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Ricardo Pillay, Team Lead, LnP Beyond Legal, Energy Team

Legislation & Regulation

New regulations set to transform SA's electricity transmission

Ricardo Pillay 6 hours

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Agriculture

Absa and AGDA push for greater financial inclusion in SA agriculture

12 hours

Festivals are not guaranteed funding from the government (Image source: © NAF

Events & Conferencing

Government funding for festivals in doubt

9 hours

Image credit: Eskom

Nuclear Power

Eskom's Koeberg Unit 2 granted 20-year licence extension

10 hours

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Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Just over 3 weeks left to apply for the PSG Bursary SA 2026

10 hours

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Health & Social Welfare

Disney Africa, Sporting Chance Foundation mark a decade of Disney Healthy Happy Play

11 hours

Unisa backs 30 young South Africans in tech entrepreneurship push

Entrepreneurship

Unisa backs 30 young South Africans in tech entrepreneurship push

11 hours

Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Botswana and Angola contend for control of De Beers

12 hours

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Health & Social Welfare

Can South Africa’s social grants help people make a better life? Research offers hope

Leila Patel 12 hours

Supplied image (from L-R): Ryan Hunt, Las Lemmer, Keith Taeuber, Leigh Spaun, Carlo Capri, and Deon de Wet outside the soon-to-be School of Rock Devonbosch

Skills Training

School of Rock to launch in Stellenbosch

1 day

Registration opens for 31st Commonwealth Agriculture Conference in Cape Town

Agriculture

Registration opens for 31st Commonwealth Agriculture Conference in Cape Town

1 day

Tiisetso Masimula, director, Transcend Capital

Management & Leadership

SA competition authorities' role in promoting employee ownership

Tiisetso Masimula 1 day

Applications open for R1m Orange Corners Innovation Fund for young entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship

Applications open for R1m Orange Corners Innovation Fund for young entrepreneurs

1 day

Durban’s port partnership can unlock South Africa’s export growth

Logistics & Transport

Durban’s port partnership can unlock South Africa’s export growth

Hans-Ole Madsen 1 day

Wellbeing and healthy school environments

Higher Education

Wellbeing and healthy school environments

Issued by SACAP 1 day

GC Now Johannesburg convenes President Ramaphosa and world leaders for a historic global turning point

ESG & Sustainability

GC Now Johannesburg convenes President Ramaphosa and world leaders for a historic global turning point

Issued by OnPoint PR 1 day

Biovac opened a new product development laboratory in Cape Town. Image supplied.

Pharmaceuticals

Biovac boosts Africa’s vaccine capacity with new lab

1 day

Loyalty crisis: South Africans switching brands faster than ever

Branding

Loyalty crisis: South Africans switching brands faster than ever

Mosa Ntwampe, Issued by Brave Group 1 day

Top Billing makes a grand return, celebrating art, culture, and style

Lifestyle

Top Billing makes a grand return, celebrating art, culture, and style

1 day

Source: Supplied. Gwen Mwaba, Managing Director: Trade Finance and Correspondent Banking; Afreximbank

Finance

Unlocking Africa's potential: Afreximbank highlights skilled trade-finance workforce

1 day

Cape Town startup eFama wins top prize in Meta AI accelerator

Awards

Cape Town startup eFama wins top prize in Meta AI accelerator

2 days

Shoprite and Checkers host Market Day 2025 to empower community farmers

ESG

Shoprite and Checkers host Market Day 2025 to empower community farmers

2 days

Unlock your future: Solwazi Institute opens its doors to make accredited skills training accessible

Skills Training

Unlock your future: Solwazi Institute opens its doors to make accredited skills training accessible

Issued by Solwazi Institute 2 days

CWP worker Ewart Sithebe, in the yellow jacket with a microphone, led the crowd. Photo: Warren Mabona / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

EPWP workers march for permanent jobs and better pay

Warren Mabona 3 days

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Pharmaceuticals

South Africa inches closer to end-to-end vaccine manufacturing

3 days

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Energy

Applications for C-Suite Women in Energy Empowerment open

3 days

Western Cape honours top agri workers at 2025 Prestige Awards

Agriculture

Western Cape honours top agri workers at 2025 Prestige Awards

3 days

Thousands thrive through the Social Employment Fund

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Thousands thrive through the Social Employment Fund

Thula Zondi, Issued by The Social Employment Fund 3 days

Joburg launches new tourism training programme to boost job creation

Tourism

Joburg launches new tourism training programme to boost job creation

3 Nov 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, but understanding is scarce, says Garon Campbell, founder and AI director at Breadbin Productions (Image source: © 123rf )

Artificial Intelligence

AI literacy to define Africa’s next creative boom

Garon Campbell 3 days

Unilever, Knorrox and DBE train food handlers to boost flavour and cut waste in school meals

Food, Water & Energy Security

Unilever, Knorrox and DBE train food handlers to boost flavour and cut waste in school meals

Issued by Knorrox 3 Nov 2025

97 SA coastal sites recognised in 2025/26 Blue Flag and Green Coast awards

Tourism

97 SA coastal sites recognised in 2025/26 Blue Flag and Green Coast awards

3 Nov 2025

Ferial Haffajee to lead Daily Maverick’s new Johannesburg Bureau

Newspapers

Ferial Haffajee to lead Daily Maverick’s new Johannesburg Bureau

Issued by Daily Maverick 3 Nov 2025

Volkswagen SA appoints new HR director

Dealers

Volkswagen SA appoints new HR director

3 Nov 2025

Source: Supplied. Lytania Johnson, chief executive officer of FNB Personal Segment.

Residential Property

FNB's R23.2bn commitment to affordable housing transforms lives

3 Nov 2025

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Infrastructure & Utilities

Historic harbour initiative set to transform South Africa's neglected coastal towns

3 Nov 2025

Xtra Impact Radio Packages is a radio retail package created with Rainmaker Media, the retail media network powered by the Shoprite Group — Africa’s largest retailer and their Xtra Savings rewards programme database

Radio & Audio

Radio: Merging the in-store and on-air world

3 Nov 2025

From compliance to cooperation: What the GCC 2025 means for contractors and employers

Land & Property Law

From compliance to cooperation: What the GCC 2025 means for contractors and employers

Peter Barnard and Harshita Kapoor, Issued by Cox Yeats 31 Oct 2025

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Retail & Hospitality Property

Expansion complete: President Square Vaal Centre reopens with 32 new stores

31 Oct 2025

New Yes initiative aims to help young SA entrepreneurs grow

Social Entrepreneurship

New Yes initiative aims to help young SA entrepreneurs grow

31 Oct 2025

TLC Worldwide Africa champions responsible marketing through TLC Gives Back initiative

Marketing

TLC Worldwide Africa champions responsible marketing through TLC Gives Back initiative

Issued by TLC Worldwide Africa 31 Oct 2025

Net positive travel honoured at 2025 global tourism awards

Tourism & Travel

Net positive travel honoured at 2025 global tourism awards

31 Oct 2025

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

#WorldCitiesDay: Smart cities need smart waste management

31 Oct 2025

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Infrastructure & Utilities

Game-changing $18bn commitment made to Africa at Luanda summit

31 Oct 2025

Africa’s biggest sustainability event sparks a movement – not just a conversation

ESG & Sustainability

Africa’s biggest sustainability event sparks a movement – not just a conversation

Issued by ESG Africa Conference 30 Oct 2025

Dr Mavuso Msimang received the Eco-Logical Intelligence Lifetime Achievement Award. Image supplied.

ESG & Sustainability

South Africa's eco-champions win big at 2025 Eco-Logic Awards

30 Oct 2025

People walk past a Dis-Chem Pharmacy outlet in Cape Town, South Africa, 22 February 2024. Image credit: Reuters/Esa Alexander

Pharmaceuticals

Dis-Chem's 9% earnings jump spurred on by wholesale revenue

30 Oct 2025

Supplied image - back row (L-R): Sohail Dhoda, Head of Business, Growth and Strategy at Philanthrosoft; Tobias Muehler, Head of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) unit at GIZ; Thomas Schaef, Country Director, GIZ South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini and Naria Santa Lucia, General Manager at Microsoft Elevate.
Front row (L-R): Suraya Adam, Commission Manager at GIZ; Alexandra Militz, Advisor at GIZ and Tiara Pathon, AI Skills Director, Elevate at Microsoft South Africa.

Higher Education

Microsoft SA unveils Ikamva Digital to boost youth tech skills

29 Oct 2025

Ko.Kreate will host a year-end gathering that recognises women of colour driving South Africa’s creative industries

DEI

Celebrating Women Shaping 2025

29 Oct 2025

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Tuberculosis

Department of Health relaunches South Africa’s TB Caucus

29 Oct 2025