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NAZEEMA MOHAMED AND BEULAH FREDERICKS
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
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Climate Change
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GILLIAN NIVEN & NIRVASHA SINGH
Last week the minister of finance introduced the revised Carbon Tax Bill (Bill) to Parliament, which aims to give effect to South Africa's objectives and commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions... Read
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ISSUED BY UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Academics say that businesses and business schools must respond to climate change, since government action is not enough... Read
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CHANNING ARNDT AND CLAUDIA RINGLER
Cyclone Idai struck Beira, the fourth largest city in Mozambique, in mid-March with torrential rains and winds of more than 190 km per hour... Read
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Education & Training
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Should our textbooks tell the story of the country as it is, or should they be aspirational? That's the question posed by Professor Crain Soudien... Read
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Seven young disadvantaged women, with financial help and guidance from the CellCgirl Bursary Fund, have recently graduated... Read
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PPC is running brick-making workshops in various townships across Gauteng with the aim of improving the skills of local brick-makers... Read
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Having launched in 2014, the Globeleq Scholarship Fund (GSF) is responsible for 25% of all renewable energy funded-scholarships... Read
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Environment & Natural Resources
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Animal campaigners were in court this week in defence of Riff Raff, a collared bull elephant who's currently on death row for being a "nuisance"... Read
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Puma and First Mile will launch a sustainable sportswear collection by collecting plastic bottles to produce recycled polyester... Read
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Nominations are now open for this year's Rhino Conservation Awards with submissions closing on 24 May at 5pm... Read
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Food, Water & Energy Security
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Left unprotected, South Africa's strategic water source areas are highly vulnerable to inappropriate development... Read
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PROF WIKUS VAN NIEKERK
South Africans should be allowed, and in fact encouraged, to generate their own electricity... Read
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SILVIO CAPUTO
Climate change is underway, and human activities such as urbanisation, industrialisation and food production are key contributors... Read
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Health & Welfare
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Around 900,000 doses of cholera vaccine have been unloaded in Mozambique to help stave off a possible epidemic, in the wake of the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai. Read
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Inclusion, Equity & Human Rights
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LEIGH ANDREWS
With talk of 'diversity fatigue' and tokenism on the rise, it's time to take a new stand - this time for inclusivity. Those behind-the-scenes at the box office are adding their voices to the call as the likes of Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians prove the power of being more representative on film... Read
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OHENE YAW AMPOFO-ANTI
In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of Appeal has ordered the City of Johannesburg to compensate 27 homeless people for unlawfully confiscating and destroying their property... Read
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Not one second passes Lindsey Appolis by unnoticed. He sees the everyday beauty that's often clouded by perceptions and preconceived notions... View
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Gary Kirsten knows all about winning. For years, the former Protea was one of the nation's favourite opening batsmen... View
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FRANCK KUWONU
African countries barely existed when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris, France in 1948, three years after the end of the Second World War... Read
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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology
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IGGY SATHEKGE
Every week, around the world, an area of floor space the size of Paris is constructed. With building and construction comes harmful emissions that remain with us for decades... Read
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The new MDA Attorneys office in Houghton, Johannesburg, is one of the first buildings in South Africa to receive a Net Zero Carbon pilot certification... Read
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The 5th annual AWIEF conference, exhibition and awards are now open for registration. The event aims to promote and accelerate the growth of women-owned and women-led businesses for Africa's inclusive economic growth... Read
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JENNIFFER MABUKA-MAROA
For several months, my friend's father lay helpless in one of Nairobi's premier hospitals. There was no clear diagnosis... Read
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JOSEPH OGUTU
The 40,000sqkm Serengeti-Mara plain that straddles the border of Kenya and Tanzania is famous for its abundant and diverse wildlife... Read
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TESS MORIARTY ET AL.
Last month corals in Lord Howe Island Marine Park began showing signs of bleaching... Read
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LEONIE STANLEY
Before the introduction of the South African Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, women had no formal recognition as equal citizens... Read
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