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HARALD WINKLER AND ANDREW MARQUARD
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CSI & Sustainability
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Terms such as "environmentally friendly", "organic", and "natural" or "pure" are popping up on marketing campaigns across the world... Read
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HUGH TYRRELL
The recent passing of Tom Mclaughlin, who first led the Woolworths Good Business Journey has been a shock to all who came to know his warmth and wisdom... Read
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Climate Change
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LOTFI BELKHIR
Rarely does mention of the pharmaceutical industry conjure up images of smoke stacks, pollution and environmental damage... Read
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According to Andrew Howard, head of sustainable research at Schroders, a sharp rise in electric car sales and an increase in public concern towards climate change have helped in further slowing the pace of global warming... Read
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Education & Training
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The Youth Employment Service has launched two new business partnerships at the Kago Yes4Youth Community Hub in Tembisa, the first step to fulfilling its next development goal of becoming a commercial centre... Read
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JESSICA TENNANT
This National Child Protection Week (CPW), Google South Africa and Media Monitoring Africa hosted a roundtable putting a spotlight on the importance of online safety for children... Read
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The clay horse towers over its creator. A life-sized artwork, it embodies the natural prowess of the galloping animal. Vincent Da Silva's sculptures are testament to his deft handiwork... View
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Environment & Natural Resources
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A new study from Stellenbosch University shows that the unregulated harvesting of timber, bark and poles from indigenous forests in the Eastern Cape is having a negative impact on bird diversity... Read
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The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) has confirmed the presence of a population of Riverine Rabbits in Baviaanskloof... Read
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ISSUED BY PRIVATE PROPERTY SOUTH AFRICA
In the spirit of energy month, we've got a few useful tips for reducing your carbon footprint at home... Read
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Even from the middle of South Africa, a young Hanli Prinsloo could hear the seaside calling her... View
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Food, Water & Energy Security
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Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe, has granted a welcome deviation from South Africa's existing power generation licensing regulations that allows additional power to be fed into the local grid... Read
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DR SHAFICK ADAMS
Every day we make observations to inform our decisions - whether it is taking your loved one's temperature to establish if they have a fever or checking your fuel gauge or range on your vehicle's display. It provides us with the comfort of knowing and decision-making information... Read
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Inclusion, Equity & Human Rights
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LEIGH ANDREWS
With #ChildProtectionWeek observed from 2 to 9 June and #YouthMonth underway, what better time to put the focus on how to more ethically report on violence against children? Here's my second report back from Media Monitoring Africa and the UCT Children's Institute media workshop on 22 May at the Doubletree Hilton... Read
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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology
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A high-level panel featuring President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan, Prime Minister Josai Vorege Bainimarama of Fiji, and Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed of Yemen recently shared ideas on innovation in cities in front of a packed audience at the first UN-Habitat Assembly... Read
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THOMAS WOLFGANG THURNER
The way energy is produced and distributed is changing rapidly as the industry moves away from carbon-based energy production... Read
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Pollution & Waste Management
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The Department of Environmental Affairs has welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal in the matter involving the validity of a Compliance Notice issued to Interwaste... Read
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SAMUEL AYOKUNLE OLOWOSEJEJE
Lengthy power cuts are pretty much a daily experience in Nigeria. The country's epileptic power supply has been identified by businesses as the second biggest obstacle to doing business in the country, after a lack of access to finance... Read
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YAW DWOMOH
"Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter..." Read
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JÁNOS BESENYO
Russia has never had an African colony. It stayed out of the scramble for Africa, only engaging with African states in the 19th Century. Read
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BILL WINTERS
The clock is ticking on climate change. We currently have more greenhouse gases in our atmosphere than at any time in human history... Read
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