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ERICA ELK
In the face of increasingly tough systemic and complex challenges, there is an emerging global trend in the public sector towards using a design thinking approach to unlock new and innovative solutions... read
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ZYAAN DAVIDS ANTER
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EMMA LONGDEN
If you're wondering if sustainable fashion really does exist in South Africa, the answer is yes, but only on a small scale... Read
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EUGENE COETZEE
What role can tech startups play in helping to solve the unemployment crisis? The short answer is: in a greater capacity than you'd think... Read
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VERA VALASIS
In South Africa, many young people are looking for jobs and one wonders what jobs they had in mind... Read
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Food, Water & Energy Security
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The company hopes to roll solar power out to its production facility in the near future, further reducing its carbon footprint and its dependence on South Africa's power utility... Read
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MARK LACEY
The global energy transition is the transformation of the world's energy supply, away from polluting sources such as coal, oil and gas, and towards renewables. Potentially, this is a $120trn investment opportunity over the next 30 years... Read
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Health & Welfare
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Have a heart and wear a sole! That's the rallying call behind CHOC's new annual event Flip Flop Day, launching 14 February 2020... Read
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Inclusion, Equity & Human Rights
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Annual film award season is in full swing, swiftly tailed by the annual hashtags signifying lack of industry diversity. This year, in addition to #OscarsSoWhite there's been a focus on #DirectorsSoMale and renewed call to stand with the #TimesUp movement... Read
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Pollution & Waste Management
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Minister of Forestry and Fisheries and Environmental Affairs Barbara Creecy announced late last year that she would be starting an entirely new process under Section 18 to develop an industry-managed waste management plan, as opposed to a government-managed plan... Read
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Swiss food giant Nestlé plans to invest $2.1 billion to cut its use of virgin plastics in favour of food-grade recycled plastics, and accelerate the development of innovative sustainable packaging solutions... Read
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GANG CHEN
The solids from wastewater plants are usually dumped into landfills because they are contaminated with heavy metals. Now there is a way to remove the metals so the waste can be used as fertiliser... Read
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ETHAN D. COFFEL AND JUSTIN S. MANKIN
The Nile - the world's longest river - runs through 11 countries in Africa and has a basin that covers about 3 million sq kms, nearly 10% of the continent's landmass... Read
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DANESH RANCHHOD
It would be remiss to paint the African continent with one brush as many countries are at varying stages of their own macro and political cycles... Read
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ELLEN FUNGISAI CHIPANGO
Zimbabwe's economic challenges are numerous, but one of the most pressing is electricity scarcity. Around 40% of the country's population has access to electricity... Read
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Growth of the entrepreneurial sector is key to addressing South Africa's unemployment crisis, especially amongst the youth... Read
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On 6 January 2020, South Africans learned of the passing of Dr Richard Maponya, a legendary business icon and activist. Here are four leadership lessons we can learn from "the grandfather of black business"... Read
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This year will be an epic fight for survival for many businesses as numerous socio-economic factors come into play that will further their efforts... Read
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