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| Well-designed employee volunteering programmes foster employee engagement, says Andy Hadfield, CEO of forgood - the South African volunteer and donation matching portal... read |
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| When social entrepreneur, Ross Beerman, and some friends first advocated life insurance for people with HIV, he raised more than a few eyebrows... read | | | Sindy Peters We interview Mike Nicholls, director of Technical Services at Interwaste to find out their take on current waste management practices and legislation in South Africa... read | | | Lauren Hartzenberg It's often said that a defining quality of successful tech startups is that they're not afraid of failure. Because the more you try... read | | | Leigh Andrews This month's New Generation Awards saw G&G Digital named winner of nine awards for clients, including overall agency of the year. Here, executive creative director, Desiree Gullan explains the importance of digital interaction in the current climate of constant community engagement... read | |
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| There is a great need to develop renewable energy, particularly for small and medium-size enterprises in the agricultural and agro-processing industries... read |
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| Lindsay Samson Would you drive a car powered by poo? read |
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| The Department of Environmental Affairs says emission reduction options in the power sector remain a priority to meet the country's overall greenhouse gas reduction targets over the coming few years... read |
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| Antoine Dechezleprêtre The Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to less than 2°C at the end of the 21st century demands that we sharply reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, reaching near zero in less than 100 years... read |
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| A programme to develop social justice leaders to bridge the health gap in South Africa will open for applications its first intake in 2017. read |
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| Mike Sharman An interactive, iPad e-book, it's a first for a South African charity; challenging the traditional business model and providing consumers with a product of value when donating to a cause... read |
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| The world's largest marine reserve aimed at protecting the pristine wilderness of Antarctica will be created after a "momentous" agreement was finally reached on Friday, 28 October, with Russia dropping its long-held opposition... read |
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| Nearly three-fifths of all animals with a backbone - fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals - have been wiped out since 1970 by human appetites and activity, according to a grim study released on Thursday, 27 October... read |
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| TripAdvisor will no longer allow users to book activities that involve contact with endangered species or captive wild animals... read |
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| Advertising agency M&C Saatchi Abel and its client, RocketSeed, have launched a newly launched initiative, Stamps for Good, which is made up of ten virtual stamps linked to ten different charities... read |
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| Mark Allix Far from making things clearer, the government's so-called settlement agreement with seven major construction groups has further muddied the waters with regard to its proposed R4tn infrastructure spending programme over 15 years. read |
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| A study reveals the huge gap between corporate spin and the reality when communities have to make way for mining operations... read |
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| Jill Armstrong It is still true that far more men than women have leading roles in many organisations... read |
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| The 86MW Mulilo Sonnedix Prieska PV project was officially inaugurated in the Northern Cape at a series of formal events attended by major players in the renewables energy sector... read |
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| TshWi-Fi, Tshwane's Free Wi-Fi project made possible by Project Isizwe, has won the Wi-Fi NOW award for Affordable Connectivity... read |
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| Number 4 Stan Road, an eight-storey office building in Sandton, has achieved both four-star Green Star SA Design and As-Built certifications from the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)... read |
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| Growthpoint Properties' Greenfield Industrial Park in Cape Town has received four-star Custom Industrial As-Built Green Star SA certification... read |
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| Consulting engineering firm GIBB has improved the energy efficiency of the No 5 Silo building located at the Silo Precinct at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront. read |
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| Yolandi Schoeman of Baoberry took the top prize at the 2016 awards ceremony of the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme for SMEs in South Africa (GCIP-SA) for her innovation aWetbox... read |
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| Plans are underway to manufacture more forklifts powered by hydrogen following the successful launch of South Africa's first prototype hydrogen fuel cell forklift earlier this year... read |
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| Some 300 million children live with outdoor air so polluted it can cause serious physical damage, including harming their developing brains, the United Nations said in a study released on Monday, 31 October... read |
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| The key to reducing rubbish in SA, says MD of MPact Plastic Containers (MPC), Loutjie de Jongh, is for manufacturers to apply a "cradle-to-grave" approach to their products... read |
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| Kerry Hope Despite the grim economic predictions, South Africa's enterprise software market is growing. While Standard & Poor's has predicted that the South African economy... read |
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