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Law Practice

#YouthMonth: Bowmans' Lebohang Ramokonopi - encouraging accountability and civic responsibility

Shan Radcliffe 24 Jun 2025

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Malaria

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

Ben Ezeamalu 20 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

Wits University researchers are scrambling to manage the fallout from the decision by US President Donald Trump to slash funding to South Africa. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Higher Education

Wits scrambles to lessen fallout from Trump’s funding cuts

Aisling de Lange 21 May 2025

Africa's future in food security relies on cooling infrastructure

Supply Chain

Africa's future in food security relies on cooling infrastructure

Samuel Jacobs 16 May 2025

Source: © UNESCO
This year, World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, will focus on the profound influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on journalism and media under the theme: Reporting in the Brave New World – The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media

Media Freedom

World Press Freedom Day 2025: The impact of AI on media and press freedom

2 May 2025

How to get to the customer insights that matter

Research

How to get to the customer insights that matter

Liezel Jonkheid 22 Apr 2025

HIV/AIDS

US funding cuts could cause over 150,000 extra HIV infections in SA by 2028

Jesse Copelyn 23 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

African credit ratings can absorb aid cuts and trade strains, Fitch says

10 Apr 2025

MTN Cameroon wins court appeal to release seized assets

Telecoms & Networks

MTN Cameroon wins court appeal to release seized assets

3 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

Markets & Investment

Missed chance: South Africa's interest rate freeze draws property market concerns

20 Mar 2025

Food Security

Why Americans care so much about egg prices – and how this issue got so political

Clodagh Harrington 18 Mar 2025

#Budget2025: How the 2025 budget will impact consumers

Banking & Finance

#Budget2025: How the 2025 budget will impact consumers

Thabani Ndwandwe 13 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

HIV/AIDS

Kenya HIV patients live in fear as US aid freeze strands drugs in warehouse

Aaron Ross, Tim Cocks and Vivianne Wandera 13 Mar 2025

Financial Services

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

11 Mar 2025

Miniatures of oil barrels and a rising stock graph are seen in this illustration. Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

Coal, Oil & Gas

Oil price spikes after Trump cancels Chevron Venezuela licence

Stephanie Kelly 28 Feb 2025

Can alternative education systems save South Africa’s students in 2025?

Higher Education

Can alternative education systems save South Africa’s students in 2025?

Di Charton 27 Feb 2025

Source: © The Chiswick Calendar The BBC has announced a new way of working internationally by grouping the world into six distinct areas. To fund these positions, leadership roles in London will close.

Media

BBC's new model to fight misinformation and serve regional audiences

27 Feb 2025

Power officials stand on ladders to fix electric cables along a road in Egbeda district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. Source: Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye

Energy

Bloomberg: Trump USAID cuts hit electricity programme in Africa

Mrinmay Dey 26 Feb 2025

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Healthcare

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

Francisca Mutapi 25 Feb 2025

The science of service recovery: Why resolving complaints boosts your bottom line

CRM, CX, UX

The science of service recovery: Why resolving complaints boosts your bottom line

Chantel Botha, Issued by BrandLove 20 Feb 2025

Source: Reuters.

HIV/AIDS

Trump's aid cuts stop South African HIV vaccine trials in their tracks

Catherine Schenck 19 Feb 2025

Media Freedom

Trump’s foreign aid freeze disrupts global journalism

19 Feb 2025

Economy

"Trump’s aid review is a win for Africa"

NJ Ayuk 6 Feb 2025

Laurent Muschel, HERA Director General, and Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC Director General, stand near mpox vaccines as first batches arrive at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Health & Social Welfare

Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aid

Jennifer Rigby 6 Feb 2025

#MiningIndaba: Minerals Council says Trump funding freeze won’t affect mine HIV treatment

Health & Safety

#MiningIndaba: Minerals Council says Trump funding freeze won’t affect mine HIV treatment

Lindsey Schutters 5 Feb 2025

The Marketing Achievement Awards has unveiled the 2025 qualifiers (Image supplied)

Marketing

Marketing Achievement Awards unveils 2025 qualifiers

3 Feb 2025

HIV/AIDS

‘I’m breaching my Hippocratic oath’ – Trump’s foreign aid freeze halts key HIV programmes

29 Jan 2025

VW workers secure German jobs until 2030

Manufacturing & Parts

VW workers secure German jobs until 2030

Lindsey Schutters 23 Dec 2024

Advertising

iStore advertising complaint dismissed by ARB

Karabo Ledwaba 13 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied

Logistics & Transport

Rhenus doubles capacity with new Johannesburg logistics hub

14 Nov 2024

Businesses can act as partners during times of inflation

Retailers

Businesses can act as partners during times of inflation

25 Oct 2024

Why empathy is redefining customer experience in a digital world

CRM

Why empathy is redefining customer experience in a digital world

Liezel Jonkheid 22 Oct 2024

Coffee culture deepens in South Africa: trends driving the evolution

FMCG

Coffee culture deepens in South Africa: trends driving the evolution

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Oct 2024

The 2024 New Generation Awards took place recently on Thursday 26 September in Sandton (Image supplied)

Digital

SA Rugby steals the show at the 2024 New Generation Awards

1 Oct 2024

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Digital

All the New Generation Awards 2024 finalists

30 Aug 2024

From fear to respect: Redefining workplace dynamics for success

Employee Wellness

From fear to respect: Redefining workplace dynamics for success

Melanie Campbell, Issued by RAPT Creative Agency 5 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Mathieu Coquillon, co-founder and director at Mama Money.

Financial Services

Mama Money card simplifies banking with WhatsApp integration

27 Jun 2024

Are topical products helping to boost South Africa’s analgesics market?

Pharmaceuticals

Are topical products helping to boost South Africa’s analgesics market?

Issued by Insight Survey 19 Jun 2024

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Labour Law

Can you challenge a dismissal when the company is in business rescue?

Lesley Mokgoro and Odirile Matladi 11 Jun 2024

A protestor holds a placard as she joins a demonstration against oil major Royal Dutch Shell's plans to start seismic surveys to explore petroleum systems off the country's popular Wild Coast, at Muizenberg beach in Cape Town. Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Energy

Shell confirms intention to exit SA

Wendell Roelf 6 May 2024

Source: © RSF The BBC World Service has filed an urgent appeal to UN over abuse of national security and counter-terrorism laws against BBC News Persian journalists

Media Freedom

BBC World Service files urgent appeal to UN over abuse of BBC News Persian journalists

17 Apr 2024

Nursing

The digital nurse: A solution to South Africa's healthcare challenges

Sandra Sampson 5 Apr 2024

Healthcare

SA doctors make up to 40 times more than those in Kenya and Nigeria

Zano Kunene 5 Apr 2024