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Unicef staff and airport workers receive an aircraft carrying medical supplies as authorities and aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain at Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Infectious Diseases

Deadliest Ebola outbreak in Congo gets 70k Merck vaccine boost

21 Aug 2026

Health & Social Welfare

11 dead and 83,184 affected as Cape Town calls for urgent donations

13 May 2026

We won the war against these diseases, then we stopped showing up

Infectious Diseases

We won the war against these diseases, then we stopped showing up

Issued by Medshield 29 Apr 2026

Source: Facebook/City of Joburg. Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero.

Construction & Engineering

Nine dead in Joburg building collapse as City says construction was illegal

Bheki C. Simelane 3 Mar 2026

#Orchids&Onions: SAB drives a hard message home, KFC does ESG right

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: SAB drives a hard message home, KFC does ESG right

Brendan Seery 10 Nov 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

Image credit: Reuters

Environment & Natural Resources

Landslide devastates village in Darfur, over 1,000 feared dead

3 Sep 2025

Source: UN Photo/Elma Okic. WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Healthcare

WHO chief's close call in Yemen air strike

Katja Hamilton 27 Dec 2024

Source: ©Leon Swart via

Logistics & Transport

South Africa closes main entry point with Mozambique

7 Nov 2024

Source: National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

Public Health

Mpox outbreak in Africa was neglected – it could now turn into the next global pandemic

21 Aug 2024

Image source: HONGQI ZHANG –

Occupational Health & Safety

Lessons from George building collapse: Importance of compliance for disaster mitigation

Donné Nieman 20 Jun 2024

Source: CHRO. Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi.

Property

George building collapse: 44 remain missing

Katja Hamilton 10 May 2024

A rescue worker walks with a dog past the site where construction workers are trapped under a building that collapsed in George. Source: Reuters/Esa Alexander

Construction & Engineering

George collapse death toll rises to 6 in ongoing rescue effort

Shafiek Tassiem and Esa Alexander 7 May 2024

#OrchidsandOnions: KFC embedded in SA culture, Eskom's social media misstep

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: KFC embedded in SA culture, Eskom's social media misstep

Brendan Seery 27 Feb 2024

Source: International Criminal Court.

Criminal Law

South Africa refers Israel to ICC for Gaza war crimes

16 Nov 2023

Media Freedom

Death toll adds up as journalists die in Israel and Palestine conflict

Karabo Ledwaba 16 Oct 2023

A view shows rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Talat N'yaaqoub, Morocco, 11 September 2023. Reuters/Hannah McKay

Infrastructure & Utilities

Morocco wants IMF-World Bank meetings to proceed despite quake

David Lawder 12 Sep 2023

Public Health

Cholera outbreak claims four lives in Free State, death toll reaches 47

6 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

South Africa's cholera death toll reaches 43

28 Jun 2023

SA's drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure, neglect

Infrastructure & Utilities

SA's drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure, neglect

Anja du Plessis 14 Jun 2023

Healthcare

Cholera death toll climbs to 32

9 Jun 2023

Paul Mackenzie, 50, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers of the members of the Good News International Church to starve themselves to death in Shakahola forest, appears at Malindi Law Courts, in Malindi, Kenya, 2 May 2023. Reuters/Stringer

Criminal Law

Kenyan cult leader appears in court after more than 100 followers die

George Obulutsa, Humphrey Malalo and Duncan Miriri 2 May 2023

Source: World Economic Forum.

Malaria

The world's first malaria vaccine ready for distribution

26 Apr 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Malawi cholera death toll crosses 1,300: health official

Bhargav Acharya 14 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Cholera death toll passes 1,000 in Malawi as outbreak spreads

Frank Phiri 25 Jan 2023

Jacaranda FM donates R200,000 to the victims of the Christmas Eve Boksburg explosion

Radio & Audio

Jacaranda FM donates R200,000 to the victims of the Christmas Eve Boksburg explosion

Issued by Jacaranda FM 19 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Hospital Groups

11 Tambo Memorial Hospital staff among the dead in tanker blast

Bhargav Acharya 28 Dec 2022

Driver safety comes first

Supply Chain

Driver safety comes first

Issued by KAP 10 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

Emergency Medicine

Malawi gets 2.9 million cholera vaccine doses as outbreak spreads

8 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan health workers speak to members of the community before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village.

Healthcare

Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows

Elias Biryabarema 27 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Zimbabwe measles outbreak blamed on sect gatherings kills 157 children

Nyasha Chingono 17 Aug 2022

Ugandan researchers develop low-cost sensors to track air pollution

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Ugandan researchers develop low-cost sensors to track air pollution

Elias Biryabarema 31 May 2022

Source: © Unesco World Press Freedom Day looks to restore public trust in journalists and journalism

Media Freedom

#WorldPressFreedomDay: Restoring public trust in journalism

Zubeida Jaffer 3 May 2022

How to reconstruct your small business in the wake of Covid-19

How To Start Up

How to reconstruct your small business in the wake of Covid-19

Eugene Yiga 2 Feb 2022

Festive season driving: a safe trip starts long before you hit the road

Safety

Festive season driving: a safe trip starts long before you hit the road

20 Dec 2021

Nigeria races to find survivors as 22 die in building collapse

Construction & Engineering

Nigeria races to find survivors as 22 die in building collapse

Lanre Ola 3 Nov 2021

6 die, scores feared missing in Nigeria after collapse of high-rise

Construction & Engineering

6 die, scores feared missing in Nigeria after collapse of high-rise

Chijioke Ohuocha 2 Nov 2021

Palesa Madumo, CEO of Vuma Reputation Management

PR & Communications

#PraisethePR: Love at the centre of PR with Palesa Madumo

Emily Stander 20 Oct 2021

Source: ©Matthias Ziegler

Covid-19

Pandemic lesson: Africa must rely on itself

23 Sep 2021

September is Wills Month - Here's what you need to know!

Law of Succession

September is Wills Month - Here's what you need to know!

Alex Simeonides, Issued by Capital Legacy 1 Sep 2021

Covid-19

Botswana's Covid-19 budget balloons as it battles for vaccines

19 Aug 2021

Unrest leads retailers and malls to temporarily shut up shop

Retailers

Unrest leads retailers and malls to temporarily shut up shop

Lauren Hartzenberg 14 Jul 2021

A mine worker is seen underground in South Deep mine outside Johannesburg, file. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Health & Safety

SA mine deaths rose 33% in the first half 2021

9 Jul 2021

A healthcare worker receives the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccination at Khayelitsha Hospital near Cape Town. Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Covid-19

South Africa picks up first cases of coronavirus variant from India

Wendell Roelf 10 May 2021

The world spends billions on treated mosquito nets each year. Irene Abdou / Alamy Stock Photo

Malaria

New malaria vaccine proves highly effective - and Covid shows how quickly it could be deployed

Adrian Hill 26 Apr 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Cheers to what's in a name

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Cheers to what's in a name

Brendan Seery 20 Apr 2021

Air pollution kills thousands in megacities despite Covid lockdowns

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Air pollution kills thousands in megacities despite Covid lockdowns

Michael Taylor 18 Feb 2021

How to forge an inclusive economic recovery in Africa

Community

How to forge an inclusive economic recovery in Africa

Tolu Oyekan 12 Feb 2021

#OSawards: Steph van Niekerk, CD at Grey Africa to judge Radio & Audio

The One Club for Creativity

#OSawards: Steph van Niekerk, CD at Grey Africa to judge Radio & Audio

Evan-Lee Courie 18 Jan 2021