Source: Bob Adams via [[wikimedia.org Wikimedia Commons]]</span>FlySafair will be acquired by South African infrastructure investor Harith General Partners through its aviation arm, while continuing to operate under its current brand, leadership, and strategy. The transaction is subject to approval from competition and aviation regulators. Read more… | Email
Comment on Minister Gwede Mantashe’s Mining Indaba 2026 opening address By Ziyanda Ntshona, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Leaning on the theme of the Mining Indaba, Stronger Together, the Minister emphasised the need for not only governments to work together, but the need for governments to partner with the private sector. The Government has several challenges…
I visited the Kwano cycling Academy recently. It is aligned to the Murray secondary school in Plettenburg Bay which now houses some 1800 learners. Like most secondary schools it opens its doors at 7:30 am and then closes them at 13:30. Little happens in the afternoon. Colin Shave, a passionate cyclist, had the idea of…
“No one is you, that is your power”. This powerful saying highlighted the resilience, beauty, and the urgent need for equality for people living with albanism. Mrs. Mafusi Irien Tampe, a Coordinator of Beauty by Nature Albanism Society, recently organized an awareness campaign for people living with albanism. The campaign was hosted at Caltonville Community…
UK luxury travel title Beau Monde Traveller has launched a South African edition, starting with a golf-focused first issue and a quarterly distribution. (Source: [[https://www.facebook.com/BeauMondeLuxuryTravelMagazine/ Beau Monde Traveller]])</span>Luxury UK travel title Beau Monde Traveller has launched a South African edition, entering the local market with a quarterly print publication aimed at affluent leisure travellers. Read…
Image source: DC Studio from [[https://www.freepik.com/ Freepik]]</span>The Essential Services Committee (ESC) has published a notice in terms of section 71, read with section 70(B)(1)(d) of the Labour Relations Act No 66 of 1995 (LRA), announcing an investigation into whether certain aviation services should be designated as essential services. Read more… | Email
South Africa’s tourism and travel industry marked a sustainability milestone on 3 February 2026 with the launch of the Tourism & Travel Green Lung, a national initiative designed to help tourism and travel businesses, including SMMEs, strengthen climate resilience while integrating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices into daily operations. Read more… | Email
Entrepreneurial ecosystems in the Global South, including South Africa, need to be radically redesigned to ensure inclusion and shared prosperity, according to the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation (AGOF). Charleen Duncan, Head of Public Affairs and Communications at AGOF, recently addressed global delegates on the flaws in current entrepreneurial systems that present barriers to success.…
A small team of volunteers and staff have been bringing comfort to patients in South Africa’s busiest public hospitals for nearly three decades, and the numbers speak for themselves. When a patient lies alone in a public hospital ward, far from family, facing an uncertain diagnosis, who sits with them? For over 200,000 South Africans…
Tim Cohen’s book ‘LEON LOUW – A LEGACY of SOLUTIONS’ is an interesting read on many levels. At one level, it interrogates the history of liberalism, how ‘it transformed politics, economics and society so completely that many of its victories now are accepted as common sense.’ As Cohen points out, ‘liberalism set the stage…
