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This is why middle managers hold the key to attaining the SDGs
This is why middle managers hold the key to attaining the SDGs
Middle managers are left out of the loop when it comes to sustainability strategies... read

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Gunning for creative diversity on Nkanyezi Masango's Blackboard

Leigh Andrews

Nkanyezi Masango, now creative director at King James Group, is a true champion for excellence in creativity among youth. Here's what he'll be looking for as the only SA juror on the One Club's Young Guns board... read
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Climate Change
Cities rally around the Paris deal, a reminder that global problems can have local solutions
Cities rally around the Paris deal, a reminder that global problems can have local solutions

Luc Soete

When President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris agreement, the landmark climate accord signed by 196 nations that came into force in November 2016, the decision caused a significant negative backlash among other signatory countries... read

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Environment & Natural Resources
How sustainable tourism is rising in Africa
How sustainable tourism is rising in Africa

Stephen Marshal

As tourism is increasing, various African governments are gearing up for a greater footfall without causing a strain on their resources. They have been taking active steps to build a sustainable model of tourism... read
Coalition wins court order to postpone mining in environmentally threatened area
Coalition wins court order to postpone mining in environmentally threatened area

Catherine Horsfield

The Pretoria High Court has granted an order to the coalition of eight organisations challenging the proposed coal mine by Atha-Africa Ventures inside the Mabola Protected Environment and Ekangala-Drakensberg strategic water source area... read
Food, Water & Energy Security
After 25 years of progress, world hunger is on the rise again
After 25 years of progress, world hunger is on the rise again
Since 2015, the number of hungry people in the world has increased... read
Stricter water restrictions for Cape Town now in effect
Stricter water restrictions for Cape Town now in effect
The City of Cape Town has implemented Level 4b water restrictions with effect from July 2017 as dam levels remain critically low and reserves need to be built up during winter for the expected harsh summer months ahead... read
Sweet deal keeps cane growers and sugar industry afloat
Sweet deal keeps cane growers and sugar industry afloat

Issued by Ithala Development Finance Corporation

The livelihood of about 58,000 people who contribute towards production of 20 million tonnes of sugarcane annually would have been compromised had it not been for the support provided by Ithala Development Finance Corporation... read
The internet of everything water
The internet of everything water

Ihuoma Atanga

Local communities boosting water monitoring systems using the internet... read
Nuclear and coal lobbies threaten to scupper renewables in South Africa
Nuclear and coal lobbies threaten to scupper renewables in South Africa

Hartmut Winkler

South African power utility Eskom recently repeated that it will not conclude supply contracts with the developers of new renewable energy power stations... read
Inclusion & Equality
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Ceres grower a leader in transformation
As early as in 2003, 60% of the ownership of Morceaux farm, a 93-hectare apple and pear farm adjacent to Ceres and part of the Laastedrif business, was transferred to a group of farm workers... read
Greater private sector support needed for transformation in property sector
Greater private sector support needed for transformation in property sector
The latest Property Sector Market Size report by the Property Sector Charter Council shows that the sector in South Africa is estimated to be valued at R5.8tn... read
Infrastructure and Technology
How UWC plans to turn mountains of coal-ash into low-cost building materials
How UWC plans to turn mountains of coal-ash into low-cost building materials
Thanks to groundbreaking research from the University of the Western Cape (UWC), the artificial coal-ash mountains that changed the landscape of the Highveld and Mpumalanga, posing a significant environmental threat, could become a thing of the past... read
Pollution & Waste Management
A man sorting a sea of plastic bottles at one of the Wecycler hubs in Lagos, Nigeria. Most plastic litter from cities ends up in oceans. Photo: Panos/Joan Bardeletti
Plastics pose biggest threat to oceans

Zipporah Musau

Oceans choking on millions of plastic water bottles, cups, straws and single use plastic bags... read
Africa
Y'ello Box
Mobile phone powered solar electricity for Nigeria
The powerful Y'ello Box is bringing 24/7 electricity to Nigeria via your mobile phone... read
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Tanzania to speed up hydropower project on UNESCO site
Tanzania's President John Magufuli plans to speed up the building of a hydroelectric dam in one of Africa's largest game reserves, despite criticism from environmentalists and UNESCO... read
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