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CSI & Sustainability
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
New expectations of transparency and authenticity in business means things like organisational purpose, brand stories, how your company does things, what it believes in and what it stands for, can all play a part in how your company sees itself and how it is seen by others... Read
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Climate Change
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The 2019 Wavescape Surf & Ocean Festival will showcase 12 ocean-conscious events and 16 films at nine venues in Cape Town and False from 9 November to 9 December... Read
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Education & Training
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Since starting Shea Origin, Mobola Sagoe has used her business to empower women in Nigeria - giving them the power to create, manage and thrive at their own businesses... Read
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Environment & Natural Resources
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In 2017, the polyphagous shot hole borer (Euwallacea fornicatus) - or PSHB - was detected for the first time on London plane trees in the KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Gardens, in Pietermaritzburg. Since then, evidence of the beetle's presence has been found in 151 species within South Africa... Read
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South Africa is one of the world's top three mega-biodiverse nations, along with Brazil and Indonesia... Read
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Dr Hayley Clements has been named the winner of the inaugural Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer (JWO) Research Grant for her research titled "Quantifying the biodiversity planetary boundary for Africa"... Read
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Food, Water & Energy Security
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MICHAEL HARDMAN AND NICK DAVIES
Rooftops covered with grass, vegetable gardens and lush foliage are now a common sight in many cities around the world... Read
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Green Economy
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
With a global movement towards consciousness and sustainability becoming more apparent, more brands are looking to biotech as a solution... Read
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Health & Welfare
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The right to access safe and hygienic toilets is fundamental. Yet pit latrines are still the only sanitary facilities in thousands of schools across South Africa... View
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Inclusion, Equity & Human Rights
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CHRISTOPHER CLARK
On a frigid September morning in Mkumbi, a remote village in the Pondoland region of the Eastern Cape, 63-year-old Sizane Nompethu rose at dawn and walked at a brisk pace down a rocky path to work her family's small plot of land, just as she had every day since she was 15... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
In a time where femicide has faded somewhat from headlines but fear still lurks beneath the surface, an overseas ad is making an impact on social media feeds as it calls for action... Read
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SAURABH KUMAR
Gender equality is one of the 17 goals identified by the United Nations (UN) as critical in creating a sustainable future. The UN aims for its Sustainable Development Goals to be realised by 2030. The reality, however, is that the world has a long way to go in achieving this goal in particular... Read
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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology
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Hotel Verde Cape Town has been awarded a six-star Green Star SA Existing Building Performance (EBP) rating from the Green Building Council of South Africa... Read
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VICTOR ODUNDO OWUOR
Over the past 10 years mobile-based lending has grown in Kenya. Some estimates put the number of mobile lending platforms at 49... Read
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LEON COETZER
For many of South Africa's fast-growing technology companies, expansion into new countries and markets is a top priority... Read
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Vodacom is launching a series of workshops and interactive sessions called the Fast Forward Series... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Curacel is a Nigerian startup that aims to fast track claims processing and detects fraudulent claims for health insurance companies in Africa... Read
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The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) has released the finding of the 2018 National Small Business Survey... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Databotics is a South African tech startup that incorporates Robotics Process Automation (RPA), giving customers a streamlined solution geared towards generating value... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Snapslip Holdings is a South African digital receipting and analytics application... Read
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Starting a business is a scary, exciting and thrilling process. A new business is so full of potential and possibility, and only you as the new CEO can make all of those dreams come to fruition... Read
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JENNY RETIEF
The talk of the town over the past week or so has been focused on what is being touted as "Mboweni's Plan"... Read
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