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After severe Cape floods, Old Mutual Insure faces R376m storm test

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

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

11 Sep 2026

Light bulb moment: The electric decarbonisation opportunity

Light bulb moment: The electric decarbonisation opportunity

By Andrew Winstone 8 Sep 2026

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#TheMascotMarathon: Captain Fanplastic targets R100k for Cape Town ocean literacy

Soapbox #TheMascotMarathon: Captain Fanplastic targets R100k for Cape Town ocean literacy

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Lavender Hill learners celebrate International Literacy Day through African storytelling

Coronation Lavender Hill learners celebrate International Literacy Day through African storytelling

15 Sep 2026

Strong business support for those affected by cancer in Algoa country

Algoa FM Strong business support for those affected by cancer in Algoa country

14 Sep 2026

How Cell C is showing up for South Africa’s youth: You’ve got the idea. We’ll give you the tools

Cell C How Cell C is showing up for South Africa’s youth: You’ve got the idea. We’ll give you the tools

14 Sep 2026

#WomenMonth | “Flow Campaign” addresses the need for hope and dignity during Women’s Month

Air Products South Africa #WomenMonth | “Flow Campaign” addresses the need for hope and dignity during Women’s Month

14 Sep 2026

From classroom to career: Cape Town Tourism opens doors for young people

Cape Town Tourism From classroom to career: Cape Town Tourism opens doors for young people

10 Sep 2026

Rainbow Tjokkers Rugby Development Clinic a huge success in Worcester

Rainbow Chicken Rainbow Tjokkers Rugby Development Clinic a huge success in Worcester

10 Sep 2026

OFM pushes up PinkTober!

OFM Radio OFM pushes up PinkTober!

9 Sep 2026

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

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

9 Sep 2026

Trialogue Sustainable Business Tracker finds high ambition, weaker implementation

Trialogue Trialogue Sustainable Business Tracker finds high ambition, weaker implementation

8 Sep 2026

Beyond connectivity: Octotel empowers 160 learners through AI, coding and robotics

Octotel Beyond connectivity: Octotel empowers 160 learners through AI, coding and robotics

4 Sep 2026

Cansa surrounds young patients with hope, dignity and care

CANSA Cansa surrounds young patients with hope, dignity and care

4 Sep 2026

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Kruger flood recovery advances as National Parks Week gets underway

Kruger flood recovery advances as National Parks Week gets underway

8 Sep 2026

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Green businesses win big at Nedbank Green Economy Indaba

7 Sep 2026

El Niño drought risk puts farmers on alert for 2026/27 season

El Niño drought risk puts farmers on alert for 2026/27 season

3 Sep 2026

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Potentially “strongest in living memory” El Niño to bring the heat

1 Sep 2026

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Former Microsoft and Petronas HR head joins Seriti Green as CPO

1 Sep 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

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

14 Aug 2026

“Sustainability starts with a genuine commitment to want to achieve meaningful impact,” says Empact’s group sustainability executive Lara Barlow. Image supplied.

Empowering people to prosper: Inside Empact’s first sustainability report

Maroefah Smith 12 Aug 2026

Rubbish piles up near a park in Nyanga. Photos: Emihle Ngwane

Battle to stop illegal dumping in Cape Town’s townships

Emihle Ngwane 6 Aug 2026

Albert Mthembu stands near a former neighbour’s home, which was knocked down to prevent its use after the residents moved away, in Magog, KwaZulu-Natal. Image credit: Reuters/Rogan Ward

SA’s push for cleaner energy comes at a cost for its farmers

4 Aug 2026

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3 SA innovators selected for 2026 FNF Afri GreenPitch Challenge

29 Jul 2026

Harvesting pine trees in the Dennedal compartment of Lower Tokai on 30 August 2016. Work was halted later that day by an urgent High Court interdict. Photos: John Yeld

New battle looms over future of Tokai and Cecilia pine plantations

John Yeld 28 Jul 2026

The recent storm in Cape Town could be a sign of what’s to come with the approaching “super” El Niño. Image credit:

Africa to weather billion-dollar storm as “super” El Niño approaches

Simon Jessop and Marc Jones 27 Jul 2026

“This Textile Innovation Challenge is about discovering ideas that could help shape Africa’s textile future,” says Jackie May, founder of Twyg and co-founder of Africa Textile Talks. Image credit: The Dollie House

Africa’s sustainable fashion future to be unveiled at Twyg’s Africa Textile Talks

24 Jul 2026

A Sudanese refugee girl displaced by clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army at the Tine transit camp in eastern Chad. Image credit: Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

El Niño, Strait of Hormuz deadlock threaten strides made to end global hunger

Giselda Vagnoni and Oriana Boselli 21 Jul 2026

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Volkswagen charges up Kariega component plant with 1,410 solar panels

21 Jul 2026

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Will El Niño drought hit food prices in South Africa? Earlier rains and grain stocks offer hope

Wandile Sihlobo 15 Jul 2026

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Can climate shocks change how people feel about paying taxes?

Enrico Nichelatti 10 Jul 2026

WWF South Africa’s Mandela Day campaign calls on South Africans to dedicate their 67 minutes to nature close to home or even at home. Image supplied.

WWF South Africa’s Mandela Day campaign asks SA to sweep before Mother Nature’s door

8 Jul 2026

Dewald Visser travels to De Hoop Nature Reserve and MPA in the new kykNET series Hey Skipper. Image supplied.

Western Cape coastline to make waves in new kykNET series

3 Jul 2026

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Amazon-backed spekboom carbon removal programme to create 11,000 jobs

2 Jul 2026

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False Bay seabed acts as a “storage reservoir for pollution”

24 Jun 2026

Mexico stood out as one of the most affected regions, particularly in the Yucatán Peninsula and the state of Tabasco, where documented heat-stroke mortality events in howler monkeys occurred during the same period. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

UCT develops world’s first early biodiversity heat warning system

22 Jun 2026

KelTex founders Laetus Buberwa and Emeliana Said. Image supplied.

Tanzanian duo win H&M Foundation’s 2026 Global Change Award

18 Jun 2026

The 2026 Vodacom Eco-Warriors, St John Paul II Secondary School in Elandskop, KZN. Image supplied.

2026 Vodacom Eco-Warriors: SA’s Gen Zs solving the country’s sustainability challenges

17 Jun 2026

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The future of sustainable fashion is Africa at Twyg’s Africa Textile Talks

12 Jun 2026

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