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UN Special Advocate Queen Máxima meets Discovery Bank on financial health, youth literacy programme, and research lab plans

21 May 2025 12:08

Cape Town, 21 May 2025 – Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate (UNSGSA) for Financial Health met with Discovery Bank CEO, Hylton Kallner, and other guests at Discovery Store in Sea Point, Cape Town. They explored the bank’s fully digital behaviour-change programme, Vitality Money, and how it enables financial health through science-bas

Discovery brings padel centre court – spectators invited to international tournament in Cape Town

14 February 2023 11:41

Discovery Limited is excited to be part of this week’s A1 Padel Master 2023 taking place at the Camps Bay Sports club in Cape Town from 13 February 2023 to 19 February 2023.

Discovery Bank Priority Fast Track launches at Cape Town International Airport

1 September 2021 08:29

Johannesburg, 1 September 2021 – Discovery Bank today announced that Black and Purple cardholders can enjoy faster security clearance with the Discovery Bank Priority Fast Track at the Cape Town International Airport domestic departure hall, making travel more rewarding than ever.
This follows the launch of Priority Fast Track at OR Tambo International Airport in July 2020, successfully brough

Ueda and Yee take blue carpet victory at the 2019 Discovery Triathlon World Cup Cape Town

10 February 2019 20:07

The men’s elite race was dominated by twenty-year-old Alex Yee (GBN) with a time of 00:52:04 in first place, and the women’s elite race ended with an exciting eight seconds between Ai Ueda (JPN) and Summer Rappaport (USA).

The results are in – SA’s most active and best driving city revealed

13 September 2018 08:43

Cape Town leads the pack in healthy living and better driving.

Entries now open for 2018 Discovery Get Active Weekend in Cape Town

1 November 2017 09:29

Continuing its endorsement of mass participation sporting events, Discovery will once more host the Discovery Triathlon World Cup Cape Town and Discovery Duathlon Cape Town.

South Africa’s healthiest city revealed

11 October 2017 11:29

Cape Town has the highest number of people who are a healthy weight, plus they purchase the most vegetables and fruit, when compared with South Africa’s other major cities.

SA sweeps podium in men's elite Discovery Triathlon World Cup Cape Town

11 February 2017 17:48

Cape Town
The first day of the Discovery Get Active weekend drew to a close on Saturday 11 February with the triumphant ring of the South African anthem. The men’s elite sprint race was dominated by green and gold with Richard Murray in first place despite a 10-second transition penalty. He was followed closely by Olympic bronze medalist Henri Schoeman and Wian Sullwald in third.
Murray was

Discovery Get Active Weekend in full swing

11 February 2017 13:43

The 2017 Discovery Get Active Weekend kicked off today in perfect weather conditions.

The magic of multisport: Why training for a duathlon or triathlon is great for everyone

16 January 2017 14:29

Exercise can easily get boring or routine, so the multi-disciplinary nature of triathlons keeps training interesting and challenging. Plus, the variety of racing distances makes it accessible for all fitness levels: from kids’ races and sprint distances right through to ultra-distance races. In short – multisport offers something for everyone.

Discovery to host Get Active weekend in Cape Town

22 November 2016 10:32

Entries are now open for the third Discovery Duathlon Cape Town and the Discovery Triathlon World Cup Cape Town. On the 11th and 12th of February, Cape Town will play host to the Discovery Duathlon Cape Town and the Discovery Triathlon World Cup Cape Town.

Madness prevails as runners raise R275 000 over 1 488km

14 April 2015 11:42

For the second year, a group of runners has conquered the distance between Johannesburg and Cape Town by foot to raise money for MAD charity, this year with the support of Team Vitality. MAD (Make a Difference) was founded in 2003 by Francois Pienaar to support the education of South Africa’s underprivileged youth.