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Infectious Diseases

Diphtheria outbreak in Somalia worsens with vaccine shortages

19 Aug 2025

Captain Fanplastic releases 2022–2024 Impact Report, with global reach in environmental education

Primary & Secondary Education

Captain Fanplastic releases 2022–2024 Impact Report, with global reach in environmental education

Issued by Soapbox 18 Aug 2025

Media

Small news companies pin hopes on new Google fund, but already there’s controversy

Liezl Human 8 Aug 2025

Source: Dean Macpherson at the 2024 signing of the historic Durban Declaration between the Department of Public Works & Infrastructure, SA Police Service, Treasury_RSA and cidb_sa at the #NCS2024, which committed to put an end to disruptions at construction sites once and for all.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Fraudulent oxygen plant tender under scrutiny as PwC report drops

1 Aug 2025

SA startup Altera raises R29m for donor cell platform

Funding

SA startup Altera raises R29m for donor cell platform

30 Jul 2025

Source: Reuters.

Finance

AfDB's African Development Fund hopes to start tapping capital markets in 2027

Duncan Miriri 30 Jul 2025

Image credit: Michael Ali on Unsplash

Food, Water & Energy Security

Feed the Nation urges corporate SA to help alleviate hunger

31 Jul 2025

Understanding the intersection between estate planning and family legacy

Family Law

Understanding the intersection between estate planning and family legacy

Tracy Muller, Issued by DNA Brand Architects 23 Jul 2025

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Tuberculosis

Historic TB vaccine meeting in SA eyes epidemic endgame

23 Jul 2025

Supplied image: Kagiso Trust, Sasol and DBE leadership

Education

Education departments show united front at 2025 Technical Educators Conference

15 Jul 2025

Source: Supplied.

Finance

B20 urges Basel III easing to unlock infrastructure investment across Africa

14 Jul 2025

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

From beading to leadership: how social models uplift SA communities

Dalit Shekel 15 Jul 2025

Source: Botswana Government/Instagram. His Excellency Ndaba Gaolathe, Vice-President of Botswana.

Banking

Africa’s strategic shift: from donor dependence to entrepreneurial powerhouse

Katja Hamilton 10 Jul 2025

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Oncology

Calls for South Africans to register as stem cell donors

9 Jul 2025

Source: Supplied.

Markets & Investment

Why fractional investing is Africa’s gateway to global wealth creation

11 Jul 2025

Monitoring and learning for impact: Vodacom calls for bold shift in CSI

CSI & Philanthropy

Monitoring and learning for impact: Vodacom calls for bold shift in CSI

Issued by Trialogue 2 Jul 2025

Cansa launches WhatsApp channel

Oncology

Cansa launches WhatsApp channel

Issued by CANSA 25 Jun 2025

Making a lasting impact: How data and corporate commitment can reshape ECDs in South Africa

Early Childhood Development

Making a lasting impact: How data and corporate commitment can reshape ECDs in South Africa

Issued by Trialogue 23 Jun 2025

The truth about why Africa needs blood now

Public Health

The truth about why Africa needs blood now

Merilynn Steenkamp, Issued by JNPR 20 Jun 2025

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Malaria

Codix Bio to produce HIV, malaria test kits amid USAid cutbacks

Ben Ezeamalu 20 Jun 2025

Image credit: Virginie Baisez on Unsplash

Energy

#AEF2025: Unity will drive Africa’s energy revolution

Greg Nott 17 Jun 2025

Medical students open SA's first organ donor support unit at Tygerberg Hospital

Public Health

Medical students open SA's first organ donor support unit at Tygerberg Hospital

12 Jun 2025

The Big Cover Up secures R295,000 in funds for winter aid

Radio & Audio

The Big Cover Up secures R295,000 in funds for winter aid

Issued by OFM Radio 6 Jun 2025

Source: Wikimedia/Lschefa, CC BY-SA 4.0. Lesotho’s capital.

HIV/AIDS

Lesotho’s health system has been decimated by US funding cuts

Sechaba Mokhethi 2 Jun 2025

Tshego Bokaba, CSI Manager at the Momentum Group Foundation

CSI & Philanthropy

From dependency to empowerment: Why we need to transform CSI in Africa

Tshego Bokaba 29 May 2025

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Gates, others launch $500m maternal, newborn health fund, bucking aid cuts trend

30 Apr 2025

Emergency Medicine

South Africans don’t donate enough blood – technology can help drive the numbers

Relebohiseng Matubatuba 23 Apr 2025

From the decline of development aid to the rise of a reformed social sector

Markets & Investment

From the decline of development aid to the rise of a reformed social sector

Issued by Next Generation 27 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

#HumanRightsMonth: The call for stem cell transplants for SA children

18 Mar 2025

Financial Services

Trump's USAID freeze boosts local nurse-led clinics in South African townships

11 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Blood types decoded: How they impact emergency care

3 Mar 2025

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

Africa relies too heavily on foreign aid for health – 4 ways to fix this

Francisca Mutapi 25 Feb 2025

Breakthrough year of empowering the next generation of STEM professionals in the Northern Cape

Higher Education

Breakthrough year of empowering the next generation of STEM professionals in the Northern Cape

Issued by Stone 20 Feb 2025

Media Freedom

Trump’s foreign aid freeze disrupts global journalism

19 Feb 2025

Source: ChatGPT.

Healthcare

US exits UN-HRC

5 Feb 2025

In the 2000s activists across the world campaigned for antiretroviral treatment to be made available to people with HIV. One of the consequences of this was PEPFAR, the United States government’s foreign aid HIV programme. Since 2003 it has saved millions of lives. But now its future is unclear. Photo from the Treatment Action Campaign’s march for HIV treatment in Cape Town on 14 February 2003. (photographer unknown)

CSI & Philanthropy

Trump’s sudden suspension of foreign aid puts millions of lives in Africa at risk

Liezl Human 23 Jan 2025

Feryal Domingo, acting executive director, Inyathelo

Trends

#BizTrends2025: New challenges, new opportunities for nonprofits

Feryal Domingo 13 Jan 2025

Healthcare

Boosted corporate social investment: A vital support for SA’s health sector

23 Dec 2024

Beyond funding, here’s what the social sector needs right now

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Beyond funding, here’s what the social sector needs right now

Issued by Next Generation 12 Dec 2024

SU wins big at annual marketing and communication awards

Marketing

SU wins big at annual marketing and communication awards

Issued by Stellenbosch University 4 Dec 2024

Food, Water & Energy Security

SA Harvest Virtual Food Pantry launches this GivingTuesday

2 Dec 2024

Homes are submerged in water after a massive flood in N'djamena, Chad, 14 October 2022. Reuters/Mahamat Ramadane/File Photo

Climate Change

Africa grapples with forecasting challenge as weather disasters loom

Mahamat Ramadane and Alessandra Prentice 15 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied. Seabelo Senatla.

Oncology

Seabelo Senatla and DKMS Africa tackle blood cancer together

14 Nov 2024

Redefining social upliftment in South Africa

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Redefining social upliftment in South Africa

Issued by Irvine Partners 13 Nov 2024

Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President, speaks at the United Nations climate change conference COP29 opening in Baku, Azerbaijan, 11 November 2024. Reuters/Maxim Shemetov

Climate Change

Trump and trade worries cloud COP29 climate summit in Baku

Valerie Volcovici and Nailia Bagirova 11 Nov 2024

CapeTalk podcast series achieves double distinction at the South African Podcast Awards

Radio & Audio

CapeTalk podcast series achieves double distinction at the South African Podcast Awards

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 7 Nov 2024

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NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

NPO reserve funds: Why they're crucial and how to build them

Soraya Joonas 5 Nov 2024

Publishing

African publishing is being revolutionised – report explores trends in 6 countries

Tinashe Mushakavanhu 5 Nov 2024