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The river that flows out to sea at Margate’s main beach is fed with up to 7-million litres of effluent per day from a failing sewage treatment plant about 1.8km upstream. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoonsSteve Kretzmann

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Greenside learner’s innovation scoops first prize at provincial competition

Image: Supplied (Left: Mo Salie, Andy Du Plessis, Arena Phillips and Cornel Jacobs)

FoodForward SA seeks to empower communities through food garden initiativeAa-isha Hassiem

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Source: - Yassen Akhalwaya, a 15-year-old grade 10 student from Greenside High (third from left) trounced his counterparts from 13 other schools across the province to claim the prize that will see him compete at the national level of the SAYWP Competition.

Greenside learner’s innovation scoops first prize at provincial competition

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FoodForward SA seeks to empower communities through food garden initiative

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The European Union and the Republic of Mauritius step up their partnership in climate change. (Source: Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Mauritius and the Republic of Seychelles)

EU, Mauritius step up partnership on climate change

4 Jan 2019

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AMD still poses a threat

Karen King 4 Jan 2019

How will climate change affect our eating habits in 30 years time?

How will climate change affect our eating habits in 30 years time?

Taahirah Martin 3 Jan 2019

ECA launches Africa Poverty Clock

ECA launches Africa Poverty Clock

3 Jan 2019

If citizens think they’ll personally and financially benefit from a carbon tax, maybe politicians would take action.
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Want citizens to care about climate change? Write them a cheque

Abhishek Kar & Hisham Zerriffi 3 Jan 2019

From left to right: Professor Frans Swanepoel, Professor Louise Fresco and Professor Lise Korsten/ ©UP media

Does African agriculture need a Green Revolution?

Xolani Mathibela 2 Jan 2019

The end of civil society?

The end of civil society?

David Loxton 2 Jan 2019

Vukile, Reach For A Dream partner on Dream Room campaign

Vukile, Reach For A Dream partner on Dream Room campaign

2 Jan 2019

Task force on digital financing of UN SDGs launched

Task force on digital financing of UN SDGs launched

31 Dec 2018

What can we do to support LGBTQI people in the workplace?

What can we do to support LGBTQI people in the workplace?

Devan Moonsamy 28 Dec 2018

AP Photo/David Goldman

Do climate policies 'kill jobs'? An economist on why they don't cause massive unemployment

Garth Heutel 28 Dec 2018

Growthpoint installs waste-to-energy initiative at N1 City Mall

Growthpoint installs waste-to-energy initiative at N1 City Mall

27 Dec 2018

Our complicated relationship with plastic: 5 essential reads

Our complicated relationship with plastic: 5 essential reads

Martin LaMonica 27 Dec 2018

Politcal uncertainty - the only Achilles heel in SA's renewables marketability

Politcal uncertainty - the only Achilles heel in SA's renewables marketability

24 Dec 2018

6 African climate change science researchers awarded AIMS grants

6 African climate change science researchers awarded AIMS grants

24 Dec 2018

Business reporting on SDGs improves, but still long way to go

Business reporting on SDGs improves, but still long way to go

21 Dec 2018

Global warming has already raised the risk of more severe droughts in Cape Town

Global warming has already raised the risk of more severe droughts in Cape Town

Mark New, Friederike Otto and Piotr Wolski 20 Dec 2018

What's your beef? How 'carbon labels' can steer us towards environmentally friendly food choices

What's your beef? How 'carbon labels' can steer us towards environmentally friendly food choices

Adrian R. Camilleri, Dalia Patino-Echeverri and Ri 20 Dec 2018

Milestone charter sees fashion giants pledge to reduce emissions

Milestone charter sees fashion giants pledge to reduce emissions

19 Dec 2018

Cargo ships are emitting boatloads of carbon, and nobody wants to take the blame

Cargo ships are emitting boatloads of carbon, and nobody wants to take the blame

Henrik Selin and Rebecca Cowing 19 Dec 2018

We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate

We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate

Kate Dooley 18 Dec 2018

#BestofBiz 2018: CSI & Sustainability

#BestofBiz 2018: CSI & Sustainability

18 Dec 2018

Simba partners with Worldreader in South Africa to give children access to the world through reading

Simba partners with Worldreader in South Africa to give children access to the world through reading

Bonfire Media 18 Dec 2018

Pfluegl explaining Tony Robbins' view on how human needs have changed.

#FairnessFirst: How to roll out effective digital transformation

Leigh Andrews 17 Dec 2018

Willow Wood Office Park installs rooftop solar panels

Willow Wood Office Park installs rooftop solar panels

14 Dec 2018

Bamboo modular housing project wins RICS Cities for our Future competition

Bamboo modular housing project wins RICS Cities for our Future competition

14 Dec 2018

Why South African community's win against mining company matters

Why South African community's win against mining company matters

Sonwabile Mnwana 14 Dec 2018

#NewCampaign: #FightPlastic w/ SodaStream

#NewCampaign: #FightPlastic w/ SodaStream

Jessica Tennant 14 Dec 2018

City gives green light to Salt River social housing project

City gives green light to Salt River social housing project

Aidan Jones 14 Dec 2018

Tourism Minister, Derek Hanekom

SA increasing efforts on climate change

13 Dec 2018

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The European Union and the Republic of Mauritius step up their partnership in climate change. (Source: Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Mauritius and the Republic of Seychelles)

EU, Mauritius step up partnership on climate change

4 Jan 2019

ECA launches Africa Poverty Clock

ECA launches Africa Poverty Clock

3 Jan 2019

Pan-African Forum to promote a culture of peace on the continent

Pan-African Forum to promote a culture of peace on the continent

2 Jan 2019

From left to right: Professor Frans Swanepoel, Professor Louise Fresco and Professor Lise Korsten/ ©UP media

Does African agriculture need a Green Revolution?

Xolani Mathibela 2 Jan 2019

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The end of civil society?

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Task force on digital financing of UN SDGs launched

31 Dec 2018

What can we do to support LGBTQI people in the workplace?

What can we do to support LGBTQI people in the workplace?

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Garth Heutel 28 Dec 2018

Growthpoint installs waste-to-energy initiative at N1 City Mall

Growthpoint installs waste-to-energy initiative at N1 City Mall

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Our complicated relationship with plastic: 5 essential reads

Our complicated relationship with plastic: 5 essential reads

Martin LaMonica 27 Dec 2018

Politcal uncertainty - the only Achilles heel in SA's renewables marketability

Politcal uncertainty - the only Achilles heel in SA's renewables marketability

24 Dec 2018

6 African climate change science researchers awarded AIMS grants

6 African climate change science researchers awarded AIMS grants

24 Dec 2018

Business reporting on SDGs improves, but still long way to go

Business reporting on SDGs improves, but still long way to go

21 Dec 2018

Global warming has already raised the risk of more severe droughts in Cape Town

Global warming has already raised the risk of more severe droughts in Cape Town

Mark New, Friederike Otto and Piotr Wolski 20 Dec 2018

What's your beef? How 'carbon labels' can steer us towards environmentally friendly food choices

What's your beef? How 'carbon labels' can steer us towards environmentally friendly food choices

Adrian R. Camilleri, Dalia Patino-Echeverri and Ri 20 Dec 2018

Milestone charter sees fashion giants pledge to reduce emissions

Milestone charter sees fashion giants pledge to reduce emissions

19 Dec 2018

Cargo ships are emitting boatloads of carbon, and nobody wants to take the blame

Cargo ships are emitting boatloads of carbon, and nobody wants to take the blame

Henrik Selin and Rebecca Cowing 19 Dec 2018

We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate

We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate

Kate Dooley 18 Dec 2018

#BestofBiz 2018: CSI & Sustainability

#BestofBiz 2018: CSI & Sustainability

18 Dec 2018

Simba partners with Worldreader in South Africa to give children access to the world through reading

Simba partners with Worldreader in South Africa to give children access to the world through reading

Bonfire Media 18 Dec 2018

Pfluegl explaining Tony Robbins' view on how human needs have changed.

#FairnessFirst: How to roll out effective digital transformation

Leigh Andrews 17 Dec 2018

Willow Wood Office Park installs rooftop solar panels

Willow Wood Office Park installs rooftop solar panels

14 Dec 2018

Bamboo modular housing project wins RICS Cities for our Future competition

Bamboo modular housing project wins RICS Cities for our Future competition

14 Dec 2018

Why South African community's win against mining company matters

Why South African community's win against mining company matters

Sonwabile Mnwana 14 Dec 2018

#NewCampaign: #FightPlastic w/ SodaStream

#NewCampaign: #FightPlastic w/ SodaStream

Jessica Tennant 14 Dec 2018

City gives green light to Salt River social housing project

City gives green light to Salt River social housing project

Aidan Jones 14 Dec 2018

Tourism Minister, Derek Hanekom

SA increasing efforts on climate change

13 Dec 2018

Over R1m raised at Silicon Valley gathering to support rural education in SA

Over R1m raised at Silicon Valley gathering to support rural education in SA

13 Dec 2018

Engen donates R2.5m to Imbumba Foundation's Caring4Girls initiative

Engen donates R2.5m to Imbumba Foundation's Caring4Girls initiative

13 Dec 2018

We can't know the future cost of climate change. Let's focus on the cost of avoiding it instead

We can't know the future cost of climate change. Let's focus on the cost of avoiding it instead

Jack Pezzey 13 Dec 2018

More than half the plots earmarked for backyarders in Cape Town's southern suburbs are on wetlands

More than half the plots earmarked for backyarders in Cape Town's southern suburbs are on wetlands

Barbara Maregele 13 Dec 2018

5 tips to travel more sustainably while in Africa

5 tips to travel more sustainably while in Africa

Martin Tvede Larsen 12 Dec 2018

SA showcases climate change programmes

SA showcases climate change programmes

12 Dec 2018

Cape Town to host Agritech Africa conference, exhibition in 2020

Cape Town to host Agritech Africa conference, exhibition in 2020

11 Dec 2018

Southern African nations need to up their groundwater management game

Southern African nations need to up their groundwater management game

Gaathier Mahed 11 Dec 2018

Seventy years of international human rights

Seventy years of international human rights

Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann 11 Dec 2018

SA companies invest R9.7bn in CSI

SA companies invest R9.7bn in CSI

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COP24: Raising the bar on re-imagining a resilient, sustainable future

COP24: Raising the bar on re-imagining a resilient, sustainable future

Kate Stubbs 10 Dec 2018

National Assembly adopts report on captive lion breeding

National Assembly adopts report on captive lion breeding

10 Dec 2018

#FairnessFirst: How to handle being 'the only' in the boardroom

#FairnessFirst: How to handle being 'the only' in the boardroom

Leigh Andrews 10 Dec 2018

#RecruitmentFocus: Noella Coursaris Musunka on the power of mentorship in Africa

#RecruitmentFocus: Noella Coursaris Musunka on the power of mentorship in Africa

Sindy Peters 10 Dec 2018

Parliament approves Civil Union Amendment Bill

Parliament approves Civil Union Amendment Bill

7 Dec 2018

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