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Building materials lie exposed and no workers have been seen for months at the R300-million Polokwane Regional Wastewater Treatment Works project. Photos: Judas Sekwela

Food, Water & Energy Security

Sewage in the rivers as Polokwane water treatment project stalls

Judas Sekwela 2 Sep 2025

When it’s you: Talking about scams, healing the shock, and taking action (A South African guide)

Cybersecurity

When it’s you: Talking about scams, healing the shock, and taking action (A South African guide)

Issued by Offernet 1 Sep 2025

Image credit: Art Institute of Chicago on Unsplash

Health & Safety

Sentinel AI rolls out AI dust monitoring across South African mineral belt

1 Sep 2025

Image credit: Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Why women need stigma-free menopause support at work

29 Aug 2025

Image credit: NIAID.

Food, Water & Energy Security

ARV residues in water pose no risk of HIV transmission

21 Jul 2025

Image credit: Stijn Dijkstra on Pexels

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Microplastics' escalating threat to SA health, environment

21 Jul 2025

Cansa brings health experts and services to the workplace

Oncology

Cansa brings health experts and services to the workplace

Issued by CANSA 1 Jul 2025

The benefits of preventative care, by Medshield

Medical Aid

The benefits of preventative care, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 2 Jun 2025

Medshield unpacks the good, the bad and the necessary of cholesterol

Noncommunicable diseases

Medshield unpacks the good, the bad and the necessary of cholesterol

Issued by Stone 31 Mar 2025

Social Media

20 years of YouTube: 8 key innovations that have helped the video platform achieve its success

Alex Connock 18 Feb 2025

What dietitians say about 2025’s top nutrition trends

Trends

What dietitians say about 2025’s top nutrition trends

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 9 Jan 2025

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

Healthcare

Social protection was always meant to be in the plan – where did it all go wrong?

18 Nov 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Urgent warning as fake Ozempic infiltrates South African market

11 Nov 2024

Public Health

Transforming heart health: Awareness saves lives

4 Sep 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

Employers' role in health and wellness to promote employee well-being, by Medshield

Employee Wellness

Employers' role in health and wellness to promote employee well-being, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 25 Jun 2024

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

Medical Research

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 25 Jun 2024

The river that flows out to sea at Margate’s main beach is fed with up to 7-million litres of effluent per day from a failing sewage treatment plant about 1.8km upstream. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024

More than 200-million litres of untreated or partially treated sewage is released into False Bay daily. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Failing sewage plants continue to pollute False Bay

Steve Kretzmann 16 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Aimée Wesso-Roberts, AfroCentric Group.

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Prevention, digital access, and patient-centred care

Aimée Wesso-Roberts 25 Jan 2024

A view shows a part of Sidi El Barrak dam at low water levels, in Nafza, west of the capital Tunis, Tunisia, 7 January 2023. Reuters/Jihed Abidellaoui

Climate Change

Climate change is the biggest human health risk, says Africa's disease boss

30 Nov 2023

Allegra: Transforming chronic disease management in support of World Aids Day

Medtech

Allegra: Transforming chronic disease management in support of World Aids Day

Issued by Allegra Healthcare Management 16 Nov 2023

Source: © 123rf Ahmed El Hofy, general manager SA, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, examines how we navigate our work and personal spaces

Employee Wellness

#MentalHealth: How to navigate work and personal spaces

Ahmed El Hofy 24 Oct 2023

OFM goes pink in support of Cansa

ESG

OFM goes pink in support of Cansa

Issued by OFM Radio 26 Sep 2023

Medtech

For minorities, biased AI algorithms can damage almost every part of life

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam 18 Sep 2023

Insurance & Actuarial

Revolutionising life insurance: The impact of Momentum's AI-powered health assessment

Katja Hamilton 28 Aug 2023

50% of SA municipalities have poor or bad drinking water quality - report

Infrastructure & Utilities

50% of SA municipalities have poor or bad drinking water quality - report

7 Jun 2023

Image source: Mumtahina Tanni from

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Afri-Plastics Summit 2023: Ensuring gender empowerment for women in waste management

Shan Radcliffe 16 Mar 2023

6 trends set to define commercial real estate in 2023

Office Property

6 trends set to define commercial real estate in 2023

21 Dec 2022

Medical Aid

The Covid storm may be over, but its impact on the global healthcare sector will be felt for years to come

Katja Hamilton 16 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. Myrna Sachs, head of AlexForbes Health Management.

Finance

South Africa sees increase in insurance claims by incapacitated employees

6 Oct 2022

Medshield encourages well-being in the workplace

Mental health

Medshield encourages well-being in the workplace

Alan Fritz, Issued by Stone 11 Aug 2022

Source: ©Dmitry Ersler -

Regulatory

'Unacceptable' levels of illicit trade - liquor association

25 Jul 2022

Image source: dotshock –

Labour Law & Unions

Can employees refuse to enter a workspace with unvaccinated co-workers?

11 Jul 2022

Public Health

Raising the alarm on Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak

22 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Discovery Health sets in motion social network to support long-Covid sufferers

16 Mar 2022

South Africa is determined to turn the tide on the obesity crisis

Nutrition

South Africa is determined to turn the tide on the obesity crisis

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 1 Mar 2022

Cape Town-based waste reclaimers get much-needed support

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town-based waste reclaimers get much-needed support

26 Jan 2022

Source: ©Livio Monti

Finance

Product recall insurance demand spikes

6 Oct 2021

Source: ©Elvira Koneva

Covid-19

Compulsory Covid-19 vaccines?

28 Sep 2021

EHS vaccination site

Covid-19

Workplace vaccination rollout fast-tracked

1 Sep 2021

Sars seizes illicit cigarettes worth R6m

Criminal Law

Sars seizes illicit cigarettes worth R6m

2 Aug 2021

Next frontier for plastic action lies in clothing, textile industries

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Next frontier for plastic action lies in clothing, textile industries

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa and Dr Nonhlanhla Kalebaila 26 Jul 2021

Source: ©Esben Hansen

Covid-19

Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

Maria De Jesus 23 Jun 2021

False Bay TVET College rolls out Peer-to-Peer Educators Programme with great success

Higher Education

False Bay TVET College rolls out Peer-to-Peer Educators Programme with great success

Issued by False Bay College 18 Jun 2021