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ESG & Sustainability

Unmasking greenwashing: Are your investments truly sustainable?

Rudesh Patel 1 day

Call for 2025 Advertising Agency Internship Programme applications

Advertising

Call for 2025 Advertising Agency Internship Programme applications

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 3 days

Tourism

Tourism equity fund faces criticism for slow approvals

3 days

An educator uses a model of the HIV virus to illustrate a lesson on Aids to youths at a primary health centre in Kobi suburb, Abuja, Nigeria 30 November 2022. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

HIV/AIDS

New HIV prevention drug could reach poorest countries by 2025, says health official

Jennifer Rigby 3 days

Things to do during your gap year

Higher Education

Things to do during your gap year

Issued by FundiConnect 17 Dec 2024

SME financier Business Partners Limited appoints new managing director

SMEs

SME financier Business Partners Limited appoints new managing director

Jeremy Lang, Issued by Business Partners Limited 17 Dec 2024

Applications now open for Samro's 2025 Music Creation Support Fund

Music

Applications now open for Samro's 2025 Music Creation Support Fund

Issued by SAMRO 13 Dec 2024

Beyond funding, here’s what the social sector needs right now

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Beyond funding, here’s what the social sector needs right now

Issued by Next Generation 12 Dec 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Facing liquidation? Early intervention could make all the difference

10 Dec 2024

The Pinkies – a community approach to ending GBV

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

The Pinkies – a community approach to ending GBV

Issued by The Social Employment Fund 10 Dec 2024

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Economy

Economic inclusion: Landmark partnership signed between NEF and B-BBEE Commission

10 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. Michael Dodd, senior fund analyst at Morningstar SA.

Finance

South African equity funds: A turning point

9 Dec 2024

A woman uses a donkey cart to transport a barrel of water in drought affected areas in Higlo Kebele, Adadle woreda, Somali region of Ethiopia, in this undated handout photograph. Michael Tewelde/World Food Programme/Handout via Reuters/ File Photo

Climate Change

Climate Investment Funds board backs $500m Ethiopia nature plan

Simon Jessop 6 Dec 2024

Source: © 123rf Donvé Forbes, audit partner in technology, media, and telecommunications, BDO South Africa examines how media houses can navigate the digital shift

Media

A mobile-first, audience-driven future as media houses navigate the digital shift

Donvé Forbes 6 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. Mark Beyers, principal at Nedbank Corporate Finance.

Financial Services

Coronation achieves historic BBBEE milestone

6 Dec 2024

Source: The late chief executive officer of United Healthcare Brian Thompson.

Financial Services

UnitedHealthcare CEO shot dead

6 Dec 2024

How to effectively manage your finances with an accountant’s expertise

SMEs

How to effectively manage your finances with an accountant’s expertise

Issued by Great 4 Business 5 Dec 2024

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Finance

Prescient expands ETF offerings on JSE

5 Dec 2024

Finalists announced for the 21st annual Standard Bank Top Women Awards

Events & Conferencing

Finalists announced for the 21st annual Standard Bank Top Women Awards

Issued by Topco Media 5 Dec 2024

Ctrack marks next era of data-driven solutions by finalising Inseego telematics acquisition

Digital

Ctrack marks next era of data-driven solutions by finalising Inseego telematics acquisition

Issued by Ctrack 4 Dec 2024

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Finance

Billions pour into Old Mutual as investors seek flexibility and yield

3 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied.Cornel Roodt, development manager of Renishaw Coastal Precinct; Gareth Hampson, owner of Hampsons, and Barto van der Merwe, managing director of Renishaw Coastal Precinct, at the site of the future petrol filling station and convenience centre which will be easily accessible from both the R102 and N2.

Property

Renishaw Coastal Precinct's development to transform Scottburgh's business landscape

2 Dec 2024

Food, Water & Energy Security

SA Harvest Virtual Food Pantry launches this GivingTuesday

2 Dec 2024

Innovator Trust's Women in Tech Awards inspire a new wave of change

Awards

Innovator Trust's Women in Tech Awards inspire a new wave of change

Issued by The Innovator Trust 3 Dec 2024

Thrive Student Living to ease KZN’s student accommodation squeeze

Student Accommodation

Thrive Student Living to ease KZN’s student accommodation squeeze

Issued by Catchwords 3 Dec 2024

Chemical industry gets 7% increase in new bargaining agreement

Skills Development

Chemical industry gets 7% increase in new bargaining agreement

Lindsey Schutters 29 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied. Gloria Tapon Njamo, chief executive officer of Santam’s Partner Solutions business.

Insurance & Actuarial

Santam acquires stake in MultiChoice’s general insurance business

29 Nov 2024

A frenzied festive shopping season awaits as Black Friday arrives late

Retailers

A frenzied festive shopping season awaits as Black Friday arrives late

Ulana van Biljon, Issued by Catchwords 29 Nov 2024

Pictured (left to right): Stuart Townshend - Director at Edge Growth, Lesego Lebuso - Royal Bafokeng Holdings, Janice Johnston – Chief Executive of Edge Growth Ventures, Mandla Mbuyazi - Impact Investment and Ideation Lead at First Rand and keynote speaker at the launch, Susan Moloisane Chief Executive of Edge Growth Solutions, Nabeela Vally - Head of Business Development Edge Growth

Social Entrepreneurship

Unpacking positive social and economic upliftment to facilitate and enhance job creation

Issued by Edge Growth 29 Nov 2024

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Financial Services

JSE welcomes new era with EasyETFs' AMETFs

28 Nov 2024

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Retail & Hospitality Property

The South African commercial real estate market has surged to nearly R2tn

28 Nov 2024

Media

Google teams up with South African publishers with R114m media boost

28 Nov 2024

Cocoa firms invest millions in Ghana to prevent further losses

Agro-processing

Cocoa firms invest millions in Ghana to prevent further losses

Joe Bavier, Maytaal Angel and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 27 Nov 2024

Financial Services

SA's looming retirement crisis as R5.2bn funding gap emerges

27 Nov 2024

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Climate Change

SA welcomes $300bn commitment for climate finance

26 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Dollar rises after Trump tariff vows jolts Canada and Mexico

Ankur Banerjee and Harry Robertson 26 Nov 2024

Four years after the landmark Concourt Mahalangu ruling, domestic workers are still unable to access compensation. Archive photo: Bernard Chiguvare / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Union criticises employers for not registering domestic workers with UIF. But it’s not so simple

Kimberly Mutandiro and GroundUp Staff 26 Nov 2024

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Financial Services

How Ninety One is closing Africa’s infrastructure gap

25 Nov 2024

How to fund your next big project

SMEs

How to fund your next big project

Issued by Lula 22 Nov 2024

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Markets & Investment

Africa back in favour as investors eye currency stability and demographic opportunity

22 Nov 2024

Standard Bank Top Women Conference 2024: A powerful gathering for women’s leadership and empowerment

Events & Conferencing

Standard Bank Top Women Conference 2024: A powerful gathering for women’s leadership and empowerment

Issued by Topco Media 21 Nov 2024

Global Citizen now comes to Rio De Janeiro, with Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa

Climate Change

Global Citizen now comes to Rio De Janeiro, with Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa

Issued by OnPoint PR 22 Nov 2024

Government funding open for registered township spaza shops

SMEs

Government funding open for registered township spaza shops

21 Nov 2024

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Healthcare

Ramaphosa makes child deaths under 12 notifiable following school poisoning crisis

Katja Hamilton 19 Nov 2024

Healthcare

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

18 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied. Rex Cowley, director and co-founder of Overseas Trust and Pension.

Financial Services

Beyond borders: How foreign pensions empower South Africans to build global wealth

18 Nov 2024

Shoprite boosts efforts to combat child hunger in KZN

ESG

Shoprite boosts efforts to combat child hunger in KZN

18 Nov 2024

Emira reports robust half-year results and reshapes its portfolio

Markets & Investment

Emira reports robust half-year results and reshapes its portfolio

Issued by Catchwords 15 Nov 2024