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Why Digital Equity is South Africa’s New Frontier for Women’s Empowerment

by Matebe Chisiza-Asukile and Natasha Mboyisa In 1956, more than 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings to protest the extension of pass laws. Their actions challenged a fundamentally unjust system and laid the foundation for generations of women to participate more fully in South Africa’s political, social and economic life. That legacy is […]

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Creating real impact for food security in South Africa

Food security is a daily reality for many South Africans. At Tiger Brands, we recognise that addressing it requires more than responding to immediate hunger. It means understanding whether the interventions we support are creating meaningful and lasting change in people’s lives. Access to nutritious food is fundamental to helping people learn, grow and thrive.

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Limpopo Provincial Government, Telkom and BCX advance digital transformation to strengthen public service delivery.

R3 million digital connectivity pilot supports healthcare and education facilities and creates a platform for future digital services in Limpopo The Limpopo Provincial Government, Telkom and BCX are advancing the province’s digital transformation agenda through a R3 million digital connectivity pilot aimed at strengthening critical public-service infrastructure and enabling improved healthcare, education and government services.

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Men’s health is often a family conversation  

Key messages: Diseases such as prostate and testicular cancers, affect more than the men themselves – a diagnosis can impact the entire family emotionally, practically and financially. While responsibility for a man’s health should ultimately rest with him, the women in his life can be powerful supporters of early detection. Sometimes it’s the nudge that

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South Africa’s supply-chain challenge isn’t only infrastructure, it’s about who gets to build the future

By Wongiwe Ludidi, Senior HRBP Supply Chain, CHEP Sub Saharan Africa South Africa has spent years debating how to fix its logistics system. The priorities are well established: improve ports, restore freight rail, attract investment and bring more private-sector capacity into the system. The scale of the challenge justifies that focus. Nearly 70% of South

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Telkom FutureMakers’ TrailblazeHER accelerator sets 10 women-owned tech businesses up for growth

The first Telkom FutureMakers TrailblazeHER cohort connected with investors and industry leaders at their graduation ceremony held at Killarney Country Club on 26 August 2026, creating valuable networks and opportunities to take their businesses to the next level. TrailblazeHER, a three-month accelerator, is designed to equip women entrepreneurs with the tools, knowledge and connections needed

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At a moment of global backlash, Johannesburg hosts historic summit on Africa

Press Release by: Co-Conveners of the AAD, Rev. Dr Angelique Walker-Smith (USA) and Rev. Frank Chikane (South Africa) Africa & African Diaspora Conference aims to continue in its goal to develop further strategies to bring Africans and people of African descent together to find ways to reverse the historic impact of enslavement, imperialism and colonialism.

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Eskort strikes double gold with 12 taste awards

Six products earn matching honours at the 2026 Aurora International Taste Challenge and the South African Food & Beverage Awards Eskort, South Africa’s leading antibiotic-free pork producer, has done something remarkable at two of the food industry’s most respected taste competitions: entered six products and had every single one recognised at both events. The results;

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Gender-Based Violence Prevention Demands a Collective Investment

South Africa has built one of the continent’s strongest GBV response systems. The next step needs to be prevention, with business firmly and deliberately taking a defining role, says Virginia Francis, GBV Lead at Tshikululu Social Investments Statistics from the Human Sciences Research Council show the extent of South Africa’s gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) crisis. One

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