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How to secure funding: What investors prioritise in startups

Funding

How to secure funding: What investors prioritise in startups

13 hours

Media

BBC has a long history in Africa. New book offers a critical take on the broadcaster

Albert Sharra, Anthony Mavuto Gunde and Jimmy Kainja 14 hours

Source: © 123rf Following the inaugural M20 Summit, the Johannesburg Declaration has been formulated with the aim of prioritising information integrity for the public good

Media Freedom

Johannesburg Declaration unapologetic in addressing threats to journalism

14 hours

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Tourism

SA Tourism Board challenge dissolution in court

18 hours

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Youth Employment

Nasi Ispani 2.0 to provide 45,000 job and training opportunities

1 day

Darling Street residents await judgment in eviction case

Affordable & Social Housing

Darling Street residents await judgment in eviction case

1 day

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Legislation & Regulation

Key changes to rules regulating class action lawsuits

Jonathan Barnes and Bianca Masterton 2 days

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Environment & Natural Resources

Landslide devastates village in Darfur, over 1,000 feared dead

2 days

Local is our Superpower, continued…

Radio & Audio

Local is our Superpower, continued…

Nick Efstathiou, Issued by OFM Radio 2 days

Legislation & Regulation

Burkina Faso outlaws LGBTQ practices

Reuters reporters 3 days

Africa's leading green hotel – Hotel Verde strikes gold!

Hospitality

Africa's leading green hotel – Hotel Verde strikes gold!

Issued by FusionDesign 3 days

FMD outbreaks persist as government ramps up response

Agriculture

FMD outbreaks persist as government ramps up response

3 days

Source: © 123rf 76% of advertisers in Mexico work with specialised agencies and still wish to continue working with them in the future, with one agency as the lead agency

Marketing & Media

Part 1: Agency Scope Mexico - Specialised agencies still preferred over integration

3 days

Land & Property Law

Eviction notices issued to occupants of hijacked State properties

1 Sep 2025

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Competition Law

New merger regulations by EACCA to change East African transactional landscape

Joyce Karanja and Nazeera Mia 1 Sep 2025

Banking

Senior Mauritius central bank official resigns

Jean Paul Arouff and Villen Anganan 1 Sep 2025

The winners at Ask Africa 2025 Orange Index presentation for the telecommunications sector (Image supplied)

Telecoms & Networks

In telco “good enough” is not good enough

29 Aug 2025

Media

Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards 2025 open for entry

29 Aug 2025

Africa’s iGaming sector cuts fraud but faces ongoing verification challenges

Technology

Africa’s iGaming sector cuts fraud but faces ongoing verification challenges

Issued by Tishala Communications 29 Aug 2025

John Botha, Joint CEO, Global Business Solutions

Labour Law

High Court dismisses urgent application seeking to block employment equity targets

John Botha 29 Aug 2025

Source: Reuters/Ricardo Moraes. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the opening meeting of the BRICS summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Finance

South Africa launches G20 taskforce to examine global wealth inequality

29 Aug 2025

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Railway

ECIC announces financing incentives under Luxembourg Rail Protocol

29 Aug 2025

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Labour Law & Unions

What legislation and judges say about working beyond retirement age

Richard Brown 28 Aug 2025

Groot Phesantekraal View opening brings excitement to Cape Town’s northern suburbs

Retail & Hospitality Property

Groot Phesantekraal View opening brings excitement to Cape Town’s northern suburbs

Issued by Catchwords 28 Aug 2025

Source: Supplied. Thuthukile Moloto, new GM of Pullman Cape Town, the first Pullman hotel to open in South Africa.

Markets & Investment

How female leaders are reshaping Cape Town's multi-billion property market

28 Aug 2025

Inside the V&A Waterfront's data-driven retail revolution

Retailers

Inside the V&A Waterfront's data-driven retail revolution

28 Aug 2025

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Infectious Diseases

Cholera in northwest Nigeria: Limited healthcare access leaves communities at risk

Ahmed Kingimi 28 Aug 2025

Here's why retailers are cashing in on the ‘snack happiness’ economy

Retailers

Here's why retailers are cashing in on the ‘snack happiness’ economy

27 Aug 2025

Image credit: Roman Khripkov on Unsplash

Climate Change

South Africa’s new climate targets: balancing ambition with the realities of coal and climate finance

Roula Inglesi-Lotz and Jessika Bohlmann 27 Aug 2025

Source: © 123rf Chantelle Bowyer, founder and CEO at Metis Performance Marketing, looks at why Digital PR is the missing gear in modern SEO

PR & Communications

The new state of Search: Why Digital PR is the missing gear in modern SEO

Chantelle Bowyer 27 Aug 2025

Two-time DStv Schools Netball Challenge champions get world-class netball complex from MultiChoice and Let’s Play

Media

Two-time DStv Schools Netball Challenge champions get world-class netball complex from MultiChoice and Let’s Play

Issued by MultiChoice 27 Aug 2025

BMW, Unicef open 'first' coding hub at rural KwaZulu-Natal school

Dealers

BMW, Unicef open 'first' coding hub at rural KwaZulu-Natal school

26 Aug 2025

Public Relations | AI and human touch: Learn to leverage both

PR & Communications

Public Relations | AI and human touch: Learn to leverage both

Aphiwe Faku 26 Aug 2025

Protesters hold placards as lead applicant and lawyer Mzwandile Masuku addresses them outside the court, after a hearing was postponed, in Mbabane, Eswatini, 22 August 2025. Reuters/Zakhele Mabuza

Human Rights Law

Eswatini government faces court challenge for accepting US deportees

Nellie Peyton 25 Aug 2025

Mining

#RememberingMarikana: The imperative of listening to miners

25 Aug 2025

Coal, Oil & Gas

Sasol's earnings rebound with help from Transnet payout, cost cuts

25 Aug 2025

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Plastic microbeads: great in your face wash, bad in your food – how South Africa’s ban can work better

Anusha Rajkaran and Conrad Sparks 25 Aug 2025

Source: City of Cape Town. An artist rendering of the proposed social housing development at the “Fruit and Veg” site between Kent and Bloemhof Streets.

Affordable & Social Housing

Cape Town council approves social housing at “Fruit and Veg” site

Matthew Hirsch 25 Aug 2025

A Transnet Freight Rail train is seen at the Bronkhorstspruit station, in Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Railway

SA freight rail opens to private operators

Sfundo Parakozov and Anathi Madubela 22 Aug 2025

Family Law

Who gets the house when the honeymoon is over?

22 Aug 2025

Image credit: Reuters

Gold

Record gold prices drive Gold Fields' 40% profit surge

22 Aug 2025

Source: ReutersTiksa Negeri. Duma Gideon Boko, President of Botswana, attends a meeting during the 38th Ordinary Session of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union at the African Union Commission (AUC) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 14, 2025.

Finance

Botswana signs $12bn investment deal with Qatar's Al Mansour Holdings

Brian Benza 22 Aug 2025

When Wi-Fi stops serving you and starts watching you

Internet

When Wi-Fi stops serving you and starts watching you

Paul Colmer 21 Aug 2025