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It's funny how quickly we seem to have forgotten the words ‘social distancing', which was not too long ago, a part of the everyday lexicon that we lived by – and swore by. The days when we woke up with more worry than wonder, the mantra was drilled d

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For the last few months, fears of a looming pandemic have risen with increased conversations on mpox. According to reports, in September, a virulent mpox strain is spreading through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), weeks after the disease

At the Paris Olympics, South Africa's most-decorated Olympian of all time, Tatjana Smith, announced she will hang up her swim cap and goggles after bowing out of the pool with a silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke final at Paris 2024, where sh

In September, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a contentious education bill into law. In an address at the Union Buildings in the capital city of Tshwane in Pretoria, Ramaphosa said that education outcomes fall short of what society nee

The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Executive Directors Practices and Remuneration Trends Report 2023 shows that women only make up 15.6% of executive directors among the Top 200 companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). This includes C

- 75% of voters said the mining and energy sector - 25% said financial services was the most impactful - 41% of voters said the mining and energy sector - 27% said financial services - 21% felt that the retail industry was more impactful - 11% said ‘

Fonio is an easy crop to grow – it requires no fertilizer, pesticide, irrigation or chemical inputs. It's incredibly resilient but processing it can be problematic. Fonio has a skin that needs to be removed but since the standards of processing haven

Drugs like Ozempic have not only transformed how the medical world looks at weight loss but the food industry as well. The impact of a slimmer society is pretty interesting, and products are being reformulated to suit changing appetites. One of the s

In Tanzania's Lake Manyara region, AI is helping researchers decode the complex social lives of giraffes. The AI for Good lab, in collaboration with local conservationists, has developed an innovative system that can identify individual giraffes from

Anyone who has visited Cape Town will tell you that one of the many jewels in the city's crown is the rich and diverse environment that surrounds it. As South Africa is regarded one of the world's most biodiverse countries, it's understandable that t

You're working in a large corporation, and you've been given two choices. Choice one guarantees a profit of $1 million in the next 12 months. It's safe, predictable, and secure. Choice two, however, gives you the opportunity to make $1 billion. But t

Africa! It was the Formula 1 of political unrest, extremism, and democratic reversals, from 2020 – coups competing for attention, authoritarian powers vying for a podium finish and great-power competition clogging the tracks. The colosseum of Africa

If the thought of robots short-circuiting your career is keeping you awake at night, you might be experiencing FOBO – the fear of becoming obsolete. This rising form of anxiety is leading many workers to worry about being left gathering dust as their

As far back as 1995, the former World Bank Vice President Dr Ismail Serageldin said: “If the wars of this century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water – unless we change our approach to managing this precious a

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds transformative potential for Africa, but harnessing it responsibly is crucial. As AI increasingly integrates into various sectors, standards for robust governance frameworks are essential to ensure its ethical and b