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DTI to launch Black Industrialist Programme
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has announced that it will be launching the Black Industrialist Programme later this month... read


Education & Training
Shanduka Black Umbrellas clients' experience and performance reflects the impact of the programme

Issued by Shanduka Foundation

Shanduka Black Umbrellas (SBU), an international award-winning enterprise development incubation organisation, has become a leader in developing South Africa's black-owned SMMEs... read
Environment & Natural Resources
Exhibition showcases Dutch-South African partnerships
Martijn van Dam visited the Garden of the Future, marking the largest Dutch trade... read
Kenya to destroy vast ivory stockpile from thousands of elephants
Kenya's wildlife authority on Monday, 16 November, vowed to destroy the east African country's vast ivory stockpile from several thousand elephants, nine times more than the largest pile torched so far... read
South Africa is failing to rise to its water challenges

Mike Muller

A country like South Africa, where rainfall is variable and unpredictable, has to plan for the worst. Specifically, it has to plan to manage the impacts of drought. For cities, present practice is to store enough water to supply the needs of each region during the worst conditions likely to occur in 50 years... read
El NiƱo threatens southern Africa with yet another drought

Mathieu Rouault

Southern Africa is in for a bumpy, dry ride. There is a 50% chance of a drought occurring this summer that could have an impact on the whole region which still bears the effect of last year's drought... read
Health & Welfare
School toilets on the road to redemption

Issued by HDI Youth Marketeers

On Thursday, 19 November (World Toilet Day), HDI's newly launched, non-profit company, HDI For Good, launched The School Toilet Project at Kromdraai Early Childhood Development Centre... read
Inclusion & Equality
Female representation on corporate boards growing slowly
According to the latest BWA Women in Leadership Census, in South Africa the percentage of women on the boards of JSE-listed companies trebled from 7.1% in 2004 to 21.9% in 2015... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Praekelt Foundation partners with Facebook to support social change
The Praekelt Foundation has partnered with Facebook to support the impact of Internet.org and the Free Basics by Facebook platform... read
Sandton's gridlock carries major economic impact
If you are an average person living in a big city, you can spend up to four months of your life sitting, waiting and wishing in traffic. The dark and looming shadow of traffic has grown exponentially... read
GBCSA awards five-star rating to Chevron's headquarters
Chevron Century Boulevard in Cape Town has been awarded a Five-Star Green Star rating by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) for excellence in green building design, construction and management... read
Growthpoint's Ridgeview building achieves five-star Green Star rating
Growthpoint Properties' new R157m green office development in Ridgeside, Umhlanga in KwaZulu-Natal has become Durban's first five-star Green Star SA rated building... read
Sharp rise in demand for eco-friendly buildings
There has been a sharp rise in eco-friendly buildings which have been green star certified by the Green Building Council of SA (GBCSA)... read
Pollution & Waste Management
Pro-Plas Africa Conference to focus on impact of plastic on planet
The theme for next year's Pro-Plas Africa Conference is 'The Triple Bottom Line and the Plastics Industry', and will see local and international speakers unpack the issue of how people, planet and profit are affected by the current and future plastics environment. read
Biodegradable plastics are littering the oceans
According to a recently released report by the UN, the adoption of products labelled 'biodegradable' will not significantly decrease the volume of plastic entering the ocean or the physical and chemical risks that plastics pose to marine environment... read
E-waste sector a catalyst for socio-economic development
At the recent national consultative conference on electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) management, the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa reaffirmed government's commitment to working with the waste sector in meeting its challenges. read
Business
[Relentlessly Relevant] 6. Your brain needs sticky notes

Douglas Kruger

Innovation, and the art of capturing ideas on the fly... read
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