasa; Dr Kim Faure project lead: SECURE Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership; Dr Ziyanda Mgugudo-Sello head of unit: Professional Services SA Medical Association and Professor Natalie Schellack, head of the Department of Pharmacology, University of Pretoria, and editor of the South Africa Pharmacy Journal.

Hospital Groups

Cohsasa’s Conference at Hospital Show a great success!

Issued by COHSASA 9 Apr 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

WTO hits road block over advancing dispute reform talks

Emma Farge 22 Mar 2024

Source: Centre for International Governance Innovation.

Markets & Investment

India, South Africa block major investment deal at WTO talks

Rachna Uppal and Emma Farge 29 Feb 2024

Economy

#WEF24: Global leaders unite to drive initiatives for climate action and clean energy

Katja Hamilton 19 Jan 2024

South African health accrediting body is internationally accredited

Hospital Groups

South African health accrediting body is internationally accredited

Issued by COHSASA 18 Jan 2024

Delegates attend the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 11 September 2023. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/ File Photo

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Morocco wins vote to lead UN human rights body after showdown with SA

Reuters 10 Jan 2024

Source: World Food Programme.

Emergency Medicine

SA condemns attack that wounded Jordanian medics in Gaza

17 Nov 2023

Source: Luum Awards For the first time, an African agency, Nigeria's X3M Idea, has been named Independent Agency of the Year at the Luum Awards

Advertising

Nigeria's X3M Ideas wins Luum Awards Independent Agency of the Year - a first for Africa

9 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

WHO recommends malaria vaccine that will be rolled out next year

4 Oct 2023

2003 BMW M3 sells for R2.3m at SA classic car auction

Commercial & Industrial

2003 BMW M3 sells for R2.3m at SA classic car auction

27 Sep 2023

Seedstars, IOE launch 4th edition of The Migration Challenge

Social Entrepreneurship

Seedstars, IOE launch 4th edition of The Migration Challenge

19 Sep 2023

A satellite image shows lower dam on Wadi in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya 13 September 2023. Maxar Technologies/Reuters

Infrastructure & Utilities

Libyans furious at revelations that warnings went unheeded before flood

Tom Perry and Angus McDowall 18 Sep 2023

4 African episodic screenwriters selected for second edition of AuthenticA Series Lab

Film & Cinematography

4 African episodic screenwriters selected for second edition of AuthenticA Series Lab

13 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.A boy covers his face from smoke as a health worker fumigates against mosquitoes in a residential area, as Sri Lanka tries to curb dengue fever across the island in Colombo, Sri Lanka 12 July, 2023.

Public Health

WHO warns of dengue risk as global warming pushes cases near historic highs

Emma Farge 21 Jul 2023

Source: Hanson Robotics.

Palliative care

AI robots could play future role as companions in care homes

Emma Farge 7 Jul 2023

Eduvos Moot Court team to second round of UN competition

Higher Education

Eduvos Moot Court team to second round of UN competition

Issued by Eduvos 25 May 2023

Image supplied. (left to right) AuthenticA Series Lab 2022 participant Tony Sebastian Ukpo, Penny Christodoulou Storyboard Collective, mentor Mehret Mandefro, story consultant Selina Ukwuoma, 2022 participant Chantel Clark, 2022 participant Jessica Leanne Hagan, 2022participant Angela Wanjiku Wamai and programme director Elias Ribeiro

Film & Cinematography

2nd edition of the AuthenticA Series Lab opens for submissions

9 May 2023

A look at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show

Events & Shows

A look at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show

3 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Infectious Diseases

WHO says risk 'moderate' after laboratory in Sudan seized by fighters

2 May 2023

New Paper and Packaging PRO Alliance CEO Dorah Modise. Source: Supplied

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Dorah Modise takes the helm at Paper and Packaging PRO Alliance

31 Mar 2023

Latest accreditations awarded by The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa Cohsasa (NPC)

Hospital Groups

Latest accreditations awarded by The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa Cohsasa (NPC)

Issued by COHSASA 17 Mar 2023

Qatar Airways becomes global partner and official airline of Formula 1

Aviation

Qatar Airways becomes global partner and official airline of Formula 1

27 Feb 2023

Healthcare

Putting health at the heart of climate action

Katja Hamilton 14 Apr 2023

Honoris receives key award as future technologies take centre stage

Distance Learning

Honoris receives key award as future technologies take centre stage

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 8 Feb 2023

World Economic Forum New Champions' Community Awards

Higher Education

World Economic Forum New Champions' Community Awards

Issued by Regent Business School 6 Feb 2023

Source: DynaMedex.

Public Health

SA measles outbreak of concern, NICD warns as case surge hits 80% worldwide

Katja Hamilton 13 Jan 2023

Source: Pixabay.

Covid-19

African Development Bank unveils the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation

23 Dec 2022

HIV/AIDS

Call to World Health Organization to rename HIV

2 Dec 2022

Image supplied: Verdi’s La Traviata

Film

All the new film releases coming this festive season

Daniel Dercksen 1 Dec 2022

Osmotic Engineering Group director receives Fidic 2022 Future Leaders Award

Construction & Engineering

Osmotic Engineering Group director receives Fidic 2022 Future Leaders Award

20 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. An artist paints a mural as part of the "cholera" campaign to depict the suffering of cholera patients in Sanaa, Yemen; April 25, 2019.

Healthcare

Cholera outbreaks surging worldwide, fatality rates rising - WHO

Jennifer Rigby 3 Oct 2022

Richemont chairman Johann Rupert. Source:

Fashion & Homeware

Richemont board stands firm on rejection of activist shareholder proposals

Neesa Moodley 16 Aug 2022

Government lodges WTO dispute to address EU measures affecting citrus imports from SA

Agro-processing

Government lodges WTO dispute to address EU measures affecting citrus imports from SA

29 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (centre) at the recent WTO Ministerial meeting - at the MC12 Closing Press Conference, 17 June 2022.

Markets & Investment

Understanding the WTO Ministerial Meeting: What just happened and what's next?

Sean Doherty and Aditi Sara Verghese 24 Jun 2022

Source: © Sergei Dogadin

Media

Another journalist murdered in the line of duty

13 May 2022

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

Food Security

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

Nelson Banya 11 May 2022

Pandora, Richemont quit Responsible Jewellery Council over Russian ties

Fashion & Homeware

Pandora, Richemont quit Responsible Jewellery Council over Russian ties

1 Apr 2022