Best festive wishes
Thank you for being part of Bizcommunity this year. We hope you will remain a part of our local, African and global business communities in 2016.
December is considered a quiet time for business news, nevertheless we will keep you updated with daily stories across our industries throughout the festive season. This is our last newsletter for 2015, our first editions for 2016 will be ready for delivery on Monday, 4 January.
Here's hoping you are surrounded by everything you hold dear and valuable this holiday season and may peace and goodwill be upon you all.
Best festive wishes,
Team Bizcommunity
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 | A new United Nations report presented at the Paris climate meeting states that the recognition of a direct link between climate change and human rights is an important step towards protecting the fundamental rights of communities across the planet... read |
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 | Research by NEPAD through the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme shows that climate change effects are becoming more frequent... read |
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 | Graeme Palmer The Treasury has published the Draft Carbon Tax Bill for public comment by 15 December 2015... read |
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 | The Water Research Commission (WRC) says it is important to ensure that the South African water sector is strategically well positioned to respond to a changing climate and its effects... read |
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 | Transnet National Port Authority (TNPA)'s General Purpose Rating Class of 2015 has just completed a four week bridging course... read |
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 | Trudie Nichols South Africa's 'blue economy' seeks to utilise the country's oceans to develop the mining, agriculture, tourism and transport sectors, however there are legislative and regulatory uncertainties attached to this plan... read |
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 | South Africa is experiencing droughts, heatwaves and unseasonably cold weather, and so, recognising the crucial role played by trees in absorbing greenhouse gases... read |
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 | Nikki le Roex As of August 27, 2015, 749 rhinos had been killed in eight months in South Africa alone... read |
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 | In an effort to promote household food security, agricultural and agri-processing company Tongaat Hulett, in partnership with the KZN Department of Agriculture and Rural Development... read |
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 | The Wings for Life World Run returns to South Africa on 8 May 2016, and for the first time, local participants will run from SuperSport Park in Centurion, Pretoria... read |
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 | JPS Africa has acted as the country office for Jhpiego, an international, non-profit health organisation, affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University, and dedicated to improving the health of women and families... read |
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 | To raise funds for Operation Smile and Saving Survivors, the Cipla Foundation is planning the Man vs Beast adventure... read |
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 | Gilad Isaacs The million-dollar question at the heart of the proposed introduction of a national minimum wage in South Africa is its potential impact on the economy... read |
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 | Renewable energy and smart technology are changing the way power and water utilities operate and deal with their customers... read |
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 | MCB Group has invested, via MCB Equity Fund, in Partnering Technologies, a French high-tech printing and robotics business run by Ramesh Caussy, the Mauritian inventor of Diya One... read |
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 | South Africans can save significant sums by investing in an electric vehicle... read |
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 | PiA Solar has mounted one million solar panels in less than three years since the company was founded, with the company claiming to be the first in Africa to do so. read |
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 | David Richard Walwyn There has been a rapid decline in the costs of solar and wind power, to such an extent that both technologies are now cheaper than nuclear or coal... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Eight African startups and organisations have been named among the 2015 Nominet Trust 100 (NT100), a global celebration of the most inspiring uses... read |
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 | The Water Research Commission (WRC) has joined forces with a number of influential organisations to explore future collaboration in the field of global research and transfer (RT) commercial opportunities... read |
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 | The first Africa-EU Symposium on Renewable Energy Research and Innovation will be held in Tlemcen, Algeria from 8-10 March 2016... read |
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 | Daniel Shin Human power used to be all the rage. 150 years ago, products that relied on human energy such as the bicycle, pedal-powered lathe or sewing machine could be found in most households... read |
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 | Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Africa, has achieved a six-star rating for its Nobelia Office Tower in Kigali, Rwanda... read |
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 | Daryl Blundell For small businesses, the festive season might be their busiest time or an opportunity to regroup for the New Year. Here are eight ways to make the most of the holidays... read |
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