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Dr Mamphela Ramphele speaking at a Leader's Angle talk hosted by the University of Stellenbosch Business School.
Is the private sector complicit in public sector corruption?
Dr Mamphela Ramphele believes the Gupta email leaks raise very worrying questions of corporate complicity with corruption... read

WOMEN'S MONTH
Standard Bank announces 2017 Top Women Awards finalists
Standard Bank announces 2017 Top Women Awards finalists

Issued by Topco Media

The awards attracted a flood of entries for this year's 14th annual ceremony, which will take place at Emperors Palace on 17 August, before a host of business and government leaders, along with celebrities... read
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Circular Economy
Having more, owning less: how to fight throwaway culture
Having more, owning less: how to fight throwaway culture

Christine Cole and Alex Gnanapragasam

Until the advent of cheap credit and cheaper item costs, for many consumers in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s rental was the most accessible way of obtaining products such as televisions, video recorders and washing machines that were high cost and frequently required repair... read
Climate Change
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Climate Progress Dashboard launched
Schroders recently launched its Climate Progress Dashboard which aims to give investors insight into the progress governments and industries are making towards limiting global temperature rise to 2°C... read
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SRK Consulting applies rapid vulnerability assessment tool in City of Mbombela
SRK Consulting has developed a rapid vulnerability assessment (RVA) tool that has the potential to assist local governments in responding to climate change... read
Satellite launched to monitor climate change and vegetation
Satellite launched to monitor climate change and vegetation
Two satellites, including one dedicated to monitoring the effects of climate change on vegetation, were successfully launched into orbit late Tuesday, 1 August, launch company Arianespace said... read
Education & Training
Mentorship programme gears rural women for business
Mentorship programme gears rural women for business

Issued by Ithala Development Finance Corporation

A mentorship programme to capacitate KwaZulu-Natal rural and township women with business skills to realise their dreams of becoming entrepreneurs and enjoying a better quality of life has been made possible... read
Mike Schalit, Net#work's creative co-founder and creative chief of BBDO SA Group.
Net#work BBDO to launch limited edition book on creativity
Marking its 23rd year, Net#work BBDO is publishing a limited-edition coffee table book that examines insights into the nature and process of creativity... read
UCT GSB launches MTN Solution Space in Philippi Village
UCT GSB launches MTN Solution Space in Philippi Village
The Graduate School of Business of UCT has launched the MTN Solution Space in Philippi Village, brings the university's business resources directly to the communities of Philippi, Nyanga, Gugulethu, Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha... read
Environment & Natural Resources
The grey long-eared bat. Anton Alberdi / Bat conservation trust, Author provided
How to set conservation priorities in response to climate change

Orly Razgour

Climate change is not something that will just go away... read
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Researchers: Artificial intelligence can help fight deforestation

Umberto Bacchi

A new technique using artificial intelligence to predict where deforestation is most likely to occur could help the DRC preserve its shrinking rainforest and cut carbon emissions, researchers have said... read
Burundi solar street lights.
Burundi opts for solar power to reach masses
Over 95% of Burundi's 11 million people lack access to electricity - this week solar-powered ‘light islands' began appearing in dense pedestrian areas and in streets... read
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2017 SAB Environmental Awards open for entries
The annual SAB Environmental Media Awards and Environmentalist of the Year 2017 is open for entries... read
The Ranger Services staff perform the guard of honour for the KNP Rangers. Approaching the Ranger monument and laying the wreath at the ceremony are MEC: Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Mpumalanga Province, Mr Petrus Ngomane (middle), Chief Ranger, Nicholus Funda, and Head Ranger Ken Maggs from the KNP Ranger Services Department. Senior members of the South African Police Service, South African National Defence Force and South African National Parks Honorary Rangers formed part of the ceremonial wreath laying.
Rangers, we salute you
Every year on 31 July, nations around the globe observe World Rangers Day to commemorate the countless brave rangers who have sacrificed their lives to protect our natural heritage... read
Food, Water & Energy Security
City goes after water guzzlers
City goes after water guzzlers
The City of Cape Town will start knocking on doors this week to install devices that restrict supply to water guzzlers... read
Arid SA needs to get serious about desalination
Arid SA needs to get serious about desalination

Jacques Laubscher

In SA, it seems that whenever drought starts to bite, talk of desalination returns to the national debate... read
Inclusion & Equality
WOSA documentary showcases SA wine industry transformation
WOSA documentary showcases SA wine industry transformation
Wines of South Africa has created a short documentary, Creating the Blend, which showcases a few of the programmes that enrich wine industry workers, including land ownership, education, and training... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Habitat for Humanity, UN-HABITAT to host conference on African land governance, management
Habitat for Humanity, UN-HABITAT to host conference on African land governance, management
Land is integral to securing shelter, agriculture for food security, mobilising investments and for the sustainable management of resources... read
Twin City Bushbuckridge Shopping Centre in Mpumalanga
Property development in underserved areas is not for the faint of heart
Building in under-serviced areas is tough, but the socio-economic payoff makes it worthwhile in the long run... read
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The role of cities in the next automotive revolution

Trevor Hill

Ever-increasing urbanisation and the subsequent demand for development of cities is the catalyst needed to bridge both the greatest challenges and most creative solutions for a future of the automotive sector... read
Green tech future for Atlantis a step closer
Green tech future for Atlantis a step closer

Dave Chambers

Cape Town's "lost city" of Atlantis is a step closer to becoming a green technology hub... read
CT revised development framework aims to reverse impact of apartheid spatial planning
CT revised development framework aims to reverse impact of apartheid spatial planning
The City of Cape Town has issued a draft revised Municipal Spatial Development Framework which outlines how it intends to transform the city's spatial form... read
Pollution & Waste Management
Leaders in the local plastics and packaging industries participate in a panel discussion chaired by Douw Steyn, sustainability director at Plastics|SA.
Inaugural African Marine Waste Conference develops strategic plan to tackle marine litter
Attended by approximately 200 delegates from nine African states and a further 10 countries from other continents, the inaugural African Marine Waste Conference recently took place in PE... read
Business
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City of Cape Town announces road closures
The City of Cape Town has announced temporary road closures in parts of the CBD today, Tuesday, 8 August 2017, to accommodate two gatherings which have been approved... read
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