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‘Endgame’ youth cigarette sale ban could prevent 10,000 lung cancer deaths in SA over 70 years – UP researcher

Medical Research

‘Endgame’ youth cigarette sale ban could prevent 10,000 lung cancer deaths in SA over 70 years – UP researcher

Issued by University of Pretoria 24 Oct 2024

Source: Reuters

Agriculture

Cameroon farmers turn to vigilantes and amulets to stop cocoa theft

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 2 Oct 2024

Source: © VOA News Meta will ban RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads

Media Freedom

Meta bans Russia state media across all platforms as “covert influence” operations threaten US election

Danette Breitenbach 17 Sep 2024

PR & Communications

Vaping, smoking, and PR: When marketing fuels harmful addictions

Sasha Kupritz 17 Sep 2024

Advertising

Starting 2025, no junk food ads before 9pm in the UK

13 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf The 10 most banned apps in the world, with Facebook the number one most banned app globally

Digital

Top 10 most banned apps globally - Facebook at no1

26 Aug 2024

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Legislation

SA legislative hold-up and its impact on the online gambling industry

Sihle Bulose and Zanrie Linstrom 16 Aug 2024

The ad printed with human faeces ink

Advertising

The ad printed with human faeces ink

Issued by Joe Public 23 Jul 2024

Source: © CPJ The Basmanny district court in Moscow has convicted Russian-American journalist and writer Masha Gessen of disseminating "fake" information about the Russian military

Media Freedom

Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen convicted of disseminating "fake" information

19 Jul 2024

Caps collected from used plastic bottles are stored in a bucket at the Waste museum in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, 23 February 2022. Reuters/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Nigeria to ban single-use plastics next year

Isaac Anyaogu 26 Jun 2024

(Image supplied) Just as in 2023, the City of Cape Town has decreed some of the artwork of the Sex Expo’s Out of Home (OOH) advertising campaign too risqué

OOH

Sex Expo's OOH campaign sees some artwork banned by the City of Cape Town

20 Jun 2024

Farm workers and their children are exposed to pesticides that have been banned in Europe. These pesticides remain in the environment, and studies have found them all year round in three river catchments in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Steve Kretzmann 12 Jun 2024

Ivory tusks are displayed after the official start of the destruction of confiscated ivory in Hong Kong, 15 May 2014. Reuters/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Environment & Natural Resources

Southern African states make fresh pitch to trade $1bn ivory stockpile

Nyasha Chingono 30 May 2024

Provide your insights for the 2024 Social Media Landscape Research

Social Media

Provide your insights for the 2024 Social Media Landscape Research

Issued by Ornico 16 May 2024

Source: © Strategy South Africa’s Promise agency has won Africa and the country’s only awards at the ADC 103rd Annual Awards

The One Club for Creativity

SA's Promise agency wins at the ADC 103rd Annual Awards

15 May 2024

Media Freedom

Taliban arrests radio journalists for engaging with female callers - CPJ

26 Apr 2024

Image supplied. Finding the Forgotten Graduate from Promise agency for client PPS is a finalist twice in The One Club for Creativity global ADC 103rd Annual Awards

Advertising

ADC 103rd Annual Awards: Promise agency the only SA finalist - twice

23 Apr 2024

Social Media

The battle over TikTok: What lies ahead for South African creators?

Nick Corbett 22 Apr 2024

Nutrition to power up active lifestyles

Nutrition

Nutrition to power up active lifestyles

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 10 Apr 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

How an election-packed 2024 is shaping up for world markets

Libby George, Dhara Ranasinghe, Karin Strohecker, Naomi Rovnick,and Marc Jones and Yoruk Bahceli 10 Apr 2024

FKA twigs stars in the controversial ad. Source: Calvin Klein.

Advertising

UK's ASA changes stance on controversial Calvin Klein ad with FKA twigs

Karabo Ledwaba 6 Mar 2024

Social Media

AI's new low: Taylor Swift targeted with explicit deepfake images

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Jan 2024

Source: WEF Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; Marc Benioff, chair and CEO of Salesforce; Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer; Jeremy Hunt, chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK; Julie Sweet, chair and CEO of Accenture; and CNN host Fareed Zakaria speak about technological advances on 18 January

PR & Communications

Davos: 4 themes for PR and communication practitioners for 2024

24 Jan 2024

Poultry imports rebound after 4 years of decline

Agro-processing

Poultry imports rebound after 4 years of decline

22 Jan 2024

Elton Jantjies slapped with 4 year ban for doping

Sport

Elton Jantjies slapped with 4 year ban for doping

19 Jan 2024

FKA twigs' Calvin Klein image has been banned in the UK. Source: Calvin Klein.

Advertising

Calvin Klein ad starring FKA twigs banned in the UK for sexual imagery

Karabo Ledwaba 12 Jan 2024

HPC – it’s all in the (traced and transparent) ingredients

Health & Beauty

HPC – it’s all in the (traced and transparent) ingredients

Olufunsho Ariyo 11 Jan 2024

Social Media

Disinformation is part and parcel of social media’s business model, new research shows

Carlos Diaz Ruiz 24 Nov 2023

22 Gauteng schools built with asbestos still haven't been replaced

Primary & Secondary Education

22 Gauteng schools built with asbestos still haven't been replaced

Marvin Adams 17 Nov 2023

Source: © Twitter The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) commemorated Black Wednesday (19 October 1977) with a fundraising dinner addressed by Mpho Makwana, outgoing Eskom Board chairman and sponsored by Absa

Media Freedom

Sanef commemorates Black Wednesday, raises R2m for media freedom

23 Oct 2023

Lion protection fee paid by tourists could help stop trophy hunting - South African study

Tourism

Lion protection fee paid by tourists could help stop trophy hunting - South African study

Neil D'Cruze, Angie Elwin and Herbert Ntuli 5 Oct 2023

Publishing

Burkina Faso junta suspends French magazine over 'untruthful' articles

26 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Brics payment system would not replace SWIFT -SA finance minister

Kopano Gumbi 28 Aug 2023

Social Media

Somalia bans TikTok, Telegram and 1XBet over 'horrific' content, misinformation

Abdi Sheikh 21 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Film & Cinematography

Algeria bans Barbie movie, media and official source say

15 Aug 2023

Branding

Why Dunkin' and Lego rebrands succeeded - but X missed the mark

Matthew Pittman 11 Aug 2023

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Media & Entertainment Law

Mind the fine print - food producers should beware of placing misleading claims on packaging

Bernadette Versfeld, Kenan Petersen & Bernadette Lötter 7 Aug 2023

We still live in a made-up man's world where real women don't fit

Research

We still live in a made-up man's world where real women don't fit

Bathobile Chime, Issued by Catchwords 2 Aug 2023

Image source: Arjun MJ from

Health & Welfare

Pesticides are harming Nigeria: it's time to update the law

Jane Ezirigwe 31 Jul 2023

Challengers to Watch 2023: Mastodon

Social Media

Challengers to Watch 2023: Mastodon

Nick Geoghegan, Issued by eatbigfish 24 Jul 2023

Marketing

Red Bull's F1 dominance showcases the extreme power of sports marketing

Robin Ireland 10 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Financial Services

Nigeria regulator says local Binance operations 'illegal'

12 Jun 2023

Namibia bans export of unprocessed critical minerals

Markets & Investment

Namibia bans export of unprocessed critical minerals

Nyasha Nyaungwa 12 Jun 2023

File Photo: Rached Ghannouchi, the head of Islamist Ennahda party and former speaker of the parliament, during an interview with Reuters at his office in Tunis, Tunisia, 15 July 2022. Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi

Criminal Law

Tunisian judge sentences opposition leader Ghannouchi to year in prison

Tarek Amara 16 May 2023

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

Are you disposing of your vape and cartridges correctly?

15 May 2023

Image source: Anna Shvets from

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023