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| |  | ISSUED BY CYRIL RAMAPHOSA FOUNDATION Leading youth development practitioners at a webinar hosted last week by Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation and its partner entity Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) called for the support of South Africa's youth now to realise society's needs in the future... Read |  | ISSUED BY SAPPI A Sappi-sponsored programme that helps communities adjacent to forestry plantations to become beekeepers, has shown some unexpectedly encouraging results during the time of the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
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| CSI & Sustainability |
 | ISSUED BY PREBO DIGITAL This Mandela Month, UNICEF SA's #Pledge-67 campaign is honouring Madiba's legacy in the fight against the long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
| Environment & Natural Resources |
 | The International Rhino Foundation (IRF) has awarded emergency grants totalling nearly $150,000 to six wildlife organisations in Southern Africa... Read |
 | The United Nations Environment Programme has announced the 35 regional finalists competing for the Young Champions of the Earth prize... Read |
| Food, Water & Energy Security |
 | The distributed renewable energy sector in Africa has grown rapidly since 2013, but it has so far failed to include locally-owned companies and initiatives... Read |
 | According to the United Nations' recently published annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years, and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple forms of malnutrition. Read |
| Health & Welfare |
 | In support of South Africa's response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Standard Chartered has donated 25,000 N95 face masks to the Smile Foundation... Read |
 | KERI-LEIGH PASCHAL, ISSUED BY NATION BUILDER Keri-Leigh Paschal, executive trustee of Nation Builder, unpacks some of the ways we can volunteer and make a difference on Mandela Day... Read |
| Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice |
 | The 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture was delivered by United Nations secretary-general António Guterres on the theme 'Tackling the inequality pandemic... Read |
 | TANIA BROUGHTON An attempt by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini's Ingonyama Trust to take control of thousands of hectares of land worth almost R1-billion, which was awarded to several communities in the greater Mthonjaneni (Melmoth) area as land restitution, has been thwarted by the courts... Read |
| Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology |
 | Buildings are crucial to the well-being of people, and designers and architects have the responsibility to ensure that sustainable solutions are placed at the forefront of any potential new project... Read |
 | As some of the world's biggest cities take on the challenge of being the epicentres of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is much debate about the future of cities and their 'design'... Read |
| Investment & Philanthropy |
 | ISSUED BY TRIALOGUE Companies are invited to enter their corporate social investment (CSI) projects into the prestigious Trialogue Strategic CSI Award; entries close at midnight on 31 July 2020... Read |
| NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise |
 | As South approaches its peak in the Covid-19 pandemic, South Africans have been rallying to provide relief to vulnerable communities... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TRIALOGUE Non-profit organisations have a chance to win their share of R1m in the MTN Awards for Social Change, which rewards good monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practice in the NPO sector... Read |
 | While there has always been an imbalance of professional healthcare workers and services between urban and rural communities, the Covid-19 pandemic has intensified this problem... Read |
| Pollution & Waste Management |
 | MELISSA BAIRD The Clover campaign provides the ultimate guide to what greenwashing is, but more soberly, the impacts are yet to be felt... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MARIN'S SOUTHERN AFRICA Marin's is proud to announce its achievement of removing all plastic from its display stockers and the introduction of its new 100% recyclable stockers, Cargo-Green. Neill Goncalves, General Manager of Marin's Southern Africa explains the decision to go green... Read |
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 | NIXON MUGANDA Kenya has, in partnership with Google's sister firm Loon, launched a fleet of 35 internet balloons that will provide internet services to remote areas of the country... Read |
 | Africa has experienced a decade of positive socio-economic growth, supported by a continued progress of electricity access that finally outpaced population growth between 2014 and 2018... Read |
 | NATACHA TOFIELD-PASCHE Lake Kivu lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. It's almost the size of Mauritius and has a maximum depth of 480 metres. Lake Kivu also stores huge amounts of methane gas which Rwanda extracting to produce electricity... Read |
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 | With load shedding being reintroduced this winter, many individuals and small businesses are considering investing in an inverter that will kick in when the electricity goes off... Read |
 | Retrenchment is a word that can strike fear into the hearts of even the most seasoned veterans of the corporate world... Read |
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