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SA Harvest receives R1m from H&M South Africa for the fight against hunger

SA Harvest receives R1m from H&M South Africa for the fight against hunger

Learn and win with Children vs. Champions e-waste recycling campaign

Learn and win with Children vs. Champions e-waste recycling campaign

The river that flows out to sea at Margate’s main beach is fed with up to 7-million litres of effluent per day from a failing sewage treatment plant about 1.8km upstream. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

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Greenside learner’s innovation scoops first prize at provincial competition

Fortinet releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

Fortinet releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

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UCT students have set up about 10 tents with Palestinian flags and banners near the main plaza in solidarity with similar movements at universities like Wits and in the United States. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

UCT students set up camp in solidarity with Palestinians

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#IGC2018: Disruption in the workplace and the importance of corporate citizenship

#IGC2018: Disruption in the workplace and the importance of corporate citizenship

Dr Graeme Codrington 10 Sep 2018

Slide 161 of Youth Report (2018). UCT Unilever Institute of Strategic Marketing & Instant Grass International.

#YouthReport2018: The SA jobseeker's catch-22, micro-privileges and the rise of 'adulting'

Leigh Andrews 10 Sep 2018

Why Botswana is no longer a safe haven for elephants

Ross Harvey 10 Sep 2018

KwaMashu hostel residents fed up with city's neglect

KwaMashu hostel residents fed up with city's neglect

Nomfundo Xolo 10 Sep 2018

Applications open for third cycle of Richard Rogers Fellowship

Applications open for third cycle of Richard Rogers Fellowship

10 Sep 2018

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#YouthReport2018: Generation jobless and the high inequality economy

Leigh Andrews 7 Sep 2018

Get ready to dress up to the nines for #5ForChange

Get ready to dress up to the nines for #5ForChange

Sindy Peters 7 Sep 2018

Five ways to help your child harness the power of reading at home

Five ways to help your child harness the power of reading at home

Coronation 7 Sep 2018

Study: Amplats workers and communities still losing out

6 Sep 2018

Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

Thembela Ntongana 6 Sep 2018

GreenCape, FNF to host water innovation contest in Cape Town

6 Sep 2018

How solar kits and battery lamps are replacing kerosene across Africa

Jörg Peters 6 Sep 2018

Standard Bank turns #GoodFollowsGood into stationery

Standard Bank turns #GoodFollowsGood into stationery

6 Sep 2018

It's too soon to call 3D printing a green technology

It's too soon to call 3D printing a green technology

Reid Lifset, Martin Baumers, and Timothy Gutowski 5 Sep 2018

Bonang Mohale, CEO, Business Leadership South Africa

#IGC2018: Business and the future of our nation

Bonang Mohale 5 Sep 2018

Dell EMC digitalises the Boks for Books initiative

Dell EMC digitalises the Boks for Books initiative

5 Sep 2018

300,000kg of surplus food donated through KFC Harvest programme

300,000kg of surplus food donated through KFC Harvest programme

5 Sep 2018

City's Maiden's Cove development under fire

City's Maiden's Cove development under fire

Sophia Wilhelm 4 Sep 2018

GTIP adds water measure support to the hospitality industry

GTIP adds water measure support to the hospitality industry

4 Sep 2018

Shoprite to stage cleanup events across Africa on World Cleanup Day

Shoprite to stage cleanup events across Africa on World Cleanup Day

4 Sep 2018

Heavy rainfall recently devastated large swathes of Kerala, India. Prakash Elamakkara/EPA

Nature's whims cause water crises. Its infrastructure can stop them

Karen Villholth 4 Sep 2018

KZN Rotary Club looks to education to help break cycle of poverty

KZN Rotary Club looks to education to help break cycle of poverty

3 Sep 2018

Transitioning to a circular economy in the South African water sector

Transitioning to a circular economy in the South African water sector

Dr John Ngoni Zvimba 3 Sep 2018

#IGC2018: Innovative thinking and jobs for the youth in South Africa

#IGC2018: Innovative thinking and jobs for the youth in South Africa

Tashmia Ismail-Saville 3 Sep 2018

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#FairnessFirst: Be your own biggest cheerleader

Leigh Andrews 3 Sep 2018

Hatch wins award for Tugela River Pedestrian Bridge project

Hatch wins award for Tugela River Pedestrian Bridge project

31 Aug 2018

Conference highlights the power of business to positively impact society

Conference highlights the power of business to positively impact society

31 Aug 2018

Female corporate leaders make firms less likely to fall foul of environmental laws

Female corporate leaders make firms less likely to fall foul of environmental laws

Chelsea Liu 31 Aug 2018

Water access may be more important than electricity for sub-Saharan Africa

Water access may be more important than electricity for sub-Saharan Africa

Louise Grogan and Tselmuun Tserenkhuu 31 Aug 2018

AfriGIS upholding Madiba's legacy in comforting the lives of women and children

AfriGIS upholding Madiba's legacy in comforting the lives of women and children

AfriGIS 31 Aug 2018

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A villager arrives to collect her monthly allocations of food aid provided by the World Food Program (WFP) in Mumijo, Buhera district east of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, 16 March 2024. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

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#YouthReport2018: Generation jobless and the high inequality economy

Leigh Andrews 7 Sep 2018

Get ready to dress up to the nines for #5ForChange

Get ready to dress up to the nines for #5ForChange

Sindy Peters 7 Sep 2018

Study: Amplats workers and communities still losing out

6 Sep 2018

Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

Thembela Ntongana 6 Sep 2018

GreenCape, FNF to host water innovation contest in Cape Town

6 Sep 2018

How solar kits and battery lamps are replacing kerosene across Africa

Jörg Peters 6 Sep 2018

Standard Bank turns #GoodFollowsGood into stationery

Standard Bank turns #GoodFollowsGood into stationery

6 Sep 2018

It's too soon to call 3D printing a green technology

It's too soon to call 3D printing a green technology

Reid Lifset, Martin Baumers, and Timothy Gutowski 5 Sep 2018

Bonang Mohale, CEO, Business Leadership South Africa

#IGC2018: Business and the future of our nation

Bonang Mohale 5 Sep 2018

Dell EMC digitalises the Boks for Books initiative

Dell EMC digitalises the Boks for Books initiative

5 Sep 2018

300,000kg of surplus food donated through KFC Harvest programme

300,000kg of surplus food donated through KFC Harvest programme

5 Sep 2018

City's Maiden's Cove development under fire

City's Maiden's Cove development under fire

Sophia Wilhelm 4 Sep 2018

GTIP adds water measure support to the hospitality industry

GTIP adds water measure support to the hospitality industry

4 Sep 2018

Shoprite to stage cleanup events across Africa on World Cleanup Day

Shoprite to stage cleanup events across Africa on World Cleanup Day

4 Sep 2018

Heavy rainfall recently devastated large swathes of Kerala, India. Prakash Elamakkara/EPA

Nature's whims cause water crises. Its infrastructure can stop them

Karen Villholth 4 Sep 2018

KZN Rotary Club looks to education to help break cycle of poverty

KZN Rotary Club looks to education to help break cycle of poverty

3 Sep 2018

Transitioning to a circular economy in the South African water sector

Transitioning to a circular economy in the South African water sector

Dr John Ngoni Zvimba 3 Sep 2018

#IGC2018: Innovative thinking and jobs for the youth in South Africa

#IGC2018: Innovative thinking and jobs for the youth in South Africa

Tashmia Ismail-Saville 3 Sep 2018

Image Gürcan Yurt © –

#FairnessFirst: Be your own biggest cheerleader

Leigh Andrews 3 Sep 2018

Hatch wins award for Tugela River Pedestrian Bridge project

Hatch wins award for Tugela River Pedestrian Bridge project

31 Aug 2018

Conference highlights the power of business to positively impact society

Conference highlights the power of business to positively impact society

31 Aug 2018

Female corporate leaders make firms less likely to fall foul of environmental laws

Female corporate leaders make firms less likely to fall foul of environmental laws

Chelsea Liu 31 Aug 2018

Water access may be more important than electricity for sub-Saharan Africa

Water access may be more important than electricity for sub-Saharan Africa

Louise Grogan and Tselmuun Tserenkhuu 31 Aug 2018

AfriGIS upholding Madiba's legacy in comforting the lives of women and children

AfriGIS upholding Madiba's legacy in comforting the lives of women and children

AfriGIS 31 Aug 2018

#DontLetThemDisappear: A world without elephants

#DontLetThemDisappear: A world without elephants

Sindy Peters 30 Aug 2018

Photo: Mujahid Safodien

Civil organisations challenge new coal inclusion in IRP

30 Aug 2018

South Africa's university students face a crisis: nearly a third go hungry

Stephen Devereux 30 Aug 2018

Women in Architecture workshop challenges profession to go 'Beyond the Binary'

Women in Architecture workshop challenges profession to go 'Beyond the Binary'

29 Aug 2018

Three ways making a smartphone can harm the environment

Three ways making a smartphone can harm the environment

Patrick Byrne and Karen Hudson-Edwards 29 Aug 2018

Designer turned ethical artistic jeweller, Charmaine Taylor. Image supplied.

#WomensMonth: Pass on wisdom and knowledge and support local businesswomen

Juanita Pienaar 29 Aug 2018

Why waste management should be a part of your hospitality strategy

Why waste management should be a part of your hospitality strategy

28 Aug 2018

Directors' duties in respect to mitigating, adapting to risks of climate change

28 Aug 2018

Faithful to Nature Eco Awards to celebrate pioneering green brands

Faithful to Nature Eco Awards to celebrate pioneering green brands

28 Aug 2018

KAP sani2c implements partnership model in assisting local communities

KAP sani2c implements partnership model in assisting local communities

28 Aug 2018

People who see men and women as fundamentally different are more likely to accept workplace discrimination

People who see men and women as fundamentally different are more likely to accept workplace discrimination

Cordelia Fine and Nick Haslam 28 Aug 2018

FoodForward's new digital platform unlocks real potential of foodbanking

FoodForward's new digital platform unlocks real potential of foodbanking

28 Aug 2018

Women in construction under the spotlight at Cidb breakfast

Women in construction under the spotlight at Cidb breakfast

27 Aug 2018

New WWF report warns of undervaluing the 'hidden' benefits of rivers

New WWF report warns of undervaluing the 'hidden' benefits of rivers

27 Aug 2018

Adriana Marais, head of innovation at SAP Africa

A sea of data - but not a drop to drink

Adriana Marais 27 Aug 2018

Women-owned businesses in the spotlight

Women-owned businesses in the spotlight

27 Aug 2018

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