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Health & Safety

No safety in numbers: Implats holds lion’s share of SA mine fatalities in 2026

23 hours

Lessons for Africa from Japan: Yesterday can’t fix tomorrow, but today can

Higher Education

Lessons for Africa from Japan: Yesterday can’t fix tomorrow, but today can

Bismark Tyobeka, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 2 days

South African actor Seputla Sebogodi passes away

TV

South African actor Seputla Sebogodi passes away

17 Jul 2026

Tuberculosis

No DNA, just RSA: South African TB study sets new global standards

3 Jul 2026

Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and anti-apartheid champion, dies at 91

Music

Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and anti-apartheid champion, dies at 91

William Schomberg 17 Jun 2026

The death of the mass campaign

Marketing

The death of the mass campaign

Mosa Ntwampe, Issued by Brave Group 10 Jun 2026

PR & Communications

How to lose a customer in 16 days

William Smook 8 Jun 2026

Source: Pexels.

Residential Property

1,000+ retirement schemes on notice after shock widower-eviction defeat

4 Jun 2026

Source: Reuters.

Infectious Diseases

Congo’s Ebola outbreak spirals faster than global response

Jennifer Rigby, Aaron Ross, Olivia Le Poidevin, Clement Bonnerot and Silvia Aloisi 29 May 2026

NPC confirms passing of veteran journalist Baldwin Ndaba

Media

NPC confirms passing of veteran journalist Baldwin Ndaba

25 May 2026

Children wade through the flooded Westpoort road on their way to school in Mitchells Plain on 10 May. Archive photo: David Harrison

Climate Change

Explainer: What last week’s storm says about climate change

Peter Johnston 22 May 2026

Workers stand guard at the gate of the Kibuli Muslim Hospital, where a Congolese man died of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in Kibuli suburb of Kampala, Uganda. Image credit: Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Infectious Diseases

Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda triggers WHO emergency alert

Disha Mishra and Akanksha Khushi 18 May 2026

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 13 May 2026

Maria McCloy has passed away. Source: Supplied.

PR & Communications

Publicist, DJ & fashion designer Maria McCloy has died at 50

Karabo Ledwaba 13 May 2026

Two Portlands Primary School learners wade through the flooded Westpoort road on their way to school in Mitchells Plain on Monday morning. Photo: David Harrison

Climate Change

In photos: Cape storm wreaks havoc

GroundUp Staff 12 May 2026

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

12 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

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

SA traces Airlink passengers after cruise-linked hantavirus case

Travel

SA traces Airlink passengers after cruise-linked hantavirus case

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

A boat beside the cruise ship MV Hondius anchored off Cape Verde port, on the day sick passengers were evacuated by boat from the cruise ship, in Praia Port, Cape Verde, in this screengrab obtained from a video. Image credit: Reuters TV via Reuters

Infectious Diseases

NICD confirms rare human-to-human Andes hantavirus in MV Hondius passengers

6 May 2026

Cruise ship MV Hondius docked at the port in Praia, Cape Verde, with passengers not allowed off the ship, while health authorities investigated suspected hantavirus cases aboard the vessel. Picture taken with a mobile phone. Image credit: Reuters/Stringer TPX Images of the Day

Infectious Diseases

WHO says public risk low as suspected hantavirus delays Cape Verde docking

Olivia Le Poidevin, Toby Sterling, Anthony Deutsch and Charlotte Van Campenhout 5 May 2026

Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Infectious Diseases

SA monitors hantavirus case linked to suspected cruise ship outbreak

4 May 2026

Berenice Paulsen (left foreground) at the Bellville Sassa office in November 2025. We then that she had been trying for five months to help her sister Desiree Fredericks (right foreground), to get an Older Persons Grant. Archive photo: Marecia Damons

Health & Social Welfare

New Sassa system piloted in Bellville office

Marecia Damons 4 May 2026

Connecting Bob Marley, Pablo Picasso, Jimi Hendrix and Abraham Lincoln

Law of Succession

Connecting Bob Marley, Pablo Picasso, Jimi Hendrix and Abraham Lincoln

Grant Fietze, Issued by Capital Legacy 23 Apr 2026

RIP Cynthia Shange: Trailblazing actress and beauty queen passes away at 76

Film

RIP Cynthia Shange: Trailblazing actress and beauty queen passes away at 76

20 Apr 2026

Media

Death of Burundi's communications minister raises questions

Vincent Mumo Nzilani 17 Apr 2026

Image supplied.

Medtech

AI Diagnostics lands R85m to roll out AI-powered TB screening tool

16 Apr 2026

Advertising

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba calls for tighter controls on gambling ads

Karabo Ledwaba 8 Apr 2026

Terry Bell has died. Source: X.

Media

Terry Bell: Celebrated South African journalist passes away at 84

26 Mar 2026

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

Social Media

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

Carolina Rossini 12 Mar 2026

Joe Latakgomo in 1988. Source: YouTube.

Media Freedom

Sowetan founding editor Joe Latakgomo has passed away

Karabo Ledwaba 23 Feb 2026

Remembering Clem Sunter: The strategist who envisioned South Africa’s future

Mining

Remembering Clem Sunter: The strategist who envisioned South Africa’s future

19 Feb 2026

Film & Cinematography

Lights. Camera. But very little action. Why?

Nimrod Geva 4 Feb 2026

Tully speaking on religious tolerance. Source: YouTube.

Media

Veteran BBC journalist Sir Mark Tully dies at 90

26 Jan 2026

Legislation & Regulation

Call for scholar transport drivers to acquire qualifications

22 Jan 2026

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff has stated that he wants AI regulated before more people die (Image source: © Salesforce

Technology

Salesforce CEO calls for AI regulation following “suicide coaches” deaths

22 Jan 2026

Land & Property Law

Tsotsi star’s house, bought with lottery funds, frozen by Special Tribunal

Raymond Joseph 29 Dec 2025

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

Tributes pour in for Gauteng's former Health MEC, Brian Hlongwa

29 Dec 2025

Famous faces who left us in 2025, and the legacies they leave

Law of Succession

Famous faces who left us in 2025, and the legacies they leave

Issued by Capital Legacy 18 Dec 2025

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Ethics & Medicolegal

Health Ombud reveals systemic failures in South African healthcare

10 Dec 2025

#BehindtheCampaign: Lucky Hustle helps dogs seek their forever homes through cute music video

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign: Lucky Hustle helps dogs seek their forever homes through cute music video

1 Dec 2025

Media

International Journalist Day: 2,535 journalists killed since 1992

19 Nov 2025

People hold a banner with pictures of victims of crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 Boeing 737 Max 8 during Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing about Boeing’s commitment to address safety concerns in the wake of a January 2024 mid-air emergency involving a new 737 Max, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, 2 April 2025. Reuters/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

Public Liability & Personal Injury

Boeing ordered to pay more than $28m to 737 Max crash victim's family

Diana Novak Jones 14 Nov 2025

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Criminal Law

Two suspects in AKA murder case to be extradited to South Africa

7 Nov 2025

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Health & Social Welfare

Can South Africa’s social grants help people make a better life? Research offers hope

Leila Patel 7 Nov 2025

Public Liability & Personal Injury

Boeing settles with families of three 737 Max crash victims

Dan Catchpole 6 Nov 2025

Mind the gap: Hard choices for families where a breadwinner is gone

Financial Services

Mind the gap: Hard choices for families where a breadwinner is gone

Issued by Simply Financial Services 5 Nov 2025