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 | This year’s winners demonstrate how bold ideas, blended capital, and purpose-driven leadership are transforming development finance across Africa... read |
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 | | In line with South Africa’s existing legal frameworks, the signing of the BBNJ is expected to bolster global ocean governance and help advance local efforts to build the economy, without compromising the ocean...read |
|  | | Dr Bruce Mann, a research associate with the Oceanographic Research Institute in Durban, believes that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are the key to ensuring a healthy ecosystem and ocean survival for marine life...read |
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 | Woolworths has launched its Inclusive Justice Institute designed to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and community impact programmes... Read |
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| Climate Change |
 | “The coalition offers significant potential for reciprocal learning across various cities to manage and respond to these pressures and provides an opportunity to collaborate with other cities facing similar pressures,” says Eddie Andrews... Read |
| CSI & Philanthropy |
 | MAROEFAH SMITH “I will give away virtually all my wealth through the Gates Foundation over the next 20 years to the cause of saving and improving lives around the world,” says billionaire-philanthropist Bill Gates... Read |
 | ISSUED BY COTTON ON FOUNDATION In celebration of Youth Month, the Cotton On Foundation has launched a bold new initiative aimed at transforming literacy outcomes in South Africa... Read |
| Education & Skills Development |
 | Bakwena’s bursary and learnership programmes are providing education and skills development opportunities for youth along the N1N4 logistics corridor, with recent graduates and job placements highlighting the initiative’s impact... Read |
 | Eleven local graduates from six universities across South Africa have been given the opportunity to partake in an inaugural internship offered through Inyathelo in partnership with the Council for Advancement and Support in Education... Read |
| Environment & Natural Resources |
 | CHARAN SAUNDERS South Africa’s animal laws are a relic of apartheid-era governance and fail to reflect constitutional values, modern scientific understandings, African ethics and the realities of modern animal technologies... Read |
 | The Eastern Cape Provincial Government has activated its disaster management teams in response to severe cold front and associated weather conditions that have struck the province since Monday, 9 June 2025... Read |
 | BERTIE JACOBS, ISSUED BY NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY (NWU) In the damp, grassy slopes of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, an unassuming amphibian has leapt into the scientific spotlight... Read |
| Food, Water & Energy Security |
 | "Green hydrogen must be understood not merely as a clean fuel, but as a strategic enabler of Africa’s structural transformation," said Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa... Read |
 | The Coega Green Ammonia is set to produce over one million tonnes of ammonia annually using renewable solar and wind energy, desalinated water from the Indian Ocean, and nitrogen extracted from the air... Read |
 | Following World Food Safety Day, Sabine Dall’Omo, CEO of Siemens Sub-Saharan Africa, highlights three key innovations—vertical farming, digital transparency, and IoT—that could revolutionise South Africa’s food system by 2040, tackling waste, improving safety, and boosting sustainability... Read |
| Green Economy & Sustainability |
 | Brand Finance’s latest round of research appears to indicate a slight reduction in the role of sustainability in driving consumer choice... Read |
| Health & Social Welfare |
 | Save7 launched the 'Life Pod', a dedicated specialised support unit for organ donors at the Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town... Read |
 | MARECIA DAMONS Beneficiaries of the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant are battling to verify their identities online, a requirement for accessing the grant... Read |
 | In partnership with NGOs and faith-based organisations, the province has been and continues to provide emergency relief to affected households following the recent floods... Read |
| Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice |
 | RENTIA VAN TONDER AND AADIL CAJEE Unlocking Africa’s energy potential through strategic finance and partnerships... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OPTIMIZE AGENCY The Nelson Mandela Foundation is excited to announce the launch of Mandela Day 2025, a call to action under the theme: “It’s still in our hands to combat poverty and inequity...” Read |
 | The Envision Glasses use artificial intelligence (AI) to empower blind and visually-impaired users with the ability to read printed and digital text, recognise faces, navigate environments and access real-time descriptions of their surroundings... Read |
| Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology |
 | This forms part of Vodacom’s Rural Coverage Acceleration Programme, aimed at expanding network coverage in deep rural South Africa... Read |
 | TLADI MOLOI One couple has been waiting 14 years for their house to be built... Read |
 | WENDELL ROELF South Africa's Hive Energy bets on green ammonia to cut global emissions... Read |
 | $1bn to drive South Africa's green industry and decarbonisation... Read |
| NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise |
 | H&M South Africa has partnered with Star for Life to promote gender equality, raise awareness around gender-based violence (GBV), and empower adolescent girls to reach their full potential... Read |
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 | JEREMY BOSSENGER There’s something wonderful about the way every African challenge you may encounter in business potentially has a uniquely African solution. Here’s a look at the impact and responsibilities of executive search on the continent... Read |
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 | ALESSANDRO PARODI AND SFUNDO PARAKOZOV Investor uncertainty eases as South African budget passes in parliament... Read |
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