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Environment & Natural Resources

Mark Shuttleworth donates $1m to save the world’s largest flying bird

John Cooper 17 Oct 2025

Breaking the Vicious Cycle of the Big Cat Industry in South Africa

ESG & Sustainability

Breaking the Vicious Cycle of the Big Cat Industry in South Africa

Issued by FOUR PAWS 13 Nov 2024

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Environment & Natural Resources

Vulnerable vultures: Govt calls on South Africans to protect "critically important" birds

6 Oct 2025

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Coal, Oil & Gas

#AEW2025: Breaking the fossil fuel impasse in South Africa's Orange Basin

Maroefah Smith 1 Oct 2025

Is the CMO going extinct?

Marketing

Is the CMO going extinct?

Issued by Brave Group 29 Sep 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

Back to the big screen: July's cinematic lineup

Film

Back to the big screen: July's cinematic lineup

Daniel Dercksen 1 Jul 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

Why investing in biodiversity is crucial to SDGs

Justin Bott 30 Jun 2025

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

#WorldEnvironmentDay: The cost of extinction - new tech calculates financial fallout of biodiversity loss

5 Jun 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

Lesser flamingos lose one of their only four African breeding sites to sewage

Tim Cocks 27 May 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

South Africa’s penguins are worth billions, experts say

Michael Cherry 18 Mar 2025

Conservation groups want new “sweet spot” no-fishing zones around African Penguin breeding colonies, arguing current zones are inadequate to prevent the species’ extinction. Archive photo: John Yeld / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Major showdown in court over African Penguin’s future

John Yeld 17 Feb 2025

Marketing

#BizTrends 2025: 99c’s Andrew Brand - Retail advertising: The new frontier

Andrew Brand 3 Feb 2025

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Climate Change

Repression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the world

Oscar Berglund and Tie Franco Brotto 7 Jan 2025

Pick n Pay assists in saving the African penguins

ESG

Pick n Pay assists in saving the African penguins

3 Jan 2025

African Penguins (photographed above at the Boulders penguin colony) are critically endangered. Photo: John Yeld/GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Legal delays threaten survival of African Penguins, say conservation groups

John Yeld 12 Dec 2024

Celebrate the real Lion King this December

TV

Celebrate the real Lion King this December

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 5 Dec 2024

Prince William, Prince of Wales meets the 2024 Earthshot Prize Finalists at the Kirstenbosch Gardens, in Cape Town, South Africa, 6 November 2024. Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters

ESG & Sustainability

2024 Earthshot Prize - the 5 winners of £1m

7 Nov 2024

Singularity Summit 2024 brings mind-bending exponential technologies to Africa

Events & Conferencing

Singularity Summit 2024 brings mind-bending exponential technologies to Africa

Issued by Mann Made 7 Nov 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Madagascar’s mining rush has caused no more deforestation than farming – new study

Katie Devenish 8 Oct 2024

African Penguins at Boulders Beach in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Former environment minister Creecy under fire from penguin conservation groups

John Yeld 1 Oct 2024

Are SA’s malls fit for the communities they serve?

Commercial Property

Are SA’s malls fit for the communities they serve?

Kagiso Mahlangu & Nomaswazi Nkabinde 5 Sep 2024

African penguins, photographed here in Simon’s Town, could be extinct as soon as 2035, according to BirdLife South Africa and Sanccob (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds). Photo: Dan Callister / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Surprise move in litigation over African Penguins

John Yeld 21 Aug 2024

Epic 6-part underwater adventure series, OceanXplorers premieres 21 August on National Geographic

TV

Epic 6-part underwater adventure series, OceanXplorers premieres 21 August on National Geographic

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 6 Aug 2024

Oxford Saïd and Burjeel Holdings collaborate to launch the global Climate Change Challenge

Higher Education

Oxford Saïd and Burjeel Holdings collaborate to launch the global Climate Change Challenge

Issued by Oxford University Press 1 Aug 2024

EcoTraining celebrates World Nature Conservation Day on 28 July 2024

Environment & Natural Resources

EcoTraining celebrates World Nature Conservation Day on 28 July 2024

Issued by Our Salad Mix 23 Jul 2024

A cleaned African Penguin swimming at Sanccob's Rietvlei centre in 2018. Photos: John Yeld / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Latest science confirms plummeting penguin population

John Yeld 15 Jul 2024

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Environment & Natural Resources

South Africa’s 70,000kg rhino horn stockpile must be burnt to prevent illegal trading

Jason Gilchrist 3 Jul 2024

Hospitality leaders: Are we training dinosaurs in a digital world?

Tourism

Hospitality leaders: Are we training dinosaurs in a digital world?

21 Jun 2024

Trafficked Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller premiers this May

TV

Trafficked Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller premiers this May

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 30 Apr 2024

Ampersand's e-mobility powers up conservation efforts in Akagera National Park

Transport

Ampersand's e-mobility powers up conservation efforts in Akagera National Park

29 Apr 2024

Penguin chicks wait to be fed at South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds rehabilitation centre, where the centre has been incubating over 200 eggs of the endangered African penguin that were rescued from two penguin colonies, since the start of the year and they are soliciting donations by inviting people to "adopt an egg", in Cape Town, South Africa, 27 March 2024. Reuters/Esa Alexander

Environment & Natural Resources

'Adopt a penguin egg' Easter campaign helps endangered African birds

Shafiek Tassiem and Tim Cocks 2 Apr 2024

Largest frog in more than 100 years discovered in Africa

Environment & Natural Resources

Largest frog in more than 100 years discovered in Africa

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 26 Mar 2024

Source: WikiCommons. The common yellow commelina, one of the popular plants used to treat children.

Natural Medicine

Medicinal plants help keep children healthy in South Africa: 61 species were recorded

T Ndhlovu, A O Omotayo, A O Aremu and W Otang-Mbeng 26 Mar 2024

African penguins, photographed here in Simon’s Town, could be extinct as soon as 2035, according to BirdLife South Africa and Sanccob (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds). Photos: Dan Callister

Environment & Natural Resources

Minister’s plan could wipe out African penguins, say scientists

John Yeld 25 Mar 2024

EcoTraining sets the bar for wildlife conservation on World Wildlife Conservation Day

Education & Skills Development

EcoTraining sets the bar for wildlife conservation on World Wildlife Conservation Day

Issued by Our Salad Mix 4 Dec 2023

Environmental activists came together to picket outside Parliament to oppose TotalEnergies’ offshore drilling for oil and gas. Photo: Qaqamba Falintenjwa | GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Activists demand end to TotalEnergies offshore drilling

Qaqamba Falithenjwa 6 Nov 2023

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Environment & Natural Resources

Giraffes could go extinct - the 5 biggest threats they face

Derek E. Lee 3 Nov 2023

Source: Kiara Affat, Daily Maverick On Tuesday, 19 September, security personnel at Standard Bank, manhandled Daily Maverick reporter Lerato Mutsila

Media Freedom

Standard Bank security, Sanef Sikuvile Journalism Awards sponsors, manhandle Daily Maverick reporter

22 Sep 2023

Research

Loneliness in the digital age: From virtual girlfriends to the Luh Twizzy's

Karabo Ledwaba 6 Sep 2023

FynbosLife Fair returns

Events

FynbosLife Fair returns

29 Aug 2023

Achieving urban resilience and sustainability through nexus planning

Sustainable Development

Achieving urban resilience and sustainability through nexus planning

Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli and Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi 7 Aug 2023

Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ms Lauryn Hill to headline 2023 Global Citizen Festival

Events

Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ms Lauryn Hill to headline 2023 Global Citizen Festival

Issued by OnPoint PR 14 Jul 2023

More talent joins Global Citizen's 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris'

Events

More talent joins Global Citizen's 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris'

Issued by OnPoint PR 8 Jun 2023

Radio station apps: A digital revolution in enhanced advertising engagement

Radio & Audio

Radio station apps: A digital revolution in enhanced advertising engagement

Jonathan Lumley, Issued by GH Media Group 7 Jun 2023

Image supplied. Flux Trends is searching for 10 inspiring young, solution-based innovators in South Africa

Youth Marketing

Flux Trends' 2023 Generation Z Immersion Experience launches

3 Mar 2023

Snake Month slivers onto National Geographic Wild this March

TV

Snake Month slivers onto National Geographic Wild this March

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 20 Feb 2023

How the creative economy can respond to the climate crisis

Lifestyle

How the creative economy can respond to the climate crisis

Evan-Lee Courie 10 Feb 2023

Big cat Sundays this February on National Geographic Wild

TV

Big cat Sundays this February on National Geographic Wild

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 31 Jan 2023