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 | Cari Van Wyk It's necessary for smallholder farmers in Africa to innovate and form partnerships with organisations that can help them do so. In this, the farmers of Nakuru county has... read | |  | Sindy Peters Infrastructure Africa will this year showcase some of Africa's mega projects... read | |
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 | The 2016 Fellows for the Rockefeller Foundation Global Fellowship Program on Social Innovation were recently announced... read |
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 | Sindy Peters According to Joanne Yawitch, CEO of the National Business Initiative (NBI), the first step in the path to sustainable development is to acknowledge that there is only one economy... read |
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 | Nicci Botha Day 2 of African Utility Week looked at the cornerstones of sustainable development - energy, water and food security - and how they need to developed in unison to achieve the ambitious goals of COP21,,. read |
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 | Sindy Peters Thomas Kolster is the founder of the Copenhagen-based Goodvertising Agency. Through Goodvertising, he is challenging the way we do business and advertising. read |
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 | In the Johannesburg of the future, jerseys could become clothing of a bygone era as summer temperatures will prevail for at least half of the year... read |
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 | A recipient of a St Mary's Foundation bursary in Grade 10, Phumzile Hlongwane matriculated from the institution in 2015... read |
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 | With 5,7 million South Africans of working age unemployed, teaching budding entrepreneurs the skills they need to grow their business is becoming a necessity... read |
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 | SADSTIA and WWF-SA have teamed up to improve the management of at least 12 non-target fish species that are caught alongside hake... read |
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 | Reuben Maigwa The SADC Regional Vulnerability Assessment estimates that an alarming 16% of the region's population are food insecure... read |
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 | McCain South Africa recently arranged a surprise lunch for the elderly and children living at Nazareth House. McCain also donated R20,000 to the organisation, which is not only an old age home and a children's home but also a hospice... read |
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 | Leila Patel The question of gender equality in social welfare policies is a topic that remains under-developed in social welfare theory and policy thinking in the Global South. This is true even though it is increasingly receiving attention in the North... read |
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 | Cari Van Wyk Fairtrade SA recently hosted a topical discussion on sustainable certification in South Africa. We spoke to one of the panelists, Jonathan Robinson, director of Bean There Coffee... read |
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 | Estelle Ellis Controversial fracking in a vast area of the Eastern Cape could become a very real possibility if politicians get their way. A R16m study that shows shale gas could be found all the way from Bhisho to Cradock is being used to push for fracking. read |
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 | Sindy Peters The R14bn Blue Rock Village development will comprise 1000 luxury residential apartments built on 40 hectares of land... read |
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 | Charlotte Mathews By midyear, 47 renewable energy projects are expected to be delivering about 7,000MW of power to SA's electricity grid, representing about R194bn in private investment... read |
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 | Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has launched the long-awaited acid mine drainage (AMD) long-term solution that promises to improve the water supply to the nation's economic hub... read |
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 | Hermann Erdman We are all aware of the importance of insurance and most people have cover to replace material possessions once lost, but it seems no-one has considered an insurance plan for the environment... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg The key problem in business is that while technology changes, business processes don't... read |
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