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| Howard Blight In spite of declining growth rates and recent credit downgrades in many African countries, a growing labor force and vast expanses of arable land, point to significant opportunities... read | |
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| Issued by Bizcommunity.com “Women's Month is not important if it means we only pay attention to women's issues for 31 days of the year." - Moyin Oloruntoba... read | |
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| Leading economists called on Monday, 29 May, on the international community to price carbon at up to $100 a tonne by 2030... read |
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| Under a dual onslaught of global warming and localised, urban heating, some of the world's cities may be as much as 8°C warmer by 2100, researchers warned on Monday, 29 May... read |
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| Mike Muller Big dams have a bad reputation. They're often associated with social disruption and environmental damage... read |
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| Myang is an all-woman company, which provides employment and upliftment opportunities for several women in the poverty-stricken communities... read |
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| Government is set to fast-track the transformation of the agriculture sector by increasing the number of black commercial farmers... read |
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| Issued by Red Cherry Interactive In the spirit of Mandela Day, Red Cherry Interactive's sister company, Touch Africa (a non-profit organisation), is running a book drive... read |
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| Issued by Ithala Development Finance Corporation The spirit of ubuntu came alive when members of Ithala Development Finance Corporation's CSI team visited eight rural schools in KwaZulu-Natal to deliver school uniforms... read |
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| Africans are seeing a steady improvement in the quality of their lives, with some countries even nearing world averages, says a wide-ranging report out on Monday, 22 May, on the continent's future... read |
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| Issued by Bio Veda Alosha Lynov, former CEO of 3D Deco, is offering a week-long complimentary eco webinar for a self-sustainable garden and home, beginning on Tuesday, 30 May... read |
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| Martin Sullivan, Oliver Phillips, and Simon Lewis Around 2 million km² of Africa is covered by tropical rainforests... read |
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| Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille prayed for an answer to the city's water crisis recently - and immediately got one... read |
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| David Gernon Cape Town's water crisis has seen many companies' cash dry up, while the same crisis has seen new businesses profit... read |
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| Chantelle Gladwin-Wood and Nonhlanhla Ndlohvu The use of boreholes to supplement, or replace, the conventional municipal supply is becoming more common, however, certain requirements that may vary from municipality to municipality... read |
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| Issued by Adopt-a-School The Adopt-a-School Foundation calls upon government, NGOs and civil society to combine their efforts to protect vulnerable children against neglect, abuse and exploitation... read |
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| CSI programmes and individual donors have helped Mimi Women exceed its target to distribute one million sanitary pads to disadvantaged girls by World Menstrual Hygiene Day, which is held annually on 28 May... read |
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| David Sanders Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus is the first African to be elected as the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in its 70-year history... read |
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| Issued by Private Property LIV Village, a charitable organisation that Private Property has been a supporter of since its inception, was the target of protests by members of the neighbouring Cottonlands community... read |
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| Issued by Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone Upbeat in becoming a motor-force for change and taking a central role in the radical transformation of the economy of the province, the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ) is deliberately focusing on opening opportunities for emerging contractors as part of efforts aimed at fast-tracking their entry into the mainstream economy... read |
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| Cari Coetzee Leán Muller has recently been appointed as the new head to direct Fairtrade Label in accomplishing the vast goals it has set for 2017... read |
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| SustainPower, a new player in the renewable energy sector, hosted its official gas to power product launch at African Utility Week 2017 in Cape Town earlier this month... read |
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| Ilse van den Berg I recently had a very inspiring conversation with Marcela Guerrero Casas, co-founder and MD of Open Streets Cape Town about the power of streets and its ability to bridge social and spatial divides... read |
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| The renewable energy sector employed 9.8-million people worldwide in 2016, almost twice as many as in 2012, the Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency said on Wednesday, 24 May... read |
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| Blessing Mberu, Kanyiva Muindi, and Patricia Elung Globally, there's a general decline in the number of women who die from pregnancy or childbirth complications. However in Kenya, it remains high.. read |
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| Liesel Ebersöhn Resilience in schools involves a process where teachers, principals, families, students and district officials know and use strategies that help teachers to teach and students to learn. read |
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| Egypt announced Monday, 29 May, a social welfare programme worth $2.5bn to include increased subsidies and tax exemptions for the country's poorest as inflation reaches record levels... read |
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This is the second year of our popular annual Carrol Boyes Charity Open Day Sale in Pretoria! It's going to be even bigger and better than previous years' events! Read more >>
Pollution and Waste Technology Africa will be held 6-8 June 2017 at Ticketpro Dome and will showcase the latest technology, innovations, solutions for processing, reducing, managing waste and pollution. Read more >>
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