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Children wade through the flooded Westpoort road on their way to school in Mitchells Plain on 10 May. Archive photo: David Harrison

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Sassa gets the bulk of social development budget allocation

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The Starbucks Foundation awards FoodForward SA with $10k grant

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) African Regional Certification Commission declared South Africa polio-free in 2019. Image credit: , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

NICD detects 2 polio virus strains in Cape Town wastewater

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Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced from the April 2026 outbreak, at Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal. Image credit: Reuters/Ricci Shryock

Hantavirus in Africa: why climate change, rats and weak surveillance are worrying scientists

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Action needed to reduce Cape Town's water usage, says expert

Action needed to reduce Cape Town's water usage, says expert

Daniel Steyn 21 Feb 2023

Call for applications: 2023 SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards

Call for applications: 2023 SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards

21 Feb 2023

Vlakfontein Reservoir to provide additional water supply in Gauteng

Vlakfontein Reservoir to provide additional water supply in Gauteng

21 Feb 2023

The Western Cape High Court declared sections of the Refugees Act unconstitutional. The sections provide that asylum seekers who do not renew their visas within one month of the date of expiry are considered to have abandoned their applications. Archive photo: Masixole Feni / GroundUp

High Court declares sections of Refugees Act unconstitutional

Tania Broughton 21 Feb 2023

Chris Blair, CEO of 21st Century

Businesses, beware of greenwashing away your future

20 Feb 2023

2023 Pressure Pipe Conference: Safripol emphasises significance of sustainability

2023 Pressure Pipe Conference: Safripol emphasises significance of sustainability

Sindy Peters 20 Feb 2023

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What small business can do to stop organic waste from reaching the landfill

17 Feb 2023

Russia-Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide - new study

Russia-Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide - new study

Klaus Hubacek, Jin Yan, Yuli Shan and Yuru Guan 17 Feb 2023

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#Sopa2023: Winde hits road running with R1bn commitment to energy resilience in WCape

Katja Hamilton 16 Feb 2023

How do we fix SA's critical water challenges?

How do we fix SA's critical water challenges?

Chetan Mistry 16 Feb 2023

SanParks executive joins Wildlife Conservation Society

SanParks executive joins Wildlife Conservation Society

16 Feb 2023

Frederik Zietsman, CEO of Takealot. Source: Supplied

Takealot launches accelerator programme for Black-owned SMME suppliers

15 Feb 2023

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Panda for Teens - a safe space for youth to receive mental health support

15 Feb 2023

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Creecy extends term of appointment of the EAPASA

15 Feb 2023

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South Africans can now get tax breaks for investing in renewable energy

15 Feb 2023

Graunt Kruger, managing director of Intellidex

Inaugural Africa Impact Investment Awards launches

15 Feb 2023

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Creecy publishes key wildlife management and conservation regulations for implementation

14 Feb 2023

Pick n Pay removes plastic barrier bags from till points

Pick n Pay removes plastic barrier bags from till points

14 Feb 2023

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National State of Disaster declared on floods

14 Feb 2023

Rebuilding KZN homes one loaf at a time

Rebuilding KZN homes one loaf at a time

14 Feb 2023

Vukile to invest R350m in solar PV backup power across its malls

Vukile to invest R350m in solar PV backup power across its malls

14 Feb 2023

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

Helen Reid 14 Feb 2023

Licence issued to raise Tzaneen Dam wall by 3m

Licence issued to raise Tzaneen Dam wall by 3m

14 Feb 2023

Grass protein: The next plant base for alt-meat?

Grass protein: The next plant base for alt-meat?

14 Feb 2023

Mining companies can find opportunity in changing ESG trends

Mining companies can find opportunity in changing ESG trends

Garyn Rapson, Nomsa Mbere, Jaqui Pinto, Paula-Ann Novotny, Dalit Anstey 13 Feb 2023

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DWS launches Brandvlei Dam Feeder Canal to boost water storage capacity

13 Feb 2023

Safripol receives international ISO approval for PE100 Polyethylene Resin

Safripol receives international ISO approval for PE100 Polyethylene Resin

Safripol 13 Feb 2023

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Ubuntu Awards honour trailblazers

13 Feb 2023

Coca-Cola Beverages expands rollout of 2L returnable PET bottles

Coca-Cola Beverages expands rollout of 2L returnable PET bottles

13 Feb 2023

Nivea partners with NSRI to protect those who protect us

Nivea partners with NSRI to protect those who protect us

Symbiotic 13 Feb 2023

Africa news

Russia-Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide - new study

Russia-Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide - new study

Klaus Hubacek, Jin Yan, Yuli Shan and Yuru Guan 17 Feb 2023

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

Helen Reid 14 Feb 2023

Organisation of African Geological Surveys, AU sign MoU to promote development in Africa

Organisation of African Geological Surveys, AU sign MoU to promote development in Africa

9 Feb 2023

TotalEnergies' head met Mozambique president with key gas project at stake

TotalEnergies' head met Mozambique president with key gas project at stake

Sudip Kar-Gupta 8 Feb 2023

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