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Soldiers join war against poachers in Southern Africa.
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Soldiers join rhino war
In another life Lynn was a sniper in Afghanistan, Damien trained paramilitary forces in Iraq and John worked undercover infiltrating drug cartels in central America. read
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Six things that successful crowdfunding projects have in common
Six things that successful crowdfunding projects have in common

Emanuele Giovannetti and William Davies

Crowdfunding, as a way of raising money for a new venture, has become big business... read
Thomas Schaefer, chairman and MD, VW Group SA with representatives of the 11 local charities that received the R2m donation.
Volkswagen donates R2m to local charities
Volkswagen earlier this month donated R2m to 11 charities and non-profit organisations. The handover was done at the Volkswagen manufacturing factory in Uitenhage... read

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Circular Economy
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Fertiliser plant in the offing near Saldanha

Allan Seccombe

Kropz, which has Patrice Motsepe's Ubuntu-Botho Community Development Trust as its empowerment partner, must still raise R10bn to build the plant... read
Studio Nienke Hoogvliet makes products from old toilet paper.
Sewer to design: Products made from reclaimed toilet paper

Katie de Klee

Dutch designers at Studio Nienke Hoogvliet have created a range of products made from toilet paper reclaimed in fine sieves from the toilets of the Netherlands... read
Climate Change
Uber offers chance to cut congestion and carbon emissions
Uber offers chance to cut congestion and carbon emissions

Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty

Africa is undoubtedly one of Uber's most exciting markets... read
Education & Training
UJ raises R100m for missing middle students
UJ raises R100m for missing middle students
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has raised R100m to support the studies of almost 2,500 missing middle students... read
Crossing the divide between mining houses and communities
Crossing the divide between mining houses and communities

Danette Breitenbach

The relationship between mining operations and surrounding communities is often a tenuous one, tempered by distrust... read
Environment & Natural Resources
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Water restrictions remain even though dams are filling up

Penwell Dlamini

All except the country's struggling dams in the Cape provinces are on the path to recovery, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) said on Monday... read
Catch quota to protect Mediterranean swordfish
Catch quota to protect Mediterranean swordfish
A world body of fishing and shipping nations approved a catch quota on Monday, 21 November, to protect the overharvested Mediterranean swordfish, the EU and conservation group Oceana said... read
Food, Water & Energy Security
Renewables body calls for public participation in IEP and IRP
Renewables body calls for public participation in IEP and IRP
SAREC has come out in cautious support of the update to the IEP and IRP, but feels there are still areas of concern... read
Making hydropower bankable in Africa
Making hydropower bankable in Africa
Technically, Africa has significant potential for hydropower. There are, however, two constraints to realising this potential, commercial viability and lack of political structures... read
Source: Africa Green Tec
Mali solar project will reduce power costs by 75%
A German company is supplying lithium storage systems for 50 solar containers to provide power in 25 villages in Mali. read
Health & Welfare
Showing child abuse the red card - Benni Mc Carthy joins fight to protect children
Showing child abuse the red card - Benni Mc Carthy joins fight to protect children

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Benni will be joining the fight against child abuse, and has announced his support and endorsement of child rights group Women and Men Against Child Abuse (WMACA)... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Building 'fly over' homes to solve housing challenge
Building 'fly over' homes to solve housing challenge
Port Elizabeth property developer Johann Dreyer and his team at Direct Group Africa have identified the space above suburban homes as prime real estate... read
High-end homebuyers favour sustainability
High-end homebuyers favour sustainability
According to the Affluent Perspective 2016 Global Study, demand for sustainable living and security technologies is rapidly gaining ground among the world's most affluent homebuyers... read
Global internet access growing, but majority remains unconnected
Global internet access growing, but majority remains unconnected
ITU's flagship annual Measuring the Information Society Report, reports that the world is getting more and more connected... read
Pollution & Waste Management
To ring fence or not to ring fence?
To ring fence or not to ring fence?

Hermann Erdmann

During his mid-term budget speech, Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan reiterated that several measures were being explored to raise additional tax revenue for the fiscus... read
Multimillion-rand recycling boost
Multimillion-rand recycling boost

Amir Chetty

A polyfibre project funded through the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) has received a R22m cash injection to establish a factory in Port Alfred... read
Mpact Recycling calls consumers to take greater care when disposing of recyclables, help create jobs
Mpact Recycling calls consumers to take greater care when disposing of recyclables, help create jobs
With the formal sector's increased investment into new recycling capacity, Mpact Polymers operation accounts for 85 direct jobs and indirectly, an anticipated 1,000 additional jobs are expected to be created within the recycling industry... read
Business
PSD2 will send ripples through banking world
PSD2 will send ripples through banking world
The European banking sector is bracing itself for massive change now that PSD2 legislation has been passed... read
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