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Concentration of CO2 in atmosphere hits record high
The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has hit a new high, the UN said Monday, 30 October... read
Circular Economy
SAB Foundation awards over R9m to small social enterprises
SAB Foundation awards over R9m to small social enterprises
The 2017 SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards winners were announced in Johannesburg recently. Over R9m in prize money was distributed among the 24 small businesses... read
Climate Change
Gigaba's Carbon Tax mention proves SA's commitment to fighting climate change
Gigaba's Carbon Tax mention proves SA's commitment to fighting climate change

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South African Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba, in his mid-term budget speech, announced the Cabinet's approval of the release of the proposed Carbon Tax Bill to Parliament... read
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JSE's new green bonds to fund low-carbon projects
The JSE's new green bond segment provides companies with an effective tool to raise capital for investments into sustainable projects... read
Education & Training
MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet raises more than R6m a month
MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet raises more than R6m a month
Launched in 1997, MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year... read
Environment & Natural Resources
WWF project sees crash of black rhinos moved to new location to help bolster numbers
WWF project sees crash of black rhinos moved to new location to help bolster numbers
WWF's Black Rhino Range Expansion Project (BRREP) recently managed the capture of 14 rhinos in KwaZulu-Natal parks, and their subsequent release onto a new reserve at an undisclosed location in the north of the country where it is hoped the animals will breed quickly and bolster their numbers... read
Food, Water & Energy Security
Karoo uranium mining plans scuppered...for now
Karoo uranium mining plans scuppered...for now
Depressed uranium prices and the subsequent poor return for investors have had a hand in Peninsula Energy's decision to divest their interests in the Karoo Uranium Project... read
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Game changers: Can the youth convert water pollution challenges to opportunities

Bonani Madikizela

Service delivery and youth unemployment are two key issues facing much of South Africa... read
Engineering student develops solution to CT water crisis
Engineering student develops solution to CT water crisis
Nkosinathi Nkomo, a civil engineering student at the University of Cape Town has come up with a solution to the water crisis in Cape Town... read
Gigaba ignoring Cape Town water crisis‚ says De Lille
Gigaba ignoring Cape Town water crisis‚ says De Lille

Aphiwe Deklerk

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba is giving Cape Town's water crisis the silent treatment, says mayor Patricia de Lille... read
There is an answer to Cape Town's water emergency
There is an answer to Cape Town's water emergency

Neels Blom

Day Zero is coming. It is the day in March 2018 when greater Cape Town runs out of water, when crisis becomes disaster... read
Health & Welfare
We've developed a hearing app that can screen people in rural areas
We've developed a hearing app that can screen people in rural areas

De Wet Swanepoel

Hearing loss is a major contributor to the global burden of disease, affecting over 360 million people... read
Inclusion & Equality
50 JSE Securities companies not compliant with EE Act
50 JSE Securities companies not compliant with EE Act
A total of 50 JSE Securities-listed companies, including the JSE itself, have been found to be non-compliant with the Employment Equity (EE) Act... read
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Motlanthe: Strong economic growth deepens inequality

Nicci Botha

Some 23 years down the line, democracy isn't all it's cracked up to be when it comes to levelling inequality... read
Activists halt Woodstock eviction
Activists halt Woodstock eviction

Ashraf Hendricks

About 30 supporters of Reclaim the City and Ndifuna Ukwazi gathered at the home of Carmina Vieira on Tuesday, 24 October, to prevent the eviction of her and her family... read
Fatima Vawda, founder of 27four Investment Managers, receiving the Comair Outstanding Woman in Business Award. Image by Julian Cole.
Here are the 2017 BBQ Awards winners
The 16th instalment of the BBQ Awards was held at Emperor's Palace, Ekurhuleni late last week... read
Pollution & Waste Management
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From waste to healthy soils: Why composting is the green thing to do
In South Africa, organic waste - perfectly compostable material - is one of the highest waste contributors to overflowing landfills, the largest source of methane gas... read
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Durban beaches awash with toxic 'nurdles'

Shelley Seid

"An ecological disaster and an environmental emergency" - that's what conservation and environmental organisations are calling the millions of plastic pellets, known as "nurdles", that have been washing up on KwaZulu-Natal beaches in the past two weeks... read
Can technology help fashion clean up its act?
Can technology help fashion clean up its act?

Suzanne Mancini

Chemical waste, mass production and consumerism are all byproducts of an industrialised global economy... read
International
China bans foreign waste - but what will happen to the world's recycling?
China bans foreign waste - but what will happen to the world's recycling?

Christine Cole

The dominant position that China holds in global manufacturing means that for many years China has also been the largest global importer of many types of recyclable materials... read
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Africa
Africa has focused on tackling undernutrition caused by low calorie diets. IFPRI
Seven African countries show how the battle against malnutrition can be won

Sheryl L Hendriks, Katrin Glatzel, Ousmane Badiane

A number of African countries are taking bold action to tackle malnutrition... Senegal, Ghana, Rwanda, Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia and Togo read
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Business
November sees another fuel price increase
November sees another fuel price increase
South Africans will see another the fuel price increase on Wednesday, 1 November 2017... read
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