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 | Nicci Botha One of the key threads that emerged from Mining Indaba 2016 is the need for mining companies to engage all stakeholders - especially local communities - as partners in their endeavours... read |
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 | Research indicates that companies with high levels of employee engagement enjoy a significant increase in productivity and general well-being, which leads to increased profitability and stability for their company... read |
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 | Sindy Peters The technology used to produce renewable energy has advanced by leaps and bounds over the last 10 years, providing a greater output at lower costs. Energy storage, on the other hand, has been a persistent bugbear. LiGE believes it has the answer... read | |
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 | Cape Town's online Integrated Waste Exchange (IWEX) service has recently been upgraded. The free online system serves as a platform to connect residents in possession of excess waste material with others who have good use for it... read |
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 | Machine-to-machine (M2M) technology could affect energy, agriculture, asset tracking and retail payments sectors across Africa, where it will not only improve efficiencies but also reduce costs... read |
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 | Lyn Snodgrass University students have scored some massive victories since "fees must fall" entered South Africa's lexicon... read |
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 | Jessica Taylor The annual Clover Mama Afrika Smarties Week, Clover's flagship CSI programme, took place in Johannesburg last week, from Sunday, 31 January to Friday, 5 February, including an awards evening for rewarding the mamas' previous years' work and commitment to their respective communities... read |
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 | ABI Bottling has launched its fifth academic centre, in partnership with IkamvaYouth, in Mahikeng in the North West at Danville Secondary School... read |
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 | To biologists' surprise, an eagle population living in a South African landscape dominated by agriculture appears to be thriving read |
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 | The Sandton Convention Centre will host CITES CoP17 from 24 September to 2 October 2016. It will be the fourth CITES CoP meeting held in Africa since 1975... read |
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 | Roger Metcalfe In the vastness of our universe water is as rare as life. A miracle element without which life could not exist... read |
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 | CapeNature's Kogelberg, Robberg and Goukamma Nature Reserves have been awarded the ECO Certification by Ecotourism Australia... read |
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 | The Environment Committee of the Chemical and Allied Industries' Association (CAIA) held its inaugural monthly meeting on 28 January 2016... read |
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 | The Khusela Ikhaya Project, launched by social entrepreneurs Justin Zietsman and Ashley Stemmett of Transception, aims to prevent rapid spreading shack fires through the use of a specifically formulated intumescent (fire retardant) paint applied to informal dwellings... read |
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 | A 40% decrease in donations from the private sector, exacerbated by a decrease of 11% in government subsidies last year, are some of the stark challenges facing the Orion Organisation... read |
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 | The Metal Recyclers Association (MRA) has made a submission to the International Trade Administrative Commission of South Africa (ITAC), opposing amendments to the pricing preference system (PPS) guidelines on the exportation of ferrous and non-ferrous waste and scrap... read |
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 | The South African mining industry has now for the first time a viable solution to develop and implement abatement plans for problematic off-the-road (OTR) tyres... read |
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 | Helen Dagut The Department of Environmental Affairs published two draft notices, most recently in January 2016, in which priority air pollutants have been declared, in terms of the Draft Carbon Tax Bill, 2015... read |
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 | The Department of Environmental Affairs and its partners recently conducted the Biogas Report which examines the potential biogas has as a source of transport based on the relevant waste sources in the country... read |
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 | Hilde Herman, of EES Africa, says renewable energy - in the form of biogas generated from anaerobic digestion - has not nearly reached its full potential in South Africa... read |
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 | Zimbabwe on Tuesday appealed to local businesses and charities for $1.5bn (€1.4bn) aid to save more than a quarter of the population from starvation due to drought... read |
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 | In this world, you ultimately receive exactly what your inward authentic self truly feels you deserve, no more and no less. Building your profile in business is very much about building your profile in life... read |
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