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Source: Facebook/Baragwanath Academic Hospital.

Healthcare

Inside Baragwanath Hospital: How a linen shortage exposed systemic failures

17 minutes

Branding

What brand leaders can learn from Ramaphosa’s Oval Office encounter

Issued by Brandfundi 2 hours

Daily Maverick launches a groundbreaking local bureau in Nelson Mandela Bay

Online Media

Daily Maverick launches a groundbreaking local bureau in Nelson Mandela Bay

Issued by Daily Maverick 2 days

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 2 days

Image source: suwatpo –

Environment & Natural Resources

Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind

Susan Reid 3 days

SA Harvest expands national fleet with new trucks

Distribution

SA Harvest expands national fleet with new trucks

3 days

Skills Training

UJ, Google partnership to boost cybersecurity skills, youth employment

3 days

Primedia CEO pays tribute to Issie Kirsh

Radio & Audio

Primedia CEO pays tribute to Issie Kirsh

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 3 days

Issie Kirsh has passed away at 90. Source: Primedia.

Media

Issie Kirsh, pioneering force behind 702 and Primedia, passes away at 90

19 May 2025

Bradly Howland, president-elect: Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (Prisa) says while the public relations profession is changing, that change is nota collapse. Transformation is not crisis (image supplied)

PR & Communications

Prisa | PR: Transformation is not crisis

Bradly Howland 19 May 2025

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Judge slams Gauteng land grab

Tania Broughton 16 May 2025

Facilities Management Expo 2025: Smart solutions for evolving FM challenges

Facilities & Property Management

Facilities Management Expo 2025: Smart solutions for evolving FM challenges

Issued by Facilities Management Expo 2025 16 May 2025

Online webinar: Navigating economic stagnation in South Africa

Economy

Online webinar: Navigating economic stagnation in South Africa

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 15 May 2025

AfriGIS launches 'Resolve Water' - A game-changing digital platform to help navigate Africa’s water and climate future

Climate Change

AfriGIS launches 'Resolve Water' - A game-changing digital platform to help navigate Africa’s water and climate future

Issued by AfriGIS 15 May 2025

Luxury resale market grows as consumers seek purposeful purchases

Sales

Luxury resale market grows as consumers seek purposeful purchases

15 May 2025

Carl Willoughby chief creative officer, TBWA and chairman - Creative Circle Awards says Awards are a reminder that even in this age of algorithms, that brilliant, brave creativity still matters (Image supplied)

Advertising

Exclusive: TBWA's CCO Carl Willoughby: More than just bragging rights - awards matter to creativity, credibility, business

Carl Willoughby 14 May 2025

Tugboats help tow the Greek-registered MT Sounion, which was attacked by Yemen's Houthi militants last year in the Red Sea, after it was successfully towed through Egypt's Suez Canal, in Ismailia, Egypt March 10, 2025. The Suez Canal Authority/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo

Shipping

Suez Canal Authority proposes fee cuts amid Red Sea crisis

Menna Alaa El-Din, Ahmed Tolba and Mohamed Ezz 13 May 2025

#AfricaMonth: How Sarah Collins, founder of Wonderbag, is changing lives globally

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: How Sarah Collins, founder of Wonderbag, is changing lives globally

Evan-Lee Courie 13 May 2025

M&C Saatchi Abel's Bulletproof Park campaign for Gun Free SA is a story about a “fake idea” that led to real change (Image supplied)

Marketing

#BehindtheCampaign: Bullet Proof Park | A fake idea with real change

13 May 2025

Music strikes a chord for SA’s consumer class

Research

Music strikes a chord for SA’s consumer class

Issued by BrandMapp 13 May 2025

Image source: Getty Images

Management & Leadership

Why you need to reinvent the career ladder to attract and retain young talent

Anja van Beek 9 May 2025

Old Mutual turns 180, appoints CEO designate

Finance

Old Mutual turns 180, appoints CEO designate

12 May 2025

Food price survey shows shocking surges amid affordability crisis

Food, Water & Energy Security

Food price survey shows shocking surges amid affordability crisis

Andy Du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 9 May 2025

Smartfill revolutionises food safety in informal markets amid alarming contamination crisis

Shopfitting & Merchandising

Smartfill revolutionises food safety in informal markets amid alarming contamination crisis

Issued by DY/DX 9 May 2025

Organisations funded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development are facing late payments and have concerns over contracts. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Gauteng welfare organisations worried about late payments

Joseph Bracken 8 May 2025

PR & Communications

Welcome to a new PR challenge: surviving the unmoderated internet

Yolisa Mkele 8 May 2025

Team Nexus, the event winners, proposed Vital-Vaults

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Youth energy innovations shine at TCS Sustainathon

7 May 2025

Source: VAAL DAM info.

Infrastructure & Utilities

North West flood crisis: Bloemhof residents face long recovery

5 May 2025

Facilities Management Expo 2025: Shaping the future of efficient, safe, and smart buildings

Smart Buildings & Cities

Facilities Management Expo 2025: Shaping the future of efficient, safe, and smart buildings

Issued by Facilities Management Expo 2025 5 May 2025

Global stage beckons as EBM earns 10 Solal Award nominations

Retail Marketing

Global stage beckons as EBM earns 10 Solal Award nominations

Issued by Excellerate Brand Management 5 May 2025

Source: © 123rf Eve Pennington says this should be the golden age of marketing, but agency models haven’t kept pace

Marketing & Media

EXCLUSIVE: Eve Pennington - Has our industry lost its way? A view 25 years in

Eve Pennington 5 May 2025

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025 report says creative confidence is in crisis

2 May 2025

Local fashion venture Faro is transforming textile waste into luxury fashion using AI

ESG

Local fashion venture Faro is transforming textile waste into luxury fashion using AI

30 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied.

Property

Urban innovation or economic despair? The rise of co-living in South Africa

30 Apr 2025

Empowering the future: Online learning’s role in reimagining South African education

E-learning

Empowering the future: Online learning’s role in reimagining South African education

Issued by CambriLearn 29 Apr 2025

How falling oil prices could impact South Africa’s HoReCa sector

Food & bev. services

How falling oil prices could impact South Africa’s HoReCa sector

Morne Botes 29 Apr 2025

Trump's trade war leads to 1% drop in global container volumes, says Drewry

Shipping

Trump's trade war leads to 1% drop in global container volumes, says Drewry

Lisa Baertlein 29 Apr 2025

Medshield shares insights on how to handle medical emergencies

Emergency Medicine

Medshield shares insights on how to handle medical emergencies

Issued by Stone 25 Apr 2025

Gibs and Daily Maverick launch a Media Executive Leadership Programme

Higher Education

Gibs and Daily Maverick launch a Media Executive Leadership Programme

Issued by Daily Maverick 25 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Ezzat Sankari, channels business director for Sungrow across Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia says as South Africa accelerates towards a greener future, storage innovation could determine the difference between progress and paralysis

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Storage, South Africa’s missing link in the energy puzzle

Ezzat Sankari 25 Apr 2025

Diary of a CMO: What’s marketing’s contribution to profit?

Research

Diary of a CMO: What’s marketing’s contribution to profit?

Mary Kyriakidi, Issued by Kantar 23 Apr 2025

Choosing safe bottled water: the essential role of SANBWA certification

Regulatory

Choosing safe bottled water: the essential role of SANBWA certification

23 Apr 2025

Source: © Retroviral The Sabre Awards Africa finalists have been announced, with Retroviral and Ogilvy each with seven finalists. Pictured: One of the finalists campaigns, The Eric Cantona Stunt for Showmax by T+W, Retroviral and Grid

PR & Communications

SA's PR agencies show their excellence in Sabre Awards Africa 2025 finalists list

22 Apr 2025

Is your RTM agency agile and flexible enough to get it done?

Promotions & Activations

Is your RTM agency agile and flexible enough to get it done?

Issued by Provantage 22 Apr 2025

Taxation & Regulation

FSCA proposes new reporting and disclosure requirements for short sales

25 Apr 2025

Source: Mark Gibson, Senior Investment Director ILS at Schroders.

Finance

Navigating volatility: The strategic advantage of insurance-linked securities

Mark Gibson 25 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Gareth Robb, contracts director at GVK-Siya Zama.

Construction & Engineering

Beyond bricks and mortar: How SA’s construction industry can prioritise going green

24 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Nicholas de Clercq, Quantitative Analyst :Prescient Investment Management.

Markets & Investment

How unprecedented uncertainty under Trump is shaping market trends

Nicholas de Clercq 22 Apr 2025

Source: Facebook. Grabouw Khoisan Council.

Property

Future of Khoisan settlement in Grabouw hangs in the balance

Liezl Human 24 Apr 2025

The panel featuring communications leaders from Armenia, Ukraine, Ghana, Switzerland and South Africa at the World Communications Forum’s PR Summit in Davos with Lebo Madia, PR Powerhouse, centre (In blue) (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - Trust Engineers: The rise of strategic communicators in an age of AI, conflict and cultural complexity

Lebo Madiba 16 Apr 2025