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Accenture Song caps standout year with five gold Loeries for Philipstown

Loeries Creative Week

Accenture Song caps standout year with five gold Loeries for Philipstown

Issued by Accenture Song 28 Oct 2026

Maybe we should stop celebrating Women's Day

Women's Month

Maybe we should stop celebrating Women's Day

Melanie Campbell, Issued by Hoorah Digital 27 Aug 2026

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Coal, Oil & Gas

#WomensMonth | Engen’s Bongiwe Mkhwanazi isn’t afraid to dream big

Maroefah Smith 25 Aug 2026

Harambee's new Breaking Barriers report: A gender lens to the analysis of South Africa's youth employment challenge

Employment Equity

Harambee's new Breaking Barriers report: A gender lens to the analysis of South Africa's youth employment challenge

Issued by Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator 14 Aug 2026

Four women from Digitas share their career stories and leadership lessons. L to r: Nomika Singh Govender - GM, Bonita Christie - BUD, Zakona Mlaba - digital copy lead and Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk - strategy director at Digitas (Image composite: Lesley Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Every woman has a story: 4 leadership lessons

5 Aug 2026

#WomensMonth | The Artscape's Marlene le Roux on leading with inclusion, compassion and courage

Theatre

#WomensMonth | The Artscape's Marlene le Roux on leading with inclusion, compassion and courage

Evan-Lee Courie 5 Aug 2026

Tafadzwa Penny, strategy director at Machine_, looks at the leadership story you will one day get to tell (Image supplied)

Women's Month

WomensMonth | Tafadzwa Penny: A career is not just a ladder, it is a becoming

Tafadzwa Penny 4 Aug 2026

#WomensMonth | Brave Collective’s Taryn Hunter Sharman: Inspiring African women to redefine success

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Brave Collective’s Taryn Hunter Sharman: Inspiring African women to redefine success

Danette Breitenbach 3 Aug 2026

Artscape's 2026 Women's Humanity Festival lineup revealed

Events

Artscape's 2026 Women's Humanity Festival lineup revealed

14 Jul 2026

70 years on: Artscape Women’s Humanity Festival marks 1956 Women’s March legacy

Theatre

70 years on: Artscape Women’s Humanity Festival marks 1956 Women’s March legacy

29 Jun 2026

Inside Allan Gray × Accenture Song SA’s A Seat at the Table

D&AD Awards

Inside Allan Gray × Accenture Song SA’s A Seat at the Table

Karabo Ledwaba 22 Jun 2026

R&B singer Maxwell returns to SA in August

Music

R&B singer Maxwell returns to SA in August

20 Apr 2026

Why Gen Z’s views on gender roles are more complex than we think

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Why Gen Z’s views on gender roles are more complex than we think

Jessica Gbedemah 11 Mar 2026

Black At’s new initiative 'Through Her Lens' seeks to transform creative sectors

DEI

Black At’s new initiative 'Through Her Lens' seeks to transform creative sectors

9 Mar 2026

International Women’s Day | 4 South African women included in KFC's Africa female firsts

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

International Women’s Day | 4 South African women included in KFC's Africa female firsts

6 Mar 2026

Meet Ronette Marx, the motorsport WAG taking on the aesthetics industry

Aesthetic Medicine

Meet Ronette Marx, the motorsport WAG taking on the aesthetics industry

Maroefah Smith 5 Mar 2026

#BehindtheSelfie: Spitfire's Ying-Poi De Lacy on directing with purpose

Behind the Selfie

#BehindtheSelfie: Spitfire's Ying-Poi De Lacy on directing with purpose

Karabo Ledwaba 4 Mar 2026

Laura Thomas, the creator of The Aligned Woman Co, says the advertising and media industry is not just experiencing female burnout; it is engineered for it (Image source: © 123rf )

DEI

#InternationalWomensDay | Female burnout epidemic in advertising and media industry

Laura Thomas 6 Mar 2026

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Primary & Secondary Education

Schools given bonus day off in 2026 academic calendar

Shan Radcliffe 5 Jan 2026

Image credit: Payton Butler on Dupe Photos

Women's Health

Dis-Chem offers Women's Month screening package

11 Aug 2025

Accelerating action against gender bias in AI

Digital

Accelerating action against gender bias in AI

Henda Scott, Issued by Helm 12 Mar 2025

To mark International Women’s Day this past Saturday, 8 March, KFC Africa collected the stories of 54 women in its KFC Africa’s list, one for each year the company has been in Africa. (Image supplied)

DEI

The KFC List celebrates women in Africa - despite the SSA gender gap hardly closing

12 Mar 2025

#InternationalWomensDay2025: Carla Ashton, founder of Thandana, turns a passion project into a thriving business

Design & Manufacturing

#InternationalWomensDay2025: Carla Ashton, founder of Thandana, turns a passion project into a thriving business

Evan-Lee Courie 10 Mar 2025

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, Publicis Groupe Africa (PGA) reaffirms its commitment to advancing women in advertising, with its first female CEO, Koo Govender leading way (Image supplied)

DEI

#InternationalWomensDay2025: PGA's first female CEO, Koo Govender leads the way in DEI in advertising

7 Mar 2025

#InternationalWomensDay2025: Celebrating Philile Mabolloane, head of Retail: Consumables at Amazon SSA

E-commerce

#InternationalWomensDay2025: Celebrating Philile Mabolloane, head of Retail: Consumables at Amazon SSA

Evan-Lee Courie 6 Mar 2025

#WomensMonth: Tatjana Smith, SA's most successful Olympian, "Every month should be Women's Month"

Sport

#WomensMonth: Tatjana Smith, SA's most successful Olympian, "Every month should be Women's Month"

Danette Breitenbach 31 Aug 2024

While Deidre Lodwig, managing director MTN United, an agency outfit that services MTN across 17 markets in Africa looks at how women can eventually stop having to fight for their space. Image supplied.

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Deidre Lodwig, MTN United MD – One day we can stop fighting for our space

Danette Breitenbach 26 Aug 2024

Judy Holding champions women in retail at Rentoza

Retail Services

Judy Holding champions women in retail at Rentoza

12 Aug 2024

Strong female leadership will have a positive impact on the South African narrative

Higher Education

Strong female leadership will have a positive impact on the South African narrative

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 13 Aug 2024

Design & Manufacturing

#WomensMonth: Jana Leonard, founder of Baskiti, a luxury woven decor brand

Evan-Lee Courie 8 Aug 2024

Kalay Maistry, partner and client services director for Razor PR feels she has to carry forward that bravery that the women of 9 August started. Image supplied.

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Kalay Maistry – Carrying forward the bravery of the 1956 women

Danette Breitenbach 8 Aug 2024

#WomensMonth: Michelle Rust on lighting the way of Okracandle

Design & Manufacturing

#WomensMonth: Michelle Rust on lighting the way of Okracandle

Evan-Lee Courie 6 Aug 2024

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Healthcare

Celebrating Women's Day: Eco Diva's call for essential self-care

Nicole Sherwin 6 Aug 2024

Source: © LIA Michelle Marais, senior copywriter at Dentsu Creative and a 2024 Cannes See It.Be It. recipient talks about being a female in the creative industry at the tip of Africa

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Michelle Marais - Working in advertising takes guts; as a woman even more so

Danette Breitenbach 6 Aug 2024

Fashion

#WomensMonth: Biance Van Zyl, founder of House of Play, launches athleisure brand in SA

Evan-Lee Courie 7 Aug 2024

#WomensMonth: VML SA's Ana Rocha - "Women need to take up and own their own space"

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: VML SA's Ana Rocha - "Women need to take up and own their own space"

Danette Breitenbach 1 Aug 2024

Jimmy Nevis to perform at Totalsports Women's Race Cape Town

Events

Jimmy Nevis to perform at Totalsports Women's Race Cape Town

25 Jul 2024

Solo Studios 2024 returns to Riebeek Kasteel

Art

Solo Studios 2024 returns to Riebeek Kasteel

9 May 2024

Investing in women, everywhere

ESG

Investing in women, everywhere

Serge Sacre 8 Mar 2024

Violet Watson, compliance manager at Verto

Management & Leadership

#InternationalWomensDay: Refuse to be intimidated - Violet Watson, Verto

Shan Radcliffe 8 Mar 2024

From blogger to PR agency founder: The inspiring journey of Siki Msuseni

PR & Communications

From blogger to PR agency founder: The inspiring journey of Siki Msuseni

Ntandokazi Ntozakhe 12 Mar 2024

Supplied image: Clinton Van Boomen Tshego Bokaba, Natasha Goliath, Danielle Moses-Khatib, Lindani Bam, and Patronella Sono

CSI & Philanthropy

Annual Lesedi Awards lets volunteers keep up the giving work

28 Nov 2023

Pnet supports local women's charity in honour of Women's Month

HR & Management

Pnet supports local women's charity in honour of Women's Month

Issued by Pnet 23 Aug 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: Siya Kolisi shows the best of SA with new tourism ad

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Siya Kolisi shows the best of SA with new tourism ad

Brendan Seery 10 Aug 2023

Fashion & Homeware

#StayTrueTogether: Refinery's tribute to the women who make the brand a success

Issued by Refinery 4 Aug 2023

Media

Thabo Bester, Costa Titch make Google top search trends

4 Apr 2023