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Youth Month
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When asking millennials about where they see themselves career-wise, many will reveal their dream of owning their own businesses... Read
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This June, a historic aviation challenge will take place as 20 South African teenagers embark on a Cape to Cairo - and back - excursion in a self-assembled Sling-4 aircraft that uses ordinary motor fuel and was built in only three weeks. Read
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CSI & Sustainability
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Set for 15 August at the Atterbury Theatre in Pretoria, this year's In Good Company Conference will be celebrating the 'Art of Business'... Read
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Climate Change
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Largely fousing on reducing its carbon emissions to mitigate climate change, there is a more urgent need in South Africa to now adapt to the climate change impacts that are already taking place... Read
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Environment & Natural Resources
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According to a new study of birdlife in South African cities, birds prefer wealthy areas to poorer ones but will move out if things get too cramped... Read
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Inclusion, Equity & Human Rights
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Held at its regional office in Baywest, Port Elizabeth, Sanral recently hosted a roundtable discussion with the South African Women in Construction to deliberate on how the roads agency can further advance interests of women in the construction industry... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is officially underway, with awards being announced nightly from 17 to 21 June 2019. But keep your eyes peeled until the end, as The Glass Lion for Change, announced in the final ceremony of the week, is one of the most hotly contested awards - here's why we're hoping to see Caster Semenya and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka shine... Read
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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology
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BERTRAND DE LA BORDE
Should renewable energy developers invest in vocational training? Job creation? Home repair? The answer, based on best practice in emerging markets around the world, is unequivocally yes... Read
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Pollution & Waste Management
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ALVIN ORBAEK WHITE
The big problem with plastics is that though they last for a very long time, most are thrown away after only one use... Read
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On 11 June 2019, the Botswana High Court ruled in favour of the case of LM vs the Attorney General of Botswana that challenged the constitutionality of the Botswana Penal Code, which criminalised same-sex sexual conduct between consenting adults... Read
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"To integrate Africa, bring down the walls," African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina urged at the 2019 AfDB Annual Meetings Open in Malabo... Read
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ANDREW SKIPPER
Africa can take advantage of the modern 'Scramble for Africa' as Brexit and the ratification of AfCFTA come into play... Read
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A new application round has opened for the R12.8-million CDI Growth Fund to boost SME growth and job creation. Read
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RISHAL BIPRAJ
Amendments to the Competition Act were published in the Government Gazette in February 2019. These are, however, not yet in force pending the publication of a date to be proclaimed by the President. Some of the more prominent changes to the Act are as follows... Read
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