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 | Pan-African network for social investors African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) recently launched its inaugural report on the state of social investment financing in Africa... read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY TFG (THE FOSCHINI GROUP) TFG Foundation has announced a donation of 300,000 face masks to vulnerable learners across the nation. Together with the Department of Education (DoE) and Gift of the Givers, the leading retailer will be distributing face masks to primary schools that are most in need nationally... Read |
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| Climate Change |
 | ALANNA REBELO, KAREN JOAN ESLER, MICHAEL SAMWAYS, PATRICIA HOLMES, TONY REBELO It may take an extreme heatwave, a mega wildfire or a severe coastal storm to begin to appreciate the dangers of climate change... Read |
 | JOHN GREEN As we add impetus to the global move to a cleaner, more sustainable energy system, perhaps the greatest obstacle we face is the enormous financing requirement that this step change in our economies will face... Read |
| Environment & Natural Resources |
 | The Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa will host its inaugural general meeting on Tuesday, 17 November, in Gauteng... Read |
| Food, Water & Energy Security |
 | Mercedes-Benz SA partnered with the Gift of the Givers Foundation to distribute food parcels that will benefit over 5,000 people in the Eastern Cape... Read |
 | WWF-Sassi has announced the six winners of the 2020 Trailblazer Awards. The six chefs have been recognised for their commitment to the use of sustainable seafood and championing sustainable seafood practices in their restaurants... Read |
 | Project Blue Oval is a renewable energy programme for Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa's Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria... Read |
 | ANDY DU PLESSIS South Africa has a net surplus of food as a country - yet food poverty at the household level is widening, and now even more rapidly so because the pandemic is decimating our economy and jobs at an alarming rate.. Read |
| Green Economy |
 | RUTH COOPER This year's Festive Vegan and Plant-Powered Show (FVPPS), set to take place online on Saturday, 28 November 2020, will play host to a wide range of plant-based food and lifestyle brands that will be featured in a virtual expo area. We got in touch with event organiser Heidi Warricker... Read |
| Health & Welfare |
 | Cristina Duarte of the Republic of Cabo Verde is the new special adviser on Africa to the UN secretary-general. A former minister of finance and planning in her country, she intends to bring to her role a renewed strategic narrative... Read |
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| Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice |
 | NOMBULELO SHANGE History has been made globally and here at home. In the US, Kamala Harris became the first Black woman to become vice president, while locally, we celebrate the appointment of Professor Puleng LenkaBula... Read |
| Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology |
 | ROBERTO MINUNNO, GREG MORRISON, RICHARD L. GRUNER, TIMOTHY MICHAEL O'GRADY Designing buildings so they can easily be taken apart and the materials reused provides a feasible and commercial pathway for minimising waste and greenhouse gas emissions... Read |
| NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise |
 | Not-for-profit social enterprise Relate Bracelets has been gifted with more than a year of free office space... Read |
| Pollution & Waste Management |
 | The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has published the regulatory framework for extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes as part of government's effort to contribute towards the economic recovery plan... Read |
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 | MONIQUE WASUNNA African countries are still reeling from the effect of measures, such as lockdowns, taken to contain the spread of Covid-19... Read |
 | Spurred on by the Covid-19 global pandemic, the world is finally galvanising its commitment to move towards a green and sustainable future by mid-century, and the global energy transition is the cornerstone of this new world... Read |
 | CHINWE JULIANA IWU-JAJA, ANDRE PASCAL KENGNE & CHARLES SHEY WIYSONGE Diabetes is a serious, chronic condition that affects the lives and well-being of individuals, families, and societies globally. It is characterised by excess levels of sugar in the blood... Read |
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 | CHERYL REDDY Brands have experienced several marketing blunders over the years, even midst a global pandemic... Read |
 | Khula Lula is the news micro-financing VC fund striving to level the investment scales in favour of young, Black, women entrepreneurs... Read |
 | SELINA BIEBER Technology can help your small business to be more efficient, reach new markets, and cope with the new social distancing requirements we all face... Read |
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