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| Leigh Andrews Suhana Gordhan does a lot in a day, from putting up with mansplaining to switching focus from her day job as creative director at FCB to meeting her responsibilities as Loeries chair. She lets us in on how Open Chair is set to inspire a new era in this industry, and what life was like for her over Loeries weekend 2017. read | | |
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| Issued by Bio Veda Bio Veda Academy shares the art of practical and integrated self-sustainability inspiring local communities to live with an abundant and profitable livelihood. Help the school by purchasing one of the online/live courses or donate... read |
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| Ellen Wulfhorst Agriculture has contributed nearly as much to climate change as deforestation by intensifying global warming, according to US research that has quantified the amount of carbon taken from the soil by farming... read |
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| A group of graduates from Christel House, a school serving Cape Town's poorest communities, have started a mentorship programme designed to ensure that matriculants at the school are given the greatest chance of success... read |
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| An established leader in the responsible tourism area, Grootbos Private Nature Reserve has again been certified by Fair Trade Tourism... read |
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| Guy Rogers Snakes alive - the case for the establishment of a new Eastern Cape reserve to protect the world's rarest snake has become a whole lot stronger... read |
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| Vanessa Jacklin-Levin The National Environmental Management Act contains sensible provisions for conciliation to resolve disputes speedily and cut costs. Why are they not being used? read |
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| South Africa is in the process of conducting an audit of all existing stockpiles of rhino horn... read |
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| The annual Rhino Conservation Awards took place on Monday, 21 August at Montecasino in Joburg. Minister of Environmental Affairs Dr Edna Molewa celebrated the winners, runners-up and nominees who have made a marked impact in the war against rhino poaching. read |
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| Under a 20-year master plan to replace old or aging asbestos pipes with HDPE pipes, the Drakenstein Local Municipality in Paarl, Western Cape has achieved significant successes in reducing water loss... read |
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| Issued by The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town In only six months, 180 participating daycares collected 145,000 Sasko bread bags. To acknowledge their hard work and perseverance, Sasko awarded 1,170 prizes... read |
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| To do its part in lowering water consumption in Cape Town, The Peninsula All-Suite Hotel's rooftop pumping system which was installed in August 2016, makes it possible to capture water to use for... read |
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| While there was a general decline in poverty between 2006 and 2011, poverty levels in South Africa increased in 2015... read |
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| With more than 200,000 people expected to don the new-look topes (Tubes of Hope) for this year's Sunflower Day on 15 September, all sold at Pick n Pay will see a direct donation to the Sunflower Fund. read |
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| Director of GAPP Architects and Urban Designers Erky Wood has been nominated to deliver the third Roelof S. Uytenbogaardt UDISA Memorial Lecture... read |
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| Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has recommitted R188m to the City of Johannesburg for the development of housing in the inner city... read |
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| Ashleigh Furlong Buyers would have to earn at least R25,000 a month... read |
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| Researchers in the United States and South Korea have invented a new kind of yarn that can generate electricity when it is stretched or twisted, said a study Thursday, 24 August... read |
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| Facing rapid growth and evolution in Africa's megacities, radical and effective urban management is needed... read |
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| Chris Megan Advances in driverless technology are unstoppable and will likely replace existing private vehicles in all cities across the world in the next 15 - 20 years... read |
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| Dénes Csala and Sgouris Sgouridis Most of the world could switch to 100% renewable energy by 2050, creating millions of jobs, saving millions of lives that would otherwise be lost to air pollution, and avoiding 1.5? of warming... read |
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| The increase in the demand for PV systems worldwide will result in the rise in cost in the fourth quarter (Q4) of this year of installing photovoltaic (PV) systems... read |
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| Emile Uys This storehouse will be transformed into a dynamic information centre on sustainable energy for the city of Heidelberg... read |
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| Emile Uys This architecture prototype caters for intrepid voyagers and nomadic fishermen with utmost economy in its design... read |
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| Nick Mannie Imagine your rubbish bin telling the municipal authorities when it is full and needs to be collected, and municipal waste collection operations being able to optimise their fleet fuel consumption according to this data thanks to predefined schedules... read |
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| A factory accused of dumping dye into an Indian river where several dogs turned blue has been shut down, an official said Tuesday, 22 August, after alarming pictures emerged of the brightly coloured canines... read |
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| The US African Development Foundation (USADF), in collaboration with partners Power Africa and GE, recently announced the winners of the 2017 Women in Energy Challenge in Uganda... read |
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| David Obura Declining health in Kenya's marine resources is evident in traditional small-scale fisheries, the growth in commercial fisheries, conflicts among fisher groups and in the increased use of gear such as... read |
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