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SB'16 Cape Town speaker lineup announced
Sustainable Brands Cape Town has announced its speaker lineup for SB'16 Cape Town. The over 100 speakers will lead discussions into how to innovate brands for sustainability.... read


CSI & Sustainability
Nation Builder launches Good Giving Benchmarking Tool
Nation Builder, a Muthobi Foundation initiative, aims to equip and enable businesses to have a positive impact on South Africans through effective corporate social investment (CSI) giving... read
March of the brand managers

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Next month on Bizcommunity we're very excited to be revealing to you the people behind some of your favourite and award-winning brands. Those unsung heroes responsible for the custodianship of brands - the brands you do business with, work for and love... read



Climate Change
Africa's population growth poses greatest climate change threat
More than half of global population growth between now and 2050 is expected to occur in Africa... read



Education & Training
30,000 children reached in Spur CSI programme
Since its inception in 2005, the Spur Soccer Masidlale Programme, a tool for instilling essential life skills into young lives, has reached more than 30,000 children within historically disadvantaged areas... read
Coega Development Corporation to upgrade Eastern Cape schools
Projects totalling more than R1bn for infrastructure facilities to 71 schools throughout the Eastern Cape are being managed by the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) on behalf of the Eastern Cape Department of Education (DOE)... read
PaySpace sponsors skills development of coders
PaySpace, a provider of cloud-based payroll and human capital management (HCM) solutions, is supporting the software engineering institution WeThinkCode_ who are changing the career path of coders... read
Environment & Natural Resources
Air Shepherd UAVs support rhino protection efforts
The Air Shepherd unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) project was recently launched in the Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife reserves to support rhino protection efforts... read
SANParks CEO to serve second term on UN body
CEO of South African National Parks (SANParks) Fundisile Mketeni has been elected to serve a second term as a bureau member of the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES)... read
Tourism industry urged to save water
With water resources in the Western Cape under immense pressure, directly impacting the tourism industry, FEDHASA Cape has designed a responsible tourism mandate... read
Red Bus goes hopping mad this leap year
This year, you will not only get to explore the Mother City, but you'll be making a contribution to the conservation of the critically endangered Table Mountain ghost from... read
Food Security
Santam donation to boost drought-stricken farmers
Santam has donated R2 million to help boost the embattled agriculture sector and alleviate the financial hardships commercial and emerging farmers are facing... read
Health & Welfare
Building kits issued to Imizamo Yethu residents affected by fire
128 building and relocation kits have been issued to families who lost their homes during the Imizamo Yethu fire which occurred over the weekend. According to the City of Cape Town, the fire has affected approximately 700 residents... read
Inclusion & Equality
LexisNexis reinstates partnership with Women's Legal Centre
In honour of World Day of Social Justice, commemorated annually on 20 February, LexisNexis South Africa has reinstated a partnership with the Women's Legal Centre, (WLC), a non-profit law centre that seeks to achieve equality for women - particularly black women... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Acsa to start with solar power at six regional airports
Acsa would invest about R90m over the next 12 months in installing solar photovoltaic panels at six of its smaller regional airports to contain electricity costs... read
Will self-driving cars reduce energy use and make travel better for the environment?

Zia Wadud

I started learning driving only three years ago, and - inevitably - failed my first test. Naturally, I was disappointed: but then it occurred to me that I could avoid the whole issue, if only I could get my hands on a driverless car... read
Solar first for George
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters officially launched Africa's first solar-powered airport in George on Friday, 26 February... read
Cabinet approves Renewable Energy Development Zones
Cabinet has approved the gazetting of eight Renewable Energy Development Zones (REDZ) and five Power Corridors, which will assist South Africa with its electricity challenges... read
Pollution & Waste Management
Cape Town waste site converts plastic to oil
The Kraaifontein Waste Management site in Cape Town has a public waste drop-off facility, a materials recovery facility, a refuse transfer station and a green waste chipping area... read
Waste water treatment plants show improvement
The Department of Water and Sanitation has commended the improvement of over 198 waste water plants in municipalities during the 2014 Green Drop assessment period... read
Sustainable Development
South Africa leads with green building projects
New research has revealed that green building is forecast to double globally by 2018... read
International
Decline of bees, other pollinators, threatens crop output
Populations of bees, butterflies and other species important for agricultural pollination are declining, posing potential risks to major world crops... read
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Africa
TFG empowers Namibian youth with NAD$1m
On Friday, 26 February, The Foschini Group (TFG) will announce their donation of NAD$1,000,000 towards SOS Children's Villages Namibia... read
More Africa
New events to diarise
Conservation Lab - 30 Apr 2016 to 2 May 2016, Cape Town
The Conservation Lab is the world's first un-conference dedicated to conservation, where key players in the conservation game will come together to crowd-source solutions and inspire innovation. Read more >>



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


Corporate Social Investment Training
Siyakhula Trust - 8 Mar 2016 to 10 Mar 2016, Johannesburg


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