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Climate Change
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Legal liability for climate change is an emerging risk for lenders in South Africa - a risk that is by no means limited to projects in the fossil fuel industry... Read
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KATHLEEN ROGERS AND DR SHENGGEN FAN
The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable... Read
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Education & Training
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Thanks to a partnership between General Electric South Africa and Eskom, Phembindlela Primary School in Vukuzakhe Township recently received a new computer lab... Read
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Environment & Natural Resources
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Now in its 16th year, the WWF-SA Black Rhino Range Expansion Project (BRREP) has just completed its 12th successful black rhino move, including translocating its 200th rhino... Read
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In a recent capture and translocation operation, a Cape mountain zebra in CapeNature's Gamkaberg Nature Reserve has found a new home in the Sanbona Wildlife Reserve... Read
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Food, Water & Energy Security
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Nedbank has committed R25 million towards safeguarding critical water source areas, biodiversity hotspots and rural livelihoods with a strong focus on the Eastern Cape... Read
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VENESSA MOODLEY
Studies by scientists have shown that soil health in South Africa is declining more and more every year. Looking at specific soil biological indicators that are linked to root health and nutrient mineralisation in around 10,000 soil samples over the past five years, it has been found that more than 70% have not had optimal soil biological life... Read
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MARK O. CUTHBERT AND RICHARD TAYLOR
Groundwater reserves in Africa are estimated to be 20 times larger than the water stored in lakes and reservoirs above ground... Read
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Health & Welfare
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ISSUED BY ENTERPRISES UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
Smiles were aplenty when Enterprises University of Pretoria (Enterprises UP) did their part for Mandela Day 2019 at the Good Hope Community Organisation in Mabopane on Thursday, 18 July... Read
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Inclusion, Equity & Human Rights
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TARIRO WASHINYIRA
About 40 members of Reclaim the City protested inside the Cape Town Civic Centre on Tuesday morning, 6 August. They demanded that Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato meet with them before making a decision to evict them from the Woodstock Hospital... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This Women's Day in SA, we welcomed news that the Loeries has joined forces with UN Women's Unstereotype Alliance initiative, to launch its South Africa chapter, set to use the advertising industry as a force for good to drive positive change all over the world. Learn what to expect from the UN Women SA multi-country office's Loeries 2019 masterclass with Dove, on advertising leading society... Read
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Pollution & Waste Management
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Rather than quote you the shocking stats about plastics, I've chosen just one: "Every piece of plastic ever made still exists today." Read it again and let that sink in, because this fact was top of mind when SodaStream SA hosted a bunch of the Cape's media and influencers for the launch of their new re-usable bottles that effectively lead the charge against single-use plastics... Read
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SEBASTIAN WAGNER
After decades of struggles against a deficient power generation system, Senegal is now at the verge of a paradigmatic shift that could put many of its troubles to rest... Read
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MICKAEL VOGEL
As the continent attempts to revitalise its energy sector, bring in private capital and develop gas-to-power, it is the small West African country of Benin that observers should look for positive developments. Read
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"How I Built This" dives into the stories behind growing SME's and the movements they built... Read
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Speaking at the 10th annual Serious Social Investing (SSI) Conference at the GIBS Business School in Illovo, Johannesburg recently, corporate governance and sustainability expert Professor Mervyn King noted that successful businesses have moved away from creating wealth for shareholders to focusing on long-term value creation... Read
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