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How Cape Town's water crisis could make people sick

Bob Mash, Hassan Mahomed and Shrikant Peters

Day Zero, when the four million people living in Cape Town run out of water, is becoming a real possibility...read
CSI & Sustainability
Here's how the Lotto money is spent

Roxanne Joseph and Raymond Joseph

The National Lottery Commission (NLC) has been granting non-profit organisations, non-government organisations, public benefit trusts, schools and communities funding since 2002... read
Climate Change
Tackling climate change in the month of love (and all year round)

Kim Wainer

Issued By Shift Social Development

This month, we're highlighting businesses showing their love for planet Earth through strategically-implemented shared value. It's time for businesses to take responsibility and make climate action a priority... read
IPAF 2018 uplifts community with nature themed street art

Robin Fredericks

Dubbed "We need nature", this year's IPAF focused on creating awareness around climate change, which affects everyone in the world. Through this message, IPAF hopes to alter behaviours toward nature... read
When climate comes unhinged, we need to re-think how to build our cities

Dagmar Haase

In late January 2018, Paris seemed to be drowning... read
Education & Training
Current drought in Cape Town urges Peninsula School Feeding Association (PSFA) to change menu

Issued By Peninsula School Feeding Association

The current drought and resulting water crisis have started to impact school children in a very direct way; their school feeding... read
Ajuga Creche Aid - Equipping unprivileged children for the new school year

Issued By Cipla

The idea of the Ajuga Creche Aid campaign is to pack 2,000 shoeboxes of back-to-school goodies or people can donate a shoebox and then have these delivered to the children that attend the Ajuga ECDs and creches... read
Local youth to benefit as Sappi launches skills centre in Umkomaas

Issued By Sappi

Sappi is investing in a skills centre that focuses on empowering the Umkomaas community with skills that will enable them to seek meaningful employment or create small enterprises... read
R17.5m raised in 2018 Cape Wine Auction
Held at Rustenberg Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, this year's Cape Wine Auction has raised R17.5m for education in the Cape winelands... read
Environment & Natural Resources
WBeauty range first to bear RSPO sustainable palm oil certification in SA
Woolworths has launched South Africa's first locally-made, WBeauty soap range bearing the certification logo of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil... read
Food, Water & Energy Security
KFC pilots renewable energy in Port Elizabeth
Quick service restaurant chain KFC has taken its first steps into the energy conservation space by announcing its first solar energy restaurants in Port Elizabeth... read
CTICC working toward water neutral events with water-wise initiatives, reduced consumption
As the City of Cape Town has instituted Level 6B water restrictions, The Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) has been working with clients and event organisers to ensure that major upcoming events don't place further pressure on water resources... read
SodaStream joins petition calling for Coca-Cola to reveal Cape water sources
Drinks company SodaStream South Africa has joined the call to action urging Coca-Cola to develop a plan to ensure Cape Town residents have access to water... read
The power of education through a drought crisis

Sifiso Mazibuko

World-renowned Kenyan environmental activist and Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai once wrote, "There comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness . . . that time is now"... read
#SONA2018: Nation called to conserve water amid protracted drought
With a national state of disaster having been declared in three provinces, newly elected President Cyril Ramaphosa has appealed to the nation to continue to intensify efforts to use water wisely... read
Inclusion & Equality
Still a ways to go for gender equality underground
Women are participating more actively in the South African mining industry compared to 15 years ago... read
#FairnessFirst: Making modern movies in 2018

Leigh Andrews

While movies have been mainstream for more than a hundred years, diversity behind the lens has been more than a little lacking - hello 2018's top trending TV and cinema industry hashtags, #TimesUp and #OscarsSoWhite... read
Khulisa Social Solutions partners Thuli Madonsela Foundation in social justice campaign
Walk in My Shoes is a collaborative social justice campaign run by its partners the Khulisa Social Solutions, the Thuli Madonsela Foundation and PJ Powers, and is set to launch on 20 February, coinciding with the World Day of Social Justice... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Semi-transparent solar cells: a window to the future?

Matthew Wright and Mushfika Baishakhi Upama

Can you see a window as you are reading this article? read
Africa
Drought forces Mozambique capital to ration water
Mozambique authorities last week introduced water rationing to more than a million residents in the capital Maputo due to a severe drought... read
Concerted campaign helps women in Kenya's flower industry get a better deal

Lara Bianchi

Women form an estimated 75% of workers at production level in Kenya and have seen some positive improvements in their employment conditions and rights over the years. But it hasn't been an easy journey... read
Business
Kenya seeks to bridge trade deficit with Morocco
The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce & Industry is seeking to bridge the trade deficit between Kenya and Morocco and grow trade between the two countries... read
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