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 | Sindy Peters Brownies & Downies, an offshoot of non-profit organisation Our Second Home, aims to upskill intellectually disabled young adults with training in the hospitality sector... read | |
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 | Cormac Farrell In nature, failures become fossils and survivors are the pinnacle of proven patterns and sustainable strategies for success... read |
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 | Monday, 18 April 2016, marked the official start of construction of the Delft Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre of Excellence... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach Over the next year, Google will train one million young Africans in digital skills across the continent... read |
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 | The Melrose Arch business and shopping centre in Johannesburg has donated 100 running metres of vinyl sheets in the form of billboards to DeskBags, a non-profit organisation dedicated to creating mobile desk solutions for underprivileged children in South Africa... read |
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 | Charlotte Mathews Woolworths took top honours in a ranking of the commitments of SA's five biggest retailers to renewable energy compiled by environment lobby group Greenpeace Africa, while rival Shoprite Group was last... read |
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 | The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners have launched guidance material on how recreational diving can protect fragile marine biodiversity threatened by growing coastal tourism and support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development... read |
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 | Mozambique's Inhaca archipelago has become the most popular cruise destination in Southern Africa, with MSC Cruises bringing in excess of 72,000 tourists to the islands during its latest summer cruise season alone... read |
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 | Gareth Haysom and Jane Battersby Urban agriculture is widely promoted as the solution to the growing problem of urban food insecurity in South Africa and in Africa more broadly... read |
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 | Green Monday South Africa is an easy, flexible and fun way to make a positive difference by encouraging people to eat and serve plant-based meals on Mondays... read |
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 | A promising opportunity for reaching smallholder farmers in developing countries with crops that can help them respond to challenges such as climate change and malnutrition... read |
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 | The Institute for the Blind in Worcester in the Western Cape has changed its name to Kaleidoscope, marking the institute's 135-year history and its new focus as a commercially viable entity... read |
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 | Thebe Tourism has donated R50,000 towards the restoration of Lungi's B&B in Khayelitsha near Cape Town... read |
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 | Issued by Adopt-a-School Adopt-a-School Foundation has launched its new Health, Sanitation and Sexual Education Programme at Ndukwenhle High School in Umlazi... read |
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 | The Heideveld all-female roads repair team is the fourth to be appointed by the City of Cape Town and is part of the Women at Work Programme... read |
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 | Khulekani Magubane South Africa has the highest number of highly skilled women professionals of any African country who are emigrating to other countries because of limited career opportunities at home... read |
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 | South Africa's asset management industry - which currently stands at an estimated R4tn with the listed portion being R2.3tn - should translate into a lot more investment in social and economic infrastructure in order to further boost economic development... read |
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 | Issued by Alive2Green This year's Sustainable Energy Seminar takes place on 1-2 June as part of Sustainability Week 2016 at the CSIR Convention Centre in Tshwane... read |
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 | Cari Van Wyk We spoke to Magnus Rambraut about how digitizing the industry can... read |
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 | The latest round of facilitating the transfer of climate technologies in East Africa forum took place from 5-7 April in Nairobi, Kenya... read |
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 | Robin Hayes Mid-2016 is the target date for the release of South Africa's regulation for the energy performance certificates for buildings, which will move the country forward in line with international best practice in energy conservation and monitoring... read |
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 | Issued by National Lotteries Commission The National Lotteries Commission has reopened applications for the funding of projects in the Miscellaneous Sector as of April 2016... read |
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 | Nicci Botha Tiguidanke Camara swopped the glitz and glamour of the modelling world to make a difference in the mining industry in her native Guinea and beyond... read |
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 | The Glass Recycling Company (TGRC) has launched a new television advertisement which aims to ensure South Africans view waste glass as a precious product - even more valuable when recycled... read |
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 | Travellers are looking for ways to get more involved and give back during their travels - be it choosing the most environmentally friendly mode of transport or volunteering... read |
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