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Rare vulnerable plants found at Vergelegen
Rare vulnerable plants found at Vergelegen
A group of botanical volunteers has uncovered three plant species, previously unrecorded on the Vergelegen Estate, within an area of extremely rare vegetation... read


Groundwater protection on solar projects
Groundwater protection on solar projects

Responsibly managing the groundwater impact of solar energy projects in South Africa is vital... Read

A Trump presidency would spell disaster for the Paris climate agreement
A Trump presidency would spell disaster for the Paris climate agreement

Luke Kemp

The upcoming US presidential election could make or break the Paris climate agreement... Read

WESSA calls for nominations for 2016 awards
WESSA calls for nominations for 2016 awards

Marking the organisation's 90-year anniversary, WESSA will this year be presenting awards in a special additional category... Read

Circular Economy
Making extended producer responsibility sustainable
Making extended producer responsibility sustainable

Hermann Erdmann

Manufacturers are becoming increasingly concerned about the rising costs of product manufacturing - particularly the costs associated with the end-of-life disposal of these products... read
Unique, stylish and functional bags that uplift South Africa
Unique, stylish and functional bags that uplift South Africa

Issued by Expand a Sign

The need for change is everywhere but perhaps one of the main reasons it isn't happening fast enough is because we don't always believe we can help... read
Education & Training
SU faculties join forces for new MSc programme focused on food security
SU faculties join forces for new MSc programme focused on food security
SU's two-year MSc programme in Food and Nutrition Security will begin 2017 and will help policy makers and people in non-government organisations make educated decisions... read
Uplifting communities through woodwork
Uplifting communities through woodwork
The 2016 Working with Wood Show, in association with the Association of Woodturners South Africa (AWSA), will be held at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) George Campus from 26-28 August... read
Why we need to unite to feed children while at school
Why we need to unite to feed children while at school

Issued by Peninsula School Feeding Association

In a call for Cape Town to unite against hunger at our schools, the Peninsula School Feeding Association's Charity Family Fun Walk Blisters for Bread will take place at the Green Point Cricket Club on Sunday, 28 August... read
Imperial Road Safety, Safe Scholars, Cavalleria Primary School
Imperial Road Safety school visit promotes safety of students
With the aim to generate awareness around road safety for learners, Imperial Road Safety took their Safe Scholars Programme to Cavalleria Primary School... read
Environment & Natural Resources
Cape Town, TNC establish water fund
Cape Town, TNC establish water fund
The City of Cape Town and international conservation organisation The Nature Conservancy (TNC) have formally agreed to establish a water fund... read
Food Security
Investing in science can help put food on Africa's plates
Investing in science can help put food on Africa's plates

John Butler-Adam

Food shortages, hunger, starvation and long-term food security are not new issues in Africa, nor elsewhere in the developing world... read
Green beans: why pulses are the eco-friendly option for feeding - and saving - the world
Green beans: why pulses are the eco-friendly option for feeding - and saving - the world

Caroline Wood and Wayne Martindale

We all know the score: current trends predict there will be 9.7 billion mouths to feed by 2050... read
Food Security
Stevie Mann via  - Ethiopia's Ghibe valley
Ethiopia's last chance to plant
The main planting season is winding down in Ethiopia, but there is still a small window of opportunity for farmers to plant the last set of crops in September and grow food for millions... read
Health & Welfare
Myths and Facts: addressing the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals
Myths and Facts: addressing the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals
Scientific concerns over the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals and the perceived link to resistance to antibiotics in bacteria that affect human health are growing... read
Celebrating 85 years of working towards a world without cancer #CANSA85
Celebrating 85 years of working towards a world without cancer #CANSA85

Issued by CANSA

Each decade, since its humble beginnings in the 1930s, the Cancer Association of South Africa has steadily developed a comprehensive service to the public, making a positive difference to thousands of South Africans affected by cancer. read
Infrastructure and Technology
New agribusiness models embed sustainability in agriculture
New agribusiness models embed sustainability in agriculture
GWK, a public farmer-owned company in the Northern Cape, is an important example of the basic principles that best embed sustainability in agriculture and, therefore, the community... read
Pollution & Waste Management
L-R: Dawn Sisson, VCDC logistics coordinator, Ncedisa Mzuzu, Africa's environmental group manager, environmental engineers Mbiko Mbongeni and Huldah Solomon, and logistics analyst, David Viljoe
GMSA moves closer to zero waste to landfill goal
Another General Motors South Africa (GMSA) facility has been declared landfill free as the company continues its global environmental journey to achieve zero waste to landfill by 2020... read
Business
What small business can learn from Pokémon Go
What small business can learn from Pokémon Go

Scott Zambonini

Location-based mobile game Pokémon Go is perhaps the best commercial example of augmented reality (AR) gaming to date... read
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