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Agriculture

Biofuels push could unlock 25,000 rural jobs

15 hours

Vinayak Sasitharan named Mondelēz International senior finance director for SSA

Banking & Finance

Vinayak Sasitharan named Mondelēz International senior finance director for SSA

18 hours

In 2025, KFC Add Hope open-sourced its entire child-feeding blueprint and invited Gen Z innovators to improve it. Image supplied.

Food, Water & Energy Security

How SA's young innovators help KFC Add Hope feed more children

19 hours

MEA region has done well at The One Show. Source: Supplied.

The One Club for Creativity

Accenture Song SA dominates One Show MEA with 3 Golds

20 hours

The Constitutional Court has ruled that rejected asylum seekers cannot reapply. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Immigration & Citizenship Law

Constitutional Court rules asylum seekers once rejected cannot reapply

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 1 day

Global health progress at risk without stronger systems, warns WHO

Healthcare

Global health progress at risk without stronger systems, warns WHO

Issued by COHSASA 1 day

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Agriculture

Agriculture in Africa: Science and research can’t make an impact without investment and good policies

Pape Abdoulaye Seck 1 day

SA, Mauritius sign tourism MoU to boost connectivity and skills

Tourism

SA, Mauritius sign tourism MoU to boost connectivity and skills

1 day

ESG

Local brand, The Lab is redefining sustainability through fashion care

1 day

From AI to affordability: The trends redefining foodservice in 2026

Trends

From AI to affordability: The trends redefining foodservice in 2026

1 day

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

PCOS renamed to PMOS to improve diagnosis and care

2 days

Passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, arrive to take a plane to the Netherlands, at Tenerife Sur airport, Canary Islands, Spain. Image credit: Reuters/Pedro Nunes

Infectious Diseases

Western Cape woman tests negative for hantavirus as WHO cases rise

Charlotte Van Campenhout and Victoria Waldersee 2 days

Club Med South Africa boosts KZN tourism investment

Tourism

Club Med South Africa boosts KZN tourism investment

2 days

SA targets rail and port growth to strengthen exports

Logistics & Transport

SA targets rail and port growth to strengthen exports

2 days

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

African Rainbow Energy's new deal to speed up private power for SA businesses

3 days

Africa Day launch: Jacobs expands premium range with Origins Kenya & Uganda Beans blend

FMCG

Africa Day launch: Jacobs expands premium range with Origins Kenya & Uganda Beans blend

3 days

Work from Stellenbosch Academy of Design & Photography / Stellenbosch. The 'eracism' app. Source: The One Show.

The One Club for Creativity

South Africa tallies 7 Young Ones merits this year

3 days

A US passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, is instructed by personnel after disembarking a boat at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain. Image credit: Reuters/Hannah McKay

Infectious Diseases

SA identifies 97 contacts tied to MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak

3 days

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Deals and new partnerships lined up at Africa-France summit

Duncan Miriri 3 days

Africa air travel grows despite global aviation disruption

Travel

Africa air travel grows despite global aviation disruption

3 days

Media24 recognised at INMA Global Media Awards

Media

Media24 recognised at INMA Global Media Awards

Issued by Media24 2 days

Scopen has just finished a new wave of the Agency Scope Study in China and found that the Chinese market is structurally organised around multi-partner ecosystems. Pictured: Zhujiang River and modern building of the financial district at night in Guangzhou, China. (Image source: © 123rf )

Marketing & Media

Agency Scope China 2025/26 | A multi-partner ecosystem with no single lead agency

3 days

Eskom’s current and only nuclear power station located at Koeberg, Western Cape. Archive photo: Brent Meersman

Nuclear Power

Public gets three more weeks to comment on Eskom nuclear site — but critics say it’s not enough

John Yeld 11 May 2026

SuperSport’s new advertising campaign will launch to coincide with the start of the Fifa World Cup 2026 (Image supplied)

Advertising

Supersport's Fifa World Cup Sleep can wait campaign launches

11 May 2026

South African businesses are rethinking who controls their enterprise technology

Technology

South African businesses are rethinking who controls their enterprise technology

Issued by Spinnaker Support 11 May 2026

People from the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, are transferred by boat to the port after disembarking, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain. Image credit: Reuters/Hannah McKay

Infectious Diseases

Cruise evacuees face 42-day quarantine to contain hantavirus spread

Corina Pons and Victoria Waldersee 11 May 2026

Ascent Africa spearheads Spinnaker Support’s South African market entry campaign

Marketing

Ascent Africa spearheads Spinnaker Support’s South African market entry campaign

Issued by Ascent Africa 11 May 2026

SA tops Spain in 2025 citrus exports

Agriculture

SA tops Spain in 2025 citrus exports

3 days

Positioning the Western Cape in a shifting global economy

Tourism

Positioning the Western Cape in a shifting global economy

Wrenelle Stander 11 May 2026

FAO food price index rises for third straight month

Commodities & Fairtrade

FAO food price index rises for third straight month

11 May 2026

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Primary & Secondary Education

What’s stopping kids from learning useful skills? Short answer: exams

Frank Quansah 8 May 2026

ITC launches Trade Map 3.0 for global trade analysis

Logistics & Transport

ITC launches Trade Map 3.0 for global trade analysis

8 May 2026

A drone view of the cruise ship MV Hondius, carrying passengers suspected of having cases of hantavirus on board, leaves Praia, Cape Verde. Image credit: Reuters/Stringer

Infectious Diseases

Western Cape monitors 4 contacts linked to hantavirus outbreak

8 May 2026

Media24 won the INMA Global Media Awards’ Best in Africa (image source@ Storm Simpson, News24

Media

Media24 named Best in Africa at INMA Awards

8 May 2026

Source: Supplied. Taru Madangombe, vice president for power and grid segment, MEA at Schneider Electric.

Smart Buildings & Cities

Smart city ambitions expose critical infrastructure to rising cyber threats

Taru Madangombe 7 May 2026

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Climate Change

Migratory bird declines signal risks to water, food security, climate resilience

8 May 2026

SA traces Airlink passengers after cruise-linked hantavirus case

Travel

SA traces Airlink passengers after cruise-linked hantavirus case

7 May 2026

SA’s entry‑level office jobs face massive AI risk, Old Mutual warns

4th Industrial Revolution

SA’s entry‑level office jobs face massive AI risk, Old Mutual warns

7 May 2026

In March 2026, Alliance Media, the international OOH media owner operating across 40+ countries completed the acquisition of Brandit Outdoor. Source: Supplied.

OOH

Alliance Media expands in Uganda with Brandit Outdoor deal

7 May 2026

SA Rooibos exports to China go tariff free

Agriculture

SA Rooibos exports to China go tariff free

7 May 2026

UCT's EMBA ranks 1st in the region and among the world's best in 2 international rankings

Higher Education

UCT's EMBA ranks 1st in the region and among the world's best in 2 international rankings

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 7 May 2026

A person in protective clothing walks next to an ambulance during an evacuation operation of suspected hantavirus patients, following an outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius, in Praia, Cape Verde. Image credit: Reuters/Danilson Sequeira

Infectious Diseases

South Africa traces 62 contacts after fatal Andes hantavirus found

7 May 2026

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Finance

What does China’s surprise tariff move mean for Africa’s trade landscape?

6 May 2026

Tourism

Bushtec unveils unified brand to deliver 'the value of remarkable experience

Issued by Bushtec 6 May 2026

South Africa’s AI policy cited fake research, created by AI: what lessons need to be learned

4th Industrial Revolution

South Africa’s AI policy cited fake research, created by AI: what lessons need to be learned

Nomalanga Mashinini 6 May 2026

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Why exiting the FATF grey list is just the start to South Africa's recovery

Foster Tshiluvhu 6 May 2026

AI in education: How South Africa can unlock better learning outcomes in 2026

Primary & Secondary Education

AI in education: How South Africa can unlock better learning outcomes in 2026

Issued by Helm 5 May 2026

Hook, Line & Sinker appointed as PR agency for Top Employers Institute

PR & Communications

Hook, Line & Sinker appointed as PR agency for Top Employers Institute

Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 5 May 2026

Future-proof your career with transferable skills

Career Advice

Future-proof your career with transferable skills

Nolundi Matomane, Issued by Pnet 4 May 2026

Primary & Secondary Education

SA school shortlisted for $1m Global Schools Prize

4 May 2026