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#YouthMonth: We are the generation we’ve been waiting for - Ino-Biodiesel’s Mahlatse Mamaila

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Knorrox gives a bull: A purpose-led movement rooted in strength, nutrition and community

Knorrox gives a bull: A purpose-led movement rooted in strength, nutrition and communityKnorrox

A lack of refuse removal services in Caledon’s Riemvasmaak informal settlement results in waste being dumped at the bottom of the hill on the bank of the Bath River. Riemvasmaak resident Anele Boyce said the dumping problem could be reduced if the municipality supplied bin bags and a skip. Photos: Steve Kretzmann

Sewage, garbage, dirty water: Theewaterskloof is in a mess after years of bad managementSteve Kretzmann

Leanne Emery-Hunter named Tshikululu Social Investments CEO

Leanne Emery-Hunter named Tshikululu Social Investments CEO

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Eastern Cape floods claim 90 lives amid ongoing relief efforts

2025 Africa Impact Investment Awards announces winners

2025 Africa Impact Investment Awards announces winners

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Cape Town unites with world coastal regions to tackle sea rise

Many recipients of the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant say they are battling with SASSA’s online verification system. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

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KAP sani2c: A decade of progress, partnership and purpose

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community initiative in the lead up to Mandela Day 2025, Heroes Among Us by Mitchell’s Plain’s Liberty Promenade Mall aims to identify and celebrate unsung heroes and grassroots contributors who reflect the spirit of Mandela Day through ongoing acts of service. Pictured: Last year's campaign (Image supplied)

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CHEP and WWF South Africa join forces to champion nature conservation

CHEP and WWF South Africa join forces to champion nature conservation

WWF South Africa 27 May 2025

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Tim Cocks 27 May 2025

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SanParks launches Biodiversity Offset Bank

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26 May 2025

Scientists at the University of Pretoria have found that fresh vegetables are being contaminated by disease-causing bacteria through irrigation from polluted rivers and boreholes. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

South Africa’s polluted rivers pose food contamination risk

Steve Kretzmann 26 May 2025

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26 May 2025

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Manzi Water debuts automated refill store, Skubu

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Suburban teaching methods are failing township children, discouraging teachers: What needs to change

Professor Sigamoney Manicka Naicker 23 May 2025

Provantage leads the way in community empowerment with SocioTech partnership

Provantage leads the way in community empowerment with SocioTech partnership

Provantage 23 May 2025

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#Budget3.0: Social grant increases remain in place

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Wits University researchers are scrambling to manage the fallout from the decision by US President Donald Trump to slash funding to South Africa. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

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Aisling de Lange 21 May 2025

Adidas will no longer use kangaroo leather in its shoes

Adidas will no longer use kangaroo leather in its shoes

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Public Works buildings to be turned into GBV shelters

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All about YOU! Putting YOU in YOUth Month on Biz!

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Shoprite Group rolls out fully recyclable potato bags

Shoprite Group rolls out fully recyclable potato bags

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Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind

Susan Reid 20 May 2025

From tragedy to triumph: Hot Cares restores teen’s independence with wheelchair donation

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SA Harvest expands national fleet with new trucks

SA Harvest expands national fleet with new trucks

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SAWEA NQF Level 3 Wind Turbine Operator Skills Programme key to address unemployment

SAWEA NQF Level 3 Wind Turbine Operator Skills Programme key to address unemployment

Morongoa Ramaboa 20 May 2025

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How in-home sanitation is revolutionising life in South Africa's informal settlements

Robert Erasmus 19 May 2025

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Beneficiaries selected for the 2025 Algoa Cares Charity Golf Days

Beneficiaries selected for the 2025 Algoa Cares Charity Golf Days

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#AfricaMonth: How Sarah Collins, founder of Wonderbag, is changing lives globally

#AfricaMonth: How Sarah Collins, founder of Wonderbag, is changing lives globally

Evan-Lee Courie 13 May 2025

Source: © Impact SRK Consulting considers the risk that illegal artisanal miners pose in the management of tailings dams in many parts of Africa

Illegal mining: A key risk to tailings dams management and mine closure

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Source: © Mining Zambia Magazine On 18 February 2025, a catastrophic tailings dam collapsed at the Sino-Metals Chambishi Mine, in Zambia, flooding the surruonding area and Mwambashi River with 50 million litres of acidic effluent

Earth Day spotlights importance of environmental management of tailing dams

Alastair Bovim 22 Apr 2025

Source: © Genesis Water Tech The Clean Technology Fund, has recently launched and secured an initial commitment of R2,4 Billion ($120 million) under Airnergize Capital Fund I, which aims to drive and advance sustainable clean technology investments across Southern and broader Africa

First close of Airnergize Capital at R2.4bn in support of sustainable infrastructure for Africa

14 Apr 2025

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