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Rayyan died at age 73. Source: Al Jazeera.

Media

Al Jazeera mourns the loss of its first on-air anchor, Jamal Rayyan, at 73

16 Mar 2026

Syria launches tender for new mobile operator licence to replace MTN as exit agreed

Telecoms & Networks

Syria launches tender for new mobile operator licence to replace MTN as exit agreed

Nqobile Dludla 4 Mar 2026

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Corporate & Commercial Law

MTN faces new US investigation into Afghanistan conduct

Nqobile Dludla 19 Aug 2025

US President Donald Trump speaks as he attends a "Summer Soiree" held on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, 4 June 2025. Reuters/Leah Millis

Immigration & Citizenship Law

Trump reinstates US travel ban, bars citizens of 12 countries

Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose 5 Jun 2025

Source: © The Economic Times President-elect Donald Trump is making a U-turn on banning TikTok in the US

Media Freedom

Trump's U-turn on the banning of TikTok

Danette Breitenbach 2 Jan 2025

Cape Town school shortlisted for World's Best School Prize

Primary & Secondary Education

Cape Town school shortlisted for World's Best School Prize

4 Jul 2024

Source: Royal Television Society Over 300 BBC World Service journalists - around 15% - work in exile

Media Freedom

Media Freedom: BBC's World Service Presents highlights journalists forced to work in exile

6 May 2024

5 big events impacting local small businesses in May

Entrepreneurship

5 big events impacting local small businesses in May

3 May 2024

Media Freedom

Taliban arrests radio journalists for engaging with female callers - CPJ

26 Apr 2024

File photo: Afghan nationals rest at a camp after returning from Pakistan at the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, 14 November 2023. Abdul Khaliq Sediqi/International Rescue Committee (IRC)/ Handout via Reuters/ File photo

Health & Social Welfare

Humanitarian crises will worsen in 2024 - International Rescue Committee

Reuters 18 Dec 2023

Hamas attack on Israel: What does this mean for South Africa?

Higher Education

Hamas attack on Israel: What does this mean for South Africa?

Bertie Jacobs, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 12 Oct 2023

MTN has invested R17bn in Africa so far in 2023. Source: X.com

Telecoms & Networks

MTN grows subscribers by 4% and gets Mastercard investment

14 Aug 2023

#YouthMonth: How Shivad Singh built a revolutionary educational app at 19

Mobile & Apps

#YouthMonth: How Shivad Singh built a revolutionary educational app at 19

Imran Salie 22 Jun 2023

File photo: A view of Elizabeth Lake, that has been dried up for several years, as the region experiences extreme heat and drought conditions, in Elizabeth Lake, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, US, 18 June 2021. Reuters/Aude Guerrucci

Environment & Natural Resources

More than half of the world's large lakes are drying up, study finds

Gloria Dickie 22 May 2023

Gear up for May film releases

Film

Gear up for May film releases

Daniel Dercksen 8 May 2023

Global Citizen announces winners of 2023 Global Citizen Prize and Cisco Youth Leadership Award

Skills Training

Global Citizen announces winners of 2023 Global Citizen Prize and Cisco Youth Leadership Award

Issued by OnPoint PR 14 Apr 2023

DP World, Caspian Containers partner to help digitise international trade

Logistics & Transport

DP World, Caspian Containers partner to help digitise international trade

1 Mar 2023

Social grant recipients stand in a queue outside a post office, as joblessness takes its toll in Meadowlands, a suburb of Soweto, South Africa, 24 February 2022. Reuters / Siphiwe Sibeko

HR & Management

Unemployment drops again after year of job gains

Promit Mukherjee 28 Feb 2023

Media

Journalist killings up by 50% in 2022

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Jan 2023

Media Freedom

Journalist imprisonments highest recorded in years

15 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied. From left is Regina Reyes, Faith Zaba and Diana Mokalled.

Publishing

Wan-Ifra Women in News Editorial Leadership Award announces 2022 laureates

29 Sep 2022

Zahid Mohammadi - a dedicated Afghan entrepreneur overcoming adversity to develop a B2B media company

SMEs

Zahid Mohammadi - a dedicated Afghan entrepreneur overcoming adversity to develop a B2B media company

Craig Lebrau, Issued by Lebrau Press 15 Jul 2022

Image: Demonstrators protest outside of an airport perimeter fence against a planned deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, at Gatwick Airport near Crawley, Britain, 12 June 2022. Reuters/Toby Melville

Human Rights Law

UK courts to hear last-minute appeals to stop first Rwanda deportation flight leaving

Andrew MacAskill 13 Jun 2022

Tax season is coming amidst a shocking rise in cybercrime

Cybersecurity

Tax season is coming amidst a shocking rise in cybercrime

Dan Thornton 1 Jun 2022

Ukraine: The good, bad and ideal refugees

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Ukraine: The good, bad and ideal refugees

Yvonne Su 9 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization.

Infectious Diseases

Malawi declares polio outbreak

1 Mar 2022

Airbnb offers free, short-term housing to fleeing Ukraine refugees

Hospitality

Airbnb offers free, short-term housing to fleeing Ukraine refugees

28 Feb 2022

Type Directors Club names seven new board members

The One Club for Creativity

Type Directors Club names seven new board members

27 Jan 2022

'React For Real' campaign shows the impact of donations vs. emotions

Marketing & Media

'React For Real' campaign shows the impact of donations vs. emotions

14 Dec 2021

What South Africans searched for on Google in 2021

Services

What South Africans searched for on Google in 2021

8 Dec 2021

A child gets a dose of the oral polio vaccine. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

It's been a year since Africa was declared polio free. But a threat remains

Wayne Howard & Melinda Suchard 27 Aug 2021

Nearly 20 million more people hit by food crises last year

Food, Water & Energy Security

Nearly 20 million more people hit by food crises last year

Maytaal Angel 6 May 2021

#BehindtheMask: Nedbank IMC speaker Khensani Nobanda

Behind the Selfie

#BehindtheMask: Nedbank IMC speaker Khensani Nobanda

Jessica Tennant 7 Jul 2021

Global food price index rises for 9th consecutive month

Agriculture

Global food price index rises for 9th consecutive month

4 Mar 2021

Accelerating access to palliative care is a fundamental human right

Palliative care

Accelerating access to palliative care is a fundamental human right

Issued by MANGO-OMC 3 Feb 2021

#BizTrends2021: Leadership during Covid-19 and beyond

Trends

#BizTrends2021: Leadership during Covid-19 and beyond

Faeeza Khan 6 Jan 2021

Global food prices rise by 3.9%

Agriculture

Global food prices rise by 3.9%

3 Dec 2020

The polio eradication programme in Africa directly combated a severe debilitating disease. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

How ending polio in Africa has had positive spinoffs for public health

Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Nov 2020

The Grand Hotel Taipei in Taiwan lights up rooms to mark five days with no new COVID-19 cases.

Covid-19

Is reaching zero Covid-19 possible?

Kingston Mills 22 Oct 2020

WFP forecasts global hunger hotspots in 2020

Food, Water & Energy Security

WFP forecasts global hunger hotspots in 2020

3 Jan 2020

2020's must-see movies

Film

2020's must-see movies

Daniel Dercksen 2 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Culture systems, systems culture

Trends

#BizTrends2020: Culture systems, systems culture

Elouise Kelly 21 Jan 2020

Global food prices up 2.7% in November

Agriculture

Global food prices up 2.7% in November

6 Dec 2019

A Nigerian child receives a dose of the polio vaccine. EPA

Infectious Diseases

Complacency could delay the final push to eradicate polio

Villyen Motaze & Melinda Suchard 5 Dec 2019

CPJ deepens database of attacks on the press

Media Freedom

CPJ deepens database of attacks on the press

Elana Beiser 12 Nov 2019

Global trade's growth rate may have slowed due to trade rows

SMEs

Global trade's growth rate may have slowed due to trade rows

Tim Bowler 24 Oct 2019

Innovative efforts have been put in place to reach populations in partially and totally inaccessible parts of Borno state. Wikimedia Commons

Infectious Diseases

Valuable lessons from Nigeria's marathon effort to eradicate polio

Oyewale Tomori 21 Oct 2019