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People living in makeshift shelters outside the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town have been cold and wet this week. The site is owned by the Department of Public Works. Photos: Matthew Hirsch / Groundup

ESG & Sustainability

Shelters scramble as heavy rain continues

Matthew Hirsch 3 days

Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Tourism & Travel

Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Kaitano Dube 3 days

Education

Long weekend for Cape Winelands and Overberg schools

11 Jul 2024

Pick n Pay donates R100k to aid communities affected by WCape storms

Retail

Pick n Pay donates R100k to aid communities affected by WCape storms

11 Jul 2024

Image source: Lawrence Wee –

Education

Western Cape schools shut due to bad weather on 11 July

10 Jul 2024

Shein to invest in UK and Europe ahead of potential IPO

Retail

Shein to invest in UK and Europe ahead of potential IPO

10 Jul 2024

Here’s what happens to your car’s tyres in wet weather - and how you can keep safe

Automotive

Here’s what happens to your car’s tyres in wet weather - and how you can keep safe

Issued by Sumitomo Dunlop 10 Jul 2024

5 things Temu can teach e-commerce businesses

Retail

5 things Temu can teach e-commerce businesses

Issued by TDMC 20 Jun 2024

Doja Cat, Post Malone, and Rauw Alejandro to headline 2024 Global Citizen Fest in NYC's Central Park

Lifestyle

Doja Cat, Post Malone, and Rauw Alejandro to headline 2024 Global Citizen Fest in NYC's Central Park

Issued by OnPoint PR 19 Jun 2024

Farmers urged to prepare for dry winter forecast

Agriculture

Farmers urged to prepare for dry winter forecast

14 Jun 2024

Image: SANews.gov.za

ESG & Sustainability

Rehabilitation of Lower Sundays Canal delayed after recent floods

7 Jun 2024

ESG & Sustainability

6 little-known facts about climate change in South Africa

Karen King 6 Jun 2024

ESG & Sustainability

Buffalo City search and rescue operations continue

4 Jun 2024

Image source: Johannes Plenio from

Agriculture

Heat is coming for our crops. We have to make them ready

Mohan Singh and Prem Bhalla 21 May 2024

The river that flows out to sea at Margate’s main beach is fed with up to 7-million litres of effluent per day from a failing sewage treatment plant about 1.8km upstream. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024

Doctors and medical practitioners under the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) participate in a demonstration to demand payment of their salary arrears and the immediate hiring of trainee doctors, among other grievances, in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 April 2024. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Healthcare

Kenyan government doctors sign agreement to end strike

George Obulutsa 9 May 2024

Adidas announces return of Move For The Planet

Lifestyle

Adidas announces return of Move For The Planet

7 May 2024

A protestor holds a placard as she joins a demonstration against oil major Royal Dutch Shell's plans to start seismic surveys to explore petroleum systems off the country's popular Wild Coast, at Muizenberg beach in Cape Town. Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Energy & Mining

Shell confirms intention to exit SA

Wendell Roelf 6 May 2024

ESG & Sustainability

Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

Sean Avery 6 May 2024

A worker walks at Uniq clothing store, owned by one of South Africa's biggest supermarket retailer Shoprite Holdings during its opening at Sandton mall in Sandton, South Africa, 24 April 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Retail

Shoprite's Uniq clothing chain plans expansion, local sourcing

Nqobile Dludla 25 Apr 2024

Terena Chetty, Head of Strategy at 1Africa Consulting

HR & Management

How climate change has become an OHS issue

Terena Chetty 23 Apr 2024

TES providers can elevate citrus farming profits, community relations

Agriculture

TES providers can elevate citrus farming profits, community relations

Musa Dlamini 19 Apr 2024

Source: A photo taken of Dubai's skyline under a stormy sky in October 2020.

Property

Dubai’s torrential downpour unleashes havoc on city’s commercial hubs

17 Apr 2024

Image source: X/Twitter

ESG & Sustainability

KZN activates disaster teams

16 Apr 2024

Many of the country's infrastructure projects are in response to climate change.

Construction & Engineering

SA's infrastructure push brings opportunity and risk for construction firms

11 Apr 2024

The third and final Warc Rankings has been released. Source: YouTube.

Marketing & Media

Warc Effective 100: The world's most effective campaigns and companies

25 Mar 2024

Source: Pixabay.

Finance

2024 must be the year of sustainable investment

Carl Roothman 3 Apr 2024

Marketing & Media

KFC's viral #MakeItKFC campaign transforms everyday foods with secret recipe

14 Mar 2024

Navigating the solar transition: Choosing safety, sustainability and performance

Energy & Mining

Navigating the solar transition: Choosing safety, sustainability and performance

Ezzat Sankari, Issued by Sungrow 11 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Olebogeng Manhe, chairman of the Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC).

Property

Transforming informal settlements with modern drainage solutions

Olebogeng Manhe 5 Mar 2024

ESG & Sustainability

IMF reaches $1.3bn agreement with Ivory Coast for resilience, sustainability facility

Portia Crowe 19 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Economic growth falls to 3.2% in 2023, African Development Bank

Rachel Savage 16 Feb 2024

Property

Risks and the property rental landscape: a look at landlord-tenant insurance dynamics

6 Feb 2024

Enviro-walls: The preferred solution

Construction & Engineering

Enviro-walls: The preferred solution

Issued by Technicrete 29 Jan 2024

Black Swan events and their spatial consequences

Marketing & Media

Black Swan events and their spatial consequences

Issued by AfriGIS 23 Jan 2024

Image source: shmergin –

ESG & Sustainability

Celebrating SA’s firefighters

28 Dec 2023

Emerging green trends shaping the residential landscape in SA

Property

Emerging green trends shaping the residential landscape in SA

22 Dec 2023

Agriculture challenges in South Africa: We need a different lens

Agriculture

Agriculture challenges in South Africa: We need a different lens

Christian Giesel 14 Dec 2023

Source: Supplied. Grant Smee, managing director of Only Realty Property Group.

Property

#BizTrends2024: Lifestyle-focused buying surges in small towns, while distressed sales create bargain opportunities

Grant Smee 16 Jan 2024

Source: Kelly/Pexels

Construction & Engineering

Fintech can help SA’s construction industry navigate growth challenges

28 Nov 2023

Franchise conference shows government the strength of the sector

Retail

Franchise conference shows government the strength of the sector

7 Nov 2023

February 2023 flooding. Source: SANews.gov.za

ESG & Sustainability

#MTBPS: Funds allocated for future disasters

2 Nov 2023

Navigating entrepreneurship: The crucial role of mental resilience

Entrepreneurship

Navigating entrepreneurship: The crucial role of mental resilience

Issued by Business Partners Limited 23 Oct 2023

FAO report: Food production plummets as disasters cost $123bn yearly

Agriculture

FAO report: Food production plummets as disasters cost $123bn yearly

13 Dec 2023

Protecting your wine collection during loadshedding and natural disasters

Lifestyle

Protecting your wine collection during loadshedding and natural disasters

13 Oct 2023

Sandvlei in Cape Town was flooded during last week’s storm. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Western Cape floods: Is climate change to blame?

Jess Vujovic 6 Oct 2023

Over 20 schools in Western Cape closed after severe storm

Education

Over 20 schools in Western Cape closed after severe storm

27 Sep 2023

ESG & Sustainability

Downpours and gales wreak havoc across Western Cape over the heritage weekend

26 Sep 2023

A view shows destroyed buildings, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya - 18 September 2023. Reuters/Ahmed Elumami

ESG & Sustainability

Climate change made Libya's deadly rainfall up to 50 times more likely - study

Riham Alkousaa 19 Sep 2023

ESG & Sustainability

SAWS issues weather alert for damaging waves

18 Sep 2023