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 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG When it comes to water conservation, some of Levi's greatest strides have been made on South African soil at the Levi's factory in Epping, Cape Town... read |
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 | | On Thursday, 20 January, the brand new Good Hope Day Care Centre (GHDCC) in Mbekweni near Paarl was officially opened by Valcare...read |
|  | | Cathy Duff, Dr Frank Aswani and Tracey Henry discuss emerging high-level trends in the social impact sector...read |
|  | | The NMB Business Chamber has established a business coalition with the aim of tackling the city's response to its projected climate change challenges...read |
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 | JUDY MANN-LANG, BRUCE QUINTIN MANN AND GEORGE BRANCH Marine protected areas in SA and across the world have an identity crisis. For some, they're the answer to all marine conservation challenges... Read |
| Climate Change |
 | MARGARET KADIRI COP26 concluded with 197 countries agreeing to the Glasgow climate pact, but opinions on the summit's success are polarised... Read |
| Covid-19 |
 | Premier of the Western Cape, Alan Winde has pleaded with SA President, Cyril Ramaphosa to end the National State of Disaster, to no avail... Read |
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| Education & Skills Development |
 | ISSUED BY GIRLS AND BOYS TOWN This month we celebrate 64 years of Girls and Boys Town South Africa... Read |
 | SkillUp Training is delivering critical Microsoft Office and business administration training to underprivileged communities in the Western Cape... Read |
| Environment & Natural Resources |
 | ISSUED BY OUR SALAD MIX As the oldest guide training school in South Africa, with the largest and most bio-diverse footprint in Africa, EcoTraining believes education is the key to sustainable development and to safeguarding the planet... Read |
| Food, Water & Energy Security |
 | The South African government is collaborating with the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development to promote... Read |
 | The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has raised concern about possible liquid gas chlorine shortages which could affect water supply... Read |
| Green Economy |
 | Chair of the ICGN Board of Governors, Henry Jones, resigns... Read |
| Health & Welfare |
 | ISSUED BY KAYA 959 This week the Leratong Joy For One Foundation in Alexandra, Johannesburg, received a donation of more than R50,000... Read |
 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome pledge $300m to accelerate epidemic preparedness... Read |
| Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice |
 | EMMA RUMNEY Capitec will offer shares worth up to R1bn to employees at a discounted rate in a BEE transaction that will lower its earnings per share... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GORDON INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS SCIENCE Following the successful launch of the We-Dare pilot programme in Gauteng late last year, the project is to be expanded to women in vulnerable communities across the country... Read |
 | The Western Cape Human Settlements Department has unveiled its contractor's framework, targeting particularly women and youth contractors... Read |
| Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology |
 | Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs) was awarded the Social Innovators Award by The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship... Read |
| Investment & Philanthropy |
 | ISSUED BY WITS PLUS It is widely acknowledged that imbalances due to the abysmal wealth:poverty ratio in Africa must be toppled. What is not widely considered is the fundamental role of applied African philanthropy to equalise the scales, says Professor Bhekinkosi Moyo of Wits Business School... Read |
| NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise |
 | The Mustadafin Foundation will host a fundraising event on 5 February to source funding to allow them to continue vital work within the communities that they serve... Read |
 | Mbonisi Sibisi has been appointed Durban and Coastal Mental Health's new executive director... Read |
| Pollution & Waste Management |
 | ISSUED BY MPACT PLASTICS With EPR now in full swing, it's time to take the plunge and make use of recycled content... Read |
| Africa |
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 | NDEYE DIAGNE, ISSUED BY KANTAR For global business leaders, the continent we call home is simply the next frontier, a high potential market... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE It's been reported that YouTube will scale back a significant portion of YouTube Originals, which produced original content including scripted series, educational videos, music and celebrity programming... Read |
 | South African media sales business, Ad Dynamo, has been acquired by the Aleph Group Inc... Read |
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 | American company Oracle has opened a data centre in South Africa to provide local cloud services across Africa for the first time... Read |
 | CPT-based mobile gaming publisher Carry1st has raised $20m (R305m) from Google and A16z, a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley... Read |
 | 249 organisations from 31 African countries were officially certified Top Employers 2022 for their outstanding HR strategies and people practices... Read |
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