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Pollution is killing Gauteng’s fresh water sources

Food, Water & Energy Security

Pollution is killing Gauteng’s fresh water sources

Seth Thorne 2 days

Despite the current media narrative, brands that play it too safe risk missing out on significant opportunities in Great Britain’s cause landscape, the findings show (Image supplied)

Marketing

Effie and Ipsos: Brands playing it too safe risk missing opportunities

5 Mar 2026

Jennifer Stein, managing director at GGi Communications, outlines practical guidance for boards navigating executive departures. (Image supplied.)

PR & Communications

How to communicate executive departures with credible transparency

Jennifer Stein 27 Feb 2026

AI and defamation: Where does the responsibility lie?

4th Industrial Revolution

AI and defamation: Where does the responsibility lie?

Dario Milo, Lia Wheeler 24 Feb 2026

Source: Ihsaan Haffejee/GroundUp.

Affordable & Social Housing

Assassinated Abahlali leader praised for fighting land grab “mafia"

Ihsaan Haffejee 23 Feb 2026

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Activists reject Nersa's decision on Eskom's proposed tariff hikes

23 Jan 2026

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

How IT asset disposal can drive South Africa's circular economy

16 Jan 2026

Thandiswa Mazwai launches Sankofa Heritage Fest with Somi and Msaki

Music

Thandiswa Mazwai launches Sankofa Heritage Fest with Somi and Msaki

9 Jan 2026

Higher Education

Naledi Pandor named the new chancellor of Nelson Mandela University

8 Jan 2026

Johannesburg's inner city is alive with creative and cultural small entrepreneurs. Pictured: Victoria Yards (Image source: © Urban Jozi

Entrepreneurship

Johannesburg’s creative hubs are booming: how artists are rejuvenating a failing inner city

2 Jan 2026

Standing ground, serving communities: Boikanyo Malepe reflects on journalism in 2025

Media

Standing ground, serving communities: Boikanyo Malepe reflects on journalism in 2025

Esther Tomorrow, Issued by MDNTV 23 Dec 2025

Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, is appealing a HPCSA ruling against her. Photo: “” by ().

Ethics & Medicolegal

SA doctor in the firing line for stand on Palestine

Joan van Dyk 19 Dec 2025

Branding

Brand moves we loved, loathed and learned from in 2025

Issued by icandi CQ 18 Dec 2025

Social Media

News influencers are reshaping the media – insights from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa

Amy Ross Arguedas and Nic Newman 28 Nov 2025

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

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

27 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

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Property Development

Inclusion as a design principle: The future of urban living

Gerard Abrahamse 31 Oct 2025

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Mining

Can South Africa hold its mining tech edge as Anglo American relocates?

Reginald Letsholo 28 Oct 2025

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Climate Change

‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’ is corporate gaslighting – the real change must come from the fossil fuel industry

Alex Lenferna 22 Oct 2025

Frontière Advisory launches to help organisations protect value in Africa

Markets & Investment

Frontière Advisory launches to help organisations protect value in Africa

Issued by Frontière Advisory 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

British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist Jane Goodall poses for a picture at the British Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 15, 2024. Image credit: Reuters/Irina Dambrauskas

Environment & Natural Resources

The world mourns Jane Goodall, champion of chimpanzees and climate change

Susan Heavey 2 Oct 2025

Khaya Koko wins 2025 Nat Nakasa Award for exposing Johannesburg corruption. Source: Sanef.

Media Freedom

Khaya Koko's fearless reporting earns Nat Nakasa Award

22 Sep 2025

AICPA and CIMA to host Engage Africa Conference in Johannesburg

Accounting & Auditing

AICPA and CIMA to host Engage Africa Conference in Johannesburg

Issued by AICPA & CIMA 18 Sep 2025

Women need to reframe heritage as not just what they remember, but what they choose to plan

Financial Services

Women need to reframe heritage as not just what they remember, but what they choose to plan

Issued by MSports Marketing 18 Sep 2025

About 200 activists marched to the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday to support Wild Coast communities opposing seismic surveys and oil exploration rights granted to Shell and Impact Africa. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Activists march against Shell’s oil exploration

Ihsaan Haffejee and Thamsanqa Mbovane 17 Sep 2025

Hollywood icon Robert Redford passes away at 89

Film

Hollywood icon Robert Redford passes away at 89

16 Sep 2025

Jozi My Jozi’s new creative campaign, Babize Bonke features champions of the City, including James Delaney – multidisciplinary artist, owner of Delaney Studio (Image supplied)

Marketing

Jozi My Jozi launches Babize Bonke campaign with We Are Bizarre

15 Sep 2025

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Education & Training

Chronically online: South Africa’s digital dilemma for sexual health

Jessica Gbedemah 12 Sep 2025

Levi's unveils the 501 Curve tailored for every silhouette

Fashion & Homeware

Levi's unveils the 501 Curve tailored for every silhouette

25 Aug 2025

The Gathering 2025: Changemakers | The Impact Edition – agenda released

Online Media

The Gathering 2025: Changemakers | The Impact Edition – agenda released

Issued by Daily Maverick 21 Aug 2025

Luxury tourism in Africa ‘causing more harm than good’, new research warns

Tourism

Luxury tourism in Africa ‘causing more harm than good’, new research warns

Catarina Demony 20 Aug 2025

Source: © 123rf Paul Reynell, vice-president of Prisa and founder of Paddington Station PR says Women’s Month invites us to reflect

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Prisa's Paul Reynell: “I Ask—Who Is She?”

Paul Reynell 19 Aug 2025

Zulaikha Patel joins Newzroom Afrika's AM Report

Media

Zulaikha Patel joins Newzroom Afrika's AM Report

12 Aug 2025

Laila Bastati, chief commercial officer, APO Group. Source: Supplied.

PR & Communications

Energy, tech, and finance sectors feel comms pressure in Africa

Laila Bastati 6 Aug 2025

Paul Reynell, Prisa vice-president and Paddington Station PR MD, pays tribute to the PR professionals who have transformed and inspired (Image supplied)

World PR Day

#WPRD2025 | Paul Reynell: A tribute to those who saw humans

Paul Reynell 30 Jul 2025

Source: ZipZap Circus.

Affordable & Social Housing

Artscape social housing development moves ahead

Matthew Hirsch 29 Jul 2025

Artscape Women’s Humanity Festival 2025 reveals lineup

Lifestyle

Artscape Women’s Humanity Festival 2025 reveals lineup

24 Jul 2025

Jozi’s creative hubs are booming: how artists are rejuvenating a failing inner city

Art

Jozi’s creative hubs are booming: how artists are rejuvenating a failing inner city

Mariapaola McGurk 24 Jul 2025

The Gathering 2025: Daily Maverick’s flagship event returns for its 15th edition

Online Media

The Gathering 2025: Daily Maverick’s flagship event returns for its 15th edition

Issued by Daily Maverick 17 Jul 2025

Boundless and NSPCA ‘Jack the Durban July’ to expose cruelty in horse racing

Advertising

Boundless and NSPCA ‘Jack the Durban July’ to expose cruelty in horse racing

Issued by Boundless 15 Jul 2025

Source: Own Haven Housing Association. Conradie Park in Pinelands is being built on land previously owned by the Western Cape Government. It will create 3,500 homes, of which 1,715 will be state-subsidised affordable housing. More than 1,250 units have already been completed.

Property Development

Affordable housing, no state subsidies – City says it will work

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 9 Jul 2025

5th season of Dreaming in Color podcast spotlights Africa’s visionary leaders

Podcasts

5th season of Dreaming in Color podcast spotlights Africa’s visionary leaders

Issued by The Bridgespan Group 8 Jul 2025

Many recipients of the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant say they are battling with SASSA’s online verification system. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Social Welfare

Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with Sassa’s system

Marecia Damons 12 Jun 2025

ESG

Sustainability dips but still drives choice in the luxury market

11 Jun 2025

Archived image: A view shows damage inside a shopping mall following protests that have widened into looting, in Durban, South Africa, 13 July 2021, in this screen grab taken from a video. Courtesy Kierran Allen/via Reuters

Criminal Law

2021 July unrest suspects appear in court

5 Jun 2025

Discover June's film releases: A mix of sci-fi, horror, and drama

Film

Discover June's film releases: A mix of sci-fi, horror, and drama

Daniel Dercksen 4 Jun 2025

Zapiro, SA’s most-awarded cartoonist, receives Honorary Doctorate in Education from University of Pretoria

Higher Education

Zapiro, SA’s most-awarded cartoonist, receives Honorary Doctorate in Education from University of Pretoria

Issued by University of Pretoria 27 May 2025

A report by shareholder activist organisation Just Share has shown that South Africa’s largest polluters pay so little carbon tax that it barely has any impact on their greenhouse gas emissions. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Climate Change

Corporate lobbying derailed South Africa’s climate goals, report finds

Liezl Human 14 May 2025