IT’S INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY AND CASTLE LAGER SHOWS US HOW THE SPRINGBOKS ARE TRULY MADE

Lifelong connections, bonding over meals, and matching tattoos are some of the quirks that connect the Springboks to their real-life BFFEs Today sees the launch of Castle Lager’s It’s How We’re Made bite-size, social media, documentary, featuring the best friendships of Springbok Rugby World Cup winners Damian Willemse, Cheslin Kolbe, Ox Nche and their real-life ‘ride or…

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MEC MAMABOLO LEADS JOZI CBD CLEANUP OPERATIONS IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL MANDELA DAY CELEBRATIONS

Prudence Motsila In the spirit of honoring the legacy of Nelson Mandela, Infrastructure Development and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) MEC Jacob Mamabolo led a major clean-up operation in the Gauteng Government Precinct in Johannesburg’s Central Business District (CBD) on 18 July 2025. The MEC was joined by City of Johannesburg Ward 123 Councillor…

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but on Saturday 20th September on the historic Market Theatre Precinct in Newtown, a picture will frame more than a thousand notes. 

Around a hundred of South Africa’s jazz players, veterans and youngsters, will gather for a photoshoot and jam session in memorial tribute to pioneering modern jazzman, Jeremiah Morolong “Kippie” Moeketsi.  The saxophonist was born in George Goch, Johannesburg 100 years ago, on 27 July 1925. He passed away on 27 April 1983. His career stretched from…

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SASKO CELEBRATES 1,000 PLAYGROUND UPGRADES ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg–In just two years, SASKO’s Siyasizana Play Better initiative has reached a milestone that speaks to the power of purpose and collective action. 1,000 playgrounds at early childhood development centres (ECDs) and primary schools have been upgraded across South Africa, providing safe and engaging play spaces to more than one million children. To mark this…

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INVESTING IN THE AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS AFRICA CAN BANK ON

Louis Van Ravesteyn      A soybean harvested in Mpumalanga today moves through a value chain more structured than it was a decade ago. It travels from farm to storage through coordinated channels, often under the oversight of commercial offtakers with long-term supply relationships. Crushing plants are structured around scheduled throughput, aligned with feed manufacturers forecasting…

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