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SINDY PETERS
CRSP dsgn is one of this year's five beneficiaries of the 5 For Change black tie event set for Saturday, 27 October, at The Station in Newtown, Joburg. read
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Climate Change
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JESSICA EISE AND KENNETH FOSTER
World hunger has risen for a third consecutive year, according to the United Nations' annual food security report. The total number of people who face chronic food deprivation has increased by 15 million... Read
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RICHARDS MUNANG AND ROBERT MGENDI
Ratifications are moving ahead, if slowly, on the newly signed AfCFTA - the world's largest free trade agreement (with the most member countries) since the founding of the World Trade Organization... Read
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Education & Training
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ISSUED BY UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Social impact bonds are ideally suited to emerging markets and have the potential to reduce costs and improve service delivery say experts from the UCT GSB Bertha Centre... Read
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The 1000 Women Trust and its partners have launched a new fully furbished women's ICT centre at the Saartjie Baartman Centre in Cape Town... Read
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Environment & Natural Resources
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The rhino were among a group of six black rhino translocated to Chad from South Africa earlier this year... Read
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HANNAH MUMBY
Prince William recently spoke at one of the largest illegal wildlife summits ever held in London. He said, "Poaching is an economic crime against ordinary people and their futures." Read
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JOHN YELD
In a last-minute move, the government is attempting a new strategy to push through a coal mine in a formally protected Mpumalanga wetland area... Read
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While there has not been any major regression in the past two years, according to the scorecard, there are still many areas of concern... Read
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Food, Water & Energy Security
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ISSUED BY ONPOINT PR
International advocacy organisation Global Citizen has announced that Siya Kolisi will become an advocate for the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100... Read
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Currently, 14 million South Africans are at risk of going hungry every day, but like many other countries, South Africa over-produces food... Read
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Health & Welfare
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DOMINIC WILKINSON
A video recently doing the rounds on Facebook included a segment from the BBC comedy quiz show QI. The video asks which of avocados, almonds, melon, kiwi or butternut squash are suitable for vegans... Read
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Inclusion, Equity & Human Rights
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MARY K. FEENEY
One of the 2018 Nobel Prizes in physics went to Donna Strickland, a major accomplishment for any scientist. Yet much of the news coverage has focused on the fact that she's only the third female physicist to receive the award... Read
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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology
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In this day and age, building 'green' should be the norm rather than the exception, however, misconceptions on green building 'tax' still seem to hinder the decision... Read
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ISSUED BY M&C SAATCHI ABEL
M&C Saatchi Abel has led a consortium that has won a bid to design a new precinct for Nelson Mandela Bay to honour Madiba's contribution to South Africa... Read
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