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 | ALTHEA FARMER This Youth Month is one of the most significant South Africa has faced since 1976 and could mark a turning point in our history... read |
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| |  | Hasheel Tularam is a senior environmental scientist at SRK Consulting. He's passionate about protecting and preserving the natural environment and feels blessed to live in a country so full of natural beauty... Read |  | As South Africa looks to revive its economy, the predicted negative impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the South African job market is significant... Read |  | |
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| |  | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM This July #BizUnity Month will replace the former Mandela Month but, still, retain the same objectives - focusing on companies standing together for good! This is a prime opportunity for a sponsor to be seen to be standing up and together for SA business... Read |
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| Climate Change |
 | HENK SA An important window of opportunity exists during the development of South Africa's Covid-19 recovery plans to drive a simultaneous transition to a sustainable, inclusive, resilient, just and resource-efficient society... Read |
| Education & Skills Development |
 | Launched on 18 June 2020, the IQbusiness Youth Progress Index (YPI) and Report 2020 is intended to generate a very deliberate conversation on the future prospects and prosperity for the youth of South Africa... Read |
 | KANYISA DIAMOND, ISSUED BY TRIALOGUE When the Covid-19 pandemic arrived on our shores earlier this year, Old Mutual's seven-year Education Flagship Project (OMEFP) had come to a close (in December 2019), and we were applying our minds to a new strategy for our CSI work in education... Read |
| Environment & Natural Resources |
 | THOMAS WIEDMANN, JULIA K. STEINBERGER, AND MANFRED LENZEN Would you like to be rich? Chances are your answer is: "Yes! Who wouldn't want to be rich?" Clearly, in societies where money can buy almost everything, being rich is generally perceived as something good... Read |
 | WIIDA FOURIE-BASSON Invasive alien species have emerged as one of the top five threats to biodiversity and ecosystems globally, yet only a handful of countries regard biosecurity measures as a priority... Read |
| Food, Water & Energy Security |
 | MONGEZI VETI The Covid-19 pandemic has taken us back to a time where the world didn't have poor air quality and greenhouse gases. As countries worldwide went into lockdown, a noticeable difference in our environment began to emerge. Read |
 | The arrival of Perdekraal East Wind Farm's main transformer marked a major milestone in the construction process... Read |
| Health & Welfare |
 | DIBUSENG MOTLOKOA AND LAURA MACFARLANE On 18 June 2020, the Gauteng High Court gave judgment declaring that eligible special permit holders, and asylum seekers with visas valid on 15 March 2020 can access the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant... Read |
| Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice |
 | While the field of engineering has historically been the preserve of men, that's changing rapidly... Read |
 | BENJAMIN ROBERTS The Freedom Charter, the document that became the blueprint for a free South Africa, turns 65 this year... Read |
 | TERRENA RATHANLALL South Africa is into the third month of lockdown and many entrepreneurs still don't know if they will be able to reopen their businesses when the lockdown is over. However, this hasn't stopped them from opening their hearts and wallets to those in need. Read |
| Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology |
 | ISSUED BY SAICA Here's how the country benefits when you rethink your CSI donation strategy to focus on the UN's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of improving access to quality education, with a particular focus on the role of technology at a time when we need it most... Read |
| Investment & Philanthropy |
 | Pep Stores has kickstarted the initiative with a R1m contribution... Read |
| Pollution & Waste Management |
 | PAULA-ANN NOVOTNY AND GILLIAN NIVEN On 19 June 2020, Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, finalised the next set of regulatory mechanisms applicable to the Carbon Tax Act, 2019 (the Act)... Read |
| Africa |
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 | VILLE RIMALI It is no longer arguable that the energy transition integrating renewable energies into the grid is a reality that is unfolding globally... Read |
 | BIRUK TERREFE Urban investments across the African continent are at an all-time high. Yet the nature of these investments differs starkly across cities.... Read |
 | YAP BOUM Ebola, a viral haemorrhagic fever of humans and other primates, has become endemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The country has had 10 outbreaks in 40 years and has recently declared the 11th... Read |
| International |
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 | The Republic of Korea's Damyang Bamboo Field Agriculture System, a traditional farming system in Damyang, has been recognised as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System... Read |
| Business |
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 | GEOFF PLIMMER, DIEP NGUYEN, ESME FRANKEN, STEPHEN TEO Having had to rapidly adjust to working from home due to Covid-19, many people are now having to readjust to life back in the office... Read |
 | The Jobs Fund together with Black Umbrellas has shifted its focus to deliver inclusive support for SA startups through virtual and in-house support... Read |
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 | SIYABONGA MBANJWA The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the operating environment for both the public and private sectors as a result of the unprecedented lockdowns and restrictions put in place by countries to curb infections... Read |
