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| Kerryn Krige Social entrepreneurs are set to make a positive difference to South Africa and its people in the year ahead... read | | | Theunis Coetzer Although SA has made huge leaps in provision of clean water, there is still a significant amount of untreated sewage contaminating our water courses... read | | | Shawn Theunissen In 1994, South Africa's first democratic election truly set us on the path to transformation. Yet, 23 years later, there's not much progress to report... read | | | Neil Cameron In heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and the building efficiency arena, the biggest trend drivers are the entrance of digital and wireless... read | |
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| Ademola Adenle The aim of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is to transform lives around the world over the next 13 years... read |
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| Nathan Nayagar Responsible business and sustainability are not necessarily terms that inspire excitement – but they should. By thinking outside the box, companies are using increasingly innovative approaches to get involved in recycling and become a part of the circular economy... read |
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| Nathan Nayagar The threat of global resource management is growing. While the milestones of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement, which South Africa has adopted along with support for the Common African Position (CAP), help raise awareness of the challenges ahead, there is a growing need for businesses to play a leading role... read |
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| Issued by Adopt-a-School Schools, with the support of the Adopt-a-School Foundation, are producing exceptional matriculants despite challenging conditions... read |
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| Issued by Pacinamix The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) – through its Marikana Massacre AMCU Trust Fund wing – and Horizon Educational Trust have partnered for change in a landmark R1.5m sponsorship... read |
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| Local restaurant chain Doppio Zero is on a mission to make every day a Mandela Day through its #67Jobs campaign... read |
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| Canon has partnered with Room to Read to create and deliver 3,300 books to 176 schools across South Africa with the aim of promoting reading and learning as part of an overall drive to boost literacy levels and education... read |
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| TomTom has announced that it will donate a percentage of GO5000 sales to StopRhinoPoaching.com, a non-profit organisation committed to the protection and conservation of South Africa's rhino population... read |
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| Green groups said on Thursday, 19 January, that one of the world's biggest pulp mills which started production on Indonesia's Sumatra island last month was causing enormous environmental damage... read |
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| Mareike Pietzsch While conservation is as much a buzzword as almond milk, the last few months has seen strong and positive success stories emerging in conservation for Africa... read |
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| Safari Par Excellence and Zambezi Elephant Trails have decided to phase out elephant back safaris... read |
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| Geoff Hill As the idiom goes, there's plenty of fish in the sea. Except maybe not. As overfishing decimates Southern Africa's fish stocks, can we save our fish and eat them too? read |
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| Bob Doherty Paradoxically, of the one billion people classified as food insecure by the United Nations, about 500 million are smallholder farmers in developing economies... read |
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| Shifting electricity distribution from local government hands to Eskom would have serious repercussions on local and state coffers... read |
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| Farming accounts for around 70 percent of freshwater withdrawals in the world today and also contributes to water pollution due to pesticides and chemicals... read |
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| Agathe Maupin and Mercy Mwanikah Ojoyi There is an increasing global demand for food, water and energy. All three are inter-linked, a fact that has increasingly become the focus of attention for policy makers and governments... read |
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| Rather than continuing to treat wastewater like garbage, it should be managed as a resource that can be used to grow crops and address water scarcity in agriculture, says the FAO... read |
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| Wandile Sihlobo The 2016-17 summer crop production season started on a slightly positive note for Southern Africa's agricultural sector after emerging from a devastating drought in the 2015-16 season... read |
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| Over a dozen leading European and Asian firms have teamed up to promote the use of hydrogen as a clean fuel... read |
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| The number of female graduates at the University of KwaZulu-Natal outstrips that of males by at least 9000 annually, yet gender transformation at the educational institution still has a long way to go... read |
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| Oliver Mutanga It's been a decade since South Africa signed and ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities... read |
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| CNBC Africa hosted a Building Africa debate as part of its coverage of the 2017 World Economic Forum currently under way in Davos, Switzerland... read |
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| Nicci Botha The recently appointed head of the CMS, Dr Humphrey Zokufa, died on Sunday after a short illness... read |
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| Mark Arnold The financial services landscape is in a state of flux and the challenge, therefore, is to stay relevant... read |
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| Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced senior director: social impact and transformation
(Ref. SITP/001/0117). Applications close 17 February 2017. Read more >> |
Takalani Sesame is seeking a director who can support a new long-term vision to help the next generation of children grow up smarter, stronger, and kinder. Read more >> |
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