Topics: Sport

  • Discovery Vitality and Afrika Tikkun mark milestone moment with first running shoe handover in Diepsloot

    Johannesburg, 23 June 2025 - The first pairs of donated running shoes from Discovery Vitality’s Give2Move initiative were officially handed over to verified beneficiaries aged between 13 to 30 at an event hosted at the Afrika Tikkun Wings of Life Centre in Diepsloot.
    The Give2Move initiative, which encourages people across South Africa to donate new or gently worn running and sports shoes to h

  • On your marks, Joburg! The Vitality Run Series is here


    Johannesburg, 18 June 2025 - The award-winning Discovery Vitality Run Series (VRS) is back in Johannesburg and this time, it's set to paint the streets of Soweto pink on Saturday, 21 June 2025. Coinciding with both Youth Month and International Cancer Survivors Month, this impactful event unites thousands of South Africans in a celebration of resilience, remembrance, and wellness. It serves a

  • Discovery Schools Soccer celebrates 15 years of impact as 2025 season gathers pace


    Johannesburg,13 June 2025 – This year, the Discovery Schools Soccer programme celebrates 15 years of promoting health and wellness among South African youth through soccer. Since its inception in 2009, Discovery Schools Soccer has grown into one of South Africa’s most inspiring youth sport development platforms.

    The initiative includes primary and high school tournaments for boys and

  • Get Moving, SA! Schools Join the Race to Donate 100,000 Pairs of Sports Shoes

    Johannesburg, 3 June 2025 – In anticipation of Global Running Day on June 4th, Discovery Vitality announces an extension to its Give2Move initiative – which aims to collect 100,000 pairs of new or gently worn running shoes for disadvantaged communities. South African primary and secondary schools across the country are now invited to donate gently worn running shoes, soccer boots or any other spor

  • Discovery Vitality rallies South Africans to move more and give back this World Move for Health Day

    Johannesburg, 12 May 2025 - In a powerful show of community and action, Discovery Vitality marked World Move for Health Day this weekend with a renewed push for its Give2Move initiative, a campaign encouraging people across South Africa to donate new or gently worn running and sports shoes to help others take their first steps towards a more active life. A host of new drop-off locations were also

  • Vitality Health International announces a partnership with Goodbye Malaria

    With World Malaria Day on 25 April, Vitality Health International, an innovative health insurer that rewards healthy living for employees in the rest of Africa (and owned by Discovery Group), has announced a partnership with social benefit organisation, Goodbye Malaria, to reduce the high incidence of malaria, a disease that is still taking an unrelenting toll on human health in Africa.

  • Cogence brings BlackRock to South Africa - A relationship that gives SA financial advisers access to the global investment universe

    Johannesburg 22 March 2023: Discovery Chief Executive Adrian Gore hosted BlackRock's EMEA Head, Stephen Cohen, in a virtual examination of the current state of markets, the importance of innovation and the principles underscoring the phenomenal growth of Discovery and BlackRock. The success of these organisations prefaced a discussion on how BlackRock’s expertise in global investment and Aladdin W

  • The Future of life insurance. NOW.

    Today Discovery Life announced the launch of Discovery Life Plan 3.0, a fully digitised customer experience that will become available from 17 March 2023. This new Life Plan is designed to provide clients with access to the most comprehensive suite of risk protection benefits, and experience them, simply and powerfully on the face of their mobile phone. This follows two decades of innovation in bu

  • Eyes on the horizon as turmoil turns to hope: A view of the markets for 2023

    Johannesburg, 31 January 2023 – Off the back of a tumultuous year for investors, 2023 is set to be one that marks the dawn of a new global market regime, requiring a new investment playbook. The following outlook is provided by Discovery Invest and its partners, Ninety-One, BlackRock, and Goldman Sachs (GSAM) – world leaders in asset management.
    The consensus among them converges on the view th

  • Cyclists set to enjoy a safer ride thanks to the Pothole Patrol

    On Saturday the 21 January and Sunday 22 January, more than 400 cyclists will be taking part in the 2023 Gauteng Provincial Road and TT Champs starting and finishing at the Sterkfontein Caves in The Cradle of Humankind – a well-known ride venue in the Muldersdrift area that offers cyclists some scenic relief from the hustle and bustle of the city.
    As captivating as places like these are in Sou

  • The Ongoing Impact of COVID-19 on health and mortality

    While the worst appears to be behind us in terms of the climbing infections, high death rates and the economic impact of the global coronavirus outbreak, deaths due to cardio-metabolic (heart and nervous system) and cancer-related conditions are now strikingly high in this post-COVID world. This is according to annual Group Risk claims data released by Discovery Employee Benefits.

  • Vitality Health International is making waves in Africa

    Translations available in French, Arabic and Portuguese – view lower down. Since its launch in January 2022, Vitality Health International has been gaining momentum in bringing health insurance that rewards healthy living to employer groups in the rest of Africa.

  • The 19th Discovery Walter Sisulu Soccer Challenge: Soweto’s favourite football festival ready for kickoff

    Key Announcements:
    The 19th edition of the Discovery Walter Sisulu Soccer Challenge will take place from 1-23 December 2022. Whilst the men’s category is full, some spaces remain for the u17 and women’s categories. Teams are encouraged to urgently secure their spots into Soweto’s number 1 diski challenge. Entries close on 30 November 2022.
    Discovery and the South African Football Associati

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