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Tap water in Bronkhorstspruit declared unsafe to drink

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KFC Add Hope and SA’s brightest young minds tackle the hunger crisis

Environmental concerns over TotalEnergies’ exploration in SA dismissed

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KFC Add Hope and SA’s brightest young minds tackle the hunger crisis

16 Oct 2026

Environmental concerns over TotalEnergies’ exploration in SA dismissed

16 Oct 2026

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East Coast Radio’s Big Favour Season of Sharing returns to bring food relief to families across KZN

East Coast Radio East Coast Radio’s Big Favour Season of Sharing returns to bring food relief to families across KZN

2 days

Minister Malatsi to unveil Sentech computer laboratory at Soutpan Primary

SENTECH Minister Malatsi to unveil Sentech computer laboratory at Soutpan Primary

1 day

Primedia Cares strengthens support for Safety Parents project following successful Padel Challenge

Primedia Broadcasting Primedia Cares strengthens support for Safety Parents project following successful Padel Challenge

15 Oct 2026

Stop guessing what your washrooms could save

Propelair SA Stop guessing what your washrooms could save

15 Oct 2026

Living Planet Report 2026: Why biodiversity matters for business

WWF South Africa Living Planet Report 2026: Why biodiversity matters for business

14 Oct 2026

From billboard banner to school bag: Turning waste into opportunity

Go Big Media From billboard banner to school bag: Turning waste into opportunity

12 Oct 2026

Keeping 80,000 promises

Celerity.chat Keeping 80,000 promises

12 Oct 2026

Constitutional Court upholds animal well-being in South Africa

FOUR PAWS Constitutional Court upholds animal well-being in South Africa

12 Oct 2026

Miss SA 2026 unveils a new mandate

OnPoint PR Miss SA 2026 unveils a new mandate

9 Oct 2026

BizTrends2027 | Theme launches | Steer year-defining business conversations

Bizcommunity.com BizTrends2027 | Theme launches | Steer year-defining business conversations

8 Oct 2026

Aerial view of Thrive Student Living Student Accommodation site in Berea, Durban

Catchwords Local communities across SA benefit from R102.3m in economic opportunities created by Growthpoint

8 Oct 2026

FoodForward SA wins gold at Prestigious Eco-Logic Awards

FoodForward SA FoodForward SA wins gold at Prestigious Eco-Logic Awards

8 Oct 2026

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South Africans urged to rethink household costs as easy savings dry up

12 Oct 2026

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Durban and Joburg worst hit by water outages

Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff. 2 Oct 2026

Make your 2027 budget work harder: Prioritise water cost savings now

Make your 2027 budget work harder: Prioritise water cost savings now

Zea Gove, Propelair SA 1 Oct 2026

Dyllon Randall co-founded a modular urine-to-fertiliser recovery system at the Cape Town Stadium, which recently collected 3,600 litres of urine during the South Africa vs New Zealand rugby game. Image supplied.

Cape Town Stadium urine-recycling innovator selected for 2026 Africa Prize

29 Sep 2026

Wind turbines on the Eastern Cape bushveld along the R350 road to Bedford, outside Makhanda. The area around has some of the country’s best wind power potential but is also among the Eastern Cape’s most ecologically sensitive landscapes. Photos: Aphiwe Ngowapi

Debate over new Makhanda wind farm

Gcina Ntsaluba and Asemahle Vumsindo 28 Sep 2026

The arrangement currently supplies five Growthpoint buildings, including its newly refurbished 36 Hans Strijdom foreshore building, which underwent an environmentally innovative retrofit and now runs entirely on renewable energy. Image supplied.

Growthpoint and Etana Energy are wheeling clean energy to Cape Town

18 Sep 2026

Exceptional El Niño puts southern Africa on drought alert

Exceptional El Niño puts southern Africa on drought alert

Steve Kretzmann 18 Sep 2026

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South Africa's first offshore wind farm delayed as World Bank highlights potential

17 Sep 2026

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Phelan Green’s clean jet fuel project leads SA’s green hydrogen push

16 Sep 2026

Activists have lodged an appeal against the rezoning approval given for this land near Cape Town Airport to be the site for a hyperscale data centre. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Activists appeal Cape Town data centre approval

Tania Broughton 15 Sep 2026

A drone view shows South Africa’s Sasol petrochemical refinery in Sasolburg, southwest of Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Thando Hlophe/File Photo

Sasol challenges scientists to unlock access to green hydrogen

14 Sep 2026

Fossil Free South Africa has won four victories over “greenwashing” in advertising by oil, coal and gas companies, write the authors. Graphic: Lisa Nelson

Fossil fuel companies rebuked for greenwashing

Jo-Anne Smetherham, Kholwani Simelane and Patrick Bond 11 Sep 2026

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Southern Africa farms enter 2026/27 El Niño with stronger defences

11 Sep 2026

The future of food: Reflections from The 2026 Africa Food Systems Conference

The future of food: Reflections from The 2026 Africa Food Systems Conference

Andy Du Plessis, FoodForward SA 9 Sep 2026

Source: Nedbank.

How smart geysers are saving Nedbank clients millions

8 Sep 2026

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Green businesses win big at Nedbank Green Economy Indaba

7 Sep 2026

Theewaterskloof Dam in April 2018 during the last drought in the Western Cape. Archive photos: Ashraf Hendricks

Cape Town desalination plans delayed while water demand soars

Steve Kretzmann 2 Sep 2026

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Former Microsoft and Petronas HR head joins Seriti Green as CPO

1 Sep 2026

A drone view shows solar panels in front of a mine as South Africa’s mining firms accelerate investment in renewable energy projects to diversify power supply, reduce costs and meet decarbonisation targets after decades of reliance on state utility Eskom, at Gold Fields’ South Deep mine, southwest of Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Anglo American, Sibanye look to renewables to drop Eskom reliance

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Nelson Banya 26 Aug 2026

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#WomensMonth | Engen’s Bongiwe Mkhwanazi isn’t afraid to dream big

Maroefah Smith 25 Aug 2026

Source: Momentum. Momentum's group economist, Sanisha Packirisamy.

#EXCLUSIVE: South Africa’s July inflation drop may not last, Momentum group warns

Katja Hamilton 20 Aug 2026

Secunda CTL is a synthetic fuel plant owned by Sasol at Secunda, Mpumalanga. It uses coal liquefaction to produce petroleum-like synthetic crude oil. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Sasol’s 30% emission drop plan is not all smoke and mirrors

20 Aug 2026

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AWEaP partners with the University of Limpopo to empower energy entrepreneurs

19 Aug 2026

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Food inflation hits 16-year low

Katja Hamilton 19 Aug 2026

From GuguByGugu to FoodForward SA: Meet the 2026 Eco-Logic Award finalists

14 Aug 2026

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