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JOANNE VAN DER WALT
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
A group of social entrepreneurs just emerged from the first Oribi Village Food System Incubation Programme... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Mielie Mailer is a lifestyle-driven enterprise that seeks to help humans make better choices for themselves and for the planet... Read
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CSI & Sustainability
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
What's in the box? Hint, prepare for some seriously dark matter, like 50% or more off promo hampers of Biz top-story exposure products that will put your competition in the shade... Read
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ISSUED BY ONPOINT PR
Incarceration Nations Network in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation hosted an interactive panel discussion unpacking to various stakeholders the problems associated with the current correctional services system... Read
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South Africa has an estimated 120,000 registered non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and anywhere between 50,000 and 70,000 unregistered bodies. The constant battle for financial survival... Read
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Climate Change
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CLAUDIA VICKERS
Synthetic biology lets us explore places where evolution has never gone, to help meet humanity's food needs in a future shaped by climate change... Read
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Education & Training
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TAKREEM EL TOHAMY
The fourth industrial revolution is underway and it is shaping up some of the most significant opportunities and challenges of our lifetime... Read
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Environment & Natural Resources
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
In an effort to decrease the impact of waste tyres on the environment, Mzokhona Maxase developed tyre shine and shoe polish, which uses a waste by-product of the tyre recycling process known as char... Read
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Food, Water & Energy Security
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As South Africa's energy sector transitions from high dependency on coal for electricity production to clean energy sources such as wind and solar PV, there are several growth opportunities that can be realised in the economy... Read
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Inclusion, Equity & Human Rights
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The One Club launches Right The Ratio Summit addressing gender equality... Read
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MARC LUBNER
16 Days of Activism is an annual international awareness campaign that starts on 25 November and ends on 10 December, which is also Human Rights Day... Read
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ISSUED BY CYRIL RAMAPHOSA FOUNDATION
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, an independent public benefit organisation, has opened the doors to its public art exhibition, titled "On Main Road", to contribute uniquely to the national discussion on inequality... Read
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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology
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YIXIA (SARAH) ZHANG, KHIN SOE, AND YINGYING GUO
Concrete is the most widely used man-made material, commonly used in buildings, roads, bridges and industrial plants... Read
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PREMESHIN NAIDOO
Innovative solutions such as active network sharing, tax incentives and new technology deployment can be the solution to achieving feasible rural connectivity in South Africa... Read
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Hosted annually by TUHF Limited, the Inner City Property Conference took place late last month at the Sunnyside Hotel in Parktown, Johannesburg. Outgoing mayor of Johannesburg Herman Mashaba was among... Read
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Pollution & Waste Management
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The University of Johannesburg's Senzo Mamba is one of eight young architects from top South African universities receiving a Corobrik Regional Architecture Award... Read
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Twenty women researchers from 15 countries in the Sub-Saharan African region were recently awarded in the 2019 Young Talent Awards as part of the L'Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science programme... Read
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Tree-Nation, a global reforestation platform, is tackling climate change in four African countries, with tree plantation projects in Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar and Burkina Faso... Read
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UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Ahmed Shaheed recently released a comprehensive report on the global rise of anti-semitism... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
An all-female AfricaCom panel discussed the fact that the backbone of a truly digital economy is hyper-connectivity. While M-Pesa is still celebrated a decade after it disrupted the way money works on the continent forever, digital inclusion remains a problem. How do we scale innovation, yet leave no-one behind? Read
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NSBC, in association with World Famous Events, announced South Africa's 'Top 20' winners of the 2019 South African Small Business Awards... Read
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