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Appeal in case concerning R40m SA-Zimbabwe border fence dismissed

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Mounting evidence shows that Covid-19 leaves its mark on the brain

By Ziyad Al-Aly 26 Mar 2024

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R113.2m Gauteng Health PPE tender declared invalid

21 Feb 2024

Post Covid-19: How the property market will potentially evolve

Post Covid-19: How the property market will potentially evolve

27 Aug 2020

SA businesses, individuals can support NPOs through Gap Fund

SA businesses, individuals can support NPOs through Gap Fund

26 Aug 2020

Hunger contributes strongly to health inequalities. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Covid19: how the lockdown has affected the health of the poor in South Africa

Chijioke Nwosu & Adeola Oyenubi 26 Aug 2020

Retail sector shakeout brings challenges and opportunities

Retail sector shakeout brings challenges and opportunities

Tasmika Ramlakan 26 Aug 2020

Covid-19 pandemic driving heightened environmental awareness

Covid-19 pandemic driving heightened environmental awareness

Nicolas Kachaner, Jesper Nielsen, Adrien Portafaix, Florent Rodzko 26 Aug 2020

Dr Lizelle van Wyk and Professor Pierre Goussard

Snorkel masks protect health workers from Covid-19

26 Aug 2020

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Covid-19 counterfeiters: Faking it till they make it

Masi Mtshali 25 Aug 2020

Local biotech company seeks government support, as it launches new Covid-19 testing technology that will allow for affordable mass testing

Local biotech company seeks government support, as it launches new Covid-19 testing technology that will allow for affordable mass testing

Ninety9cents 25 Aug 2020

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi can make a simple policy change that can allow South Africa to implement a health programme that will be a model for the world. Photo: Tariro Washinyira

Here's a quick health win for government

GroundUp editors 25 Aug 2020

7 secluded, self-catering getaways to take advantage of now leisure travel is open in SA

7 secluded, self-catering getaways to take advantage of now leisure travel is open in SA

Ruth Cooper 24 Aug 2020

Despite rising use of tech during lockdown, property sees minimal disruption

Despite rising use of tech during lockdown, property sees minimal disruption

24 Aug 2020

Building design trends - how Covid-19 is driving an important shift

Building design trends - how Covid-19 is driving an important shift

24 Aug 2020

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Table Mountain Cableway reopens in September

24 Aug 2020

Experts are confident that there will be a vaccine next year. PenWin /iStock / Getty Images Plus

9 reasons you can be optimistic that a vaccine for Covid-19 will be widely available in 2021

William Petri 24 Aug 2020

4 South African purchasing trends brought on by Covid-19

21 Aug 2020

Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts discussion on making universal healthcare universal

Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts discussion on making universal healthcare universal

21 Aug 2020

Comic by XKCD. (CC BY-NC 2.5)

Why the Covid recovery rate is a lousy measure of how we're doing

Alex Welte 21 Aug 2020

Cape Town receives globally recognised Safe Travels stamp

Cape Town receives globally recognised Safe Travels stamp

21 Aug 2020

Alcohol industry to invest R150m in alcohol harm-reduction programmes

Alcohol industry to invest R150m in alcohol harm-reduction programmes

21 Aug 2020

Lufthansa expands South Africa-Europe repatriation flight programme

Lufthansa expands South Africa-Europe repatriation flight programme

20 Aug 2020

Dr Rhulani Khosa and Dr Peters Mathebula

#OnTheFrontLine: Covid-19 transforms lives of healthcare workers

20 Aug 2020

Employee wellness support needed as part of employee value proposition

Employee wellness support needed as part of employee value proposition

Andrea Nel and Morag Phillips 20 Aug 2020

Covid-driven shift in consumer values and spending behaviour

20 Aug 2020

Primedia Outdoor geared to safeguard employees during Covid-19

Primedia Outdoor geared to safeguard employees during Covid-19

Primedia Outdoor 20 Aug 2020

Blue Planet Studio

Global business travel will not be killed off by coronavirus - new research

Kieran Michael Conroy, Anthony McDonnell & Stefan Jooss 19 Aug 2020

Anna Shvets via Pexels

Navigating the new hygiene standards in retail

Michael Smollan 19 Aug 2020

#WomensMonth: Reflections from leading women in health in Africa

#WomensMonth: Reflections from leading women in health in Africa

19 Aug 2020

Has Covid-19 triggered a fundamental shift in SA's housing market?

Has Covid-19 triggered a fundamental shift in SA's housing market?

Dr Andrew Golding 18 Aug 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons

Level 2: A golden opportunity to rebuild SA's economy

Raymond Parsons 18 Aug 2020

Discover 4 ways to market healthcare brands in a Covid-19 world

Discover 4 ways to market healthcare brands in a Covid-19 world

Cingulate 18 Aug 2020

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Local biotech company seeks government support, as it launches new Covid-19 testing technology that will allow for affordable mass testing

Local biotech company seeks government support, as it launches new Covid-19 testing technology that will allow for affordable mass testing

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Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi can make a simple policy change that can allow South Africa to implement a health programme that will be a model for the world. Photo: Tariro Washinyira

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7 secluded, self-catering getaways to take advantage of now leisure travel is open in SA

7 secluded, self-catering getaways to take advantage of now leisure travel is open in SA

Ruth Cooper 24 Aug 2020

Despite rising use of tech during lockdown, property sees minimal disruption

Despite rising use of tech during lockdown, property sees minimal disruption

24 Aug 2020

Building design trends - how Covid-19 is driving an important shift

Building design trends - how Covid-19 is driving an important shift

24 Aug 2020

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Table Mountain Cableway reopens in September

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21 Aug 2020

Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts discussion on making universal healthcare universal

Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts discussion on making universal healthcare universal

21 Aug 2020

Comic by XKCD. (CC BY-NC 2.5)

Why the Covid recovery rate is a lousy measure of how we're doing

Alex Welte 21 Aug 2020

Cape Town receives globally recognised Safe Travels stamp

Cape Town receives globally recognised Safe Travels stamp

21 Aug 2020

Alcohol industry to invest R150m in alcohol harm-reduction programmes

Alcohol industry to invest R150m in alcohol harm-reduction programmes

21 Aug 2020

Lufthansa expands South Africa-Europe repatriation flight programme

Lufthansa expands South Africa-Europe repatriation flight programme

20 Aug 2020

Dr Rhulani Khosa and Dr Peters Mathebula

#OnTheFrontLine: Covid-19 transforms lives of healthcare workers

20 Aug 2020

Employee wellness support needed as part of employee value proposition

Employee wellness support needed as part of employee value proposition

Andrea Nel and Morag Phillips 20 Aug 2020

Covid-driven shift in consumer values and spending behaviour

20 Aug 2020

Primedia Outdoor geared to safeguard employees during Covid-19

Primedia Outdoor geared to safeguard employees during Covid-19

Primedia Outdoor 20 Aug 2020

Blue Planet Studio

Global business travel will not be killed off by coronavirus - new research

Kieran Michael Conroy, Anthony McDonnell & Stefan Jooss 19 Aug 2020

Anna Shvets via Pexels

Navigating the new hygiene standards in retail

Michael Smollan 19 Aug 2020

#WomensMonth: Reflections from leading women in health in Africa

#WomensMonth: Reflections from leading women in health in Africa

19 Aug 2020

Has Covid-19 triggered a fundamental shift in SA's housing market?

Has Covid-19 triggered a fundamental shift in SA's housing market?

Dr Andrew Golding 18 Aug 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons

Level 2: A golden opportunity to rebuild SA's economy

Raymond Parsons 18 Aug 2020

Beer Association relieved to reopen trade after wave of bankruptcies

Beer Association relieved to reopen trade after wave of bankruptcies

18 Aug 2020

Discover 4 ways to market healthcare brands in a Covid-19 world

Discover 4 ways to market healthcare brands in a Covid-19 world

Cingulate 18 Aug 2020

Professor Cyril Nhlanhla Mbatha, director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes University

Digital small-scale models could help SA's pandemic-stricken farmers

Professor Cyril Nhlanhla Mbatha 17 Aug 2020

Covid-19 sees 'overvalued' commercial property market correction

Covid-19 sees 'overvalued' commercial property market correction

Norman Raad 17 Aug 2020

Tourism says it's ready to reopen safely as SA enters lockdown Level 2

Tourism says it's ready to reopen safely as SA enters lockdown Level 2

17 Aug 2020

Industry welcomes lifting of alcohol ban, will avail resources to fight Covid-19

Industry welcomes lifting of alcohol ban, will avail resources to fight Covid-19

17 Aug 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: SAnews.gov.za

SA moves to Level 2 regulations

17 Aug 2020

UIF disburses R40bn, July and August claims processed from this week

UIF disburses R40bn, July and August claims processed from this week

14 Aug 2020

Congolese artist Chris Shongo paints on the outside wall of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa on June 18, 2020.

Covid-19 shows that the DRC must invest in a health research industry

Dacquin M. Kasumba 14 Aug 2020

Charmaine Cunningham, Associate Professor Peter Hodkinson and Professor Lee Wallis

Covid-19 response highlights the value of cooperation

14 Aug 2020

Covid-19 accelerates global cocooning trend

Covid-19 accelerates global cocooning trend

14 Aug 2020

Survey reveals trends in SA employer response to Covid-19 pandemic

Survey reveals trends in SA employer response to Covid-19 pandemic

Morag Philipps 14 Aug 2020

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

Ihsaan Bassier, Refiloe Joala and Thando Vilakazi 14 Aug 2020

Smile Foundation calls for support amid backlog of child surgeries

Smile Foundation calls for support amid backlog of child surgeries

14 Aug 2020

Extended Covid-19 relief for small-scale farmers

Extended Covid-19 relief for small-scale farmers

14 Aug 2020

Census enumerators in Nairobi, Kenya. Countries need to collect comparable statistics about populations. SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images

Flaws in the collection of African population statistics block Covid-19 insights

Emmanuel Olamijuwon, Fidelia A. A. Dake & Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun 13 Aug 2020

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