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Salt water set to ease Cape Town dam crisis
Salt water set to ease Cape Town dam crisis
By the end of August, Capetonians will no longer be totally reliant on their struggling dams for water... read
CSI & Sustainability
Now more than ever, NGOs must be embraced
Now more than ever, NGOs must be embraced

Therina Wentzel

In a troubled year, it is more important than ever that we help those who help others... read
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Zuckerberg on Facebook's new mission statement
CNN's Laurie Segall interviewed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in an exclusive broadcast interview - his first in nearly five years. They chat about the company's new mission statement, political divisions, democracy, and internet access... [video] read

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World mayors urge G20 leaders to 'save the planet'
Dozens of city mayors from around the world - including Washington, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo and Sydney - on Monday, 26 June, called on G20 leaders to stick to their commitments on tackling climate change... read
WRC, CSIR host dialogue on environmental refugees, climate-induced migration
WRC, CSIR host dialogue on environmental refugees, climate-induced migration
Organised by the Water Research Commission (WRC) in collaboration with the CSIR, experts from a range of institutions recently convened in Pretoria to discuss the impacts of environmental refugees and climate-induced migration in Southern Africa in general, and South Africa in particular... read
2017 SERAS CSR Awards now open
2017 SERAS CSR Awards now open
The 2017 edition of The Sustainability, Enterprise, and Responsibility Awards (SERAS CSR Awards) Africa is now open for entries... read
Education & Training
Worx Group and Oak House Vocational Academy trial work experience pilot programme
Worx Group and Oak House Vocational Academy trial work experience pilot programme

Issued by Worx Group

Education is incredibly important to Worx Group, so when a fantastic opportunity came along to initiate a pilot programme with Oak House Vocational Academy as part of our IMPACT programme, we were eager to get on board... read
Add Hope empowers NGOs to make a difference
Add Hope empowers NGOs to make a difference
NGOs are often able to make money donated go much further than people realise due to the partnerships and pricing they have in place... read
uShaka Sea World looking for education volunteers
uShaka Sea World looking for education volunteers

Issued by uShaka Marine World

uShaka Sea World are accepting applications for new volunteers to work as Marine Education Guides... read
Youth making inroads to a brighter future
Youth making inroads to a brighter future

Issued by Ithala Development Finance Corporation

Helping small businesses to thrive at a time when South Africa's unemployment rate is at a 14-year high will be key to reducing the high rate of unemployment and putting an end to generational poverty... read
Environment & Natural Resources
Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism
Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism

Ips World Desk

"Millions of rural young people face an uncertain future due to the lack of decent rural jobs and continuous loss of livelihoods due to land degradation and falling yields..." read
SA, Rwanda to enhance environmental protection
SA, Rwanda to enhance environmental protection
South Africa and Rwanda share a common concern and responsibility to enhance cooperation in the fields of environmental protection and sustainable development... read
Food, Water & Energy Security
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Why the world needs to get smarter about water consumption

Dragan Savic

In 1900, just 15% of the world's population lived in cities. Now that proportion is over 50%... read
Stalled PPAs are hurting investors and govt's growth objectives
Stalled PPAs are hurting investors and govt's growth objectives
The DoE and Eskom again did not provide any clarity to investors in the renewable energy sector as to when the power utility will sign PPAs... read
Dutch designers use human waste to make electricity
Dutch designers use human waste to make electricity

Bongani Shweni

The Compost Kliko Toilet could lead to people getting away from flushing potential down the toilet... read
Health & Welfare
Yes, microlending reduces extreme poverty
Yes, microlending reduces extreme poverty

Quanda Zhang

A small boost in microlending to the developing world could lift more than 10.5 million people out of extreme poverty... read
How-to guide on community-based HIV programmes launched
How-to guide on community-based HIV programmes launched
A guide, which solidifies nine years' worth of experience in developing and implementing community-based HIV-prevention programmes, has been launched... read
Inclusion & Equality
It's time to take affordable housing in SA to the next level
It's time to take affordable housing in SA to the next level

Leanne Govender

There can be no arguing against the fact that the provision of affordable housing is a vital component of the social transformation and empowerment efforts of local and national governments across South Africa... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Fumani Mthembi, one of the founders of Pele Energy Group. Photo by Tsidi Bishop
Young South Africans investing in lucrative renewable energy sector

Tsidi Bishop

Fumani Mthembi, who runs a renewable energy producing company in South Africa, has no regrets about leaving her secure job in the middle of an economic recession to start her own business in 2009... read
Wind farms are hardly the bird slayers they're made out to be. Here's why
Wind farms are hardly the bird slayers they're made out to be. Here's why

Simon Chapman

People who oppose wind farms often claim wind turbine blades kill large numbers of birds, often referring to them as “bird choppers”... read
Family of slain Marikana miner 'Mambush' to be first beneficiary of AMCU Trust Fund's housing pillar
Family of slain Marikana miner 'Mambush' to be first beneficiary of AMCU Trust Fund's housing pillar

Issued by Pacinamix

The trust fund's housing pillar aims to build homes that provide dignity, social security and stability for the families of the victims massacred at Marikana, especially their children who are the future generation... read
Pollution & Waste Management
SAVA notes a successful 2017 conference
SAVA notes a successful 2017 conference
The Southern African Vinyls Association (SAVA) recently hosted its 2017 Vinyls SA Conference at the Hilton Hotel in Sandton... read
Reliance Compost earns gold at Eco-Logic Awards
Reliance Compost earns gold at Eco-Logic Awards
Reliance Compost, provider of 100% Certified Organic Compost produced from green garden refuse, won a gold Eco-Logic Award in the Recycling and Waste Management category... read
International
Electric vehicles inefficient way to reduce CO2 emissions: study
Electric vehicles inefficient way to reduce CO2 emissions: study
Subsidising the purchase of electric cars in Canada is an inefficient way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that is not cost effective, according to a Montreal Economic Institute study released on Thursday, 22 June... read
AGT Foods CEO scoops EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 title
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Africa
Climate imperils Ethiopia's coffee output: study
Climate imperils Ethiopia's coffee output: study
Climate change could wipe out more than half of Ethiopia's coffee production unless farmers move to higher ground, scientists warned. Climbing temperatures and dwindling rainfall have already degraded prime growing areas... read
Anger in Nigeria's south over oil spill clean-up delay
Anger in Nigeria's south over oil spill clean-up delay
Under a leaden sky in oil-rich southern Nigeria, young men hang around with nothing to do, covering their noses from the noxious fumes of the polluted swamp... read
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Zimbabwe begins mass transfer of animals to Mozambique
The animals won't travel two-by-two, but thousands of safari stalwarts will soon begin their journeys from Zimbabwe to Mozambique in one of Africa's largest ever wildlife transfers... read
Zambia hotels winning at sustainability with agricultural and entrepreneurship projects
FAO distributes seeds and fertilisers to a million people in north-east Nigeria
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New events to diarise
Carbon Footprint Masterclass
GCX - 19 Jul 2017 to 20 Jul 2017, Johannesburg


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