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 | The fourth annual Henley & Partners Global Citizen Award is now open for nominations... read |
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 | Farren Collins From building alien spaceships on the set of the film District 9 to setting up his own hydroponic system at home, innovator Pierre "Pops" Pretorius always had an idea floating around in his head... read |
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 | The number of people fleeing crop failures, droughts and rising sea levels will grow drastically over the next three decades if world governments do not intervene... read |
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 | Issued By Shift Social Development The second annual Africa Shared Value Summit, taking place on 24-25 May, will play host to some of the brightest business stars from across the African continent... read |
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 | Issued By Enterprises University of Pretoria What started out as an Enterprise Development (ED) initiative in 2014 has produced exponential results for BT Conglomerate... read |
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 | Katherine Dafforn, Ana Bugnot, Eliza Heery, Marian Population growth has seen skylines creep ever higher and entire cities rise from ocean depths... read |
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 | Caroline Cox Calls from conservation groups for a strong line and a near total ban on the sale of ivory were strengthened last week when 32 African nations... read |
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 | According to four landmark reports released last week, biodiversity continues to decline in every region of the world... read |
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 | Issued By Enterprises University of Pretoria This year, National Water Week was observed on 17-23 March under the theme "Water is Life - 20 Years of Water Delivery for Social and Economic Development"... read |
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 | Sabine Dall'Omo Rapid urbanisation across the continent is having an effect on water demands and it is estimated that by the year 2030, the world will need 40% more water than its current accessible, reliable supply... read |
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 | Aidan Jones A "safe space" for homeless people at the Culemborg bridge in the Cape Town city centre should be operational in May 2018, according to JP Smith, mayco member for safety and security, and social services... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews There's been much outrage among the social media set this week - not just over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but also over the severe lack of knowledge of female tech leaders... read |
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 | Patrick Greene If the old adage is true and necessity is the mother of invention, then ingenuity must surely be the father... read |
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 | According to Mercer's 2018 Quality of Living Survey, Port Louis is the best city in Africa, ranking 83rd globally. The Mauritian city is followed by Durban (89), Cape Town (94) and Johannesburg (95)... read |
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 | An ultra-fine biodegradable film some 50,000 times thinner than a human hair could be enlisted to protect the Great Barrier Reef... read |
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 | Guy Rogers Only about half of the nearly R2bn raised through the plastic supermarket bag levy has been officially allocated to recycling... read |
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 | Kate Ferreira As more and more people flock to cities, the threat of environmental pollution and its associated health risks grow - conjuring images of swarms of people in pollution masks... read |
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 | Gambian environmental activists on Thursday, 22 March, removed a pipe dumping waste from a Chinese animal feed factory directly into the sea after months of complaints that it was a health hazard... read |
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 | Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is to visit Nigeria... read |
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 | Cari Coetzee The QSL Members Club will be an incubator for Africa's leading lights, an organic platform for ideas to be birthed, connections to be forged and for plans to be set in motion... read |
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 | The Stellenbosch University LaunchLab is inviting entrepreneurs to pitch their startup business ideas in multiple industries and stand the chance to win incubation support to the value of R50,000... read |
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