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 | SINDY PETERS Celebrating its 16th year in operation, Clover Mama Afrika earlier this year revealed its new logo - a refreshment of its corporate identity that serves to reinforce its African roots while celebrating its strong, fearless 'mamas'... Read |
| Climate Change |
 | Heineken has stated a new ambition to decarbonise its production by 2030 and its full value chain by 2040... Read |
| Education & Skills Development |
 | DR EDWARD K. BROWN Covid-19 has created enormous disruptions in the lives of African youth. Millions of young people have had their learning put on hold for the better part of a year... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SAPPI At a small function held at the Sappi Shaw Research Centre in Tweedie near Howick on 13 April 2021, the Department of Education, represented by the HOD Dr Enock Nzama, received 3,000 boxes of Sappi Typek for distribution to schools in KZN... Read |
| Environment & Natural Resources |
 | A plan to mitigate the environmental impact of LandCare projects has been published by the minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PLANET META On our educational platform, consumers are rewarded with a piece of the Planet Meta business for learning about our environmental impact and acting responsibly in this narrative of life on Earth... Read |
| Green Economy |
 | ISSUED BY GREENCAPE The Solar Impulse Foundation has announced that they have officially reached the goal of assigning the Efficient Solutions Label to 1,000 profitable cleantech solutions from around the world... Read |
| Health & Welfare |
 | ISSUED BY ONPOINT PR President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged his support for Global Citizen's Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, to draw attention to the need to vaccinate, end Covid-19 and kickstart a global economic recovery... Read |
| Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice |
 | In partnership with the Embassy of the Netherlands, the University of Kwazulu-Natal's (UKZN) Centre for Creative Arts will present the inaugural Artfluence Human Rights Arts Festival from Wednesday, 5 May to Saturday, 8 May 2021. The festival will be held online and focus on arts, constitution and democracy. Read |
| Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology |
 | The Center for Regenerative Design and Collaboration South Africa (CRDC SA) has won a Dow Business Impact Fund Award worth $100,000... Read |
| Investment & Philanthropy |
 | Restonic SA has donated pillows and beds valued at R60,000 in total to 300 frontline healthcare workers at Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital to help them get better sleep... Read |
| Pollution & Waste Management |
 | Nike has launched a new refurbishment programme in the US that accepts returns for pre-worn footwear, which is then refurbished and cleaned to be resold at Nike stores at a discount... Read |
 | The topic of sustainable textile development will be discussed by a panel at the upcoming Zone 22 Rotary Africa Centennial International Conference... Read |
 | GARYN RAPSON, PAULA-ANN NOVOTNY AND EMMA BLEEKER Government's rationale for extending the EPR scope is predominantly informed by the historic approach which has been at play in the market until now, under voluntary industry-driven schemes... Read |
 | Woolworths is expanding its 'plastic shopping bag free' policy to 52 more stores and has announced the replacement of plastic packaging with kraft packaging in 'Ripe and Ready' avocados... Read |
| Africa |
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 | The Women of Music Business (Womb) is set to launch a new 'masterclass' training programme in partnership with Sony Music Africa. The training programme aims to support women working in the African music industry... Read |
 | SEBASTIAN STERL For several years, political tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have been escalating in a conflict over the near-complete Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd)... Read |
 | DALINDYEBO SHABALALA The world has a Covid-19 vaccine access problem: Almost half of all doses administered so far have been in Europe and North America, while many poorer countries have vaccinated less than than 1% of their populations... Read |
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 | The AA predicts that if the global fuel price and Rand stay on a similar trajectory until the end of the month, there's a chance of a fuel price decrease for May... Read |
 | The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has recommended the pause on the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine be lifted... Read |
 | NUNU NTSHINGILA Ways of working that go back decades were dismantled overnight in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold of the world. South Africa was no exception... Read |
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