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The 'green-tech' future is a flawed vision of sustainability
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CSI & Sustainability
New vehicle keeps charity mobile
The Amadea Safe House is celebrating their new Toyota Avanza donated by Toyota South Africa Motors... read more>>
SABC and ONE.ORG launch Strong Girl campaign
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and international advocacy organisation, ONE.ORG, have joined forces to kick off the Strong Girl campaign... read more>>
Collect-a-Can's initiative generates income for unemployed
Collect-a-Can's 'Cash for Cans' initiative enables thousands of unemployed people to generate a much-needed income stream for themselves and their families from the collection of empty cans... read more>>
GMSA Foundation wins prestigious Govan Mbeki Award
The Fairview Link housing project initiated by the General Motors South Africa (GMSA) Foundation recently scooped the coveted Govan Mbeki Award when it was named best Social Housing Project in South Africa... read more>>
Education & Training
R1m windfall for Lavender Hill school library and hall
Levana, an impoverished primary school in Lavender Hill, has received a gift of R1m to build a library and school hall... read more>>
Environment & Natural Resources
IHG partners the Water Footprint Network
InterContinental Hotels Group has announced the appointment of global water-use experts, the Water Footprint Network, to develop a worldwide water stewardship programme for IHG... read more>>
Call to support Clean-up South Africa Month
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) promotes a clean and healthy environment and encourages all South Africans to do their part in preserving the natural splendour during September, which is Clean-up South Africa Month... read more>>
First MESA Forum to be held in Kenya
The first Monitoring for Environment and Security in Africa (MESA) Forum will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 31 August to 4 September 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel... read more>>
WWF-SA concerned about government's INDC to the UNFCCC
WWF South Africa has expressed its concern about the vague and defensive position taken by the South African government in its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the 21st United Nations Climate Change Negotiations Conference (UNCCNC)... read more>>
Food Security
Crop farmers challenged by drought and climate change

Zhann Meyer

With just months to go until the upcoming maize planting season, climate change and the memory of one of the worst droughts in decades during 2015... read more>>
Health & Welfare
RAF to plant trees at provincial hospitals
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has partnered with Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA) to plant trees at all provincial hospitals in South Africa which house RAF's 98 Hospital Service Centres... read more>>
Grey Africa stands with Stan

Issued by Grey

Stand with Stan is a non-profit organisation created to provide access to prosthetics for amputees that do not have the means to purchase their own, or may have very bad prosthetics which could be doing more harm than good... read more>>
Infrastructure and Technology
Conference to re-energise Africa
The upcoming International Renewable Energy Conference (IREC) is expected to re-energise Africa by finding solutions to accelerate the global scale-up of renewable energy... read more>>
Sport
School soccer coach wins top women's sports award
Tsogo Sun Soccer Academy Coach Londiwe Hlatswayo has taken her winning streak up a notch and won the gsport Volunteer of the Year Award... read more>>
International
Index Awards announces five winners

Katie de Klee

At the award ceremony, held in Copenhagen on 27 August 2015, the five winners of the 2015 biennial Index Awards were announced. The Awards celebrate designs that address serious modern challenges... read more>>
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Business
LinkedIn is the new business card

Leigh Andrews

The problem with networking in real life is that you can't just click and connect, as business cards get bulky while you work your way through the room. That's why it's better to incorporate online networking into your offline meets... read more>>
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Corporate Social Investment Masterclass
Litha Communications - 28 Sep 2015 to 29 Sep 2015, Johannesburg

Earth Expo 2016
Capital 5 Consulting - 3 Mar 2016 to 6 Mar 2016, Johannesburg

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Carrol Boyes Charity Open Day 2015
Carrol Boyes Pty Ltd. - 3 Sep 2015 to 5 Sep 2015, Melrose

CHOC Masquerade Ball
CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation - 4 Sep 2015, Johannesburg

Netcare CanSurvive 5km fun walk
CoAlliance - 6 Sep 2015, Sandton

XIV World Forestry Congress
African Agenda - 7 Sep 2015 to 11 Sep 2015, Durban

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