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Residential Property

Western Cape storm damage: Key insurance facts you need to know

13 May 2026

Part of a wall at Rivoni School for the Blind’s new campus that has collapsed. The school was originally meant to be completed by June 2024. Photos: Thembi Siaga / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

R198m school for the blind incomplete and left to ruin

Thembi Siaga 26 Mar 2026

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Affordable & Social Housing

Housing demand in spotlight: 3.4 million register for South African subsidies

19 Mar 2026

Marketing

Why brands can become emotional lifelines in times of crisis

13 Feb 2026

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Agriculture

Practical steps farmers can take to minimise flood damage

Kobus Stapelberg 21 Nov 2025

Toyota reaffirms KZN investment following insurer’s lawsuit

Commercial & Industrial

Toyota reaffirms KZN investment following insurer’s lawsuit

12 Aug 2025

People walk through water at a flooded area affected by rising sea levels and land subsidence in North Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 November 2024. Reuters/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo

Climate Change

Cities face 'whiplash' of floods, droughts as temperatures rise, study warns

David Stanway 12 Mar 2025

SA apple and pear producers eye promising season ahead

Agriculture

SA apple and pear producers eye promising season ahead

11 Feb 2025

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

South African vineyards set for a promising 2025

Viticulture & Oenology

South African vineyards set for a promising 2025

16 Oct 2024

Janelle Simons is one of ten small-scale farmers who grows vegetables on a piece of municipal land in Oranjeville, Citrusdal. For the past two winters, they have not been able to grow and sell their crop because their gardens were flooded. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks

Agriculture

Citrusdal farmers devastated by two years of floods

8 Oct 2024

WCDoA allocates R14.9m to Citrusdal for flood damage mitigation

Agro-processing

WCDoA allocates R14.9m to Citrusdal for flood damage mitigation

21 Aug 2024

Primary & Secondary Education

Long weekend for Cape Winelands and Overberg schools

11 Jul 2024

Health & Social Welfare

Buffalo City search and rescue operations continue

4 Jun 2024

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Health & Social Welfare

KZN activates disaster teams

16 Apr 2024

Western Cape officials encouraged by road repair progress

Infrastructure & Utilities

Western Cape officials encouraged by road repair progress

30 Oct 2023

SA deciduous fruit industry reeling under flood disaster

Agro-processing

SA deciduous fruit industry reeling under flood disaster

16 Oct 2023

Load and haul operations at Thungela's thermal coal mining operation, Isibonelo Colliery (formerly Anglo American), in Mpumalanga. Source: Philip Mostert/Anglo American/Handout/Reuters

Coal, Oil & Gas

Insurers restrict coal coverage in response to climate concerns

Clara Denina and Sarah McFarlane 1 Sep 2023

Cogta relief teams preparing for Cyclone Freddy

Health & Social Welfare

Cogta relief teams preparing for Cyclone Freddy

23 Feb 2023

SA's car retailers under pressure due to load shedding - Nada chairperson

Commercial & Industrial

SA's car retailers under pressure due to load shedding - Nada chairperson

25 Jan 2023

#GBCSA2022: Social justice and the built environment's role in confronting the climate crisis

Sustainable Development

#GBCSA2022: Social justice and the built environment's role in confronting the climate crisis

Sindy Peters 7 Nov 2022

How many EVs were sold in SA in the first half of 2022?

Commercial & Industrial

How many EVs were sold in SA in the first half of 2022?

Ryan Bubear 26 Aug 2022

SA's new vehicle sales remain buoyant despite high fuel price, interest rates

Commercial & Industrial

SA's new vehicle sales remain buoyant despite high fuel price, interest rates

2 Aug 2022

SA's new car market continues to perform against the odds

Commercial & Industrial

SA's new car market continues to perform against the odds

4 Jul 2022

Sanral fast-tracks Zutari contract related to settlement repair of N2 in KZN

Infrastructure & Utilities

Sanral fast-tracks Zutari contract related to settlement repair of N2 in KZN

11 May 2022

Government announces KZN flood relief interventions for transport sector

Transport

Government announces KZN flood relief interventions for transport sector

9 May 2022

Work underway to repair flood-ravaged buildings in KZN

Infrastructure & Utilities

Work underway to repair flood-ravaged buildings in KZN

21 Apr 2022

Meeting with agri minister bears fruit

Agribusiness

Meeting with agri minister bears fruit

1 Feb 2022

Covid-19 economic impact failed to put brakes on climate change - WMO report

Climate Change

Covid-19 economic impact failed to put brakes on climate change - WMO report

22 Apr 2021

#BizTrends2020: Route to water prosperity - new perspectives for 2020

Trends

#BizTrends2020: Route to water prosperity - new perspectives for 2020

Dhesigen Naidoo 6 Jan 2020

Green roofs improve the urban environment - so why don't all buildings have them?

Sustainable Development

Green roofs improve the urban environment - so why don't all buildings have them?

Michael Hardman and Nick Davies 7 Oct 2019

A woman receiving an oral cholera vaccine in Beira, Mozambique. Celeste Mac-Arthur

Public Health

Cyclone Idai is over - but its health effects will be felt for a long time

Kerrigan McCarthy & Lucille Blumberg 15 Apr 2019

Paris “under water” and other European cities facing drastic climate change should trigger planners to think urban spaces differently. ,

Sustainable Development

When climate comes unhinged, we need to rethink how to build our cities

Dagmar Haase 19 Feb 2018

Infrastructure & Utilities

Heavy rain brings some hope for dam levels

Riaan Marais 21 Aug 2017

These hidden costs inflate a property's purchase price

Residential Property

These hidden costs inflate a property's purchase price

Bianca Arnsmeyer 5 Jul 2017

Four ways B&B and guest house owners can avoid being exposed this festive season

Hospitality

Four ways B&B and guest house owners can avoid being exposed this festive season

Paul Halley 2 Dec 2016

-East Fort Hout Bay - Hout Bay and Llandudno Heritage Association

Tourism & Travel

SA's ten most endangered cultural heritage sites

23 Sep 2016

Agriculture

Weather forecast for southern Africa predicts good rainfall this season

Admire Ndhlovu 13 Sep 2016

Mediclinic shines in quality care

Hospital Groups

Mediclinic shines in quality care

Issued by COHSASA 11 Nov 2014

Franschhoek's Last Word on intimate luxury

Hospitality

Franschhoek's Last Word on intimate luxury

Brian Berkman 21 Oct 2014

Luxury and refinement flood back to Franschhoek following water-damage revamp

Hospitality

Luxury and refinement flood back to Franschhoek following water-damage revamp

Brian Berkman 29 Sep 2014

Serene and superb Sanbona

Travel

Serene and superb Sanbona

Ruth Cooper 17 Sep 2014

N West looks to fast track funds to fix flood damage

Construction & Engineering

N West looks to fast track funds to fix flood damage

24 Mar 2014

Bumper wine industry crop expected

Agriculture

Bumper wine industry crop expected

16 May 2013

Saving water all in a day's work

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Saving water all in a day's work

Janine Erasmus 22 Apr 2013

Coal mining resumes at Benga

Mining

Coal mining resumes at Benga

7 Mar 2013