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#InnovationMonth: Up-cycling plastic to build classrooms
Redefine Properties has committed R100,000 to enable Bottle 2 Build Schools to up-cycle plastic bottles into eco bricks... read


CSI & Sustainability
Old Mutual employees commended for volunteerism
Old Mutual employees commended for volunteerism
Old Mutual's recently held annual Staff Volunteerism Awards commended those who put others before themselves... read
#InnovationMonth: Exploring the future of fundraising
#InnovationMonth: Exploring the future of fundraising
The NGO Innovation Conference, hosted by B-Cause Marketing and 5th Dimension, will take place on Thursday, 15 September, in Rivonia... read
Education & Training
Early childhood development campus launched in Kaboweni- Mbombela
Early childhood development campus launched in Kaboweni- Mbombela

Issued by Cipla

The Department of Social Development in Mbombela, in collaboration with the Cipla Foundation, on 2 June launched a specialised early childhood development (ECD) campus in the informal settlement of Kaboweni... read
Environment & Natural Resources
Deadline extension for 2016 Kudu Awards
Deadline extension for 2016 Kudu Awards
The entry deadline for the 2016 Kudu Awards has been extended to 23 September 2016... read
Minister releases rhino poaching figures
Minister releases rhino poaching figures
Rhino poaching is on the decline in the Kruger National Park - the area hardest hit by the crime - says Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa... read
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Funding sought for organic farming in Africa
Organic farming in Africa has rich potential, but is increasingly underfunded, a UNCTAD survey has found... read
Dehorning rhinos: why there may be a case for doing it
Dehorning rhinos: why there may be a case for doing it

Keith Somerville

The large bull rhino was about a hundred metres away. The jeep carrying the darting team moved closer, there was a popping sound and the bull twitched and moved off with a dart clearly visible in his upper leg... read
Inclusion & Equality
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Social housing for inner city

Yoliswa Sobuwa and Rochelle de Kock

The face of Port Elizabeth's inner city is set to undergo a drastic revamp, with plans to transform some old, rundown buildings into social housing projects... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Scania's journey to sustainability
Scania's journey to sustainability

Mark Smyth

It's always a big deal when a truck maker introduces a new model. read
Making wine takes a lot of energy. How South Africa's vintners can cut back
Making wine takes a lot of energy. How South Africa's vintners can cut back

Alan Brent

Wine production consumes large amounts of energy and generates a sizeable quantity of greenhouse gases... read
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Global cities going green
With a growing number of cities around the world focusing on becoming greener, green businesses, shops, co-ops, farmers' markets, restaurants, accommodation and other socially responsible green alternatives are emerging... read
Pollution & Waste Management
Plastics|SA launches TVC for recycling week
Plastics|SA launches TVC for recycling week
Plastics|SA has released its second television commercial in conjunction with this week's national "Clean-Up and Recycle SA Week", running from 12-17 September 2016... read
Treasury presses with plan for recycled tyre tax
Treasury presses with plan for recycled tyre tax

Linda Ensor

The Treasury will forge ahead with plans to convert the tyre levy into a tax, despite objections by the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of SA (Redisa). To do this, it will seek legal advice on the constitutionality of the plan... read
Around 94% of litter on South African beaches is made of plastic, of which 77% is packaging. Image by Peter Ryan
Five applications where plastic is not fantastic

Peter Ryan and Coleen Moloney

A recent media campaign has highlighted the many ways in which South Africa relies on plastics... read
International
#InnovationMonth: Sunshine in a box
#InnovationMonth: Sunshine in a box
To help alleviate the electricity problem in Africa, four entrepreneurs have come up with ePower, a green community solar energy solution... read
Coal and water don't mix
Coal and water don't mix

Janine Howard

South Africa has been experiencing what can be described, at best, as an unreliable electricity supply and, at worst, an energy crisis... read
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Africa
Reform: From trash to furniture in Cairo
Reform: From trash to furniture in Cairo

Katie de Klee

Reform Studio is a Cairo-based design studio that turns old plastic bags into furniture by creating an eco-friendly material called Plastex... read
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A megaproject rises in East Africa

Wanjohi Kabukuru

Roads, railways, port, pipelines to link Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and South Sudan... read
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COP22 host Morocco's mosques are going green
Two months before it hosts the COP22 climate conference, Morocco is preparing to launch an ambitious project to turn its mosques green as a commitment to clean energy... read
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Business
Structural reform needed to grow the economy
Structural reform needed to grow the economy

Nicci Botha

Whatever happens when the next ratings review comes up in December shouldn't derail the structural reform required to grow the economy... read
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