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#YouthMonth: Water is everyone's business - Dean Muruven
#YouthMonth: Water is everyone's business - Dean Muruven
[Sindy Peters] Dean Muruven does important work in the environmental sector striving to ensure a water secure future for all South Africans... read


CSI & Sustainability
Seven tips to improve your CSR marketing
Seven tips to improve your CSR marketing

Jennifer Bruce

Millions of Rands and countless company hours are spent annually on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects, yet it is often a company's best-kept secret... read
Responsible donor exiting during tough economic times
Responsible donor exiting during tough economic times
Exiting social investment programmes can be a highly sensitive and difficult process for donors, grantees and beneficiaries... read
Roger Simons
Roger Simons to headline EGF 2016
Roger Simons, regional sustainability director at MCI and president of the Green Meetings Industry Council (GMIC), will headline this year's Event Greening Forum (EGF) Conference... read
Education & Training
The Rural Education Access Programme (REAP), supported by Barloworld, grants bursaries to young people from low-income families enabling them access to a quality tertiary education.
Barloworld in the business of youth development
Barloworld's commitment to youth development is reflected in all aspects of the business. The company is involved in several youth development initiatives in SA... read
RLabsU launching 12 campuses across Cape Town
RLabsU launching 12 campuses across Cape Town

Tom Jackson

Cape Town-based social impact incubator RLabs is rolling out 12 RLabsU campuses across Cape Town, offering free programmes aimed at developing digital entrepreneurs... read
MySchool partners with loot.co.za
MySchool partners with loot.co.za
MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet has announced a new partnership through which loot.co.za, one of South Africa's top-five online retailers, will join the fundraising initiative that raises millions of rand for schools and charities every year... read
WeCan24 renovates Western Cape schools
WeCan24 renovates Western Cape schools
Media24's educational program WeCan24, a multimedia digital platform training schools to master a range of journalism skills, recently embarked on a community initiative renovating schools in the Western Cape... read
Tech centre for the blind launched in Worcester
Tech centre for the blind launched in Worcester
Kaleidoscope recently launched an Apple-based technology centre for the blind in Worcester in the Cape. The centre aims to empower the blind and visually impaired with employability skills for the open labour market... read
Environment & Natural Resources
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Ancient African farming technique could help mitigate climate change
700-year-old African soil procedure could help offset global warming... read
The problem of being wild and a wanderer
The problem of being wild and a wanderer

Don Pinnock

Who owns South Africa's wild animals? It's a question of life and death for many creatures that wander out of the Kruger National Park... read
#CGFSummit: Reap the rewards of doing business sustainably
#CGFSummit: Reap the rewards of doing business sustainably

Leigh Andrews

'Shared-value sustainability' was a hot topic on the third and final day of the Consumer Goods Forum, with insights shared by Nestlé CEO and former Consumer Goods Forum co-chair, Paul Bulcke. read
Concrete beehive provides possible solution for sustainable beekeeping
Concrete beehive provides possible solution for sustainable beekeeping
As one of the primary pollinators in the world, bees are not only important to human survival, they also play a central role in the evolution of the earth's ecology... read
New international competition calls for environment entries on video
New international competition calls for environment entries on video
As part of its 'Picture This' campaign, Sony Pictures Television's Networks has launched the 'Picture This Festival for the Environment'... read
The nexus between water, energy, food and the macro-environment
The nexus between water, energy, food and the macro-environment

Zamanzima Mazibuko

With South Africa being a water-stressed country and the recent drought propelling the country into a panic, there is an evident necessity for more efficient application of water conservation and management... read
Food Security
Chantell Ilbury
There is still hope for SA to play in the premier league

Derick van der Walt

Chantell Ilbury uses a sports analogy to discuss South Africa's competitiveness and highlights factors South Africa must take note of if it wants to be part of the global playing field... read
- Sizwe Nyuka Mlenzana at his Ekasi Green Project. Photo: Pumla Tuko
Making gardens in Khayelitsha's sandy soil

Pumla Tuko

Ekasi Green Project shares its vegetables and knowledge with the community... read
Health & Welfare
#YouthMonth: Casual Day influences disability policy, legislation
#YouthMonth: Casual Day influences disability policy, legislation
The Casual Day project, which raises funds for services for persons with disabilities, is also involved in influencing government's policy and legislation framework around disability... read
Inclusion & Equality
Free State Industrial Park gets revamped
Free State Industrial Park gets revamped
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has launched the first phase of the revitalised Botshabelo Industrial Park in the Free State. Minister Davies said the promotion of industrialisation and industrial development should go together with radical inclusive economic growth... read
What am I doing about sustainability in my business?
What am I doing about sustainability in my business?

Nokwazi Mzobe

The call for responsible, sustainable and equitable business practices is getting louder and any responsible business leader should be acting on it... read
Students with disabilities face massive physical and attitudinal hurdles. UNAMID/Flickr,
Universities must do far more for students with disabilities

Desire Chiwandire and Louise Vincent

On paper, people with disabilities in South Africa enjoy the same rights as anyone else to an education, whether at school or university... read
Infrastructure and Technology
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Dutch architects reveal "What a brick can do in Mali"

Kate Walker

Architecture firm LEVS architecten champions non-fired bricks for the design and development of Dogon, Mali... read
Architecture award finalists announced
Architecture award finalists announced
The finalists in the 2015/2016 AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture + Innovation have been announced... read
eltherm SA awarded Xina Solar One contract
eltherm SA awarded Xina Solar One contract
The contract for the heat tracing system design and installation for the Xina Solar One power plant near Pofadder in the Northern Cape has been awarded to eltherm South Africa... read
Sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 lands in New York
Sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 lands in New York
The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft flew into New York past the Statue of Liberty completing the US leg on Saturday, 11 June, of a record-breaking bid to circumnavigate the Earth powered only by solar energy... read
Pollution & Waste Management
World map of artificial sky brightness. ,
New atlas shows extent of light pollution - what does it mean for our health?

Richard G. 'Bugs' Stevens

The new comprehensive World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness has just appeared in Science Advances... read
Business
The magic of Virtual Reality (VR) and how it's going to impact our lives real soon...
The magic of Virtual Reality (VR) and how it's going to impact our lives real soon...

John Sanei

I was inspired by Elon Musk in his recent interview at the Code Conference, where he was saying that games in the next five years will be pretty much exactly like real life... read
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