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Caution urged over horse mackerel quota
Caution urged over horse mackerel quota
The Responsible Fisheries Alliance (RFA) is calling on DAFF to reconsider the recent decision to allocate an additional 8,000 tonnes of experimental quota in the horse mackerel fishery... read



WOMEN'S MONTH
#WomensMonth: empowering women for the sake of food security
#WomensMonth: empowering women for the sake of food security

Cari Van Wyk

A dialogue on the empowerment of women through water use security, land use security and knowledge generation for improved household food security and sustainable rural livelihoods... read
Athi Myoli
#WomensMonth: Women significantly under-represented in construction

Sindy Peters

Athi Myoli is the director of the Women in Construction Awards... read
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Climate Change
Drought in Southern Africa today: a preview of what climate change could bring and how African farmers can adapt
Drought in Southern Africa today: a preview of what climate change could bring and how African farmers can adapt
Over the last year, an intense drought in Southern Africa has left tens of millions of people in need of food aid. This situation could become a preview of things to come across sub-Saharan Africa... read
Education & Training
High-speed bandwidth for Afrika Tikkun's Phutaditjaba centre
High-speed bandwidth for Afrika Tikkun's Phutaditjaba centre
Afrika Tikkun's Phutaditjaba centre in Alexandra is set to benefit this year from high-speed quality bandwidth... read
Thinking for change: The world's most effective "concept maker" comes to Cape Town
Thinking for change: The world's most effective "concept maker" comes to Cape Town

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business

One of the most influential business thinkers and strategists in the world today, Professor Roger Martin, is coming to the UCT Graduate School of Business on 1 September... read
Food Security
You are what you eat: congress to address food and nutrition challenges
You are what you eat: congress to address food and nutrition challenges
Hosting the WPHNA congress in South Africa has the potential to inform key policy-makers and researchers and significantly shape the food and nutrition policy landscape in South Africa and Africa... read
Health & Welfare
Increasing accessibility to medicine in Africa
Increasing accessibility to medicine in Africa
An initiative aimed at creating sustainable approaches to improving access to medicine has been introduced in Kenya... read
Doctors Without Borders to host fundraising event in Joburg
Doctors Without Borders to host fundraising event in Joburg
International organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) brings medical care and hope to millions of refugees, and to people displaced in their home countries during conflict and crises... read
Inclusion & Equality
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Government unlocks potential for township economy

Lutando Ndamase

Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, has launched EZASE-KASI Business Fridays, a massive campaign aimed at supporting township economies... read
Gender gap in entrepreneurship receding
Gender gap in entrepreneurship receding
Financing figures from local small and medium enterprise (SME) risk financier, Business Partners Limited (BUSINESS/PARTNERS), shows an encouraging cultural and empowerment shift in South Africa... read
Infrastructure and Technology
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Will a merged Tesla-SolarCity put a solar-powered battery in every home?

W. Rocky Newman

One year ago Tesla Motors announced plans to build its Gigafactory to produce huge numbers of batteries, giving life to the old saying, "if you want something done right, do it yourself." read
Africa
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Cameroon must halt rubber plantation project: Greenpeace
Greenpeace has urged Cameroon to suspend a major rubber plantation project in the country's south because of large-scale deforestation that threatens a nearby UNESCO World Heritage nature reserve... read
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IBM Research opens second lab on African continent
IBM Research opens second lab on African continent
IBM Research has opened its second research location on the African continent and announced several new project collaborations... read
New events to diarise
Smile Foundation Women's Breakfast
Smile Foundation - 4 Sep 2016, Johannesburg


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