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#WomensMonth: Fostering social change through circus arts
#WomensMonth: Fostering social change through circus arts
[Sindy Peters] Laurence Estève runs one of the first social circus schools in the world... read


CSI & Sustainability
The Purpose Hotel hopes to change the world while you sleep
The Purpose Hotel hopes to change the world while you sleep

Katie de Klee

The Purpose Hotel is designed to change the lives of everyone involved in the design, by connecting all of the products, furniture and fittings to a cause... read

WOMEN'S MONTH
Paula Barnard
#WomensMonth: Embracing and celebrating gender differences

Sindy Peters

Paula Barnard forms part of the leadership at the helm of World Vision South Africa... read
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Circular Economy
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Three circular economy projects in South Africa

Pasqua Heard

Environmentally friendly bricks, sustainable heating, and the re-use of underutilised resources are just some of the projects that are pioneering a degree of circular economy thinking in South Africa... read
A fresh focus on new approaches to recycling tyres is needed
A fresh focus on new approaches to recycling tyres is needed

Itziar Iraola Arregui

Hundreds of millions of tyres are discarded each year. Their disposal represents a major global problem... read
Environment & Natural Resources
African countries square up for battle over future of ivory trade ban
African countries square up for battle over future of ivory trade ban

Chris Alden and Ross Harvey

Three countries in southern Africa have banded together to press for the ban on the international trade in ivory to be lifted... read
Food Security
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Pioneer is growing its hybrid corn seed scheme further into Africa

Tshepiso Mokhema

Dupont's Pioneer unit hopes to expand its hybrid corn seed partnership with African governments and aid groups, to Tanzania, after setting up programmes for farmers to use its seed in Ethiopia and Zambia... read
Health & Welfare
Faithful to Nature collaborates with Topic to confirm label claims
Faithful to Nature collaborates with Topic to confirm label claims
Organic online retailer, Faithful to Nature has entered into an industry safeguarding partnership with Topic, a consumer-led NPO that uses laboratory testing as well as farm and factory visits to establish whether ingredients are verified and label claims accurate. read
Infrastructure and Technology
Solar best way to combat light poverty in Africa
Solar best way to combat light poverty in Africa

Reggie Nxumalo

It's been 137 years since the lightbulb was first invented and there are still more than 1.5-million people globally who spend their evenings in the dark... read
Eco-friendly construction blocks made from plastic waste
Eco-friendly construction blocks made from plastic waste

Jamie Matroos

ByFusion uses the RePlast system to turn ocean waste into usable construction material... read
Pollution & Waste Management
Ecoffee Cup launches, a reusable takeaway cup
Ecoffee Cup launches, a reusable takeaway cup
Ecoffee Cup, a local South African brand has launched today, Monday, 15 August, a unique range of reusable and recyclable takeaway cups that are also stylish, in response to the waste epidemic that sees 100bn single-use coffee cups thrown away each year... read
Business
JSE CEO, Nicky Newton-King, Cape Town mayor, Patricia de Lille, and JSE chairperson, Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita, at the opening of the JSE Exchange Hub Cape Town.
JSE opens satellite office in Cape Town

Nicci Botha

The JSE Exchange Hub Cape Town, which was launched on 12 August, is part of the exchange's strategy to enhance its service to clients in the city and build new relationships... read
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