Criminal dealers in wildlife are making increasing use of social media and the internet to fuel the illegal trade globally...
By Graeme Hosken 11 hours ago
Criminal dealers in wildlife are making increasing use of social media and the internet to fuel the illegal trade globally...
182 member states of the world's biggest convention on wildlife conservation have committed, at this year's gathering, to consider how trade decisions impact community livelihoods.
When farmer Isaac Tondo fell on lean times in Liberia's long rainy season, his brother in the capital sent 8,000 Liberian dollars (US$87) to his Lonestar mobile money account, ensuring his children's school fees would still be paid...
The government is confident it will meet its target of supporting 30 black industrialists in the first year of the roll out of the multi-billion-rand programme, which kicked off at the beginning of the year...
The government is confident it will meet its target of supporting 30 black industrialists in the first year of the roll out of the multi-billion-rand programme, which kicked off at the beginning of the year...
12 hours ago
182 member states of the world's biggest convention on wildlife conservation have committed, at this year's gathering, to consider how trade decisions impact community livelihoods.
By Ross Harvey 12 hours ago
Ciao Bella, a women empowerment initiative aimed at uplifting the lives of young women, is the dream of Alarece Easton, HR manager group of the MediaShop...
Danette Breitenbach 3 hours ago
AfDB together with the IITA embarks on an initiative that aims to put an end to youth unemployment in the continent by creating eight million agribusiness jobs...
Dominique Von Rohr 4 hours ago
Johannesburg teenager Kiara Nirghin's drought-busting idea using avocado and orange peels has earned her the grand prize at the Google Science Fair...
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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference in South Africa provides a unique opportunity to make a ban on the ivory trade legally binding...
Alice Catherine Hughes 11 hours ago
When farmer Isaac Tondo fell on lean times in Liberia's long rainy season, his brother in the capital sent 8,000 Liberian dollars (US$87) to his Lonestar mobile money account, ensuring his children's school fees would still be paid...
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This October, Foschini is raising awareness of breast cancer with its Courage to Conquer campaign to unite eleven breast cancer survivors to openly share their stories and encourage other women in South Africa to be bold and take courage...
1 day ago
Free higher education is a myth...
Damtew Teferra 1 day ago
A free smartphone app to help traditional fishers monitor their catches has burgeoned into a suite of products for use along the country's small-scale fisheries value chain...
Sarah Wild 1 day ago
At a CITES side event, INTERPOL and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) will announce their cooperation on IFAW's tenBoma initiative in Kenya...
1 day ago
The final qualifying entries for the 2015/2016 AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture + Innovation have been announced...
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Pharmacies are often where remote communities go firs for healthcare, but their lack of business skills often means they can't meet these needs...
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Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, 27 September, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year...
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Africa's only research chair in the law of the sea will compare and harmonise legislation on the continent's marine environment, which will have far-reaching implications for...
Nicky Willemse 2 days ago
According to FAO director-general José Graziano da Silva, agriculture must transform itself to achieve food and nutrition security for all, as well as help address global challenges such as...
2 days ago
The first Cape Buffalo conceived through IVF was unveiled recently by Embryo Plus...
2 days ago
Eight Georgia Institute of Technology engineers pioneered a new type of hybrid textile that can harvest energy from two sources: the sun and wind...
Mbali Kgame 2 days ago
The Amabhubesi Women in Manufacturing Textile & Leather Conference will take place at Emperors Place in Johanneburg from 26-27 October...
3 days ago
Every person in the illegal wildlife trade in South Africa should be treated as an organised criminal...
Claire Keeton 3 days ago
Machine learning is ubiquitous in our daily lives. Every time we talk to our smartphones, search for images or ask for restaurant recommendations, we are interacting with machine learning algorithms...
James Zou 3 days ago
The newly launched African Rhino Conservation Range States Action Plan aims to ensure that continental rhino increases over the next five years...
3 days ago
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) says significant progress has been made politically, financially and technically since 2013...
3 days ago
National Treasury has postponed to 2017 the implementation date of the environmental tyre levy that was meant to come into effect in October 2016...
23 Sep 2016
WikiFoods aims to eliminate the overuse of plastic in food packaging...
Emile Uys 23 Sep 2016
Can we really feed nine billion people?
Stuart Thompson 23 Sep 2016
Information and communications technology (ICT) remains the key contributor to the development of advanced economies...
23 Sep 2016
Since December 2015, FSA has helped a total of 5,735 Free State farmers through different means of drought assistance. More than 540 emerging and subsistence farmers have also received assistance...
22 Sep 2016
SANRAL used awareness around the clean-up and recycling initiatives in support of National Clean-Up and Recycle Week to highlight the work it does as part of its Routine Road Maintenance operations...
22 Sep 2016
