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Rohingya refugee children eat ice cream to cool themselves during hot weather, as they walk along a road at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2 May 2024. Reuters/Ro Yassin Abdumonab

Climate threats put 90 million displaced people at risk, UN saysOlivia Le Poidevin

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Who gets the clean energy jobs and contracts? How Ghana and SA’s plans can do more for women

By Elvis Korku Avenyo and Gideon Ndubuisi 5 Nov 2026

Standard Bank at Growthpoint Properties’ Walmer Park Shopping Centre in Gqeberha. Image supplied.

Growthpoint helps Standard Bank go green at 21 branches

3 Nov 2026

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Hot 102.7FM raises R38.4m in 12 hours for Hot Cares

HOT 102.7FM Hot 102.7FM raises R38.4m in 12 hours for Hot Cares

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Record numbers walk in step with those affected by cancer

Algoa FM Record numbers walk in step with those affected by cancer

2 Nov 2026

Sentech Charity Golf Day raises R1m for community development

SENTECH Sentech Charity Golf Day raises R1m for community development

2 Nov 2026

Turning advocacy into action - FoodForward SA and Consumer Goods Council of South Africa join forces

FoodForward SA Turning advocacy into action - FoodForward SA and Consumer Goods Council of South Africa join forces

2 Nov 2026

WiSA announces powerful executive speaker line-up

Thinkerneur WiSA announces powerful executive speaker line-up

2 Nov 2026

Bizcommunity – where business connects with the companies shaping news

Bizcommunity.com Bizcommunity – where business connects with the companies shaping news

29 Oct 2026

Biz CVs – make the right impression in the right place

Bizcommunity.com Biz CVs – make the right impression in the right place

29 Oct 2026

How Cell C is showing up for South Africa’s youth: You’ve got the idea. We’ll give you the tools

Cell C How Cell C is showing up for South Africa’s youth: You’ve got the idea. We’ll give you the tools

28 Oct 2026

New fundraising course helps South African nonprofits prepare for a changing funding landscape

Trialogue New fundraising course helps South African nonprofits prepare for a changing funding landscape

22 Oct 2026

Being the change. Why category leadership matters at KAP

KAP Being the change. Why category leadership matters at KAP

21 Oct 2026

East Coast Radio’s Big Favour Season of Sharing returns to bring food relief to families across KZN

East Coast Radio East Coast Radio’s Big Favour Season of Sharing returns to bring food relief to families across KZN

19 Oct 2026

Minister Malatsi to unveil Sentech computer laboratory at Soutpan Primary

SENTECH Minister Malatsi to unveil Sentech computer laboratory at Soutpan Primary

19 Oct 2026

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GreenCape opens entries for SA’s first Virtual Power Plant Sandbox

30 Oct 2026

The entrance to the illegally constructed Goats Window Luxury Safari Lodge in the foothills of the Riviersonderend mountains near Bonnievale. Photos: John Yeld / GroundUp

Luxury lodge fined R15m for flouting environmental laws

John Yeld 29 Oct 2026

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Coca-Cola donates 32,000 litres of water to Tshwane residents

29 Oct 2026

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Tshwane water crisis prompts audit of Gauteng treatment works

27 Oct 2026

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Cape Town’s Pee-Cycling wins V&A Waterfront Circular Innovation Challenge

27 Oct 2026

Source: Supplied. Elizabeth Wathuti O.G.W., the internationally recognised Kenyan environmentalist and founder of the Green Generation Initiative, who offered a global perspective on climate leadership at the 19th Green Building Convention, hosted by the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) this week.

Affordable housing at scale: GBCSA challenges sustainability assumptions

Katja Hamilton 27 Oct 2026

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R360m Springs Fresh Produce Market solar energy project takes off

26 Oct 2026

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How Defender and Bryan Habana are helping The Litterboom Project tackle plastic pollution

Chloe Posthumus 22 Oct 2026

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No excuses for environmental harm: SCA mandates Eskom action plan for Kusile

Jones Antunes and Tashlin Ramanundh 20 Oct 2026

Source: GroundUp/Sechaba Mokhethi. The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority will refer suspected pollution for testing. GroundUp previously revealed that Kopano Ke Matla’s wastewater-treatment systems were found to be non-compliant, despite repeated warnings. The photo shows the Sekoai River and the tunnel access site.

Is construction at the Lesotho Highlands Water project polluting rivers?

Sechaba Mokhethi 16 Oct 2026

Environmental concerns over TotalEnergies’ exploration in SA dismissed

16 Oct 2026

Living Planet Report 2026: Why biodiversity matters for business

Living Planet Report 2026: Why biodiversity matters for business

WWF South Africa 14 Oct 2026

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H&M, Adidas join coalition to improve post-consumer textile flows

13 Oct 2026

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South Africans urged to rethink household costs as easy savings dry up

12 Oct 2026

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Woolies’ Ralph Jewson to chair SA Plastics Pact’s new steering committee

6 Oct 2026

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Western Cape faces a cruel summer as El Niño raises wildfire risk

1 Oct 2026

Dyllon Randall co-founded Pee-Cycling, a modular urine-to-fertiliser recovery system at the Cape Town Stadium, which recently collected 3,600 litres of urine during the South Africa vs New Zealand rugby game. Image supplied.

Cape Town Stadium urine-recycling innovator selected for 2026 Africa Prize

29 Sep 2026

The South African short feature documentary Spoiled has won the ‘Terres de l'Ebre’ Award for Best Film Promoting Sustainability at the 10th edition of the Terres Travel Festival (Image supplied)

Top sustainability award for SA film on coastal communities fighting offshore oil exploration

25 Sep 2026

The arrangement currently supplies five Growthpoint buildings, including its newly refurbished 36 Hans Strijdom foreshore building, which underwent an environmentally innovative retrofit and now runs entirely on renewable energy. Image supplied.

Growthpoint and Etana Energy are wheeling clean energy to Cape Town

18 Sep 2026

A baboon sits behind a fence near Simon’s Town as wild baboon troops face relocation to the Urban Wildlife Centre in Cape Town. Image credit: Reuters/Esa Alexander

City of Cape Town under fire over plan to cage baboons

17 Sep 2026

#TheMascotMarathon: Captain Fanplastic targets R100k for Cape Town ocean literacy

#TheMascotMarathon: Captain Fanplastic targets R100k for Cape Town ocean literacy

Soapbox 17 Sep 2026

An African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) emerging from its burrow at the Stony Point Penguin Colony in Betty’s Bay, Western Cape. Photos: David Harrison

Stop sardine fishing, warn conservationists

Alice Scott 17 Sep 2026

Activists have lodged an appeal against the rezoning approval given for this land near Cape Town Airport to be the site for a hyperscale data centre. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Activists appeal Cape Town data centre approval

Tania Broughton 15 Sep 2026

Fossil Free South Africa has won four victories over “greenwashing” in advertising by oil, coal and gas companies, write the authors. Graphic: Lisa Nelson

Fossil fuel companies rebuked for greenwashing

Jo-Anne Smetherham, Kholwani Simelane and Patrick Bond 11 Sep 2026

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Pig farm vs power station: South African court tells state‑owned Eskom to clean up its pollution

Angela van der Berg 11 Sep 2026

Light bulb moment: The electric decarbonisation opportunity

Light bulb moment: The electric decarbonisation opportunity

Andrew Winstone 8 Sep 2026

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