Living legends

South Africa's Government Communications Information Systems - GCIS, has partnered with Channel Africa to broadcast Africa's webinar on the Coronavirus Disease that will reflect on celebrating Africa's living treasures. The webinar seeks to create a platform for arts and heritage practitioners in t…

Climate Change

As we start looking toward recovery from the dire impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, urgent action is needed to avoid the impact of another catastrophe on the horizon: climate change. The European Union's Climate Diplomacy Week has just wrapped up South Africa. The six-day virtual event saw ambassad…

PwC and UNICEF collaborate for International Youth Day

Global auditing firm, PwC and the United Nations Children's Fund South Africa announced details of local collaboration on International Youth Day, marked on August 12th, to help prepare young people with relevant skills to enter the workforce. This is part of a three-year global collaboration betwe…

Vinpro, warns that urgent intervention is needed to save the wine industry

The South African wine industry, including wine tourism, is in a state of disaster. Vinpro, the country's wine industry body has warned that urgent intervention is needed or else one of the oldest agricultural industries will not survive. The sector is among the industries struggling to keep its do…

ONE Campaign launches "Stand together" in partnership with the Mandela Foundation and MTV Base

ONE Campaign (ONE), a global movement campaign to end extreme poverty and preventable diseases, has brought together artists from across the continent to call for people to Stand Together in the fight against COVID-19. The upbeat anthem, titled "Stand Together" reminds people that "Nobody is Safe U…

Eswatini eases COVId-19 restrictions

As the world slowly emerges from the clutches of COVID-19, Eswatini is not isolated from the challenges of navigating an unchartered path of cautiously opening up the economy to restart and drive to economic growth and development. Last week the country's Prime Minister announced the opening of mor…

Cohesion Collective weighs in on #BlackLivesMatter

Chief Executive Officer at Cohesion Collective, a South African Equality, Diversity & Inclusions consulting and implementation firm, Roy Gluckman has weighed in on the global #BlackLivesMatter. This comes at as the world turns its attention to this neglected issue of racism. The qualified attorney …

June marks Youth Month in South Africa

The month of June is celebrated as Youth Month in South Africa and focuses on the June 16, 1976 uprising that began in Soweto, against Afrikaans as a compulsory medium of instruction in Black schools. This year, the theme for Youth Month is 'Youth Power - Growing South Africa together in the Period…

Domestic workers allowed to work under Level 3

After a long wait, domestic workers are finally allowed to return to work and generate an income this as South Africa enters Level 3 of a national lockdown today. There are more than one million domestic workers in South Africa and many have been left without an income during the lockdown. They wil…

Libya update

Hundreds of Russian military mercenaries in Libya have reportedly been evacuated after retreating from fighting on the capital's front lines. This has been announced by the forces backing the UN-supported Government of National Accord. The claim comes after a series of setbacks for eastern-based mi…