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Water curbs: a tale of rich and poor

Maxwell Roeland

The City of Cape Town has installed about 250,000 water management devices designed to curb household water use. But most of them - at least 64% - have been installed in poor communities...read
Climate Change
Integrating gender into climate change policies
Project partners of the Gender into Urban Climate Change Initiative, this International Women's Day, are urging policymakers to fully integrate gender into their climate change policies... read
Education & Training
Critical need for digital skills for Africa's youth
By 2050, the African population will double, to reach 2.5 billion - half of whom will be under the age of 25. Investing in education, in particular e-education, and digital skills, has to be a priority... read
Environment & Natural Resources
Biodiversity sector must acknowledge traditional knowledge holders
Environmental Affairs minister Dr Edna Molewa says transformation of the biodiversity sector is a necessity in a changing world... read
Food, Water & Energy Security
Weather patterns putting strain on food security in southern and eastern Africa
Inadequate and erratic rainfall poses a growing threat to food security in southern Africa as well as in eastern Africa, where many rural households have suffered from four consecutive drought-affected agricultural seasons. read
Bold steps are needed toward a 'new normal' that allocates water fairly in South Africa

Mary Galvin

Discussions of the water crisis that has hit Cape Town tend to focus on supply and demand... read
Health & Welfare
Ferrero unveils Primary Health Care Centre for factory staff and family

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The Michele Ferrero Entrepreneurial Project - South Africa, has opened the doors to its Primary Health Care Centre in Walkerville... read
'The department of water and sanitation should be placed under administration' - Catholic bishops

Issued By SACBC Justice and Peace Commission

The effects of financial crisis in the department of water and sanitation are being felt by the poor in the Free State Province who seek expeditious eradication of the bucket system... read
Inclusion & Equality
Studies show women are denied access to top posts and labour market

Theto Mahlakoana

The proportion of women represented in the C-suite has declined, while female workers in SA are not fairing well, according to two studies... read
Land debate in South Africa is about dignity and equality - not the constitution

Steven Friedman

If you want economic change in South Africa, create a crisis - then stand by to negotiate a way out of it... read
Six challenges that impede entrepreneurs with disabilities in South Africa

Eugine Tafadzwa Maziriri

South Africa needs to do more to support people living with disabilities who want to run their own businesses. At present it is hard for them to make a living. Helping them would benefit the broader economy too... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Building a 'second nature' into our cities: wildness, art and biophilic design

Jordan Lacey

Biophilic design is beginning to boom. Witness its recent incorporation into the Melbourne Metro project and Sydney's award-winning One Central Park, Chippendale... read
FAO, Google collaborates on new forest data tool
The efficient monitoring and reporting on forest cover and land use is essential in monitoring progress on Sustainable Development Goals and crucial for countries adapting to and mitigating climate change... read
Empower Shack long-listed for RIBA International Prize
Located in Khayelitsha, Empower Shack - an Urban Think-Tank project - has been long-listed for the 2018 Royal Institute of British Architects International Prize... read
Pollution & Waste Management
Krill could prove secret weapon in ocean plastics battle
They might be at the bottom of the food chain, but krill could prove to be a secret weapon in the fight against the growing threat of plastic pollution in the world's oceans... read
Africa
Veolia seeks World Bank ruling in Gabon pollution dispute
French water and waste giant Veolia is to seek World Bank arbitration in a bitter dispute over pollution between its Gabonese subsidiary and Libreville, the group said on Friday, 9 March... read
Business
Applications open for Top Tech Tools for Women in Business
The ten-week 2018 Top Tech Tools for Women in Business course, hosted by the Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative, in partnership with the City of Cape Town, will kick off on 4 April 2018... read
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