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#CITES: 'Disrupt wildlife trade'
#CITES: 'Disrupt wildlife trade'
[Claire Keeton] Every person in the illegal wildlife trade in South Africa should be treated as an organised criminal... read

INNOVATION MONTH
#InnovationMonth: Social-TV spotlights stories that inspire hope
#InnovationMonth: Social-TV spotlights stories that inspire hope

Sindy Peters

Social-TV is an online media channel that showcases company CSI and sustainable development initiatives while highlighting charity organisations that need funding... read
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Education & Training
JAM SA launches 'Real Amazing' campaign
JAM SA launches 'Real Amazing' campaign

Sindy Peters

Launched in 2005, JAM South Africa now supports more than 1,700 early childhood development (ECD) centres across seven provinces... read
Technology solutions help to boost citizen empowerment
Education needs a sustainable funding model
Education needs a sustainable funding model

Professor Owen Skae

SA should prioritise education right now and give it all the commitment, input, expertise and finances it needs. It includes all education - early childhood development, primary, secondary school and higher education... read
From social entrepreneurship to systems entrepreneurship
From social entrepreneurship to systems entrepreneurship

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business

Social entrepreneurship has grown from a niche concept, to trend in South Africa and on the continent. But what can social entrepreneurs do when they have reached the limits of their organisational impact?... read
Environment & Natural Resources
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CITES notes progress since 2013
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) says significant progress has been made politically, financially and technically since 2013... read
#CITES: New plan to prioritise rhino population
#CITES: New plan to prioritise rhino population
The newly launched African Rhino Conservation Range States Action Plan aims to ensure that continental rhino increases over the next five years... read
Nature is priceless, which is why turning it into 'natural capital' is wrong

Bram Büscher and Robert Fletcher

Central Square opens at SA's first green, mixed-use city precinct
#InnovationMonth: Carpooling for trees
#InnovationMonth: Carpooling for trees

Cari Van Wyk

Transport Month in October will see SA's fourth Carpool Week taking place from 3-9 October. Last year it was 'Carpool Karaoke', this year everyone will be carpooling for trees... read
Politicians must heed overwhelming public demand to close all domestic and international ivory markets
Politicians must heed overwhelming public demand to close all domestic and international ivory markets

Issued by Grey

The #JoinTheHerd campaign empowers citizens worldwide to mobilise against the slaughter of elephants and force an end to the ivory trade once and for all... read
Food Security
Four threats to global food security and what we can do about them
Four threats to global food security and what we can do about them

Stuart Thompson

Can we really feed nine billion people? read
Inclusion & Equality
Manufacturing conference to address gender gap
Manufacturing conference to address gender gap
The Amabhubesi Women in Manufacturing Textile & Leather Conference will take place at Emperors Place in Johanneburg from 26-27 October... read
Removing gender bias from algorithms
Removing gender bias from algorithms

James Zou

Machine learning is ubiquitous in our daily lives. Every time we talk to our smartphones, search for images or ask for restaurant recommendations, we are interacting with machine learning algorithms... read
Building a sustainable road ahead in a changing landscape
Building a sustainable road ahead in a changing landscape

Danette Breitenbach

Modernisation, beneficiation and community development are key elements that have to be addressed is SADC is to be sustainable... read
The displacement phenomenon: Woodstock and Salt River

Sarita Pillay

Investing in a future of equality and sustainability
Infrastructure and Technology
The WikiCell: Nature-inspired edible packaging
The WikiCell: Nature-inspired edible packaging

Emile Uys

WikiFoods aims to eliminate the overuse of plastic in food packaging... read
Masdar City: the ultimate experiment in sustainable urban living
Masdar City: the ultimate experiment in sustainable urban living

Susan Lee

Ten years ago in the United Arab Emirates, a new settlement was started from scratch, with the aim of becoming "the world's most sustainable city"... read
Pollution & Waste Management
Tyre levy postponed to 2017
Tyre levy postponed to 2017
National Treasury has postponed to 2017 the implementation date of the environmental tyre levy that was meant to come into effect in October 2016... read
Africa
Professor Anna Tibaijuka receives sustainability award
Professor Anna Tibaijuka receives sustainability award
Professor Anna Tibaijuka, former executive director of UN HABITAT, is the first woman to receive the 'H.R.H Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Award for Sustainable Development'. read
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Business
#InnovationMonth: SA's matchmaking app for the freelance economy
#InnovationMonth: SA's matchmaking app for the freelance economy

Lauren Hartzenberg

For many, the office-based, 9am to 5pm corporate workplace has lost its lustre, resulting in a move towards freelance or project work... read
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@ClimateDesk
Did Trump call global warming a Chinese hoax? Yes. And tonight he lied about it . https://t.co/du3vaECTXL... https://t.co/847ai981qI
UN_Women
@UN_Women
How can we use #ICT and #tech to empower women? Here's a success story from Cambodia: https://t.co/jOYMj0go5b #domesticworkers
TheEconomist
@TheEconomist
How self-driving cars will disrupt motor insurance https://t.co/KG2N4uXnaM https://t.co/wO0eUQX67Q
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