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Six new judges have joined the 2026 Investec Jewish Achiever Awards panel, bringing different voices to the recognition of excellence, leadership, entrepreneurship, and contribution in the community. Investec for Business head Anthony Meltzer...
What happens when teenage girls are given a stage not simply to perform, but to express the things they may not know how to say aloud?...
For two and a half days, Greg Gogoski didn’t sleep. By the final hours, the man who had worked in the padel industry for three years was so exhausted that he...
For Israel’s national cricket side, with its South African team manager and two South African players, competing in Finland from 14 to 21 August meant dealing with far...
Long before Hollywood became Hollywood, a Jewish immigrant arrived in South Africa with no money and an extraordinary ability to see opportunity where others didn’t. Isidore William...
Goldsteins weren’t necessarily in the gold business, Rosenbergs didn’t come from a mountain of roses, and Eisenfelds certainly weren’t growing iron in fields. Some of the surnames we immediately recognise as...
The smell of spices, the sound of piyyutim (Jewish liturgical poems and songs), tables crowded with couscous and tagines, and customs passed from one generation to the next...
As Rosh Hashanah approaches, the sharp daily blast of the shofar punctuates the month of Elul, serving as a spiritual wake-up call to prompt self-reflection. For Rabbi Motti...
For centuries Jews were forced out of Spain. Today, Jewish communities are once again holding services there, studying Torah, and building Jewish life across the country. Their story is one thread...
For people who’ve built careers, businesses, and reputations, time is a valuable commodity. Yet members of the judging panel for the Investec Jewish Achiever Awards continue to set aside time each year to...
There’s something about Mina Lopato Nursery School that seems to stay with people. Mention the school to someone in Johannesburg and more often than not, a story follows. Perhaps...
Adrian Gore has spent more than three decades building Discovery into one of South Africa’s most prominent companies. But the question that has continued to interest...
With nominations for this year’s Investec Jewish Achiever Awards closing on Friday, past winners say receiving the recognition was important to them. Together with long-time supporters of the awards, they see the annual celebration as much more than...
For Martin Sweet, being named Best CEO at the CSI Legacy Awards isn’t a personal achievement. Rather, he sees it as recognition for thousands of young South Africans whose lives have been...
With just one week before nominations close for the 2026 Investec Jewish Achiever Awards, the response from the community has already exceeded expectations. More than 300...
Jewish food is far more than nourishment. Every recipe tells a story, every spice hints at a different homeland, and every family table preserves traditions passed...
When cricketer Gavin Kaplan made the difficult decision to leave Western Province for Boland two years ago, he was searching for one thing: opportunity. On the night of Thursday 16...
For Adam Lipschitz, one of the fastest marathon runners in South African history, organising road races isn’t just about getting runners across a finish line. It’s about making the sport faster,...
American Orthodox Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz has built a career in challenging steadfast assumptions. While firmly rooted in the halacha, he has become one of modern Orthodoxy’s most progressive voices,...
The Investec Jewish Achiever Awards recognise more than success alone. They celebrate individuals whose accomplishments have made a lasting impact on South Africa, the Jewish community,...
For generations, Jewish men and women have helped shape South Africa’s economic landscape. From pioneering industrialists like Sammy Marks, whose entrepreneurial vision helped lay the foundations of modern...
When the world’s brightest young physicists gathered in Bucaramanga, Colombia, for the 56th International Physics Olympiad this week, two Jews stood proudly in green South African blazers. Gabriella Berger and Matt...
Nominations for the 2026 Investec Jewish Achiever Awards are officially open. Who will join the ranks of South Africa’s most remarkable Jewish leaders, innovators, philanthropists, entrepreneurs,...
To the Spanish dancing world and fans across Spain, he was the beloved and acclaimed dancer Enrique Segovia. To family, friends, and the South African Jewish community, he was simply Geoffrey. Sir Geoffrey Neiman passed...
When KosherWorld first opened its doors 16 years ago, nobody could have predicted what it would become. It’s grown far beyond being a supermarket, evolving into a bustling community hub that is home to a diverse range of...
As more than 100 members of Mozambique’s Jewish community, past and present, gather on 11 June to celebrate the centenary of the Maputo Synagogue, they hope to highlight that their community is still alive. Community President Sam Levy says although most people assume it doesn’t exist, there...
When recently retired education specialist, teacher, and former Department of Basic Education official David Silman stood before French Ambassador David Martinon last month to receive one of France’s highest...
At just 10 years old, Emily Yakcobi is about to take part in the national acrobatic dance championships in Johannesburg. She has made it there in her very first year competing. Yakcobi,...
What was meant to be a straightforward journey to Cape Town for this weekend’s marathon turned into a test of resilience for fitness coach and endurance...
“Sometimes, when things are chaotic here on earth, you have to turn to heaven. In heaven, there is clarity, there is vision, there is perspective.” That was the...
While there are no Jews living in Krekenava, Lithuania today, it was a thriving Jewish community before the Holocaust. South African businessman Bernard Seeff, whose family originates from what was then called Krakenowa, left an indelible...
A 14-year-old Alexandra pupil fell into the fast-moving Jukskei River in Johannesburg during heavy rains on 5 May. Had Lesetja Mokonyama not learned to swim through...
“Desserts are an afterthought for people in South Africa. Overseas, they’re not. They’re front and centre.” For chef Jared Melamed, that contrast is everything. The King David High School Linksfield alumnus noticed the difference after years spent abroad. Now, armed with...
“Rabbi [Doron] Perez said we don’t get over the pain, we take it with us and carry on, and that’s what we are doing tonight.” These words, delivered by...
Most Grade 8 boys spend their weekends gaming or watching sport. Fourteen-year-old King David scholar Jesse Abro, however, spends his in the skies above Johannesburg. Three...
When the young and determined New York Rabbi Yossy Goldman arrived in South Africa in 1976, he never imagined he would celebrate half a century on the southern...
The transformation of a luxury resort like Zimbali, in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, into a strictly kosher l’Pesach sanctuary is no small feat. It is, as organiser Eli Feiglin describes it, a massive...
South African olah Kim Bash was sitting in her miklat (bomb shelter) in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday, 17 March when she heard a massive explosion. She thought a missile had...
When Myron Mer was announced as a finalist in the 100 South African Shining Stars Awards, in the Legal and Justice category, it marked more than...
Wanda Helena Albińska has taken a bold step in her 90th year – she adopted a Hebrew name, Channa, after having lived her life as a Catholic. Born...
