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RAPT BizTrendsTV: Li Ndube on Afro-optimism - African growth vs Western degrowth

See: Argus Fertilizer Africa Conference addresses trade disruptions and climate challenges

See: Argus Fertilizer Africa Conference addresses trade disruptions and climate challenges

#BizTrends 2025: Google's Alex Okosi – Africa, an opportunity more than a challenge

New Amazon hub in W.Cape bridges digital gap for local entrepreneurs

New Amazon hub in W.Cape bridges digital gap for local entrepreneurs

People walk through water at a flooded area affected by rising sea levels and land subsidence in North Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 November 2024. Reuters/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo

Cities face 'whiplash' of floods, droughts as temperatures rise, study warnsDavid Stanway

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No NGOs under investigation for money laundering, terror financing

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US withdraws from Just Energy Transition partnership with SA

How plastic is revolutionising fuel-efficient cars and green mobility

How plastic is revolutionising fuel-efficient cars and green mobility

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To mark International Women’s Day this past Saturday, 8 March, KFC Africa collected the stories of 54 women in its KFC Africa’s list, one for each year the company has been in Africa. (Image supplied)

The KFC List celebrates women in Africa - despite the SSA gender gap hardly closing

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The Future of Sustainability Conference 2025: The countdown begins!

Topco Media The Future of Sustainability Conference 2025: The countdown begins!

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Local community trust debt fund advances social upliftment in renewable energy sector

Infra Impact Investment Managers Local community trust debt fund advances social upliftment in renewable energy sector

7 Mar 2025

How Africa's largest food distribution organisation works with researchers to improve operations

FoodForward SA How Africa's largest food distribution organisation works with researchers to improve operations

6 Mar 2025

How plastic shade cloth is revolutionising sustainable agriculture and boosting crop yields

Safripol How plastic shade cloth is revolutionising sustainable agriculture and boosting crop yields

5 Mar 2025

Achieve your sustainability goals with Safripol’s recycled plastic solutions

Safripol Achieve your sustainability goals with Safripol’s recycled plastic solutions

28 Feb 2025

Making dreams a reality by supporting small business growth

Sappi Making dreams a reality by supporting small business growth

28 Feb 2025

All the latest packaging and printing trends at Propak Africa and co-located shows

PROPAK AFRICA 2025 All the latest packaging and printing trends at Propak Africa and co-located shows

26 Feb 2025

Air Products uplifts teachers and improves infrastructure at Chatsworth schools

Air Products South Africa Air Products uplifts teachers and improves infrastructure at Chatsworth schools

26 Feb 2025

Plastic is good when we're good with plastic

Safripol Plastic is good when we're good with plastic

25 Feb 2025

Bikes handed over to thrilled senior learners at Tsakane Primary School, Krugersdorp

Adopt-a-School Bikes handed over to thrilled senior learners at Tsakane Primary School, Krugersdorp

18 Feb 2025

South Africans are embracing eco-friendly practices, but challenges remain

KLA South Africans are embracing eco-friendly practices, but challenges remain

18 Feb 2025

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No more headroom: 2025 Budget Speech is bad news for taxpayers

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Source: Supplied. Standard Bank’s Executive Head: Middle Market, Motlatsi Mkalala.

Vat hike: Struggling South Africans brace for greater financial strain

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5 years on: How Covid redefined the future of work

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South Africa's housing crisis: Why 2.2 million homes are needed immediately

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Spur Corporation's 2024 Green Feather Rewards winners

Spur Corporation's 2024 Green Feather Rewards winners

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Trump's USAID freeze boosts local nurse-led clinics in South African townships

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No NGOs under investigation for money laundering, terror financing

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Source: Supplied. Professor Rajendra Bhimma, who practises at Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital.

Award-winning kidney specialist leads the fight against youth dialysis rates

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Source: Supplied. Youth Employment Services.

YES and Mastercard partnership drives job creation for South Africa’s youth

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Source: Supplied. Miyelani Holeni, group chief advisor at Ntiyiso Consulting Group.

Redefining economic growth: South Africa's budget blueprint for reform

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US withdraws from Just Energy Transition partnership with SA

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Rhino poaching continues to decrease

7 Mar 2025

Source: TymeBank and Kazang Pay.

Kazang and TymeBank team up to transform financial access in underserved communities

Katja Hamilton 6 Mar 2025

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Gauteng's illegal boreholes and other water infrastructure woes: What can we do about it?

Danielle van der Vaart and Kiera Bracher 6 Mar 2025

The deadline for the transition from the SASSA Gold Card to the Black Card is looming. Archive photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

About 1.9m people still need to swap gold cards as Sassa deadline looms

Marecia Damons 5 Mar 2025

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eThekwini Municipality tackles water challenges; Durban beachfront set for facelift

5 Mar 2025

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Support over stigma: how pregnant women battling substance use need healthcare, not judgment

4 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Samantha Lambert, General Manager: Redefine Properties.

How sustainable office parks are reshaping South Africa's business landscape

Samantha Lambert 4 Mar 2025

Shoprite and Checkers offer purified water at just R1 per litre

Shoprite and Checkers offer purified water at just R1 per litre

4 Mar 2025

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The threat of climate inaction on corporate profits

4 Mar 2025

Mouse-Free Marion Cycling Team members John Cooper, Erica Leppan, Katta Ludynia and Jeremy George on the descent from Chapman’s Peak into Hout Bay along the Cape Town Cycle Tour route

Mouse-Free Marion Project riders to raise awareness during Cape Town Cycle Tour

3 Mar 2025

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SA presses forward for a just society

3 Mar 2025

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A breath of fresh air: How Kigali’s car-free Sundays keep people moving

Zano Kunene 28 Feb 2025

Source: Matthew Hirsch. More than 100 Cape Town residents attended a meeting to discuss the proposed redevelopment of the Mowbray Golf Course Site.

Mixed reactions to affordable housing development on Mowbray Golf Course

Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025

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South African philanthropists unite for climate action with new pledge

Shan Radcliffe 28 Feb 2025

The Tafelberg school site in 2016. Archive photo: Masixole Feni / GroundUp

Concourt judgment on Tafelberg could change future of social housing

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025

Source: Reuters. Young residents carry water home after filling up a bottle at a community filling station in the informal settlement of Kanana after individuals died from cholera in Hammanskraal, South Africa, 24 May, 2023.

Former African presidents demand action as debt crisis reaches historic levels

Katja Hamilton 27 Feb 2025

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Public release of the NRSO: Educators to get first look

Shan Radcliffe 27 Feb 2025

Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank speaks during an interview on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, 25 February 2025. Reuters/Nic Bothma

No-shows, aid cuts mar G20 meet on global poverty

Kopano Gumbi and Andy Bruce 27 Feb 2025

Breaking barriers: Deaf-friendly theatre hits Maynardville Festival

Breaking barriers: Deaf-friendly theatre hits Maynardville Festival

27 Feb 2025

All infrastructure work on the R300m Botmaskop Fynbos Estate on the Helshoogte Pass between Stellenbosch and Franschhoek has already been completed. Photo from an appendix in the respondent’s court papers.

Parties hold their breath in battle over R300m Stellenbosch mountain estate

John Yeld 26 Feb 2025

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