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An old woman hospitalized for dehydration during the recent record heat wave, receives IV drip while she is being consulted at an hospital in Niamey, Niger, 13 April 2024. Reuters/ Mahamadou Hamidou

Deadly heat in W Africa warns of climate change-driven scorchers to comeBoureima Balima and Abdel-Kader Mazou

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Impact manager Acre raises $100m for African climate infrastructureVirginia Furness

The Carbon Majors list of the companies responsible for four fifths of the world’s CO2 emissions includes Sasol. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Sasol makes the world CO2 emissions blacklistLiezl Human

An aerial view shows a deserted and flooded traditional homestead following heavy rains in Garsen, Tana Delta within Tana River county, Kenya 23 November 2023. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Huge debt costs mean climate spending could make emerging nations insolventLibby George

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KZN activates disaster teams

Source: A photo taken of Dubai's skyline under a stormy sky in October 2020.

Dubai’s torrential downpour unleashes havoc on city’s commercial hubs

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Impact manager Acre raises $100m for African climate infrastructure

By Virginia Furness 2 days

SA retailers and brands making headway in cutting plastic waste

23 Mar 2023

#WorldWaterDay: Water stewardship, safe rural supply key to ensuring 'Water for All'

#WorldWaterDay: Water stewardship, safe rural supply key to ensuring 'Water for All'

22 Mar 2023

Source: Rand Merchant Bank.

RMB and Remgro join forces to grow private electricity trader

22 Mar 2023

#WorldWaterDay: Stewardship approach needed to sustainably address the water crisis

#WorldWaterDay: Stewardship approach needed to sustainably address the water crisis

Karen King 22 Mar 2023

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Eskom temporarily allowed to bypass pollution rules

22 Mar 2023

Ugandan legislators participate in the debate of the Anti-Homosexuality bill, which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations during a sitting at the Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda 21 March 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Source: Tiger Brands

#WorldWaterDay: Tiger Brands invests R35m in water infrastructure to mitigate load shedding impact

22 Mar 2023

#WorldWaterDay: Water shedding in SA must be avoided at all costs

#WorldWaterDay: Water shedding in SA must be avoided at all costs

22 Mar 2023

The progress towards achieving universal health coverage needs to remain on track

Ahmed Banderker 20 Mar 2023

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How working from home can increase sustainability

Natalie Scott and Janice Geel 20 Mar 2023

Kenya’s Chemolex, creators of Biopactic, a biodegradable alternative to plastic made from invasive water hyacinths that grow aggressively in Lake Victoria. Image source: .

Winners of the Afri-Plastics Challenge 2023

20 Mar 2023

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Force majeure: How climate change will impact renewable energy contracts

Hannetjie Marais 17 Mar 2023

Sanna Sebone shares tips on building a sustainable woman-owned construction enterprise

Sanna Sebone shares tips on building a sustainable woman-owned construction enterprise

Sindy Peters 17 Mar 2023

The road to sustainable mobility

The road to sustainable mobility

Greg Cress, Stone 17 Mar 2023

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Afri-Plastics Summit 2023: Ensuring gender empowerment for women in waste management

Shan Radcliffe 16 Mar 2023

Image: SuppliedManfred Braune, Director of Environmental Sustainability at UCT, Cllr Van Reenen, Grant Smith, Senior Research Officer in the Energy Systems Research Group at UCT, and Professor of Chemical Engineering Harro von Blottnitz

New CoCT, UCT climate app challenges Capetonians to act neutral

15 Mar 2023

Bolt to develop e-learning project at Limpopo girls school

Bolt to develop e-learning project at Limpopo girls school

15 Mar 2023

How renewables can help drive economic recovery, prosperity in SA

How renewables can help drive economic recovery, prosperity in SA

15 Mar 2023

Bata South Africa and Standard Bank join forces on school shoe donation drive

Bata South Africa and Standard Bank join forces on school shoe donation drive

Bata 15 Mar 2023

Joburg shopping mall opens creche to serve needs of community

Joburg shopping mall opens creche to serve needs of community

15 Mar 2023

Vehicles move amid dense smog in Lahore, Pakistan 24 November 2021. Reuters/Mohsin Raza/File Photo

Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries - survey

Krishn Kaushik 14 Mar 2023

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Sustainability is not sustainable without consistency

Chetan Mistry 14 Mar 2023

'People on the Move' exhibition includes renowned artists and photographers

'People on the Move' exhibition includes renowned artists and photographers

TenacityPR 14 Mar 2023

Safripol announces bottle-to-bottle product

Safripol announces bottle-to-bottle product

KAP Limited 14 Mar 2023

Building a social justice mindset in a school environment

Building a social justice mindset in a school environment

Songozo Malangeni 14 Mar 2023

Search is on for Food Lover's Market's next social enterprise supplier

Search is on for Food Lover's Market's next social enterprise supplier

13 Mar 2023

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ESG windfall with expanded renewable energy tax incentive

Tsanga Mukumba and Jordan Moonsamy 13 Mar 2023

R40m NIH grant keeps HIV prevention as top priority in 2023

10 Mar 2023

R6m spent on water project near Matatiele, but no diesel to run pump

R6m spent on water project near Matatiele, but no diesel to run pump

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 10 Mar 2023

Winds and rain continue to increase in strength as Cyclone Freddy makes landfall over Vilankulos, Mozambique, 24 February 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Unicef Mozambique/2023/Guy Taylor via Reuters

Record-breaking storm Freddy due to hit Mozambique again

Nellie Peyton 10 Mar 2023

Africa news

Ugandan legislators participate in the debate of the Anti-Homosexuality bill, which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations during a sitting at the Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda 21 March 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Vehicles move amid dense smog in Lahore, Pakistan 24 November 2021. Reuters/Mohsin Raza/File Photo

Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries - survey

Krishn Kaushik 14 Mar 2023

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Call for applications - Green Entrepreneurship Awards 2023

6 Mar 2023

Saipem to restart Mozambique LNG project for Total in July

Saipem to restart Mozambique LNG project for Total in July

Francesca Landini and America Hernandez 1 Mar 2023

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#WorldWaterDay: Water shedding in SA must be avoided at all costs

#WorldWaterDay: Water shedding in SA must be avoided at all costs

22 Mar 2023

The progress towards achieving universal health coverage needs to remain on track

Ahmed Banderker 20 Mar 2023

Image source: Getty Images

How working from home can increase sustainability

Natalie Scott and Janice Geel 20 Mar 2023

Kenya’s Chemolex, creators of Biopactic, a biodegradable alternative to plastic made from invasive water hyacinths that grow aggressively in Lake Victoria. Image source: .

Winners of the Afri-Plastics Challenge 2023

20 Mar 2023

Image source: Kervin Edward Lara from

Force majeure: How climate change will impact renewable energy contracts

Hannetjie Marais 17 Mar 2023

Sanna Sebone shares tips on building a sustainable woman-owned construction enterprise

Sanna Sebone shares tips on building a sustainable woman-owned construction enterprise

Sindy Peters 17 Mar 2023

The road to sustainable mobility

The road to sustainable mobility

Greg Cress, Stone 17 Mar 2023

Image source: Mumtahina Tanni from

Afri-Plastics Summit 2023: Ensuring gender empowerment for women in waste management

Shan Radcliffe 16 Mar 2023

Image: SuppliedManfred Braune, Director of Environmental Sustainability at UCT, Cllr Van Reenen, Grant Smith, Senior Research Officer in the Energy Systems Research Group at UCT, and Professor of Chemical Engineering Harro von Blottnitz

New CoCT, UCT climate app challenges Capetonians to act neutral

15 Mar 2023

Bolt to develop e-learning project at Limpopo girls school

Bolt to develop e-learning project at Limpopo girls school

15 Mar 2023

How renewables can help drive economic recovery, prosperity in SA

How renewables can help drive economic recovery, prosperity in SA

15 Mar 2023

Bata South Africa and Standard Bank join forces on school shoe donation drive

Bata South Africa and Standard Bank join forces on school shoe donation drive

Bata 15 Mar 2023

Joburg shopping mall opens creche to serve needs of community

Joburg shopping mall opens creche to serve needs of community

15 Mar 2023

Image source: Steve Johnson from

Sustainability is not sustainable without consistency

Chetan Mistry 14 Mar 2023

'People on the Move' exhibition includes renowned artists and photographers

'People on the Move' exhibition includes renowned artists and photographers

TenacityPR 14 Mar 2023

Safripol announces bottle-to-bottle product

Safripol announces bottle-to-bottle product

KAP Limited 14 Mar 2023

Building a social justice mindset in a school environment

Building a social justice mindset in a school environment

Songozo Malangeni 14 Mar 2023

Search is on for Food Lover's Market's next social enterprise supplier

Search is on for Food Lover's Market's next social enterprise supplier

13 Mar 2023

Image source: Petr Malinak –

ESG windfall with expanded renewable energy tax incentive

Tsanga Mukumba and Jordan Moonsamy 13 Mar 2023

R40m NIH grant keeps HIV prevention as top priority in 2023

10 Mar 2023

R6m spent on water project near Matatiele, but no diesel to run pump

R6m spent on water project near Matatiele, but no diesel to run pump

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 10 Mar 2023

Winds and rain continue to increase in strength as Cyclone Freddy makes landfall over Vilankulos, Mozambique, 24 February 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Unicef Mozambique/2023/Guy Taylor via Reuters

Record-breaking storm Freddy due to hit Mozambique again

Nellie Peyton 10 Mar 2023

SA, Eswatini conclude treaty review consultations over Komati River Basin

SA, Eswatini conclude treaty review consultations over Komati River Basin

10 Mar 2023

Voices of the poor: "We need people to know we are starving"

Voices of the poor: "We need people to know we are starving"

Andy du Plessis, FoodForward SA 10 Mar 2023

Sustainability: an important consideration in the war to win talent

Sustainability: an important consideration in the war to win talent

Pnet 10 Mar 2023

Celebrating a discovery worth sharing

Celebrating a discovery worth sharing

OnPoint PR 10 Mar 2023

MullenLowe's commercial for Save the Children exposes xenophobia

MullenLowe's commercial for Save the Children exposes xenophobia

Mullen Lowe South Africa 10 Mar 2023

Source: GIBS Business School. Chairman of the new Resource Mobilisaton Fund.

Introducing the new Resource Mobilisation Fund

Katja Hamilton 9 Mar 2023

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Lessons in collaboration to help strengthen SA's water governance

Margo Paterson and John Dini 9 Mar 2023

Source: iStock. Police cleared burning tyres at Tshepong Hospital in Klerksdorp on Tuesday (7 March 2023) as Nehawu members picketed outside the hospital.

Tensions mount as Nehawu strike intensifies

Katja Hamilton 8 Mar 2023

Momentum builds for corporate ESG reporting and assurance, yet disclosure inconsistencies linger, study finds

Momentum builds for corporate ESG reporting and assurance, yet disclosure inconsistencies linger, study finds

AICPA & CIMA 8 Mar 2023

How greater investment in wind power can help tackle SA's energy crisis

How greater investment in wind power can help tackle SA's energy crisis

Janek Winand 8 Mar 2023

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Massmart's R1m boost for female academics and GBV research

8 Mar 2023

South African women more at risk of becoming indebted than men

8 Mar 2023

Lyndy van den Barselaar, MD of ManpowerGroup South Africa

Embrace equity: 4 ways to close the workforce gender gap

Lyndy van den Barselaar 8 Mar 2023

Source: Daily Pioneer.

Rand extends losses as sharper-than-expected Q4 GDP contraction signals start of deep recession

Ed Stoddard 8 Mar 2023

Barbie encouraging girls to see themselves in STEM

Barbie encouraging girls to see themselves in STEM

8 Mar 2023

NPO launches the Know Your Worth Health Walk

NPO launches the Know Your Worth Health Walk

8 Mar 2023

Metaverse helps bring water to Africa

Metaverse helps bring water to Africa

Mann Made 8 Mar 2023

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