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Southern Oil innovates with canola oil waste turned into animal feed
Agriculture
Southern Oil innovates with canola oil waste turned into animal feed

4 Mar 2024

Agriculture challenges in South Africa: We need a different lens
Agriculture
Agriculture challenges in South Africa: We need a different lens

Christian Giesel 14 Dec 2023

Invasive Port Jackson trees, plastic waste offer solution for low-cost housing
Construction & Engineering
Invasive Port Jackson trees, plastic waste offer solution for low-cost housing

12 Apr 2023

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ESG & Sustainability
ESG windfall with expanded renewable energy tax incentive

Tsanga Mukumba and Jordan Moonsamy 13 Mar 2023

UP-led study finds aloe plant could impede life cycle of malaria-carrying parasite
Healthcare
UP-led study finds aloe plant could impede life cycle of malaria-carrying parasite

Issued by University of Pretoria 14 Feb 2023

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Legal
Age of industrial hemp: New Plant Improvement Act and plant breeders' regulations

Thomas Schmidt 4 Oct 2022

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference
Agriculture
Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Chloe MacLaren 1 Sep 2022

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil
Energy & Mining
Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Callum Russell 29 Mar 2022

Biogas is a sleeping giant in a world of loadshedding and landfill airspace shortages
ESG & Sustainability
Biogas is a sleeping giant in a world of loadshedding and landfill airspace shortages

Issued by GreenCape 8 Feb 2022

'Matchmaking': European biogas technology meets project partners in emerging and developing countries
ESG & Sustainability
'Matchmaking': European biogas technology meets project partners in emerging and developing countries

Issued by GreenCape 20 Dec 2021

Western Cape wine farm turns old horse paddock into thriving food garden
Agriculture
Western Cape wine farm turns old horse paddock into thriving food garden

Robin Fredericks 26 Oct 2021

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Agriculture
Vinpro, Winetech information days to spotlight sustainability in the wine industry

27 Aug 2021

SU, Vinpro launch vineyard training and research platform
Agriculture
SU, Vinpro launch vineyard training and research platform

19 Apr 2021

Metals from urban pollution are contaminating the last few old forests in Cape Town
ESG & Sustainability
Metals from urban pollution are contaminating the last few old forests in Cape Town

Anne-Liese Naude (Kruger) 15 Dec 2020

Food and clean water start with soil biodiversity: Learning more about it is urgent
Agriculture
Food and clean water start with soil biodiversity: Learning more about it is urgent

Charlene Janion-Scheepers 10 Dec 2020

New tissue culture facility opens in the Western Cape
Agriculture
New tissue culture facility opens in the Western Cape

9 Nov 2020

Honey-alcohol fermentation experiment with chopped “moerwortel” plant additive, Glia prolifera. Neil Rusch
Retail
Does alcohol have an undisclosed African heritage?

Neil Rusch 15 Sep 2020

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Agriculture
#BizTrends2020: SA wine industry shifting gears

Rico Basson 6 Jan 2020

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Agriculture
Invasive alien plants and their impact on water use

Louise Stafford 28 Oct 2019

Crop leftovers can store huge amounts of carbon: insights from Uganda
Agriculture
Crop leftovers can store huge amounts of carbon: insights from Uganda

15 Oct 2019

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Agriculture
CoCT develops methods to combat invasive tree beetle infestation

11 Jun 2019

Increasing focus on environmental taxes in South Africa
ESG & Sustainability
Increasing focus on environmental taxes in South Africa

Jerome Brink 22 May 2019

How SA is going for gold at the Chelsea Flower Show
Lifestyle
How SA is going for gold at the Chelsea Flower Show

Daphne Cooper 4 Apr 2019

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Agriculture
Vititec rebrands, continues commitment to sustainably grow SA wine

17 Jan 2019

Study explores the bitter taste of honeybush tea
Agriculture
Study explores the bitter taste of honeybush tea

10 Dec 2018

#FutureofFarming: Aerobotics launches new agritech innovations to combat pest, disease
Agriculture
#FutureofFarming: Aerobotics launches new agritech innovations to combat pest, disease

Robin Fredericks 15 Oct 2018

Meet the Maker: Jacqueline Grobler
Agriculture
Meet the Maker: Jacqueline Grobler

Samantha Snedorf 10 Aug 2018

Avocados with edible anti-spoilage coating hit US stores
Retail
Avocados with edible anti-spoilage coating hit US stores

Ben Coxworth 19 Jul 2018

How to extend your vineyard's lifetime
Agriculture
How to extend your vineyard's lifetime

14 Jun 2018

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Agriculture
Mainstreaming biodiversity crucial for securing global food security

31 May 2018

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Agriculture
Clone tastings: Vititec puts experimental wines through their paces

23 Apr 2018

Hortgro and Tru-Cape brings back the Witte Wijn Appel, the roots of WC apple industry
Agriculture
Hortgro and Tru-Cape brings back the Witte Wijn Appel, the roots of WC apple industry

26 Mar 2018

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Agriculture
A tiny beetle and its deadly fungus is threatening South Africa's trees

Wilhelm de Beer 28 Feb 2018

New SA table grape launched in Berlin
Agriculture
New SA table grape launched in Berlin

9 Feb 2018

SustainPower delivers locally manufactured biogas power generator to ibert
ESG & Sustainability
SustainPower delivers locally manufactured biogas power generator to ibert

12 Jan 2018

Seven ways wine farms can protect SA's natural resources
Agriculture
Seven ways wine farms can protect SA's natural resources

25 Oct 2017

Huge spike in global carbon emissions linked to El Niño
ESG & Sustainability
Huge spike in global carbon emissions linked to El Niño

16 Oct 2017

Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll
Agriculture
Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll

Katelyn Faulkner, Brett Hurley & Mark Robertson 24 Aug 2017

Why it's hard to control the Fall armyworm in Southern Africa
Agriculture
Why it's hard to control the Fall armyworm in Southern Africa

Kerstin Kruger 16 Feb 2017

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Agriculture
Survival of livestock during the drought

Prof. HO de Waal 28 Dec 2016

From left to right: JP van den Berg and his wife Linné; Sanette Thiart, Managing Director, Potato Certification Service, and Hennie van der Westhuizen, Business Manager Central, Bayer
Agriculture
2016 Seed Potato Grower of the year announced

23 Sep 2016

#BizsoeknBoer: Meet urban farmer Pierre van der Spuy
Agriculture
#BizsoeknBoer: Meet urban farmer Pierre van der Spuy

Cari Van Wyk 8 Sep 2016

A new, sustainable way to make plastic
ESG & Sustainability
A new, sustainable way to make plastic

Jamie Matroos 14 Mar 2016

Top Western Cape female entrepreneurs in agriculture crowned
Agriculture
Top Western Cape female entrepreneurs in agriculture crowned

24 Aug 2015

Dolerite sills so distinctive of the Karoo scenery in South Africa. Grant Cawthorn
Energy & Mining
Unpacking the secrets of South Africa's dolerite sills

Grant Cawthorn 20 Jul 2015

ECDC creating furniture from polyfibre production
Retail
ECDC creating furniture from polyfibre production

24 Oct 2014

ECDC puts millions into provincial projects
Government
ECDC puts millions into provincial projects

24 Oct 2014

Nederburg Charity Auction relives wine history with rare donations
Retail
Nederburg Charity Auction relives wine history with rare donations

18 Jul 2013

Healthcare
The Myriad decision: A mixed bag for the biotech industry

Joanne van Harmelen 15 Jul 2013

R50 million investment for Tanzania Food Corporation
Agriculture
R50 million investment for Tanzania Food Corporation

30 May 2013

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