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 | JOHANNES MASITENG Bizcommunity caught up with multiple global award-winning humanitarian, Dr Shamila Ramjawan, to find out more about her career, philanthropic work and accomplishments... read |
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 | MARECIA DAMONS U-Turn, an NGO that focuses on the rehabilitation and reintegration of homeless people, recently offered a hot meal and vaccine to homeless people. Read |
| CSI & Sustainability |
 | PHINAH KODISANG Covid-19 has revealed the endemic impact of systemic patriarchy on 10 to 19-year-old girls in South Africa who bear the brunt of gender inequality and the exacerbated circumstances due to the pandemic... Read |
 | CATHY DUFF, ISSUED BY TRIALOGUE The challenges we faced in 2020, when the pandemic first reached our shores, seemed to threaten the very fabric of our society. But it is fair to say that 2020 appears to have been a mere dress rehearsal for 2021... Read |
| Climate Change |
 | ISSUED BY BRANDMAPP With so many everyday challenges that we must face in South Africa, the big question is, how high do environmental concerns rank in the minds of the segment who can probably most afford to make better choices - the middle class-and-up?.. Read |
 | ANDREAS CHAI People often look for ways to help tackle climate change, but which acts will make the biggest difference? Read |
| Education & Skills Development |
 | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM Hot Cares, the charity initiative aligned to Hot 102.7FM is proud to announce a partnership with the Dis-Chem Foundation... Read |
| Environment & Natural Resources |
 | Vodacom announced that it has installed new solar-powered sites in Polokwane, Vereeniging and Bloemfontein... Read |
| Food, Water & Energy Security |
 | Water is one of South Africa's scarcest resources. However, through collaboration and use of technology, we can make the country a water-secure nation. Read |
 | The recently gazetted amendment to schedule 2 of South Africa's Electricity Regulation Ac will allow private companies to construct plants with generation... Read |
| Green Economy |
 | Absa is the first bank to achieve compliance with the country's new building energy performance regulations... Read |
| Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice |
 | The Santa Shoebox Project and Nestlé ESAR have been announced as the two winners of the Conscious Companies Awards 2021... Read |
 | NIKITA RAMKISSOON, ISSUED BY CLOCKWORK Through the ages, proverbs have been used to indicate how women should conduct themselves and proverbs all over the world carry the tradition of misogyny as ingrained within its words passed down from generation to generation... Read |
 | TANIA BROUGHTON The Cape Town High Court has declared the City of Cape Town's emergency housing programme to be unconstitutional... Read |
| Investment & Philanthropy |
 | More than 100 volunteers have joined the Restore SA initiative to help rebuild the livelihoods of affected South Africans affected by the recent unrest... Read |
| NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise |
 | MASEGO MAFATA For eight years, 16-year-old Hlomla Sithole has been coming from his home in Hillbrow in Johannesburg to attend afternoon programmes at the Lefika la Phodiso Community Art Counselling and Training Institute near Constitution Hill. Read |
| Pollution & Waste Management |
 | ISSUED BY BIODEGRADABLE FUTURE Biodegradable Future and Clearer Conscience Recycling have formed a strategic alliance with the common goal of informing, educating and collaborating with consumers and industry-related brands about the benefits of biodegradable additives which provide a crucial insurance policy against plastics and polymers that escape the existing recycling systems... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MPACT South Africans have long become familiar with the call to recycle their waste. This has become ever more apparent as people worked from home during the Covid-19 pandemic, as the waste that was normally generated in the office parks and business operations is now being generated and piling up at home... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GREENCAPE The South African Plastics Pact members have published a first list of problematic or unnecessary plastics, titled "Addressing problematic or unnecessary plastics" for phasing out in 2021 and 2022... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BIODEGRADABLE FUTURE Biodegradable Future - a sustainability sector business providing organic additives which make plastic biodegradable - has attracted a string of international C-Level partners, previously associated with a multitude of global brands... Read |
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 | ALEXANDER WINNING Standard Chartered said on Monday, 6 September, that it had arranged $1.1bn of financing for the Angolan government for a water supply project... Read |
 | Images have been revealed for the Zanzibar Domino Commercial Tower that will reportedly become the second tallest tower in Africa... Read |
 | A biometric smart card will provide access to government assistance... Read |
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 | This September, Let's Talk Digital, a new multimedia offering launches on Bizcommunity. The bi-weekly podcast is hosted by Audrey Naidoo... Read |
 | South Africa moves from Adjusted Alert Level 3 to Adjusted Alert Level 2 of the lockdown... Read |
 | The shadow of the July 2021 unrest will impact the economy for some time to come, but what interventions at a grassroots level to ensure it never happens again? Read |
 | The biggest concern for commercial entities is the struggling South African economy... Read |
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 | Troye builds Secure Digital Workspaces - using any device, from anywhere, on any network - for an improved user experience enabling access to all your apps, desktops, files and services for a simple unified platform whilst managing complexity better. |
 | Established in 1982 as a flag-making company, National Flag Branding & Event Solutions now offers anything you may need to create, install and set up branding materials at any event. |
 | Eduvos is one of South Africa's largest independent private higher education institutions with 12 campuses across the country and many international students. |
 | The Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) is a 100% black owned broad-based investment holding company that was established by the Mineworkers Investment Trust (MIT) to provide ongoing funding for the Trust's social and educational projects. |
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