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Celebrating Arbor Month: Sappi’s commitment to indigenous forests

Agriculture

Celebrating Arbor Month: Sappi’s commitment to indigenous forests

Issued by Sappi 8 Sep 2025

Image credit: Thirdman on Pexels

Oncology

Early detection gives a fighting chance against breast cancer

16 Jul 2025

#WorldGiraffeDay: Why the giraffe needs more conservation

Environment & Natural Resources

#WorldGiraffeDay: Why the giraffe needs more conservation

20 Jun 2025

Cansa helps prostate cancer survivors

Oncology

Cansa helps prostate cancer survivors

Issued by CANSA 21 Nov 2024

Sir Fruit introduces the Focus Shot

FMCG

Sir Fruit introduces the Focus Shot

7 Nov 2024

Arbor Month in South Africa

CSI & Philanthropy

Arbor Month in South Africa

Issued by Sappi 6 Sep 2024

A rhino and her calf, among over 2000 rhinos sold to African Parks, are seen in captivity ahead of the rewilding process planned for the next 10 years, starting later this year, at a farm outside Klerksdorp, South Africa, 12 March 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Environment & Natural Resources

Drop in SA's rhino poaching linked to dehorning programmes

Bhargav Acharya and Tannur Anders 2 Aug 2024

NHI

Complementary medicine can get us closer to universal healthcare

Bianca De Canha 23 Jul 2024

Image source: freepik from

Legislation & Regulation

Traditional healers: New regulations to provide clarity

John Botha 18 Jul 2024

Image source: Elena Elisseeva –

Legislation & Regulation

Draft regulations for the registration of traditional health practitioners

8 Jul 2024

Natural Medicine

#ATM2024: India dominates herbal supplement exports, boosts health tourism

Katja Hamilton 16 May 2024

Source: WikiCommons. The common yellow commelina, one of the popular plants used to treat children.

Natural Medicine

Medicinal plants help keep children healthy in South Africa: 61 species were recorded

T Ndhlovu, A O Omotayo, A O Aremu and W Otang-Mbeng 26 Mar 2024

Nguni language news platform celebrates a year of touching lives

TV

Nguni language news platform celebrates a year of touching lives

Issued by Newzroom Afrika 27 Feb 2024

Natural Medicine

South Africa's traditional medicines should be used in modern health care

Zelna Booth 8 Sep 2023

A unity of paradox - the healing powers of artificial intelligence in traditional medicine

Higher Education

A unity of paradox - the healing powers of artificial intelligence in traditional medicine

Nivisha Parag, Issued by Regent Business School 4 Sep 2023

Healthcare

#BRICS2023: India's PM proposes traditional medicine repository

Katja Hamilton 23 Aug 2023

August Public Sector Leaders (PSL) celebrates Women's Month

Magazines

August Public Sector Leaders (PSL) celebrates Women's Month

Issued by Topco Media 18 Aug 2022

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FMCG

Inclusive procurement: New Score beverage empowers rural KZN farming community

26 May 2022

Sappi Forests: Providing tangible and practical support for the SDGs

Environment & Natural Resources

Sappi Forests: Providing tangible and practical support for the SDGs

Issued by Sappi 10 May 2022

Source: Supplied

FMCG

Goodleaf introduces functional mushroom brand Goodmind

1 Sep 2021

Ebola survivors: their health struggles and how best to support them

Infectious Diseases

Ebola survivors: their health struggles and how best to support them

Peter B James, Abdulai Jawo Ba, Amie Steel, Jon Adams & Jon Wardle 28 May 2021

Professor Motlalepula Matsabisa,

Pharmaceuticals

R17m boost for indigenous medicine research

20 May 2021

What pangolins taught us: We are all conservationists

Environment & Natural Resources

What pangolins taught us: We are all conservationists

Amy Pieterse, Issued by Ginkgo Agency 19 Feb 2021

Many South Africans use traditional medicine. Paballo Thekiso/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

South African researchers are looking at medicinal plants for possible Covid-19 treatments

Depika Dwarka 25 Nov 2020

The Faraday Muti Market, a popular African traditional medicine market in downtown Johannesburg. Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Pharmaceuticals

What South Africa is doing to protect and share traditional medicine resources

Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu, Martha Pinkoane & Tozama Qwebani-Ogunleye 25 Sep 2020

A child receives a vaccine against Ebola from a nurse in Goma on August 7, 2019. AUGUSTIN WAMENYA/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

The coping mechanisms the DRC is putting in place as it faces Ebola, measles and Covid-19

Yap Boum 23 Jun 2020

#WorldEnvironmentDay: Celebrating biodiversity in the times of Covid-19

Environment & Natural Resources

#WorldEnvironmentDay: Celebrating biodiversity in the times of Covid-19

Bonani Madikizela 5 Jun 2020

Healthcare workers testing people in Nairobi, Kenya during a mass testing exercise for Covid-19. Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Sub-Saharan Africa needs to plug local knowledge gap to up its anti-Covid-19 game

Alex Ezeh & Sharon Fonn 28 May 2020

Local award winning documentary wins at WTM Africa 2020

Tourism & Travel

Local award winning documentary wins at WTM Africa 2020

18 May 2020

Traditional medicines sold at a South African market.
Rebecca and William Beinart

Pharmaceuticals

The story of the pharma giant and the African yam

William Beinart 10 Feb 2020

Medical Research

Human gene editing: who decides the rules?

Sheetal Soni 16 Jan 2020

20 awarded in regional L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Young Talent Awards

Education & Skills Development

20 awarded in regional L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Young Talent Awards

25 Nov 2019

Cladogelonium madagascariense, more commonly known as tsontso in Madagascar. Tianarilalaina Tantely, Andriamampianina

Pharmaceuticals

The anti-inflammatory properties of Madagascar's Tsontso plant

Tianarilalaina Tantely, Andriamampianina 21 Nov 2019

Cannabis trading still illegal

Criminal Law

Cannabis trading still illegal

6 Nov 2019

A health worker checks people’s temperatures in Goma, DRC. Patricia Martinez/EPA-EFE

Infectious Diseases

How outbreaks like Ebola extract huge social and economic costs

Abdhalah Ziraba 22 Aug 2019

The Raptor Warrior: Meet BirdLife SA's Linda van den Heever

Environment & Natural Resources

The Raptor Warrior: Meet BirdLife SA's Linda van den Heever

16 Aug 2019

Captive lion breeding in South Africa: the case for a total ban

Environment & Natural Resources

Captive lion breeding in South Africa: the case for a total ban

31 Jul 2019

#AfricaMonth: How technology keeps business travellers safe in Africa

Tourism & Travel

#AfricaMonth: How technology keeps business travellers safe in Africa

Oz Desai 30 May 2019

One elephant dung gin coming up

FMCG

One elephant dung gin coming up

7 Mar 2019

Euan Ashley. Photo: Steve Fisch

Medical Research

Hundreds of patients with undiagnosed diseases find answers

18 Oct 2018

Traditional medicines on sale in Kibera slum in Nairobi. Flickr

Healthcare

Kenya's struggle to modernise traditional medicine is far from won

John Harrington 31 Aug 2018

Meet the Maker: Jacqueline Grobler

Viticulture & Oenology

Meet the Maker: Jacqueline Grobler

Samantha Snedorf 10 Aug 2018

Health systems rarely consider that patients switch between hospitals or primary healthcare centres and indigenous medicine for their health issues. Direct Relief/Tobin Greensweig

Mental health

Why indigenous medicine could play a role in rebuilding health systems

Jean-Benoit Falisse and Serena Masino 20 Jun 2018

Arrival of elephants marks start of marula harvest season in Limpopo

Agriculture

Arrival of elephants marks start of marula harvest season in Limpopo

8 Mar 2018