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SAA's biofuel project takes off with first flights
SAA's biofuel project takes off with first flights
SAA and Mango flew their first commercial flights using blended biojet fuel... read



Mandela Month
Mandela Month
#MandelaMonth: Groupon harnesses the power of group buying to do good
#MandelaMonth: Groupon harnesses the power of group buying to do good

Jessica Tennant

As part of its Mandela Month contribution, Groupon South Africa is hosting donation deals on its website until the end of July 2016... read
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#MandelaMonth: The nation-building power of Feel Good Fashion

Leigh Andrews

Discrimination doesn't make you feel good - denim does. Jet's head of marketing, Jerry Anthonyrajah, explains this tagline is more than mere lip service and why the #JetDenim Denim Doesn't Discriminate campaign is so fitting for SA this #MandelaMonth... read
The Red & Yellow school with NGOs and SMEs
#MandelaMonth: R&Y's millennial marketers make a difference

Pasqua Heard

The Red & Yellow School in Cape Town extended the usual 67 minutes dedicated to 'doing good' on Mandela Day to a 67 hour initiative, which involved all full-time R&Y students assisting 19 NGOs and SMEs... read
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#MandelaMonth: Making the One Million Club meaningful

Leigh Andrews

You need 1,000 Twitter followers to be seen as an influencer, but that figure climbs to 1 million when it's brands looking to crack that upper echelon of social media celebrity status. But you can't rest on your laurels once you get there, you need to sustain brand loyalty... read
Destroyed by fire, rebuilt by charity: Harrington House for Children, a community success story
Destroyed by fire, rebuilt by charity: Harrington House for Children, a community success story

Issued by Duo Marketing

Mrs Elizabeth Barrett's home for children in need, on Harrington Street in Cape Town burnt to the ground in December 2013, leaving her and the 14 children in her care without shelter... read
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Education & Training
Nathaniel Masiza
Woolworths' 'Inside Retail' programme reaches 32 TVET colleges
Woolworths recently hosted its annual 'Inside Retail' programme, targeting 32 TVET colleges in Cape Town through a week-long, embedded course aimed at providing practical experience and knowledge of the retail value chain in South Africa... read
Environment & Natural Resources
Alarming rate of material extraction over last 40 years
Alarming rate of material extraction over last 40 years
According to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme-hosted International Resource Panel (IRP), the amount of primary materials extracted from the Earth has tripled in the last four decades... read
Food Security
By Annabel Symington - The road to Timbuktu, Mali, CC BY 2.0,
Snapshot on forests, land use in drylands to date
Issued recently, a new FAO report examines the presence and extent of forests and trees in the world's drylands, where food security and livelihoods are increasingly being threatened by climate change... read
Health & Welfare
2016 Stop Hunger Now - Iris Cupido, Graça Machel, Siba Mtongana
Stop Hunger Now exceeds two million target in SA
South African volunteers delivered 3.3-million meals that will feed children who would have otherwise gone hungry as part of the Stop Hunger Now and Sun International Mandela week challenge... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Property Point backs innovative entrepreneurs
Property Point backs innovative entrepreneurs
Property Point, a Growthpoint Properties initiative, is linking budding entrepreneurs with green building leaders at the 2016 Green Building Convention... read
Biobased bridge finally brought to life
Biobased bridge finally brought to life

Kate Walker

After years of research, students have created the first demo of a pedestrian bridge made from flax and hemp fibres... read
Business
Want to know why the Kardashians have become so popular?
Want to know why the Kardashians have become so popular?

John Sanei

"You don't sing, you don't dance, you don't have any talents," said Barbara Walters when she hosted the Kardashians on her show many moons ago. In his final press speech, Barack Obama also mentioned: "Kendall Jenner is here. I'm not exactly sure what she does..." read
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