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EUGENE YIGA
Book Dash is a non-profit organisation on a mission to make sure every child in South Africa owns 100 books by the age of five... read
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OLIVER TAHERZADEH AND BENEDICT PROBST
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SINDY PETERS
Using MagnaBoards - a 100% fire retardant material, Magnastruct is currently in the planning stages of launching a self-assembling, affordable informal dwelling called the The Square... Read
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Education & Training
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Its first project in South Africa is the upgrade of Ethekwini Primary School in KwaMashu, Durban... Read
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Real Bicycle Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of not-for-profit organisation Qhubeka, has moved from perfecting its first locally-produced commuter bicycle prototype to full-scale production... Read
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Environment & Natural Resources
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WILHELM DE BEER AND TRUDY PAAP
A tiny tree-killing beetle with the awkwardly long name of Polyphagous Shothole Borer was detected in South Africa for the first time last year... Read
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A whopping R2,940,000 was raised over the past year for the MyPlanet Rhino Fund thanks to 34,000 supporters... Read
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Food, Water & Energy Security
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ASTRID KAUSE
Cape Town's recent drought brought into sharp relief how people behave and the choices that they make when resources become scarce... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
With the population expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050, the search has intensified for alternative protein sources to not only feed us all, but to do so sustainably by minimising the environmental impact... Read
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Inclusion, Equity & Human Rights
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Land reform is not only about correcting a grave historical injustice, it is an absolute economic necessity, says President Cyril Ramaphosa... Read
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THEMBELA NTONGANA AND KELLY VINETT
In an emotional press conference, Cape Town mayoral committee member for transport and urban development Brett Herron announced his resignation from the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the city council... Read
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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology
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According to the United Nations more than 300-million people in the sub-Saharan region live in a water-scarce environment. Read
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Pollution & Waste Management
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Pick n Pay has introduced two reverse vending machines into the vicinity of its V&A Waterfront store, into which visitors can throw their discarded waste for recycling... Read
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ISSUED BY BENCHMARK INTERNATIONAL
Benchmark Recycling is launching businesses in the recycling space by ensuring cities in Africa are making more efficient use of the resources they consume... Read
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JEVGENIY BLUWSTEIN, JENS FRIIS LUND & PEADAR BREHO
By several accounts, 2018 has been a great year for community-based conservation in Tanzania... Read
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Home to 12 of Eskom's coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of over 32GW, Mpumalanga tops the chart as the world's largest nitrogen dioxide (NO2) hotspot across six continents... Read
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