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Petru Saal Save water or queue for water: that was the blunt message to Capetonians at a city council Day Zero briefing on Sunday, 28 January...read |
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 | Professor Elain Vlok South Africa's employment rate is currently sitting at 27%, which is at its highest level since September 2003... read | |
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 | Issued By Bizcommunity.com Find out how to invest in your company's presence on the biggest multi-industry B2B news website in Africa and attract more interest from 328,000 decision-maker audiences across 18 industry sectors... read |
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 | The Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme (WISP) has been selected as runner-up in the Circular Economy: Public Sector award of The Circulars 2018... read |
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 | Issued By Trialogue What innovative teaching programmes are making a difference in under-resourced schools? And how relevant are global educational rankings to local conditions?... read |
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 | Issued By Trialogue A free, comprehensive online resource has been launched to help improve school leadership and management - a critical factor in boosting learner performance... read |
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 | Issued By Kaelo Engage One of Kagiso Trust's programme schools, Beacon Secondary School is located in the Free State's Thabo Mofutsanyana district where Kagiso Trust implemented its Beyers Naudé Schools Development Programme (BNSDP) from 2007 to 2015... read |
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 | Issued By Kaelo Engage To inculcate a culture of excellence in education, Kagiso Trust has been working with schools in the Free State for the past 10 years... read |
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 | During 2017, 1,028 rhino were illegally killed in South Africa, announced minister of environmental affairs Dr Edna Molewa this week. The number reveals a slight decline from the 1,054 recorded as poached during 2016... read |
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 | Draft regulatory measures relating to a proposed domestic trade in rhino horn have been finalised, environmental affairs minister Edna Molewa announced on Thursday, 25 January... read |
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 | Joleah Lamb There are more than 11 billion pieces of plastic debris on coral reefs across the Asia-Pacific... read |
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 | The Water Institute in Southern Africa (WISA) has launched a platform on which volunteers can pledge to donate time or goods to assist officials tasked with managing the Cape water crisis... read |
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 | Due to a 1.4% drop in dam levels, Day Zero - the day the municipal water system to households will be switched off in Cape Town - has been moved up to 12 April... read |
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 | Aphiwe Deklerk Western Cape premier Helen Zille has slammed water and sanitation minister Nomvula Mokonyane for her department's role in the Cape Town water crisis... read |
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 | Guy Rogers With the Kouga Dam down to 7.7% of capacity on Wednesday, 24 January, a team will start testing water quality this weekend to help gauge any future contamination if fish start dying... read |
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 | Bluewater, a global water technology company based in Sweden, has partnered with I-Drop Water - a South African water solutions provider - to provide better access to clean drinking water and reduce single-use plastic bottle use... read |
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 | The global unemployment rate is expected to tick down in 2018, the United Nations said Monday, 22 January, while warning that far too many workers still live in desperate poverty... read |
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 | Heather Ohly, Nicola Lowe Micronutrient deficiencies, also known as hidden hunger, occurs when there is a lack of essential vitamins and minerals in a person's diet. Supplementation and food fortification has long been used around the world to alleviate micronutrient deficiencies... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews This week, social media netizens were appalled by allegations of groping at the recent President's Club fundraising dinner, while celebrating the outcome of the #LarryNassar trial, and Melinda Gates' female startup fund support... read |
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 | Michele Gilman In accepting an award for his efforts to "uphold human dignity" at the 2018 World Economic Forum, musician and philanthropist Elton John decried economic inequality as "disgraceful"... read |
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 | Leanne Govender SA's high and increasing levels of poverty and unemployment, and still very low average household income, mean that a disproportionate number of individuals and families across the country are unable to participate in the housing market... read |
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 | Clover Mama Afrika has been named the winner of the 2017 Trialogue Strategic CSI Award. The CSI project supports and upskills female community leaders nationwide. read |
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 | Data can help manage human mobility, says the Economic Commission for Africa, and deal with the challenges not only affecting African countries, but also nations in developing regions... read |
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 | Resolve, an Imperial Logistics company, has delivered a solar energy solution in Malawi that aims to ensure patients at hospitals are not compromised by power outages... read |
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 | Dickson Amugsi and Blessing Mberu Nairobi's new governor, Mike Sonko, has promised to rid Nairobi of its mountains of trash... read |
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 | Mondelez International is contributing $5m over five years to the GCFRP, which aims to significantly reduce the high rate of deforestation and forest degradation, as well as their associated greenhouse carbon emissions, from cocoa farming... read |
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 | Bernard Slippers and Smeetha Singh There are a number of discussions to be had about women scientists in Africa: why there are so few, for instance; or how more can be drawn into science, technology, engineering and maths careers... read |
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 | Ayodamola Owoseye The World Health Organisation has donated 853 motorcycles to the Nigerian government to improve disease surveillance in the country... read |
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