Climate change is transforming football, from more breaks during the game to billion-dollar cooling facilities, and it is ultimately the fans who will pay for it all. The 2026 Fifa World Cup continues to deliver drama in abundance. For South African fans, it is the rollercoaster ride of Bafana Bafana’s historic highs and devastating lows…
Emile Burger Emile Burger is stepping down as CEO of Tarsus Distribution, the company said on Wednesday. He had been in the role for 14 months. Burger, who served as chief financial officer before taking the top job, is leaving for “personal reasons” and will remain during a notice period to hand over to interim…
Nairobi — A team of universities, led by Addis Ababa University, has joined forces to implement a four-year Intra-Africa academic mobility project aimed at strengthening agroforestry research and education for climate change mitigation. The project, dubbed Strengthening Agroforestry Research and Education for Climate Change Mitigation in Africa (SERA), brings together JKUAT (Kenya) and Addis Ababa…
Climate-related disasters are becoming more frequent and more intense across sub-Saharan Africa. Floods, droughts, heatwaves and storms are no longer isolated environmental events. They increasingly shape livelihoods, inequality, public trust and the relationship between citizens and the state. Governments rely on taxes to finance schools, healthcare, infrastructure and climate adaptation policies. However, taxation depends on…
Climate change related extreme weather events killed 3,000 people in Africa in 2025 says new report Sea-level rise along African coasts from 1999 to 2025 exceeds the global average of 3.6 mm per year in several regions. PHOTO/WMO. By PATRICK MAYOYO Extreme weather and climate-related events affected at least 13 million people and led to…
AI should change how we train young talent, not whether we hire it. As South Africa marks Youth Day on 16 June, the country continues to face one of its biggest economic challenges – helping young people find meaningful work. According to Statistics South Africa’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey, 4.7 million South Africans aged…
Donve Anderson, Executive Engagement Solutions, Change Logic. Most organisations put enormous effort and financial investment into workforce engagement. Town halls are professionally produced, leadership roadshows are carefully scripted, strategy launches are timed and rehearsed. More often than not, very little actually changes after these interactions. People walk back to their desks, open their laptops and…
World Cup cohosts United States have warned the Democratic Republic of the Congo team to isolate due to Ebola fears. Published On 23 May 202623 May 2026 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have no plans to change their preparations for the 2026 World Cup, despite a warning from the United States that the…
African health leaders and development partners have renewed calls for Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) to be entrenched as a core component of health systems across the continent. They stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the Continental SBC Costing and Institutionalisation Workshop, where the Africa CDC and its partners stressed that sustainable financing for…
Hantaviruses are not new. They have circulated for decades in rodent populations, particularly in rats and mice. Humans can become infected if they are bitten or scratched by a rodent or by inhaling aerosolised particles. These are tiny bits of rodent urine, faeces or saliva floating through the air that are contaminated by the virus….
