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GCF grants $40m to Sanbi's Eco-Disaster Risk Reduction project

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Why CSI has to evolve beyond charity in AfricaNkosinathi Mahlangu

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Promethium’s Olivia Tuchten named PD Forum co-vice chair

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CapeNature looks at Western Cape’s state of conservation in new report

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How to ensure credibility in your ESG performance

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Protecting penguins: New offshore regulations open for comment

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Why investing in biodiversity is crucial to reaching SDGsJustin Bott

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DFFE identifies 59 bankable biodiversity projects

Shoprite expands its R5 basket to include essential toiletries

Shoprite expands its R5 basket to include essential toiletries

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PSFA honoured with Industry Innovation Award for excellence in feeding innovation

PSFA honoured with Industry Innovation Award for excellence in feeding innovation

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Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis used the opportunity to criticise national government.

CoCT launches Cash for Power programme alongside Energy Strategy unveiling

Lindsey Schutters 12 Feb 2024

Critical minerals are all the elements needed to produce the batteries and catalysts in the renewable energy value chain. Source: Paul-Alain Hunt/Unsplash.

Anglo diversifies into critical minerals with Finland battery deal

12 Feb 2024

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Investing in Africa's bright, green energy future

Angela Simpson and Matthew Martin 12 Feb 2024

More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / Groundup

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters/2023. President Cyril Ramaphosa.

#Sona2024: Ramaphosa's last address - Legacy, challenges, and climate action

Katja Hamilton 9 Feb 2024

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#Sona2024: Govt to extend and improve R350 social relief grant

9 Feb 2024

Elia Nandjiwa is resources industries and mining executive at Barloworld Equipment Southern Africa

#MI24: 'Mining Indaba 2024 embraced its theme' - Barloworld

Elia Nandjiwa 9 Feb 2024

Pick n Pay's latest reusable bag initiative aids whale conservation

Pick n Pay's latest reusable bag initiative aids whale conservation

8 Feb 2024

World Read Aloud Day: Celebrating the power of reading

World Read Aloud Day: Celebrating the power of reading

Adopt-a-School 8 Feb 2024

Airbnb and Hosts launch $10m Community Fund grants in Africa

Airbnb and Hosts launch $10m Community Fund grants in Africa

8 Feb 2024

SanParks: Public consultation opens for Robben Island Marine Protected Area

SanParks: Public consultation opens for Robben Island Marine Protected Area

8 Feb 2024

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Smart IDs: From government grants to payment cards? The deal that's raising eyebrows

Katja Hamilton 7 Feb 2024

Neal Froneman spoke to Bizcommunity at the Webber Wentzel 'Reimagining Mining' panel discussion.

#MI24: Sibanye-Stillwater CEO says now is the time to invest in PGM

Lindsey Schutters 7 Feb 2024

Ons Jabeur appointed World Food Programme Global Goodwill Ambassador

Ons Jabeur appointed World Food Programme Global Goodwill Ambassador

7 Feb 2024

Final R500k for children’s charities as StreetSmart SA closes its doors

Final R500k for children’s charities as StreetSmart SA closes its doors

6 Feb 2024

At least 12 fishing companies are taking the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) minister to court over the commercial fishing rights allocation process. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Fishing companies take Creecy to court over quotas

Liezl Human 6 Feb 2024

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Cape Verde is the third African country to eliminate malaria: here’s how

Tiaan de Jager and Taneshka Kruger 5 Feb 2024

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Term of appointment of the EAPASA extended

5 Feb 2024

De Berg Nature Reserve declared 30th Ramsar site

De Berg Nature Reserve declared 30th Ramsar site

2 Feb 2024

“The Mining Charter's potential as an instrument to guide ESG and growth is undeniable, but it needs recalibration and effort,” says Alchemy Law partner Morné van der Merwe

South Africa’s Mining Charter must strike balance in its ESG alignment

2 Feb 2024

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Shoprite Foundation donates robotics labs worth R1.6m to KZN schools

2 Feb 2024

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AfDB's historic $6bn ESG milestone

1 Feb 2024

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ESG and employment: Key dispute risks in the EMI sector in 2024

31 Jan 2024

Mining Indaba comes to Cape Town with a focus on the just energy transition. Source: Microsoft Designer/Lindsey Schutters

Mining Indaba sustainability series to discuss energy transition and justice

31 Jan 2024

The AEL shares how young South Africans can be custodians of our eco-sensitive future

The AEL shares how young South Africans can be custodians of our eco-sensitive future

Dr Dave Pepler, Stone 31 Jan 2024

Navigating ESG targets in South Africa's challenging supply chain

Navigating ESG targets in South Africa's challenging supply chain

31 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied. Estienne de Klerk, SA chief executive officer of Growthpoint Properties.

Growthpoint signs landmark wind-hydro-solar PPA deal

Catchwords 30 Jan 2024

Toys R Us, Babies R Us festive campaign raises funds for Reach For A Dream Foundation

Toys R Us, Babies R Us festive campaign raises funds for Reach For A Dream Foundation

30 Jan 2024

LaundReCycle, a unique, self-sufficient laundry has been successfully running at the Streetscapes Urban Farm in Cape Town. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Laundry offers free showers to homeless people

Ashraf Hendricks 30 Jan 2024

Education and employment, it starts with a story

Education and employment, it starts with a story

The Social Employment Fund 30 Jan 2024

Africa news

Elia Nandjiwa is resources industries and mining executive at Barloworld Equipment Southern Africa

#MI24: 'Mining Indaba 2024 embraced its theme' - Barloworld

Elia Nandjiwa 9 Feb 2024

Neal Froneman spoke to Bizcommunity at the Webber Wentzel 'Reimagining Mining' panel discussion.

#MI24: Sibanye-Stillwater CEO says now is the time to invest in PGM

Lindsey Schutters 7 Feb 2024

Shell joins international sell-off of Nigeria onshore oil and gas holdings

Ron Bousso 17 Jan 2024

Climate change is affecting mining in Africa. Source: Vlad Chetan/Pexels

22 illegal miners dead in Tanzania's unseasonal rains

Lindsey Schutters 16 Jan 2024

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