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#InnovationMonth: Global Fishing Watch launched
[Sindy Peters] Global Fishing Watch allows anyone with an internet connection to monitor fishing activity anywhere in the world's oceans... read



INNOVATION MONTH
#InnovationMonth: Begging-bowl tactic no longer optional for NPOs
#InnovationMonth: Begging-bowl tactic no longer optional for NPOs

Sindy Peters

South Africa is brimming with non-profit organisations seeking support for various noble causes... read
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Circular Economy
From "optional" to "community habit": changing recycling behaviour among our future generation
From "optional" to "community habit": changing recycling behaviour among our future generation

Gaopaleloe Mothoagae

As South Africa starts to discover the potential of our local recycling industry, stakeholders and key contributors are exploring how best to unlock the full value chain... read
Increase in recycling, but players take strain
Increase in recycling, but players take strain
Over the past couple of decades, Plastics SA - the umbrella organisation representing the local plastics industry - has been measuring the recycling rate of plastics in this country. Annual updates are done to track the trends in recycling... read
Uniquely South African solution to global issues
Uniquely South African solution to global issues

Stacey Davidson

This year, I will be representing REDISA at the 2016 CGI Annual Meeting to speak on a panel discussion on "Turning landfills into goldmines: Can we make the circular economy a reality?" read
Climate Change
Essential changes urged in farming
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Climate change health risks will hit the poor hardest - so what can be done?

Bob Mash

Discussions about climate change and the effects it will have on public health and the global burden of disease have been long in the making. These consequences are now starting to come to fore... read
GM vows to run on 100% renewable energy by 2050
Education & Training
Support needed to rebuild Vuwani schools
Support needed to rebuild Vuwani schools
As the Limpopo Department of Education's resources have been stretched to their limit, the community of Vuwani requires further support in rebuilding the 24 schools destroyed in the area earlier this year. read
Unilever says 'so long, old world, hello Bright Future'
Environment & Natural Resources
Eugene Lapointe, president of the International Wildlife Management Consortium (IWMC) World Conservation Trust
#CITES: Time to re-establish balance between human, wildlife rights

Eugene Lapointe

The fact that CITES' 12-day global gathering is being held in the Southern African region is the best opportunity yet for the wider conservation community to free itself from the eco-colonialism that has taken hold of it... read
Water Fund to slake Cape Town's thirst by restoring native bush

Munyaradzi Makoni

'Vietnam must tackle rhino horn trade or face sanctions' - WWF
'Vietnam must tackle rhino horn trade or face sanctions' - WWF
WWF has called on CITES to "show its teeth" as the rhino poaching crisis shows no signs of abating... read
Rhino horn and conservation: to trade or not to trade, that is the question
Rhino horn and conservation: to trade or not to trade, that is the question

Keith Somerville

Africa's rhinos are seriously threatened by poaching, which feeds the demand for rhino horn in Vietnam and China... read
New lion blood line introduced in iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Health & Welfare
Traders selling dangerously dirty fuel across Africa: study
Traders selling dangerously dirty fuel across Africa: study
European oil companies, especially Swiss commodity traders, are exploiting weak African fuel standards by selling toxic diesel and gasoline across the continent, a campaign group said Thursday, 15 September... read
Compass Group commits to cage-free eggs only in global supply chain
Compass Group commits to cage-free eggs only in global supply chain
Compass Group, with operations in 50 countries and serving around four billion meals a year, have announced that it will source only cage-free eggs for its global liquid and shell egg supply chain by 2025... read
Giving back by running for a cause
Giving back by running for a cause

David Barnard

We all run for a reason. Some have the talent to win races and break records, while others aim to get fit or achieve personal milestones. Some also use their running, regardless of distance or speed, to support good causes, help those in need and give back to society... read
Inclusion & Equality
Artist's impression of the future Old Conradie Hospital Development in Pinelands. Source:
Most people can't afford "affordable" housing

Ashleigh Furlong

Less than 10% of new Conradie development set aside for the poor... read
T-Systems recognised for tranformation at 2016 Gender Mainstreaming Awards
T-Systems recognised for tranformation at 2016 Gender Mainstreaming Awards
T-Systems South Africa, for a consecutive year, has been recognised at the Gender Mainstreaming Awards (GMA) ceremony, coming first in three categories and walking away as overall winners of two of them. read
Infrastructure and Technology
#InnovationMonth: This engineering student's invention could revolutionise the renewable energy sector
#InnovationMonth: This engineering student's invention could revolutionise the renewable energy sector

Lindsay Samson

Lancaster University's Abigail Carson invents innovative power storage solution... read
Nissan SA ushers in wheelchair-friendly taxis
Nissan SA ushers in wheelchair-friendly taxis
Nissan has become the first manufacturer in South Africa to offer wheelchair-friendly vehicles to the taxi industry in order to meet the demand... read
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All systems go at Noupoort Wind Farm
The Noupoort Wind Farm is up and running and has been officially declared operational by community leaders... read
Pollution & Waste Management
#WasteCon2016: Addressing Africa's waste management challenges
#WasteCon2016: Addressing Africa's waste management challenges
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa's (IWMSA) biennial conference WasteCon plans to cover all aspects of waste management; from waste-to-energy initiatives to the economic viability of waste and waste legislation... read
Business
10 secrets to thriving as an entrepreneur
10 secrets to thriving as an entrepreneur

Steven Cohen

While every entrepreneur is unique and each story is different, there is a common factor that unites them - they take risks, follow their dreams and pursue their passions... read
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