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UCT receives R400m donation to construct Nelson Mandela Memorial Centre

UCT receives R400m donation to construct Nelson Mandela Memorial Centre

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Awaiting NWRIA Bill sign-off: Focus on sustainable water management

Green cement would be a climate win for the globe. Source: Engin Akyurt/Pexels

Cambridge researchers break new ground in green cement

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UCT receives R400m donation to construct Nelson Mandela Memorial Centre

UCT receives R400m donation to construct Nelson Mandela Memorial Centre

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Shoprite, Checkers, Woolworths take action to assist victims of severe weather

Shoprite, Checkers, Woolworths take action to assist victims of severe weather

Evan-Lee Courie 9 Apr 2024

Residents queue to collect water, as temperatures soar during an El Nino-related heatwave and drought affecting a large part of the country, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 7 March 2024. Reuters/KB Mpofu/ File Photo

March marks yet another record high in global temperatures

Kate Abnett 9 Apr 2024

Selim Kaymak, CEO of Alpha Resources

Sustainable mining is a profit and planet balancing act

Selim Kaymak 9 Apr 2024

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Is the new minimum wage sustainable... for employees?

9 Apr 2024

Woolworths trials the removal of plastic barrier bags

Woolworths trials the removal of plastic barrier bags

8 Apr 2024

How can companies invest in whole school development?

How can companies invest in whole school development?

Trialogue 8 Apr 2024

Farmers work at a cocoa farm in Daloa, Ivory Coast, 3 October 2023. Reuters/Ange Aboa/File Photo

EU will not delay deforestation law, environment chief says on Ivory Coast visit

Ange Aboa 8 Apr 2024

Nampak Liquid Cartons and Woodlands Dairy launch a tethered cap carton

Nampak Liquid Cartons and Woodlands Dairy launch a tethered cap carton

8 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied.

Bulletproof park proposed in gang-hit Mitchells Plain

8 Apr 2024

Botswana should be praised for its conservation efforts, not chastised by Germany

Botswana should be praised for its conservation efforts, not chastised by Germany

North-West University (NWU) 5 Apr 2024

Nedbank, African Greeneurs join forces to empower 20 young agripreneurs

Nedbank, African Greeneurs join forces to empower 20 young agripreneurs

5 Apr 2024

Philippi Village founder Bushra Razack wins prestigious Forty Under 40 Africa Award

Philippi Village founder Bushra Razack wins prestigious Forty Under 40 Africa Award

5 Apr 2024

MES opens a new safe space for the homeless in Durbanville

MES opens a new safe space for the homeless in Durbanville

MES (Mould Empower Serve) 4 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied.

To tackle poverty, Africa needs welfarist policies and people-centred development - Adesina

4 Apr 2024

Corobrik Rietvlei quarry

Corobrik denies coal mining ambitions amid environmental concerns

4 Apr 2024

Image: Supplied

R49.2m investment in new treated effluent pump station

4 Apr 2024

Source: Pixabay.

2024 must be the year of sustainable investment

Carl Roothman 3 Apr 2024

PwC study: Africa's food sustainability depends on greener production and waste reduction

PwC study: Africa's food sustainability depends on greener production and waste reduction

3 Apr 2024

Propelair’s Flush for the Future: Saving our planet is remarkably simple

Propelair’s Flush for the Future: Saving our planet is remarkably simple

Propelair SA 3 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied.

SA first: Liberty Two Degrees' retail portfolio achieves Net Zero waste certification

3 Apr 2024

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Namibia investigates surge in rhino poaching in Etosha park

Nyasha Nyaungwa 3 Apr 2024

The Future is Female: Reframing the future, recognising women's impact on society and the economy

The Future is Female: Reframing the future, recognising women's impact on society and the economy

Khensani Nobanda 2 Apr 2024

Source: © Isabella Mendes The Music Business Masterclass (MBM) has been launched by the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (Samro), in partnership with the Academy of Sound Engineering (ASE)

Samro and Academy of Sound Engineering launch Music Business Masterclass

2 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. In 2023, Debra Mallowah was appointed as Bayer’s first ever female lead in Africa for Crop Science, further reinforcing Bayer’s commitment to building a more equitable and diverse workforce.

Bayer inspires inclusion with launch of 2024 Women Empowerment Awards

2 Apr 2024

South African projects seize opportunity to tackle climate crisis and create jobs

South African projects seize opportunity to tackle climate crisis and create jobs

GreenCape 2 Apr 2024

Hatching happiness: BET Software’s Easter Egg Drive delivers smiles

Hatching happiness: BET Software’s Easter Egg Drive delivers smiles

BET Software 2 Apr 2024

Penguin chicks wait to be fed at South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds rehabilitation centre, where the centre has been incubating over 200 eggs of the endangered African penguin that were rescued from two penguin colonies, since the start of the year and they are soliciting donations by inviting people to "adopt an egg", in Cape Town, South Africa, 27 March 2024. Reuters/Esa Alexander

'Adopt a penguin egg' Easter campaign helps endangered African birds

Shafiek Tassiem and Tim Cocks 2 Apr 2024

PPRA, Rawson gift real estate franchises

2 Apr 2024

Lydia Shadrach-Razzino, Partner, Head of Corporate/M&A, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg

World Autism Awareness Day: Ensuring your neurodiverse colleagues feel like they belong

Lydia Shadrach-Razzino 2 Apr 2024

Marine protected areas safeguard more than ecology – they bring economic benefits to fisheries and tourism

Marine protected areas safeguard more than ecology – they bring economic benefits to fisheries and tourism

Mark John Costello 2 Apr 2024

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Shoprite, Checkers, Woolworths take action to assist victims of severe weather

Shoprite, Checkers, Woolworths take action to assist victims of severe weather

Evan-Lee Courie 9 Apr 2024

Woolworths trials the removal of plastic barrier bags

Woolworths trials the removal of plastic barrier bags

8 Apr 2024

How can companies invest in whole school development?

How can companies invest in whole school development?

Trialogue 8 Apr 2024

Farmers work at a cocoa farm in Daloa, Ivory Coast, 3 October 2023. Reuters/Ange Aboa/File Photo

EU will not delay deforestation law, environment chief says on Ivory Coast visit

Ange Aboa 8 Apr 2024

Nampak Liquid Cartons and Woodlands Dairy launch a tethered cap carton

Nampak Liquid Cartons and Woodlands Dairy launch a tethered cap carton

8 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied.

Bulletproof park proposed in gang-hit Mitchells Plain

8 Apr 2024

Botswana should be praised for its conservation efforts, not chastised by Germany

Botswana should be praised for its conservation efforts, not chastised by Germany

North-West University (NWU) 5 Apr 2024

Nedbank, African Greeneurs join forces to empower 20 young agripreneurs

Nedbank, African Greeneurs join forces to empower 20 young agripreneurs

5 Apr 2024

Philippi Village founder Bushra Razack wins prestigious Forty Under 40 Africa Award

Philippi Village founder Bushra Razack wins prestigious Forty Under 40 Africa Award

5 Apr 2024

MES opens a new safe space for the homeless in Durbanville

MES opens a new safe space for the homeless in Durbanville

MES (Mould Empower Serve) 4 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied.

To tackle poverty, Africa needs welfarist policies and people-centred development - Adesina

4 Apr 2024

Corobrik Rietvlei quarry

Corobrik denies coal mining ambitions amid environmental concerns

4 Apr 2024

Image: Supplied

R49.2m investment in new treated effluent pump station

4 Apr 2024

Source: Pixabay.

2024 must be the year of sustainable investment

Carl Roothman 3 Apr 2024

PwC study: Africa's food sustainability depends on greener production and waste reduction

PwC study: Africa's food sustainability depends on greener production and waste reduction

3 Apr 2024

Propelair’s Flush for the Future: Saving our planet is remarkably simple

Propelair’s Flush for the Future: Saving our planet is remarkably simple

Propelair SA 3 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied.

SA first: Liberty Two Degrees' retail portfolio achieves Net Zero waste certification

3 Apr 2024

Image source: Nicole Kruger from

Namibia investigates surge in rhino poaching in Etosha park

Nyasha Nyaungwa 3 Apr 2024

The Future is Female: Reframing the future, recognising women's impact on society and the economy

The Future is Female: Reframing the future, recognising women's impact on society and the economy

Khensani Nobanda 2 Apr 2024

Source: © Isabella Mendes The Music Business Masterclass (MBM) has been launched by the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (Samro), in partnership with the Academy of Sound Engineering (ASE)

Samro and Academy of Sound Engineering launch Music Business Masterclass

2 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. In 2023, Debra Mallowah was appointed as Bayer’s first ever female lead in Africa for Crop Science, further reinforcing Bayer’s commitment to building a more equitable and diverse workforce.

Bayer inspires inclusion with launch of 2024 Women Empowerment Awards

2 Apr 2024

South African projects seize opportunity to tackle climate crisis and create jobs

South African projects seize opportunity to tackle climate crisis and create jobs

GreenCape 2 Apr 2024

Hatching happiness: BET Software’s Easter Egg Drive delivers smiles

Hatching happiness: BET Software’s Easter Egg Drive delivers smiles

BET Software 2 Apr 2024

Penguin chicks wait to be fed at South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds rehabilitation centre, where the centre has been incubating over 200 eggs of the endangered African penguin that were rescued from two penguin colonies, since the start of the year and they are soliciting donations by inviting people to "adopt an egg", in Cape Town, South Africa, 27 March 2024. Reuters/Esa Alexander

'Adopt a penguin egg' Easter campaign helps endangered African birds

Shafiek Tassiem and Tim Cocks 2 Apr 2024

PPRA, Rawson gift real estate franchises

2 Apr 2024

Lydia Shadrach-Razzino, Partner, Head of Corporate/M&A, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg

World Autism Awareness Day: Ensuring your neurodiverse colleagues feel like they belong

Lydia Shadrach-Razzino 2 Apr 2024

Marine protected areas safeguard more than ecology – they bring economic benefits to fisheries and tourism

Marine protected areas safeguard more than ecology – they bring economic benefits to fisheries and tourism

Mark John Costello 2 Apr 2024

Edge Growth drives development of green SMEs

Edge Growth drives development of green SMEs

Edge Growth 28 Mar 2024

Image: Supplied

Critical role of glass recycling in sustainable demolition practices

28 Mar 2024

Many non-profit organisations in Gauteng fear for their future in the face of looming funding cuts by the Gauteng Department of Social Development. Photo: Creative Commons Pixabay

Centre for quadriplegics may have to close if Gauteng funding cuts are implemented

Daniel Steyn 28 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.

Absa Cape Epic: Qhubeka gifted 100 bicycles

28 Mar 2024

PepsiCo Foundation launches the Mzansi Black Business Accelerator

PepsiCo Foundation launches the Mzansi Black Business Accelerator

27 Mar 2024

Advancing sustainability across sectors in South Africa and the continent

Advancing sustainability across sectors in South Africa and the continent

Topco Media 27 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.

Sustainable redistribution of land remains crucial to human rights in South Africa, as political parties jostle for voter support

Peter Setou 27 Mar 2024

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Risk management and how ESG fits into the equation

Siphokazi Kayana and Charlene Ferns 27 Mar 2024

Toughees spreads kindness: 70 acts for 70 years

Toughees spreads kindness: 70 acts for 70 years

Bata 27 Mar 2024

Source: Investopedia.

BlackRock: 5 global megatrends shaping European investor interest

27 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.

IRP 2023 could reset South Africa’s social and economic woes if implemented correctly

26 Mar 2024

Largest frog in more than 100 years discovered in Africa

Largest frog in more than 100 years discovered in Africa

North-West University (NWU) 26 Mar 2024

The relationship between packaging and food waste

The relationship between packaging and food waste

Mpact 26 Mar 2024

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