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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM This August, Bizcommunity celebrates 20 years at the forefront of business-to-business publishing in South Africa... Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY CLOCKWORK Through the 'Rewrite our Proverbs. Write off GBV' campaign, Clockwork has partnered with Green Door to actively cancel, edit and promote a whole new view of traditional women's proverbs, effectively disempowering antiquated toxic phrases and proverbs that we were all raised on, and steering the narrative towards equality and respect... Read |
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| Climate Change |
 | ISSUED BY GINKGO AGENCY In a new collaboration, Beautiful News and WaterBear are using the video-on-demand platform to empower people to play their part in safeguarding the planet... Read |
 | EMMA RUMNEY The world's children cannot afford more empty promises at this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), youth activists including Greta Thunberg said, after a UN report found virtually no child will escape the impact of global warming... Read |
 | MICHAEL TAYLOR Three in four people living in the world's 20 major economies believe nature and the Earth's climate are approaching potentially abrupt or irreversible changes due to human action, according to a survey released on Tuesday... Read |
| Education & Skills Development |
 | ISSUED BY EARLY CARE FOUNDATION Early Care Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to increasing access to early childhood development (ECD) in disadvantaged areas through upskilling women, has launched its #NoOneLeftBehind campaign... Read |
| Environment & Natural Resources |
 | Springbok Damian Willemse has announced the launch of his project The Seed... Read |
 | Research on conservation methods in Southern Africa reveals that competing human values make wildlife conservation even more complex... Read |
| Food, Water & Energy Security |
 | BELINDA CARREIRA, ISSUED BY SAICA Can you imagine living without clean water and sanitation? Waking up and not being able to have a hot shower, clean water to brush your teeth, flush your toilet or prepare your coffee?.. Read |
| Health & Welfare |
 | Glencore Ferroalloys has joined forces with Imbumba Foundation to donate a year's supply of sanitary pads to girls in communities near its operations... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NINETY9CENTS Leading value retailer, Ackermans, will be taking action and raising awareness of #periodpoverty in South Africa in August with its sanitary pad initiative... Read |
| Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice |
 | LIZELLE STRYDOM While the recent unrest has been damaging to the local economy, the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector presents businesses with an opportunity to leave a lasting legacy for generations to come... Read |
| Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology |
 | SIMON THOMAS The last few weeks have seen Europe and parts of Asia experiencing floods that have claimed the lives of just under 250 in Europe, over 200 in India and around... Read |
| Investment & Philanthropy |
 | To help struggling families, Pep's winter drive has raised over R80,000 in just two short months through its Lay-by-Buddy initiative... Read |
| NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise |
 | ISSUED BY INNOVATE DURBAN Innovate Durban CEO Aurelia Albert is delighted to announce their commitment to rebuild the Innovation Co-Lab in the community of Wiggins, Cato Manor... Read |
 | Local not-for-profit organisation, The Love Trust, is empowering women through its teacher training centres across the country... Read |
| Pollution & Waste Management |
 | Red Cup Village is on a mission to save the planet by producing innovative products that help its users make a difference in society... Read |
 | JOSEPH CHIRUME Residents of Addo in the Eastern Cape say sewage pooling in their yards and running down their streets has become normal... Read |
 | WENDELL ROELF South Africa has started geological mapping at the country's first carbon capture and storage site, a senior Council for Geoscience official said... Read |
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 | ALEX EZEH, MICHAEL SILVERMAN & SAVERIO STRANGES There's been an increase in Covid-19 deaths across Africa since mid-July 2021... Read |
 | Botswana needs to budget an extra 1.13-billion pula ($100m) to help secure Covid-19 vaccines and equipment as the Southern African country battles a third wave of infections.... Read |
 | OLASUNKANMI HABEEB OKUNOLA The rising status of Lagos as an emerging megacity and a commercial nerve centre in sub-Saharan Africa has come with a number of challenges. One of these is the safety of buildings... Read |
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 | WhatsApp has revolutionised the way we communicate, with a user base of more than 2.5 billion active subscribers across the globe... Read |
 | Fuel price outlooks are showing modest changes in all grades of fuel, according to the Automobile Association... Read |
 | The latest Industry Insights from Broll Property Intel report explores how organisations worldwide have, or will, adapt to the workplace and embrace the... Read |
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