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2024 was record low for mining fatalities

Mining

2024 was record low for mining fatalities

Lindsey Schutters 24 Jan 2025

Courtney Mann, Intermediate Security Analyst for BET Software.

Data & Analytics

The unheard advantage: Thriving as a hearing-impaired security analyst

Courtney Mann, Issued by BET Software 18 Nov 2024

Bonitas – innovation, life stages and quality care

Medical Aid

Bonitas – innovation, life stages and quality care

Lee Callakoppen, Issued by Bonitas 14 Oct 2024

Your guide to October's film releases and European Film Festival

Film

Your guide to October's film releases and European Film Festival

Daniel Dercksen 1 Oct 2024

Johannes Magaela, Phillip Masitenyane and Minah Funani sort plastic items inside Funani’s yard in Tembisa. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Visually impaired recyclers help the planet

Ihsaan Haffejee 26 Sep 2024

Heineken Beverages is sowing seeds of inclusivity through global worlds together social impact campaign

Management & Leadership

Heineken Beverages is sowing seeds of inclusivity through global worlds together social impact campaign

Issued by Heineken Beverages 25 Sep 2024

Huawei's Watch Fit 3 is a very well packaged and priced fitness wearable

Technology

Huawei dominates global wearable market

Lindsey Schutters 12 Sep 2024

Apple is taking hearing loss and hearing health seriously, which is a big win for society.

Mobile & Apps

Apple taking hearing loss seriously is an industry win

Lindsey Schutters 11 Sep 2024

Source: © WPP At the recent Creative Circle Full Circle held in Johannesburg this year's South African Cannes Lions jury members' gave their insights into some of the world's best advertising campaigns

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2024: Insights on some of the world's best creative work

Danette Breitenbach 29 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied.

Medical Research

Biovac and EuBiologics partner for meningitis vaccine tech transfer

28 Sep 2023

Pharmaceuticals

More bullying? J&J will be investigated for high TB drug prices and abuse of patent laws

Mia Malan 21 Sep 2023

Free hearing screening (online) for all

Ear, Nose & Throat

Free hearing screening (online) for all

Issued by Bonitas 26 Jun 2023

SA startup Lexie Hearing honoured on Time's 100 Most Influential Companies List

How To Start Up

SA startup Lexie Hearing honoured on Time's 100 Most Influential Companies List

22 Jun 2023

Silent barriers: The marketing industry's overlooked issue of accessibility

Marketing

Silent barriers: The marketing industry's overlooked issue of accessibility

Katherine McInnes, Issued by Meltwater 16 May 2023

Image supplied. Vodacom’s #HearingChallenge campaign uses TikTok and works with up-and-coming local musicians, and influencers to get youth to test their hearing using the national hearing test app HearZA

Social Media

#BehindtheCampaign: Vodacom's TikTok #HearingChallenge

18 Apr 2023

Customised cochlear model pursues hi-fi hearing

Ear, Nose & Throat

Customised cochlear model pursues hi-fi hearing

Issued by University of Pretoria 2 Mar 2023

#BestofBiz 2022: Healthcare

Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2022: Healthcare

12 Dec 2022

The gift of hearing

Ear, Nose & Throat

The gift of hearing

Issued by Bonitas 2 Dec 2022

Healthcare

Hearing loss in the era of abundant medical solutions

5 Sep 2022

Fact vs fiction: eMoyo's Kuduwave. Clinically validated audiometry tool for the mining industry

Health & Safety

Fact vs fiction: eMoyo's Kuduwave. Clinically validated audiometry tool for the mining industry

Issued by eMoyo Technologies 20 Jun 2022

Barbie launches first dolls with vitiligo and behind-the-ear hearing aids

Design & Manufacturing

Barbie launches first dolls with vitiligo and behind-the-ear hearing aids

13 May 2022

Image source: © Roman Iegoshyn –

Occupational Health & Safety

Occupational health - not just about safety

Louise Woodburn 15 Feb 2022

The issue of occupational noise-induced hearing loss is prominent in the mining industry. Shutterstock

Health & Safety

Hearing loss is a neglected hazard for miners in South Africa

Nomfundo Moroe 10 May 2021

Dr Mohammed Rassool, deputy director, and Dr Pauline Howell, senior medical officer, Clinical HIV Research Unit

Tuberculosis

#WorldTBDay2021: Dramatic strides in research, but with challenges

Mohammed Rassool & Pauline Howell 24 Mar 2021

The journey to telling the African story through podcasting

Podcasts

The journey to telling the African story through podcasting

17 Feb 2021

2020 PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative winner

Higher Education

2020 PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative winner

12 Nov 2020

Workers from Kinross Gold Mine, South Africa. Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images

Mining

Health and safety in the spotlight as South Africa's miners go back to work

Nancy Coulson & Nicola Christofides 7 May 2020

High-impact startups celebrated at the UCT GSB Solution Space Virtual Demo Day

Skills Training

High-impact startups celebrated at the UCT GSB Solution Space Virtual Demo Day

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 4 May 2020

Finalists announced for global ADC 99th Annual Awards

The One Club for Creativity

Finalists announced for global ADC 99th Annual Awards

21 Apr 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Mining

Mining health & safety figures improve dramatically

27 Jan 2020

Cape Town centre drives inclusion of hearing-impaired children in SA

Education & Skills Development

Cape Town centre drives inclusion of hearing-impaired children in SA

Issued by Coronation 5 Dec 2019

Image credit: Epica Awards.

Advertising

#EpicaAwards2019: SA's VMLY&R announced as one of the finalists!

13 Nov 2019

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

Tuberculosis

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

22 Oct 2019

A community health worker screening a child’s hearing in Cape Town. Ora Buerkli

Medtech

We used smartphones to screen young children for vision and hearing loss

De Wet Swanepoel 14 Oct 2019

First 'I AM Tech - Africa Forum and Exhibition' to lead the way into a 3D future

Exhibitions

First 'I AM Tech - Africa Forum and Exhibition' to lead the way into a 3D future

Issued by Optimize Agency 11 Oct 2019

Hearing-impaired chef 'whips' the odds

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Hearing-impaired chef 'whips' the odds

20 Sep 2019

Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge announced

Awards

Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge announced

5 Sep 2019

OFM Nights - Heartwarming stories bring hope

Radio & Audio

OFM Nights - Heartwarming stories bring hope

Issued by OFM Radio 28 Aug 2019

Embury, DIDB partner to launch SA's first sign language teacher training programme

Skills Training

Embury, DIDB partner to launch SA's first sign language teacher training programme

4 Jul 2019

Drug-resistant TB research programme launched in PE

Tuberculosis

Drug-resistant TB research programme launched in PE

28 Mar 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Mining

Mining records a drop in occupational fatalities

1 Mar 2019

Dr Dirk Koekemoer

Medtech

Portable technology takes primary healthcare to the people

9 Jan 2019

Park Inn by Radisson #Signtember pushes the hard-of-hearing agenda

Hospitality

Park Inn by Radisson #Signtember pushes the hard-of-hearing agenda

22 Aug 2018

#Loeries2018: All the student awards finalists!

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2018: All the student awards finalists!

14 Aug 2018

New drug halves hearing loss in children following cancer treatment

Oncology

New drug halves hearing loss in children following cancer treatment

28 Jun 2018

Bedaquiline roll-out to drastically change TB treatment

Tuberculosis

Bedaquiline roll-out to drastically change TB treatment

19 Jun 2018

A woman with her treatment regime for extensively drug-resistant TB in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. MSF

Tuberculosis

The remarkable story of hope: how attitudes to drug-resistant TB changed

Eric Goemaere 31 May 2018

12 African startups to watch in 2018

Digital

12 African startups to watch in 2018

Gabriella Mulligan 5 Jan 2018