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The Umgeni River mouth is a popular recreation area in Durban, but is chronically polluted by sewage. Photo: Nokulunga Majola / GroundUp

Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through DurbanNokulunga Majola

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Change is coming to ESG disclosures in SA - what to expectDalit Anstey

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"New system" is needed to deal with natural disasters in SA

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Change is coming to ESG disclosures in SA - what to expect

By Dalit Anstey 2 days

Image: Flooding in Cape Town recently -

"New system" is needed to deal with natural disasters in SA

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Source: Wikipedia. Lithium chemicals, a transition mineral seen here in oil, is set to in demand by 700% by 2050, a growth that will be spurred on by the manufacture of electric vehicle batteries.

What banks are overlooking when financing mining for transition minerals in SA

3 May 2023

First biophilic building in Africa set to rise in Cape Town

First biophilic building in Africa set to rise in Cape Town

3 May 2023

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Slipper up this Slipper Day 2023

2 May 2023

Marketers, we love what you're doing... now you can #DoMore with sponsorship

Marketers, we love what you're doing... now you can #DoMore with sponsorship

Bizcommunity.com 2 May 2023

Tourism businesses encouraged to apply for Green Tourism Incentive Programme

Tourism businesses encouraged to apply for Green Tourism Incentive Programme

2 May 2023

Trialogue's Business in Society Conference focuses on GBV, education and the green economy

Trialogue's Business in Society Conference focuses on GBV, education and the green economy

Trialogue 2 May 2023

Sustainability in an unaffordable world

Sustainability in an unaffordable world

Human8 2 May 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners April 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners April 2023

Bizcommunity.com 2 May 2023

SA Harvest calls on logistics industry support to reduce food waste, hunger

SA Harvest calls on logistics industry support to reduce food waste, hunger

1 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Mary Rodgers, a virus hunter and scientist at Abbott who works with the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition.

#HIVToday: Abbott's top scientist speaks to staying one step ahead of a constantly mutating virus

Katja Hamilton 28 Apr 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo

Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

File photo: Quin Karala, 29, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda 4 April 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2023

Battle over plan for offshore drilling between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas rages on

Katja Hamilton 28 Apr 2023

#FarmingfortheFuture: RegenAg SA - Advancing regenerative agriculture for soil, human and planet health

#FarmingfortheFuture: RegenAg SA - Advancing regenerative agriculture for soil, human and planet health

Robin Fredericks 28 Apr 2023

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Report on national greenhouse gas published

28 Apr 2023

Global Citizen App 3.0 making social action daily habit for a more empowered world

Global Citizen App 3.0 making social action daily habit for a more empowered world

OnPoint PR 28 Apr 2023

Jacqueline Foster-Mutungu, partner at BCG, Johannesburg

Why increasing workplace 'Bliss' can slash attrition risk by 50%

26 Apr 2023

2023 Renewable Energy Challenge regional champs

26 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Ofentse Pitse is the first black South African woman to own and conduct an all-black orchestra. She kickstarted BrightRock's new podcast series.

BrightRock launches podcast series showcasing SA icons who have risen above poverty

26 Apr 2023

First RFP under Integrated Renewable Energy and Resource Efficiency Programme published

First RFP under Integrated Renewable Energy and Resource Efficiency Programme published

26 Apr 2023

Hariprasad Viswanathan, Head – Sub Saharan Africa at VFS Global

5 steps to embedding sustainability in your business

Hariprasad Viswanathan 25 Apr 2023

How 4IR technologies could enhance ESG performance among SA's mining companies

How 4IR technologies could enhance ESG performance among SA's mining companies

Sindy Peters 25 Apr 2023

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Just energy transition will need collaborative leadership to bring power to the people

Brian Eagar 25 Apr 2023

Bata SA backs The Litterboom Project's beach clean-ups

Bata SA backs The Litterboom Project's beach clean-ups

Bata 25 Apr 2023

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Introducing the Klein Karoo's all-new Mont Eco

24 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied.

UK social investment firm launches BrightFlag Healthcare

24 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Dean McLuckie, director at Euphoric Leisure.

Use of NFTs to disrupt travel-club models unveils alternative investment vehicle

24 Apr 2023

Supplied image: Theo Morkel, general manager of Transalloys with some of the 2022 bursary recipients who include Promise Kabi, Mduduzi Sivela, Njabulo Masilela, Yibanathi Ncongwane, Samukelo Hlabitha, and Mbali Mkhatshwa who al received a full study grant for their tertiary studies.

2023 Transalloys study grant programme launches

24 Apr 2023

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Have your say on proposals for renewable energy tax incentives

24 Apr 2023

Coronation rolls out 21 mobile libraries to disadvantaged schools this World Book Day

Coronation rolls out 21 mobile libraries to disadvantaged schools this World Book Day

Coronation 24 Apr 2023

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Marketers, we love what you're doing... now you can #DoMore with sponsorship

Marketers, we love what you're doing... now you can #DoMore with sponsorship

Bizcommunity.com 2 May 2023

Tourism businesses encouraged to apply for Green Tourism Incentive Programme

Tourism businesses encouraged to apply for Green Tourism Incentive Programme

2 May 2023

Trialogue's Business in Society Conference focuses on GBV, education and the green economy

Trialogue's Business in Society Conference focuses on GBV, education and the green economy

Trialogue 2 May 2023

Sustainability in an unaffordable world

Sustainability in an unaffordable world

Human8 2 May 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners April 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners April 2023

Bizcommunity.com 2 May 2023

SA Harvest calls on logistics industry support to reduce food waste, hunger

SA Harvest calls on logistics industry support to reduce food waste, hunger

1 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Mary Rodgers, a virus hunter and scientist at Abbott who works with the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition.

#HIVToday: Abbott's top scientist speaks to staying one step ahead of a constantly mutating virus

Katja Hamilton 28 Apr 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo

Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

File photo: Quin Karala, 29, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda 4 April 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2023

Battle over plan for offshore drilling between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas rages on

Katja Hamilton 28 Apr 2023

#FarmingfortheFuture: RegenAg SA - Advancing regenerative agriculture for soil, human and planet health

#FarmingfortheFuture: RegenAg SA - Advancing regenerative agriculture for soil, human and planet health

Robin Fredericks 28 Apr 2023

Image source: Kelly Lacy from

Report on national greenhouse gas published

28 Apr 2023

Global Citizen App 3.0 making social action daily habit for a more empowered world

Global Citizen App 3.0 making social action daily habit for a more empowered world

OnPoint PR 28 Apr 2023

Jacqueline Foster-Mutungu, partner at BCG, Johannesburg

Why increasing workplace 'Bliss' can slash attrition risk by 50%

26 Apr 2023

2023 Renewable Energy Challenge regional champs

26 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Ofentse Pitse is the first black South African woman to own and conduct an all-black orchestra. She kickstarted BrightRock's new podcast series.

BrightRock launches podcast series showcasing SA icons who have risen above poverty

26 Apr 2023

First RFP under Integrated Renewable Energy and Resource Efficiency Programme published

First RFP under Integrated Renewable Energy and Resource Efficiency Programme published

26 Apr 2023

Hariprasad Viswanathan, Head – Sub Saharan Africa at VFS Global

5 steps to embedding sustainability in your business

Hariprasad Viswanathan 25 Apr 2023

How 4IR technologies could enhance ESG performance among SA's mining companies

How 4IR technologies could enhance ESG performance among SA's mining companies

Sindy Peters 25 Apr 2023

Image source: Scott Betts –

Just energy transition will need collaborative leadership to bring power to the people

Brian Eagar 25 Apr 2023

Bata SA backs The Litterboom Project's beach clean-ups

Bata SA backs The Litterboom Project's beach clean-ups

Bata 25 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied.

Introducing the Klein Karoo's all-new Mont Eco

24 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied.

UK social investment firm launches BrightFlag Healthcare

24 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Dean McLuckie, director at Euphoric Leisure.

Use of NFTs to disrupt travel-club models unveils alternative investment vehicle

24 Apr 2023

Supplied image: Theo Morkel, general manager of Transalloys with some of the 2022 bursary recipients who include Promise Kabi, Mduduzi Sivela, Njabulo Masilela, Yibanathi Ncongwane, Samukelo Hlabitha, and Mbali Mkhatshwa who al received a full study grant for their tertiary studies.

2023 Transalloys study grant programme launches

24 Apr 2023

Image source: Singkham from

Have your say on proposals for renewable energy tax incentives

24 Apr 2023

Why traceability is key to a sustainable future in South African agriculture

Why traceability is key to a sustainable future in South African agriculture

Justin Platt 24 Apr 2023

Coronation rolls out 21 mobile libraries to disadvantaged schools this World Book Day

Coronation rolls out 21 mobile libraries to disadvantaged schools this World Book Day

Coronation 24 Apr 2023

Wesgro locks down R4.1bn in new direct investments for Cape Town and Western Cape

21 Apr 2023

Consortium sparks debate over intellectual property of mRNA vaccines manufactured in SA

Katja Hamilton 21 Apr 2023

Vaal River System stable, water users urged to adhere to water restrictions

Vaal River System stable, water users urged to adhere to water restrictions

21 Apr 2023

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Marietjie Brown 21 Apr 2023

The time to invest in our planet is now - International Mother Earth Day 2023

The time to invest in our planet is now - International Mother Earth Day 2023

Our Salad Mix 21 Apr 2023

Alice Aedy, Andrew Burgess, Jade Roche and Luke Jaque-Rodney. Source: Supplied

New Puma project gives young changemakers a seat at the sustainability table

20 Apr 2023

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What the new domestic violence laws mean for GBV prevention

Dakalo Singo 20 Apr 2023

The Good Report 2022 reveals top campaigns for sustainability

20 Apr 2023

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Can behavioural science stop climate change?

19 Apr 2023

Saint-Gobain shares findings of first International Sustainable Construction Barometer

Saint-Gobain shares findings of first International Sustainable Construction Barometer

19 Apr 2023

Ask Afrika supports SAHARA's efforts at preventing substance abuse

Ask Afrika supports SAHARA's efforts at preventing substance abuse

Ask Afrika 19 Apr 2023

File Photo: An LGBT activist wears a badge as he attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. 22 February 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner

For LGBTQ Kenyans, court win prompts backlash as threats escalate

Ayenat Mersie 18 Apr 2023

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