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 | The trend of giving is growing with 91% making charitable donations over last year and 83% planning to donate as much, or more, over the next three years... read |
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 | Barry Oliver Overconfident CEOs tend to lead to less corporate social responsibility in a company, our research shows... read |
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 | Erasmus zu Ermgassen In a climate conscious era, we're forever being asked to "turn the lights off" or "drive less!" or "recycle more!". These familiar messages put the onus on individuals - that is, you and me - to change our behaviour, reduce our impact, and be greener. But what are the limits to these behavioural tweaks? read |
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 | Magali Dreyfus A year after COP21 and the adoption of the Paris Agreement, international policymakers are still struggling to convert targets into action... read |
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 | Clive Kronenberg The department of basic education in South Africa has reacted to pupils' exceedingly low attainment rates in maths education in a controversial fashion... read |
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 | The funds raised by the MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet fundraising programme during its last fiscal are a reminder that there is a smart way to use shopping to make a difference in our communities, and in the country as a whole... read |
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 | Issued by BMi Research The cyclists of the JackalBerry MTB Cycle Challenge 2016 raised over R300,000 for the Ubuhle Christian School, in Bronkhorstspruit... read |
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 | Guy Rogers A new research report in an international conservation journal has called for conservative harvesting of rhino horn to break the grip of poaching that is squeezing the life out of South Africa's rhinos... read |
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 | Capetonians are still falling short on the water mark despite ongoing appeals and an awareness campaign by the city about water use... read |
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 | Charlotte Mathews The World Wide Fund for Nature in SA (WWF-SA) is urging South Africans to avoid eating West Coast rock lobster, commonly known as "kreef" as stocks have fallen to 2% of their previous levels... read |
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 | Scatec Solar, Africa50 and Norfund have signed a JDA into the investment of the Nova Scotia power plant in Nigeria... read |
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 | Rupesh Paudyal If we're going to cut back on our water usage, we have to focus on making our farms more sustainable and efficient... read |
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 | For those looking to "give back" or make a positive difference in people's lives as 2016 draws to a close, Growing Healthy Farms presents a deserving opportunity... read |
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 | The negative effects of the drought are still being felt by farmers in certain parts of South Africa... read |
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 | James Shepherd There are parts of Zimbabwe where consistent drought is putting intolerable pressure on local communities... read |
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 | Fighting lower respiratory infection with innovative design... read |
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 | Outsource solutions company, Innovative Solutions Group and SA black female-owned sanitary pad company, Mimi have partnered in a project that aims to keep 1,000 underprivileged girls in school... read |
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 | Merck has followed up the success of its Cancer Access Program, which empowers women in the field of oncology, where they were underrepresented, with another initiative that empowers African women - this time in the field of research, to offer better health care to women... read |
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 | While in the past government alone has been expected to deal with the challenges surrounding land reform, there is now, however, acceptance by all stakeholders that the private sector has an important role to play... read |
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 | Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa has approved the rezoning of the Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area (MPA) to allow limited fishing by members of local communities... read |
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 | The Postcode Meerkat, a wide area surveillance system, has recently been launched in the Kruger National Park (KNP)... read |
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 | Alan Marshall Utopia, a book by English statesman, lawyer and clergyman Thomas More (1487-1535), turns 500 years old this month... read |
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 | Old Mutual was recently awarded a five-star Green Star SA Existing Building Performance rating for its Mutualpark offices in Pinelands, Cape Town... read |
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 | Alex Kusmanoff, Georgia Garrard, Luis Mata and Sar Ideas to enhance the liveability and sustainability of our cities have attracted a lot of interest recently... read |
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 | While South Africans are aware of the benefits of renewable energy and are generally supportive of these, in general they remain concerned about the cost... read |
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 | General Motors South Africa's (GMSA) has been declared a 100% landfill-free organisation, with its two manufacturing sites in Port Elizabeth... read |
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 | The new hype is the ability to analyse various types of information that are not based at the same location - termed deep analytics... read |
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