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Cape Town drought crisis reaching critical point
Cape Town drought crisis reaching critical point
The City of Cape Town has warned all residents and businesses to cut... read

Africa Month
#AfricaMonth: Africa progressing towards sustainable healthcare
#AfricaMonth: Africa progressing towards sustainable healthcare

Sindy Peters

Leaders in the healthcare sector will meet at the seventh annual Africa Health Exhibition & Congress, 7-9 June 2017, at the Gallagher Convention Centre... read
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Climate Change
Study reveals the gender gap in Tanzania, Uganda climate policies
Study reveals the gender gap in Tanzania, Uganda climate policies

Mariola Acosta Francés, Edidah Lubega Ampaire and

Climate change is negatively affecting many regions of the world. The impact is more pronounced in regions with limited economic resources... read
James Cullis, global service group leader: water, Aurecon
#FIDIC_GAMA2017: African engineers face a ‘wicked' trilemma

Sindy Peters

Addressing Africa's infrastructure deficit, according to the World Bank, will cost about $93bn a year... read
Ahmed Mokgopo of 350Africa, Andile Mngoma of UCT's branch of Fossil Free SA, the Reverend Rachel Mash of the Anglican Church of SA and David le Page of Fossil Free SA. Photo: Melanie Gosling
Campaign to disinvest in fossil fuels kicks off in Cape Town

Melanie Gosling

City praised for its climate change policies... read
Education & Training
What a new university in Africa is doing to decolonise social sciences
What a new university in Africa is doing to decolonise social sciences

Jess Auerbach

It's not often that you get to create a new university from scratch... read
#UrbanAgri: Let It Grow Foundation helps communities grow their own urban farms
#UrbanAgri: Let It Grow Foundation helps communities grow their own urban farms

Cari Coetzee

The Let It Grow Foundation is driven by three men with the purpose to heal the soil and teach South Africans to live sustainable and healthy lives through urban farming projects using permaculture methods... read
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New e-learning institution to help create Africa's next generation of farmers
The ongoing and severe shortage of well-trained personnel entering the agri-sector and agri-related industries, including farm managers, section managers, and sales personnel, poses a significant risk to food security on the continent... read
Open seminar series on Critical Conversations in Sustainability
Open seminar series on Critical Conversations in Sustainability

Sandra Dunn, Issued by Regent Business School

‘Critical Conversations' is a series of transdisciplinary seminars in sustainability hosted by Regent Business School, The Mercury, and other private and public sector stakeholders. On Wednesday, 17 May, the series features Bobby Peek and Desmond D'Sa... read
TFG SewGood: A successful model of impact investment
TFG SewGood: A successful model of impact investment
Three years ago, TFG launched its SewGood programme to assist more than 40,000 people annually by providing training and skills development... read
Environment & Natural Resources
Poorer countries do more for the conservation of large mammals
Poorer countries do more for the conservation of large mammals

Peter Lindsey

Scores of animal species across the globe, including tigers, lions and rhinos, are at risk of extinction due to threats posed by mankind... read
Skateboards made from hemp
Skateboards made from hemp

Bo Bushwinkel

These unique skateboard decks are made of hemp natural fibres. Designed for cruising, these boards were built for the future... read
Food, Water & Energy Security
Researchers: SA suffers from fragmented policymaking in agriculture and food security
Researchers: SA suffers from fragmented policymaking in agriculture and food security
The review process has generated interesting connections, and it has highlighted important questions to start asking - like who holds the power in food value chains, and how this affects changes in food prices... read
Health & Welfare
Fashionably conscious: Made in South Africa, it's not just a movement
Fashionably conscious: Made in South Africa, it's not just a movement

Cyril Naicker

A new generation of manufacturing is making local quality clothing. But can their success lead to a revival of ‘Made in South Africa'? read
67 homes to be built during Mandela Week
67 homes to be built during Mandela Week
In partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Habitat for Humanity SA is calling on South Africans to join them in their Nelson Mandela International Build Week from the 17-21 July in Orange Farm, Gauteng... read
Merck Consumer Health launches GEN100 in SA
Merck Consumer Health launches GEN100 in SA
Aimed at raising awareness of healthy living for school-aged children in South Africa, Merck recently announced the launch of its GEN100 programme... read
Inclusion & Equality
Why small producers have big concerns about multinationals joining Fairtrade
Why small producers have big concerns about multinationals joining Fairtrade

Agatha Herman

Fairtrade was established as the champion of small producers but as the market has grown it has become more attractive to big companies... read
Bataung Memorial Tombstones' statue tribute to living legend, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Bataung Memorial Tombstones' statue tribute to living legend, Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Issued by Seven Colors Communications

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, revered for his relentlessness in fighting the many injustices against black South Africans, was bestowed with the prestigious honour held at the Desmond & Leah Tutu legacy Foundation offices in Cape Town... read
Fighting sexism: ‘I love giving blow jobs to sandwiches', says this model in the #WomenNotObjects campaign in the US. The Loeries aim to encourage local advertisers to celebrate work that acknowledges our humanity.
Ad awards prioritise humanity

Suhana Gordhan

Body language. Advertising in its simplest form is a brand's flirtation with a person. The way a brand makes a human feel will determine the relationship that follows between brand and consumer... read
In their rush to become "global", cities risk creating spatial apartheid
In their rush to become "global", cities risk creating spatial apartheid

Melissa Tandiwe Myambo

The first thing I saw when stepping out of the taxi was a sign advertising craft beer... read
SAB Foundation awards open for entries
SAB Foundation awards open for entries
Local innovators and social entrepreneurs that are solving social problems facing disadvantaged South Africans may now enter the SAB Foundation's seventh annual Social Innovation and second annual Disability Empowerment Awards... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Greenovate Awards Programme introduces new category
Greenovate Awards Programme introduces new category
The Greenovate Awards Programme is introducing an engineering category to this year's awards... read
Energy21 workshop helps create stronger voice for renewables sector
Energy21 workshop helps create stronger voice for renewables sector
The recently held Energy21: Exchange Hub in Cape Town focused mainly on communicating the successes and opportunities of South Africa's renewable energy sector... read
NERSA launches probe into Eskom over PPA impasse
NERSA launches probe into Eskom over PPA impasse
The National Energy Regulator's electricity sub-committee has launched a formal investigation into Eskom's conduct... read
Abbas Jamie, community liaison for Africa, World Design Organisation, and director for innovation and transformation at Aurecon. Image:
#FIDIC_GAMA2017: How engineers can help co-create a better Africa

Sindy Peters

African engineers have been relegated to filling in the technical blanks... read
International
Dutch open 'world's largest offshore' wind farm
Dutch open 'world's largest offshore' wind farm
Dutch officials on Monday, 8 May, opened what is being billed as one of the world's largest offshore wind farms, with 150 turbines spinning in action far out in the North Sea... read
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