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MIRIAM C. DOBSON AND JILL L. EDMONDSON
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Climate Change
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LAURIE WRIGHT
We're all too aware of the consequences of plastics in the oceans and on land. However, beyond the visible pollution of our once pristine habitats, plastics are having a grave impact on the climate too... Read
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Education & Training
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First launched in South Africa in 2017, Mastercard's inquiry-based STEM programme Girls4Tech has so far reached more than 400,000 girls (ages 8-12) in 25 countries... Read
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The PG Group (PG) has heeded President Cyril Ramaphosa's call to create new work opportunities for the country's vast number of unemployed youth... Read
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Environment & Natural Resources
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MUCHAZONDIDA MKONO
For decades, the public has been fed the myth that trophy hunting is absolutely necessary for sustainable conservation in Africa... Read
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DR LOUISE DE WAAL
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana categorically denies that his government would ever cull elephants, contradicting the Parliamentary Report proposing culling... Read
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Food, Water & Energy Security
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ANDY DU PLESSIS
South Africans recently celebrated their 25th Freedom Day. In many respects we have come a long way as a nation. And yet, we are behind in so much development and the slow progress means that we are ultimately failing our citizens... Read
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NICCI BOTHA
Energy Minister Jeff Radebe's vague promise that South Africa's long-overdue energy blueprint, the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), will be "concluded imminently" did, however, clearly indicate that coal would still play a prominent role in the country's energy mix... Read
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DALIA SAAD
When it comes to developing technological solutions to the world's problems, social processes matter as much as the scientific ones... Read
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Health & Welfare
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DHESIGEN NAIDOO
The demographic dividend, new production revolution, shifting wealth patterns, accelerated urban transition and climate change and the green economy are the megatrends that will influence this continent's future... Read
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ISSUED BY LEXISNEXIS
Preparations for Professor Thuli Mandonsela's Trek4Mandela climb up Mount Kilimanjaro in August took a stride forward with her Masterclass on the Rule of Law in Durban on 17 May... Read
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Cynthia Germanotta, Alisson Becker and Dr Natália Loewe Becker have been appointed goodwill ambassadors of the World Health Organisation to champion global health... Read
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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology
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ALICESTINE OCTOBER
A team of students from Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya walked off as the inaugural winners of the African Utility Week and PowerGen Africa conference and exhibition's first Initiate! Impact Challenge... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
While a growing number of international brands are waking up to the promise of Africa as a valuable market for luxury goods, Montblanc has been steadily growing its presence on the continent for close to 30 years... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
We chat with Grey Jabesi, an entrepreneur, Blockchain enthusiast, cryptocurrency evangelist, analyst, and investor based in Africa.... Read
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SALONA NAIDOO AND GABI WOJTOWITZ
Welcome to the future, where a continent once cast in darkness has come into the light... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Humanitarian emergencies often strike without warning, destroying lives and livelihoods within a matter of seconds. In the immediate aftermath, the challenge for those responding is to know where to start... Read
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Marking the start of its plan to cut 100 million single-use plastics by end-2020 and eliminate 75% of the airline's waste by end-2021, Qantas launched a commercial flight this month producing no landfill waste... Read
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NIKI J P ALSFORD
Japan is aiming to host the first Olympic Games powered solely by renewable sources... Read
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Applications are open for start-ups interested in participating in a four-month high-impact business accelerator programme, run by the British Council in partnership with Seed Academy and the Social Enterprise Academy... Read
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