The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants has shared its 2021 plans to deliver education and resources that assist accountants with reporting on and assurance of environmental, social and governance information...
Issued by CIMA 13 hours ago
FAO's The State of Food and Agriculture 2020 takes a new look at water shortages and scarcity in the world...
1 day ago
The Snapplify Foundation has joined iSchoolAfrica and award-winning mountaineer Saray Khumalo in setting up nine digital libraries for disadvantaged schools across South Africa's nine provinces...
Issued by Snapplify 1 day ago
Black Wolf Youth Agency is an NPC (not-for-profit company) and a division of Black Wolf Group. The youth agency will be managed by our future industry leaders, the youth...
Rabbi Marcelino Gonsalves, Issued by Black Wolf Agency 1 day ago
Cabinet has approved the updated National Protected Areas Expansion Strategy and the revised National Biodiversity Framework in an effort to assist in addressing threats to biodiversity...
2 days ago
The Southern Africa Europe CEO Dialogue goes online, this year, and will be hosted from Johannesburg in digital format on 26 and 27 November 2020...
Issued by Optimize Agency 3 days ago
The Energy and Water Sector Education Training Authority (EWSETA), Enterprises University of Pretoria (Enterprises UP) will train Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college graduates in hydrogen fuel cell systems...
Issued by Enterprises University of Pretoria 3 days ago
For its inaugural investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, The PepsiCo Foundation will introduce programmes to improve access to water and sanitation for thousands of people in South Africa...
3 days ago
In 2020, countries were to come forward with plans for stronger emissions cuts to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement...
23 Nov 2020
World Toilet Day (WTD) is an official United Nations International Observance Day on 19 November. Raising awareness about the 4.2 billion people living without access to safely-managed sanitation, this Observance Day aims to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis...
Issued by Adopt-a-School 20 Nov 2020
Africa is not getting the investment needed to help the world meet the United Nation's (UN's) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030...
19 Nov 2020
Giles Pendleton, chief development officer of real estate investment trust Attacq, has been appointed the new chair of the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA), replacing IIse Swanepoel...
19 Nov 2020
Construction is a key sector to address South Africa's housing shortage and infrastructure needs, and thus is unlikely to slow down...
Thabang Byl 18 Nov 2020
New research evaluates claims that ocean aquaculture is the next sustainable and equitable food frontier, points to a balanced approach that includes land-based aquaculture as essential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals...
18 Nov 2020
Standard Chartered conducted a survey earlier this year among a panel of the world's top 300 investment firms with total assets under management (AUM) of more than $50tn...
18 Nov 2020
In four years, South Africa's fastest-growing positive news platform has become a global movement for social good. Through our stories, we are building communities, changing lives and delivering return on investment...
Amy Pieterse, Issued by Ginkgo Agency 18 Nov 2020
TFG Foundation has announced a donation of 300,000 face masks to vulnerable learners across the nation. Together with the Department of Education (DoE) and Gift of the Givers, the leading retailer will be distributing face masks to primary schools that are most in need nationally...
Issued by TFG (The Foschini Group) 16 Nov 2020
Sixteen finalists have been shortlisted to progress to the next stage of the open innovation challenge, which involves the finalists undergoing an intensive two-week business development support programme...
16 Nov 2020
Delivering the welcoming address at the recent 14th Built Environment Conference, the University of the Free State's Professor Kahilu Kajimo-Shakantu noted that increased and smart adoption of technology can transform the construction sector...
13 Nov 2020
Cristina Duarte of the Republic of Cabo Verde is the new special adviser on Africa to the UN secretary-general. A former minister of finance and planning in her country, she intends to bring to her role a renewed strategic narrative...
13 Nov 2020
Municipalities are the most basic units of government. Tasked with providing basic services and fostering development in the regions they control, they have the challenging role of mobilising their economic resources and using them to improve the lives of all citizens by providing basic services necessary for good health, well-being and human dignity...
Issued by SAICA 12 Nov 2020
It may take an extreme heatwave, a mega wildfire or a severe coastal storm to begin to appreciate the dangers of climate change...
Alanna Rebelo, Karen Joan Esler, Michael Samways, Patricia Holmes, Tony Rebelo 11 Nov 2020
Alta Swanepoel has developed an online training course to assist company representatives and individuals understand the impact of the AARTO legislation...
Issued by LexisNexis 11 Nov 2020
The construction of the Helderberg multi-purpose centre, which started in June this year, is due for completion by June 2021. Built in the shape of a horseshoe, the centre faces the Helderberg Mountain...
10 Nov 2020
While much has been said about how renewables will help to bolster our economy, it is not the silver bullet that will address all our developmental challenges.
9 Nov 2020
South Africa, like most of the world, is in a deep depressive state. The economic contraction has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic...
Dhesigen Naidoo 5 Nov 2020
Earlier this year, Beiersdorf pledged to contribute to society's collective fight against the Covid-19 pandemic by creating an immediate €50m international aid programme...
Issued by Beiersdorf Southern Africa 2 Nov 2020
Women are 49.6% of the world's population. An estimated 70% of the health and social care workforce are women; they deliver care to around 5 billion people...
Allen Muyaama Mukhwana and Judy Omumbo 2 Nov 2020
According to Ross Jenvey, general partner at Kingson, it seems like agritech often doesn't get the credit it deserves...
30 Oct 2020
Coined by the United Nations General Assembly, World Cities Day is celebrated annually on 31 October...
30 Oct 2020
Data is difficult to come by, but a report in August 2019, co-authored by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation and Dalberg Advisors, claims that agritech deals in Africa totalled $143m in 2018, out of a total addressable market of $2.6bn, which talks to the huge untouched potential...
Ross Jenvey 30 Oct 2020
The World Communication Forum Association (WCFA) has elected six new members to expand its global executive board to ten members from around the world...
30 Oct 2020
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister, Ebrahim Patel, has called for the disciplining of subsidies targeted at large-scale industrial fishing while safeguarding food security and livelihoods for subsistence and artisanal fisheries...
28 Oct 2020
Organised by Professor Thuli Madonsela, the second annual Social Justice Summit will take place on Wednesday, 4 November...
28 Oct 2020
Public Service and Administration Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has endorsed the appointment of three eminent former senior public servants as inaugural senior fellows of the National School of Government (NSG)...
27 Oct 2020
Along with the Covid-19-related challenges, the waste sector has had to comply with fast-changing legislation...
26 Oct 2020
South Africa's leading digital bank, TymeBank, has secured the coveted headline sponsor slot for the Assegai Awards...
Issued by DMASA 23 Oct 2020
From tracking and GPS to smartphone payment and rating systems, a lot of efficiency can be introduced into the public transport sector, said Dr Gustav Rohde, CEO of Zutari at the recent ITSSA Smart Mobility Conference...
21 Oct 2020
While many farmers still rely on traditional techniques to coax a living from the land, there are opportunities to use cutting-edge technology to drive Africa towards a food-secure future...
Amrote Abdella 21 Oct 2020
In the latest National Income Dynamics Study-Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey, 15% of respondents reported that a child in their household went hungry at least once per week during the lockdown...
20 Oct 2020
As mining activities wind down in many areas across South Africa, it's important not to lose sight of the opportunities that rehabilitated mining areas can bring...
Mongezi Veti 19 Oct 2020
Following the devastating impact which the Covid-19 pandemic has had on South Africa and the world, governments, corporates, and citizens collaborate to focus on a green economic recovery...
19 Oct 2020
Pick n Pay has recruited 20 of its largest food and manufacturer suppliers to join the 10x20x30 initiative, a global private-sector project, to significantly combat in-store and supply chain food waste by 2030...
15 Oct 2020
With around 4,000 women employed directly or indirectly by Sappi Forests nationwide - through its own personnel in its nurseries, and sub-contracted to its harvesting and silviculture contractors - the company is very aware of the crucial role that rural women play in the agricultural labour force...
Issued by Sappi 15 Oct 2020
According to advisors from food & drink technology Africa (fdt Africa), IFAT Africa, and analytica lab Africa, agriculture and food production does not happen in isolation, and to maximise food production and address world hunger, stakeholders across a broad value chain have to start working more collaboratively and sustainably...
15 Oct 2020
The buzz and excitement around the continent's trade agreement, hailed as the answer to a fully integrated pan-African economy, has undoubtedly slowed its pace since the secretariat became operational in April 2020...
Zuneid Yousuf 15 Oct 2020
The Direct Marketing Association of SA (DMASA) has published a complete list of over 130 finalists in the running for dozens of Assegai Direct and Integrated Marketing Awards...
Issued by DMASA 15 Oct 2020