This Mandela Day, SA Harvest has called on South Africans to take part in a campaign that champions dignity, justice and youth empowerment. The 2025 'Buckets of Nutrition for Matriculants' campaign is a public-facing initiative focused on equipping Grade 12 learners in underserved communities with the essentials they need to face their final school year. 

Mould Empower Serve (MES), a leading non-profit organisation with nearly four decades of experience in community upliftment, has launched its Mandela Month 2025 campaign under the theme 'Restoring Dignity'. This theme is aligned with the Nelson Mandela Foundation's call to action: "It's still in our hands to combat poverty and inequity". 

The Salvation Army has launched a new campaign that showcases how fast fashion often relies on child labour. The campaign, titled '#BehindTheLabel,' exposes the industry behind the glossy image.

Life Healthcare has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening public healthcare by funding PinkDrive NPC to provide 550 mammograms at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, in collaboration with the Gauteng Department of Health.

VoxComm has expanded its global footprint with the membership of the Association for Communication and Advertising (South Africa) and the Union des Agences Conseil en Communication (Morocco). All continents are now represented in the VoxComm network, affirming its role as the global voice for communications agencies.

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport South Africa (CILTSA) has announced a comprehensive programme and speaker lineup for its ESG Conference 2025, themed 'Measuring Impact, Managing Change'. The conference will take place on Thursday, 24 July at Focus Rooms in Longmeadows, Johannesburg.

PinkDrive has announced that on Saturday, 5 July, it will host a Christmas in July dinner at the Indaba Hotel in Johannesburg to raise funds for a life-changing cause, and everyone is invited.

The Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (PRISA) has announced the appointment of Bradly Howland as its President, ushering in a new chapter for the Institute as it strengthens its role as the professional home for communicators across the region.

Social media is instant, which means that the speed of a crisis is also instant. In this article, Saads Abrahams from media update unpacks the real-time nature of social media crises and how PR pros can protect — and even strengthen — brand reputation under pressure.

City Lodge Hotels has announced that it continues to back the communities it serves, reaffirming its long-standing support of the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) with a R30 861.99 ceremonial cheque handover at a breakfast hosted at Road Lodge, Sandton.