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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | ISSUED BY TRIALOGUE South African companies spent an estimated R11.8bn on corporate social investment (CSI) in the 2023 financial year, according to corporate responsibility consultancy Trialogue’s latest research findings... Read |
| Climate Change |
 | The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has given the green light for a $300m loan to support South Africa in implementing its Energy Governance and Climate Resilience Programme. Read |
 | South Africa has welcomed the landmark decision to adopt a Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) at this year’s United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai... Read |
 | OLABISI D. AKINKUGBE The World Trade Organisation launched its Trade Policy Tools for Climate Action during the COP28 conference... Read |
| CSI & Philanthropy |
 | HTH and the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) partner this festive season to promote pool safety... Read |
 | Pick n Pay asap! delivered a burst of holiday joy to over 23 unsuspecting children and their dedicated teacher, Alletta Frans at I Can Academy in Parkwood, Cape Town... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SAPPI Five small timber growers in KwaZulu-Natal have made history by becoming the first participants in the Sappi Khulisa programme to achieve forest certification... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BET SOFTWARE BET Software held its annual Bucket Drive on Thursday. The team filled 50 buckets with essential food items for Sizane Care Centre in Wentworth and Tyron Community Development in Chatsworth, Durban... Read |
| Environment & Natural Resources |
 | MAYTAAL ANGEL AND DEWI KURNIAWATI Importers of coffee to the European Union are starting to scale back purchases from small farmers in Africa and beyond as they prepare for a landmark EU law that will ban the sale of goods linked to the destruction of forests, a cause of climate change... Read |
| Food, Water & Energy Security |
 | ISSUED BY BONITAS The partnership between Gift of the Givers and Bonitas Medical Fund has, and will continue, to have a positive impact in a quintet of interventions in the field of healthcare... Read |
 | Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu says the Makhathini Lower Pongola Water Users Association will ensure fair water management for those living in the uMkhanyakude and Zululand Districts, KwaZulu-Natal... Read |
| Health & Welfare |
 | In response to the abrupt closure of six popular beaches in Durban during the peak holiday period, leading tourism industry groups are urging the government to take immediate action... Read |
 | South Africa challenges WHO's IHR amendments, asserting threats to health, autonomy, and sovereignty... Read |
 | FELIX NJINI AND OLIVIA KUMWENDA-MTAMBO Johannesburg High Court denies lead poisoning class action against Anglo American... Read |
| Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice |
 | TANIA BROUGHTON Provisions in the Refugees Act introduced in January 2020 struck down for violating a number of fundamental rights... Read |
 | REUTERS Climate change, worsening armed conflicts, growing debt-loads and shrinking international support will accelerate humanitarian crises worldwide in 2024, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said in a report on Thursday, 14 December... Read |
| Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology |
 | SA can’t rely solely on renewables to reach net zero emissions targets... Read |
| NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise |
 | ISSUED BY TRIALOGUE The prestigious Trialogue Strategic CSI Award for 2023 was scooped by Sappi Khulisa, the company’s flagship programme for emerging timber farmers... Read |
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 | GENEVIEVE KOOLEN Our collective professional lives are set for a fundamental shake-up in the year ahead as the unprecedented impact of artificial intelligence (AI) is felt across job functions and in every industry... Read |
 | BHARGAV ACHARYA In October, South Africa's manufacturing output increased 2.1% YoY.. Read |
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