Four years after their rescue from unsafe private captivity in Romania, five lions Roman, Vincent, Dolf, Ellie and Geena are thriving at LIONSROCK Big Cat Sanctuary.

What skills are employers now looking for in communication professionals? I wanted to find out, so I analysed 948 communication job advertisements, says Hezron Ochiel, Deputy Corporate Communications Manager at Kenya Medical Training College, and Founder of Hezron Insights.

TEARS Foundation has dedicated the month of August to celebrating International Cat Day on Saturday, 8 August, National Spoil Your Dog Day on Monday, 10 August and International Dog Day on Wednesday, 26 August.

Kagiso Trust and the University of Mpumalanga have signed a three-year partnership focused on research and joint projects that will generate knowledge and translate it directly into policy and implementable development solutions. 

The iPendoring Awards has announced Thembalethu Msibi, Co-Founder and Creative Partner of BlackSwan, as Jury President for the 2026 awards programme, placing the South African purpose-driven creative leader at the helm of this year's adjudication process.

Publicis Groupe Africa has landed 21 finalist nominations at this year's Bookmark Awards, South Africa's leading digital marketing awards, with agencies Machine, LePub and StudioOne all recognised for work spanning nearly every stage of the digital ecosystem, from audience engagement and content creation to AI, experience design and technology.

As South Africa celebrates Women's Month, FOUR PAWS has emphasised the role women play in tackling the country's animal welfare challenges through both policy-driven advocacy and hands-on care that delivers lasting impact for animals and communities.

The Disability Workplace Readiness Summit has announced its opening in Johannesburg, aimed at providing important steps towards meaningful employment to more than 1 200 final-year students with disabilities from across South Africa.

Most business strategies do not fail because they are poorly designed. They fail because people never fully understand them, says Viviana Koshiaris, Head of Communication at CFAO South Africa.

This Women's Month, Ladles of Love is honouring the preschool principals who quietly hold communities together, creating safe spaces, feeding children and building places of learning in areas where poverty, hunger and crime can make childhood painfully uncertain.