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 | Issued by Bizcommunity.com A stellar line-up of industry leaders will discuss current trends in the marketing communications industry, as well as do some crystal ball gazing for 2016 at Bizcommunity.com's special trend event on 17 September at the Sandton Convention Centre... read more>> |
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 | Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa has paid tribute to game rangers who work at the coalface of conservation in South Africa... read more>> |
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 | The illegal hunt of Cecil, Zimbabwe's famous lion has focused the spotlight on the unethical practices within the hunting industry as more than 400,000 people have signed a global online Avaaz petition, calling for the US and Europe to ban the import of hunting trophies... read more>> |
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 | Dirk Lotriet Free State Public Works and Infrastructure MEC Sam Mashinini told the provincial legislature on Thursday, 30 July, the province was doing well in its fight against rhino poaching... read more>> |
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 | Eric Jensen The killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe has brought fresh attention to an entrenched, ongoing crisis in wildlife conservation... read more>> |
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 | Willem Daniel Lubbe Poaching has been at the forefront of conservation concerns in recent years. One initiative to try and deal with the scourge in southern Africa has been to manage natural resources collaboratively through the creation of transfrontier parks... read more>> |
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 | Trees and other vegetation take longer than expected to recover from extreme drought, thus storing less carbon dioxide and accelerating global warming, a study said on Thursday, 30 July... read more>> |
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 | Nicola James Climate change that is linked to the buildup of greenhouse gases and aerosols in the atmosphere has led to increases in the earth's... read more>> |
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 | Nissan South Africa is once again sponsoring a vehicle to support the World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF-SA) Water Balance Programme... read more>> |
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 | Amir Chetty A group of school children were recently given a crash course in waste management by a Port Elizabeth waste management company... read more>> |
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 | Estelle Ellis It took 20 years to achieve, but on Wednesday, 29 July, environmental activist and head of the LIVES group Sue Hoffmann took air samples from some of Nelson Mandela Bay's most polluted areas for independent laboratory testing... read more>> |
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 | This Women's Month, Collect-a-Can pays homage to the women of our nation who are investing in social good in their communities and making a sustainable contribution to our local economy and environment through waste management and recycling... read more>> |
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 | The City of Johannesburg's drive to promote recycling moved up a gear, when a R16m multipurpose Pikitup waste management depot was opened in Orange Farm, Region G... read more>> |
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 | Kevin Norris and Dave Smith Given the current power challenges in South Africa, as well as a growing trend toward solutions for sustainable electricity, solar technology as a source of energy supply has become a hot topic, particularly for organisations wishing to reduce their reliance on utility power sources... read more>> |
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 | Álvaro García-Maltrás Solar has become a sustainable option for rural and remote areas due to the current South African power problems... read more>> |
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 | The interrupted electricity supply is costing the local food production industry millions every month... read more>> |
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 | Nicci Botha With Eskom's conventional power infrastructure foundering, alternate sources of energy are looking more attractive. The ground breaking at an 80MW wind farm in the Northern Cape brings the country a step closer to effectively harnessing renewable energy... read more>> |
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 | Nadia Rawjee As a business owner running a niche consulting firm, I know first hand what down time ensues when Eskom decides to cut the lights... read more>> |
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 | UPS has released its 13th annual Sustainability Report which highlights its growing investment in alternative fuel, advanced technology... read more>> |
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 | One of the richest parts of South Africa's richest city will be in lockdown for October. During that month, the movement of all private vehicles to and from the Sandton... read more>> |
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 | Corporate South Africa has both the incentive and responsibility to embrace energy management as a strategic imperative... read more>> |
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 | Trevor Nienaber, owner of Ver-Bolt, says one of the biggest lessons he has learned since helping establish the company in 1980, is that maintaining and nurturing relationships with customers and suppliers is the best way to create a sustainable business model... read more>> |
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 | WWF-SA's annual Living Planet Conference, held in Johannesburg on 30 July, explored the ways in which three of the most pressing crises currently facing South Africa - energy, water and food - might be addressed... read more>> |
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 | Despite the fact that forests are essential to mankind's existence on earth, half the world's forest cover has been lost in the last 50 years... read more>> |
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 | The gazetting of South Africa's first bioregional plan for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) in the Eastern Cape is a milestone on the road towards the more sustainable development of towns and cities... read more>> |
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 | Alexandre Rodrigues Passenger cars are still the most popular transportation mode. In 2014 nearly 68m were produced globally... read more>> |
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 | As part of this environmental commitment and investment, Konica Minolta South Africa has planted 5,271 trees in the past year alone... read more>> |
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 | The United Nations Global Compact and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have urged organisations in the land, construction and real estate sector to take a leading role in efforts to drive responsible and sustainable business practices... read more>> |
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 | Douglas Bardsley Wine, as we have seen once again this week, seems to be a handy way to galvanise concerns about the future ill-effects of climate change... read more>> |
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 | Threatened by the advance of a desert that already covers two-thirds of Niger, the poor Sahel nation hopes to halt rapid deforestation by promoting natural gas... read more>> |
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| More Africa |
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 | Have you ever had the feeling that you were paying too much for your mobile contract but that you didn't know how to fix it? read more>> |
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