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Beyond 16 Days campaign targets failures in GBV response

ESG & Sustainability

Beyond 16 Days campaign targets failures in GBV response

19 Dec 2025

Branding

Brand moves we loved, loathed and learned from in 2025

Issued by icandi CQ 18 Dec 2025

It takes a community: Confronting teenage and girl child pregnancy together

Health & Social Welfare

It takes a community: Confronting teenage and girl child pregnancy together

Issued by Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation 15 Dec 2025

SADiLaR amplifies visibility and impact during conference season

Higher Education

SADiLaR amplifies visibility and impact during conference season

Birgit Otterman and Lihle Sosibo, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 12 Dec 2025

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Health & Social Welfare

Govt outlines 5 priorities to address GBVF in South Africa

11 Dec 2025

#RAPT BizTrendsTV | Bronwyn Williams: The Dark Forest, fat pigs, pitchforks, and giant monsters

BizTrendsTV

#RAPT BizTrendsTV | Bronwyn Williams: The Dark Forest, fat pigs, pitchforks, and giant monsters

Danette Breitenbach 9 Dec 2025

eNCA's Checkpoint investigation triumphs at Vodacom Journalist Awards

Media

eNCA's Checkpoint investigation triumphs at Vodacom Journalist Awards

5 Dec 2025

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

WC Social Development opens LGBTQIA+ and men’s GBV shelter

3 Dec 2025

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

5FM’s "16 Days, 16 Voices" shines spotlight on GBV survivors' stories

27 Nov 2025

Amazi marks 10 years of empowering women with over 40 nail bars in Woolworths

Health & Beauty

Amazi marks 10 years of empowering women with over 40 nail bars in Woolworths

26 Nov 2025

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Govt calls on South Africans to help end "societal scourge" of GBVF

26 Nov 2025

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ESG & Sustainability

Gen Z: The generation that calls everything out except ableism

Jessica Gbedemah 25 Nov 2025

Woolworths to pause operations momentarily in anti-GBVF effort

ESG

Woolworths to pause operations momentarily in anti-GBVF effort

20 Nov 2025

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

RCS Violence Survey finds rise of tech-facilitated GBV in SA

19 Nov 2025

Social Media

SA's Purple Revolution to end GBV goes global

Chloe Posthumus 19 Nov 2025

Ogilvy South Africa and Yum! took the top industry honours at the Marketing and Media Alliance sub-Saharan Africa's 2025 Smarties (image supplied)

Marketing

Ogilvy and Yum! take top honours at MMA SSA Smarties

14 Nov 2025

What will it take to make Africa food secure? G20 group points to trade, resilient supply chains and sustainable farming

Agriculture

What will it take to make Africa food secure? G20 group points to trade, resilient supply chains and sustainable farming

Wandile Sihlobo 11 Nov 2025

TEARS Soul City Bang Your Pot

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

TEARS Soul City Bang Your Pot

Issued by TEARS Foundation 3 Nov 2025

Taelo Mojapelo, CEO, bpSA

Employment Equity

Effectively transforming SA’s business sector goes well beyond law and regulation

Taelo Mojapelo 28 Oct 2025

Pack hope, restore dignity: How your company can make a real difference this 16 Days of Activism

CSI & Philanthropy

Pack hope, restore dignity: How your company can make a real difference this 16 Days of Activism

Issued by TEARS Foundation 28 Oct 2025

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Aesthetic Medicine

Socially conscious wellness: How South African beauty brands empower cancer survivors

27 Oct 2025

Purely African, Queerly Powerful: Johannesburg's vibrant Pride Month 2025

Events

Purely African, Queerly Powerful: Johannesburg's vibrant Pride Month 2025

7 Oct 2025

Image credit: Joseph Agboola on Unsplash

Health & Social Welfare

Children advocate for safe online environments

25 Sep 2025

Youth Marketing

WiM Africa and Kantar tackle Gen Z marketing disruptions in lively debate

22 Sep 2025

Media

The secret to brand success: Going deeper than meme culture

Simon Spreckley 18 Sep 2025

How brands can pivot from “look at us,” to “we see you”

Marketing

How brands can pivot from “look at us,” to “we see you”

Jessica Porter 15 Sep 2025

#WomensMonth | Bookmarks' Rising Star Sibuyiselwe Nhlangwini is showing up and taking up space

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Bookmarks' Rising Star Sibuyiselwe Nhlangwini is showing up and taking up space

28 Aug 2025

About 80 people gathered in Rosebank to protest against Standard Bank and TotalEnergies’ investment in fossil fuels. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro

Climate Change

Climate protesters demand reparations from Standard Bank for fossil fuel investments

Kimberly Mutandiro 20 Aug 2025

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Mike Teke to replace July Ndlovu as FutureCoal chairperson

12 Aug 2025

Sydney Sweeney stars in the controversial American Eagle ad.

Advertising

Why Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign is part of a wider cultural backlash

Meaghan Furlano 12 Aug 2025

Malibongwe Arts Festival: Tribute To Women 2025 lineup announced

Events

Malibongwe Arts Festival: Tribute To Women 2025 lineup announced

5 Aug 2025

The Gathering 2025: Unfiltered. Bold ideas. Big names. One defining conversation

Online Media

The Gathering 2025: Unfiltered. Bold ideas. Big names. One defining conversation

Issued by Daily Maverick 1 Aug 2025

Artscape Women’s Humanity Festival 2025 reveals lineup

Lifestyle

Artscape Women’s Humanity Festival 2025 reveals lineup

24 Jul 2025

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ESG & Sustainability

Gen Z and the sustainability paradox: Why ideals and shopping habits don’t always align

Melise Panetta 7 Jul 2025

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Law Practice

#YouthMonth: Baker McKenzie candidate attorneys’ shared pursuit of justice and progress

Shan Radcliffe 30 Jun 2025

Image: Lebohang Ramokonopi, candidate attorney at Bowmans - source:

Law Practice

#YouthMonth: Bowmans' Lebohang Ramokonopi - encouraging accountability and civic responsibility

Shan Radcliffe 24 Jun 2025

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CSI & Philanthropy

Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation joins the Climate Philanthropy Pledge

23 Jun 2025

How South African youth are shaping the future of marketing

Youth Month

How South African youth are shaping the future of marketing

Issued by KLA 18 Jun 2025

Zuzu the Hermit Crab: Where animation meets activism

Film & Cinematography

Zuzu the Hermit Crab: Where animation meets activism

Issued by Scholars Film 28 May 2025

Gibs launches MPhil specialising in Leading in New Economies to empower visionary leaders

Higher Education

Gibs launches MPhil specialising in Leading in New Economies to empower visionary leaders

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 23 May 2025

M&C Saatchi Abel's Bulletproof Park campaign for Gun Free SA is a story about a “fake idea” that led to real change (Image supplied)

Marketing

#BehindtheCampaign: Bullet Proof Park | A fake idea with real change

13 May 2025

The awards were held on Thursday. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

TFG and VML triumph at the Smarties 2025 Awards

9 May 2025

Let’s talk language freedom in celebration of Freedom Day

Higher Education

Let’s talk language freedom in celebration of Freedom Day

Issued by Stellenbosch University Language Centre 22 Apr 2025

Wake Up with Daily Maverick: A bold new morning talk series at the Hermanus Fynarts Festival

Online Media

Wake Up with Daily Maverick: A bold new morning talk series at the Hermanus Fynarts Festival

Issued by Daily Maverick 14 Apr 2025

Law Practice

GBV laws must be strengthened: President Ramaphosa

10 Apr 2025

#OrchidsandOnions: Lil-lets challenges period stigma with new ad

Marketing

#OrchidsandOnions: Lil-lets challenges period stigma with new ad

Brendan Seery 7 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters. SA President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Covid-19

Cyril Ramaphosa addresses heroes of healthcare at Denosa event

25 Mar 2025