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Dr Imtiaz Sooliman (right) with Dr Christian H. Kälin (right)
Dr Sooliman receives global award
Founder of the Gift of the Givers Foundation, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, has been awarded the Global Citizen Award... read
CSI & Sustainability
South Centre, FAO partner to address South-South challenges
South Centre, FAO partner to address South-South challenges
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, together with the South Centre, aims to help countries of the Global South eliminate hunger and malnutrition... read
Circular Economy
Waste tyres: from landfills to a commodity
Waste tyres: from landfills to a commodity
Mbheki Mjikayo, REDISA depot manager in Ferrobank, ensures that waste tyres in Mpumalanga are diverted from landfills and turned into new commodities... read
For Black Girls Fashion Trade launched in Philippi
For Black Girls Fashion Trade launched in Philippi
The For Black Girls Fashion Trade launch took place at the GSB MTN Solution Space in Philippi Village on Friday, 4 November 2016... read
Climate Change
Fossil fuel emissions have stalled: Global Carbon Budget 2016
Fossil fuel emissions have stalled: Global Carbon Budget 2016

Pep Canadell, Corinne Le Quéré, Glen Peters, and R

For the third year in a row, global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry have barely grown, while the global economy has continued to grow strongly. This level of decoupling of carbon emissions from global economic growth is unprecedented... read
President Trump could kill the Paris Agreement - but climate action will survive
President Trump could kill the Paris Agreement - but climate action will survive

Luke Kemp

November 9 will likely become the day that the Paris Agreement died, but not when the goal of limiting warming to 2? slipped out of reach... read
National Treasury tables carbon tax report
National Treasury tables carbon tax report
National Treasury has published a carbon tax modelling report that provides an assessment of the impacts of the proposed carbon tax policy... read
Eskom's heel dragging on renewable PPAs not economically motivated
Eskom's heel dragging on renewable PPAs not economically motivated
Eskom's refusal to sign PPAs with renewable energy suppliers flies in the face of the National Development Plan framework.... read
Education & Training
Cape Town woman brings coding skills to marginalised communities
Cape Town woman brings coding skills to marginalised communities
A local woman who launched a project in partnership with SAP and Google, trained over 1,000 young people in basic coding skills... read
Kantar launches Kantar Public to serve government and public sector clients
Kantar launches Kantar Public to serve government and public sector clients

Issued by Kantar TNS

New global brand Kantar Public will work with clients in government, development organisations and commercial businesses to advise in the delivery of public policy, public services and public communications... read
Environment & Natural Resources
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R1bn to rehabilitate wetlands
The Department of Environmental Affairs' Working for Wetlands Programme has invested R1bn into the rehabilitation of 1200 wetlands and created 25,000 job and much needed training since 2004... read
Amarula launches online campaign against elephant poaching
Amarula launches online campaign against elephant poaching
Amarula has partnered with Wildlife Direct, based in Kenya, to create awareness around conservation of the African elephant, as experts predict extinction of the species by 2030... read
FedGroup CEO, Grant Field
FedGroup disrupts wealth creation model

Danette Breitenbach

With the launch of its direct ownership network, the FedGroup has, in a world first, harnessed tech innovation for wealth creation... read
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Reserves released to boost Vaal Dam
Water is being released from the country's reserves at Sterkfontein Dam into the Vaal Dam... read
Health & Welfare
David Grier to run 1,100km in 20 days to bring 10 smiles to 10 children - The Power of 10 challenge
David Grier to run 1,100km in 20 days to bring 10 smiles to 10 children - The Power of 10 challenge

Issued by Cipla

Cipla Foundation, Cipla SA's social enterprise division, is planning an adventure which will see endurance athletes David Grier and Andrew Stuart running 1,100 kilometres over a period of 20 days with the aim of raising R110,000 over this period for the Cipla Miles for Smiles initiative... read
Advice from Rentokil on how to control mosquitoes and flies after heavy rain
Advice from Rentokil on how to control mosquitoes and flies after heavy rain

Issued by Rentokil Initial

As Gauteng residents experience flash flooding due to heavy rainfall, Rentokil warns of the impact residual standing water can have on fly and mosquito infestations... read
Infrastructure and Technology
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German International School Cape Town runs on 100% solar energy and feeds into the grid
A school is Cape Town is now running totally off the grid and is in fact feeding excess power into city's electricity supply... read
Sunflare develops the world's first stick-on solar paneling
Sunflare develops the world's first stick-on solar paneling

Lindsay Samson

The new ultra-thin solar wallpaper can be applied to just about anything... read
A green path to industrialisation
A green path to industrialisation

Kingsley Ighobor

For environmentalists and development experts, green is not just a colour, it also refers to activities that benefit the environment - the careful use of the earth's finite resources... read
SUNWORX Solar receives Frost & Sullivan Award
SUNWORX Solar receives Frost & Sullivan Award
SUNWORX Solar has been recognised with the 2016 South African Frost & Sullivan Award for Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership... read

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Pollution & Waste Management
UCOOK aims to ensure zero waste
UCOOK aims to ensure zero waste
Online dinner kit delivery service UCOOK, in ensuring that packaging is recycled or leftover food is redistributed, is tackling waste in two ways... read
Business
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State of Capture and the Eskom CEO

Nicci Botha

Eskom CEO, Brian Molefe, has resigned just days after the State of Capture report was released... read
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