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 | ANDY DU PLESSIS Despite all this negativity that we constantly hear about, read about, see around us or experience daily, South Africans are strangely optimistic.... read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM You've put so much into your marketing activations, now give them the attention they deserve, with BizTakeouts and promotional options that keep you on the front page on Bizcommunity... Read |
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| |  | LAUREN HARTZENBERG The James Sedgwick Distillery, home to Three Ships Whisky and Bain's Cape Mountain Whisky, is being globally recognised for making sustainability an integral part of its business practice... Read |  | SAMUEL SEEFF Cultivating a sustainable lifestyle is no longer just a wish-list, but the continued persistence of Eskom's load shedding combined with the pressure on water resources means that greening and energy-efficient features are fast becoming imperatives for homes... Read |
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| Climate Change |
 | SARAH ROFFE AND JENNIFER FITCHETT Trends across the different rainfall zones can be linked to changes recorded for large-scale climate systems... Read |
| Education & Skills Development |
 | ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO East Coast Radio's 'The Big Favour', Kagiso Capital and Growthpoint will be donating R1m to matriculants in need... Read |
 | Xperien has launched a CSI initiative to support forgotten students at middle-class independent and private schools... Read |
 | During the recent virtual World Education Week conference, 100 schools from across the globe addressed different topics related to the 'new normal' and learning in the 21st century... Read |
| Food, Water & Energy Security |
 | Pick n Pay has recruited 20 of its largest food and manufacturer suppliers to join the 10x20x30 initiative, a global private-sector project, to significantly combat in-store and supply chain food waste by 2030... Read |
 | According to advisors from food & drink technology Africa (fdt Africa), IFAT Africa, and analytica lab Africa, agriculture and food production does not happen in isolation, and to maximise food production and address world hunger, stakeholders across a broad value chain have to start working more collaboratively and sustainably... Read |
 | AMY PIETERSE, ISSUED BY GINKGO AGENCY There are South Africans on the ground who are revolutionising our relationship with food, and leading the way forward... Read |
 | ANDREA RADEMEYER, ISSUED BY ASK AFRIKA Many South Africans are paying a high price for the economic devastation caused by the hard lockdown implemented in late March in response to the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
| Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice |
 | The Feather Awards has announced the nominees of this year's edition of the awards... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SAPPI With around 4,000 women employed directly or indirectly by Sappi Forests nationwide - through its own personnel in its nurseries, and sub-contracted to its harvesting and silviculture contractors - the company is very aware of the crucial role that rural women play in the agricultural labour force... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TRIALOGUE Dismantling the 'white gaze', fostering more transparent partnerships, and centering on local expertise and leadership... Read |
| Investment & Philanthropy |
 | The Restaurant Rescue Project (RRP), which was started by wine entrepreneur Alex Dale of Radford Dale Winery and chef-patron Matt Manning of Grub and Vine Restaurant, has collected more than R5m for restaurants in the Western Cape... Read |
 | Naked Insurance recently donated about R250,000 to six NPOs. Here's how the funds will be used by each social cause... Read |
 | This World Food Day, held annually on 16 October, DHL Express is launching its 1 million meals campaign which will see the organisation offer support to South African food distribution charities... Read |
| NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise |
 | South Africa is currently an attractive destination for outsourced projects. Andy Searle, CEO of BPESA, details how the country has favourably positioned itself... Read |
| Pollution & Waste Management |
 | The international competition recognises the most innovative startups supporting responsible, sustainable and inclusive beauty... Read |
 | During 2019, 503,600 tonnes of plastics waste was collected for recycling. Of this, more than half (362,800 tonnes) was packaging... Read |
| Africa |
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 | SURINA ESTERHUYSE Recently, news reports revealed plans by a Canadian oil and gas company, ReconAfrica, to explore for oil and gas in some of Africa's most sensitive protected areas... Read |
 | SOROMFE UZOMAH One of the great challenges of the 21st Century is the need to reduce poverty levels and economic inequality globally... Read |
 | Airtel Networks Zambia has partnered with Ericsson on a 'Product Take-Back' program to minimise the potential environmental impact associated with the disposal of decommissioned electrical equipment... Read |
| Business |
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 | Doing business with women entrepreneurs has never been more vital, as South Africa grapples with the ripple-effect of the extended lockdown and economic crisis... Read |
 | If South Africa is to adopt the right localisation policy at a larger scale, about 3.2 percentage points could be added to the country's annual GDP, says President Cyril Ramaphosa... Read |
 | With the lockdown leading to business being run almost exclusively on email, fraudsters are increasingly using email-based scams to catch unsuspecting businesses off-guard... Read |
 | NICK DURRANT Mobile app usage increased by 40% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020 and in-app spending hit a record high of $27bn... Read |
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