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 | SINDY PETERS 'Together apart' has been the global rallying call as humanity unites in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, and UCook, through a number of its initiatives, has stepped up in answer... read |
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 | NOXOLO HLONGWANE, ISSUED BY TRIALOGUE read |
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 | RUTH COOPER Multi-award-winning indigenous musician and the 2020 National Arts Festival featured artist Madosini Latozi Mpahleni is currently in poor health and living in difficult living conditions in Langa. Due to the urgency of the situation Rootspring, a Cape Town-based NPO, launched a crowdfunding campaign to help build her a better home in the Eastern Cape... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT The TBWA Group, along with a number of partners and contributors from various media organisations are working with the Solidarity Fund to launch a national campaign. TBWA ECD Carl Willoughby tells us more about their Citizens in Solidarity campaign and why we need to come together as not just an industry but a nation... Read |
| Education & Skills Development |
 | The IIE's Varsity College student volunteer body VC Cares and its Bachelor of Education students have not been able to engage in their usual community outreach activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
| Environment & Natural Resources |
 | ISSUED BY SAPPI To coincide with World Environment Day and South Africa's Environment Month, on 4 June 2020, Sappi Limited committed to set science-based targets through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)... Read |
 | "The fact that there is relatively little rain in the region puts it among some of the best places for solar generation in the country." Read |
 | MJ (THINUS) BOOYSEN AND MARK APPERLEY South Africa's well positioned to adopt electric vehicles but this isn't a solution in itself because the vehicles would still depend on electricity generated from carbon-emitting coal power stations... Read |
 | ASHIM PAUN It is a mere six months old, but 2020 has already been a bumper year for natural disasters... Read |
| Food, Water & Energy Security |
 | ELIZABETH KIMANI-MURAGE In Kenya's urban areas, there's a serious problem of people not having enough food, particularly in the capital city of Nairobi... Read |
| Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology |
 | JENS HORBER The outrage over the recent violent eviction of a naked Bulelani Qholani from his shack in eThembeni near Empolweni, Khayelitsha, on 1 July by the City of Cape Town's Anti-Land Invasion Unit (ALIU), will fade in time... Read |
| Investment & Philanthropy |
 | As part of its efforts in supporting the most vulnerable in their fight against Covid-19, the Shoprite Group donated 250 care packs containing hygiene essentials and a warm blanket... Read |
 | As part of the KZN Maskathon initiative, FNB and RMB are facilitating the donation of masks to 80,000 families from vulnerable communities of the province... Read |
 | Brights Hardware, in partnership with Ryobi Tools, has donated R190,000 worth of brand new power tools to Learn to Earn, a non-profit skills development and job creation organisation... Read |
| NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise |
 | The Clover Mama Afrika project has been awarded in the 2020 edition of the CEO Today Africa Awards under the Corporate Social Responsibility category... Read |
 | The City of Cape Town has added 11 new property categories, implemented from 1 July 2020, for rates relief... Read |
 | ASHRAF HENDRICKS Sacks of potatoes, onions, lentils and other produce are stacked on the numerous pallets covering the floor of the Sun Exhibits at the GrandWest Casino... Read |
| Pollution & Waste Management |
 | ANDREW TOMITA AND ROB SLOTOW There has been considerable public attention in recent years on the role of waste in developing countries, in particular because they are often recipients of waste that originates in developed countries... Read |
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 | KALU OJAH Independence is a cardinal pillar for organisations that are set up to deliver a public good. Their success depends on it... Read |
 | TIMOTHY A CAREY, AGNES BINAGWAHO & JUDY KHANYOLA This year - 2020 - marks the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. It's therefore understandable that it's being marked as the year of the nurse and midwife... Read |
 | SANDY RHEEDER From humble beginnings in a London flat in 2005, to an African fintech giant in 2020, Mukuru's journey has been one of turning challenges into opportunities for innovation... Read |
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 | JOANNE VAN DER WALT Covid-19 put inequality in the spotlight. With millions of people without jobs and forced into poverty, the work of NGOs has never been more crucial... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE "Women shouldn't shy away from leadership, especially during tough economic times such as these," says Shilpa Mehta, the newly elected first female president of The Entrepreneurs' Organisation Durban Chapter (EO)... Read |
 | The MTN Business App of the Year Awards has opened entries for aspiring entrepreneurs and digital innovators across the country and launched a dedicated app development and coding initiative... Read |
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