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The Umgeni River mouth is a popular recreation area in Durban, but is chronically polluted by sewage. Photo: Nokulunga Majola / GroundUp

Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through DurbanNokulunga Majola

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Change is coming to ESG disclosures in SA - what to expectDalit Anstey

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"New system" is needed to deal with natural disasters in SA

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Change is coming to ESG disclosures in SA - what to expect

By Dalit Anstey 2 days

Image: Flooding in Cape Town recently -

"New system" is needed to deal with natural disasters in SA

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

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

12 Apr 2023

Scores of people came to the launch of the Living Roots SA indigenous plant nursery in Claremont on Monday. The project is run by people who are homeless. Photos: Matthew Hirsch / GroundUp

Indigenous plant nursery run by homeless people brings new life to vacant land in Claremont

Matthew Hirsch 12 Apr 2023

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Comments sought on use of government waterworks regulations

12 Apr 2023

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Mastercard accelerates the removal of first-use, PVC plastics from payment cards

11 Apr 2023

SA NPO Reach Digital Health wins international Skoll Award

SA NPO Reach Digital Health wins international Skoll Award

11 Apr 2023

#BizTrends: Banks are paying more attention to ESG. Here's why.

Clinton Abbott 6 Apr 2023

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Hi-Tec One highlights outdoor brand's sustainability drive

6 Apr 2023

Mini and Red Bull roll out SA's first solar-powered electric vehicle charging station

Mini and Red Bull roll out SA's first solar-powered electric vehicle charging station

6 Apr 2023

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

Stone 6 Apr 2023

Global Citizen NOW returns with a new agenda for urgent action

Global Citizen NOW returns with a new agenda for urgent action

OnPoint PR 6 Apr 2023

Entries open for Eco-Logic Awards 2023

Entries open for Eco-Logic Awards 2023

5 Apr 2023

Net-zero vehicles and efficient transport key to decarbonising sector by 2050

Net-zero vehicles and efficient transport key to decarbonising sector by 2050

4 Apr 2023

9.6% growth recorded in renewables in 2022 despite energy crisis

9.6% growth recorded in renewables in 2022 despite energy crisis

3 Apr 2023

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ESG in agriculture - why it needs to work

Lerato Molefi & Dalit Anstey 3 Apr 2023

Source: Reuters.

Absa eyes increased Black ownership in lieu of record multi-billion transaction approval

3 Apr 2023

Bata South Africa's international team invests in local community

Bata South Africa's international team invests in local community

Bata 3 Apr 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners March 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners March 2023

Bizcommunity.com 1 Apr 2023

NHI excludes asylum seekers from healthcare service coverage, legal advisers warn

Katja Hamilton 31 Mar 2023

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African consumers are ready to take climate action: How can corporates help them?

Nomava Zanazo 31 Mar 2023

New Paper and Packaging PRO Alliance CEO Dorah Modise. Source: Supplied

Dorah Modise takes the helm at Paper and Packaging PRO Alliance

31 Mar 2023

Nordex sets sights on offering fully recyclable wind turbine blades by 2032

Nordex sets sights on offering fully recyclable wind turbine blades by 2032

31 Mar 2023

Feenix, CBE partner in providing built environment students with financial assistance

Feenix, CBE partner in providing built environment students with financial assistance

31 Mar 2023

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Business expansion in Africa: Avoid the 'Calabash Effect'

Dr Rutendo Hwindingwi 30 Mar 2023

Development programme launched for women in renewables sector

Development programme launched for women in renewables sector

30 Mar 2023

Innovative ideas to create a more sustainable office

Innovative ideas to create a more sustainable office

GO Content Lab 30 Mar 2023

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10 tips to writing effective funding proposals for NPOs

Feryal Domingo 29 Mar 2023

FoodForward SA shows huge surge in impact, as SA food crisis deepens

FoodForward SA shows huge surge in impact, as SA food crisis deepens

FoodForward SA 29 Mar 2023

Vodacom's #CodeLikeAGirl 2023 workshop to empower 600 girls with ICT skills

Vodacom's #CodeLikeAGirl 2023 workshop to empower 600 girls with ICT skills

28 Mar 2023

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3 steps to meeting your waste management targets

28 Mar 2023

China Energy proposes 1,000MW floating solar plant in Zimbabwe

China Energy proposes 1,000MW floating solar plant in Zimbabwe

Nyasha Chingono 27 Mar 2023

Africa news

9.6% growth recorded in renewables in 2022 despite energy crisis

9.6% growth recorded in renewables in 2022 despite energy crisis

3 Apr 2023

China Energy proposes 1,000MW floating solar plant in Zimbabwe

China Energy proposes 1,000MW floating solar plant in Zimbabwe

Nyasha Chingono 27 Mar 2023

Supplied image: Nestlé and Chilanga Cement signing partnership agreement during the launch event. Pictured (from left to right): Chibuye Mbesuma Ngulube, general counsel & company secretary at Chilanga Cement, Honorable Gary Nkombo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and Zubayer Davids, country manager, Nestlé Zambia and Malawi.

Nestlé, Chilanga Cement partner in plastic neutrality initiative

23 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

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SA NPO Reach Digital Health wins international Skoll Award

SA NPO Reach Digital Health wins international Skoll Award

11 Apr 2023

#BizTrends: Banks are paying more attention to ESG. Here's why.

Clinton Abbott 6 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied

Hi-Tec One highlights outdoor brand's sustainability drive

6 Apr 2023

Mini and Red Bull roll out SA's first solar-powered electric vehicle charging station

Mini and Red Bull roll out SA's first solar-powered electric vehicle charging station

6 Apr 2023

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

Stone 6 Apr 2023

Global Citizen NOW returns with a new agenda for urgent action

Global Citizen NOW returns with a new agenda for urgent action

OnPoint PR 6 Apr 2023

Entries open for Eco-Logic Awards 2023

Entries open for Eco-Logic Awards 2023

5 Apr 2023

Net-zero vehicles and efficient transport key to decarbonising sector by 2050

Net-zero vehicles and efficient transport key to decarbonising sector by 2050

4 Apr 2023

Image source: Kyryl Gorlov –

ESG in agriculture - why it needs to work

Lerato Molefi & Dalit Anstey 3 Apr 2023

Source: Reuters.

Absa eyes increased Black ownership in lieu of record multi-billion transaction approval

3 Apr 2023

Bata South Africa's international team invests in local community

Bata South Africa's international team invests in local community

Bata 3 Apr 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners March 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners March 2023

Bizcommunity.com 1 Apr 2023

NHI excludes asylum seekers from healthcare service coverage, legal advisers warn

Katja Hamilton 31 Mar 2023

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African consumers are ready to take climate action: How can corporates help them?

Nomava Zanazo 31 Mar 2023

New Paper and Packaging PRO Alliance CEO Dorah Modise. Source: Supplied

Dorah Modise takes the helm at Paper and Packaging PRO Alliance

31 Mar 2023

Nordex sets sights on offering fully recyclable wind turbine blades by 2032

Nordex sets sights on offering fully recyclable wind turbine blades by 2032

31 Mar 2023

Feenix, CBE partner in providing built environment students with financial assistance

Feenix, CBE partner in providing built environment students with financial assistance

31 Mar 2023

Image source: Aleksandra Alekseeva –

Business expansion in Africa: Avoid the 'Calabash Effect'

Dr Rutendo Hwindingwi 30 Mar 2023

Development programme launched for women in renewables sector

Development programme launched for women in renewables sector

30 Mar 2023

Innovative ideas to create a more sustainable office

Innovative ideas to create a more sustainable office

GO Content Lab 30 Mar 2023

Image: Supplied

10 tips to writing effective funding proposals for NPOs

Feryal Domingo 29 Mar 2023

FoodForward SA shows huge surge in impact, as SA food crisis deepens

FoodForward SA shows huge surge in impact, as SA food crisis deepens

FoodForward SA 29 Mar 2023

Vodacom's #CodeLikeAGirl 2023 workshop to empower 600 girls with ICT skills

Vodacom's #CodeLikeAGirl 2023 workshop to empower 600 girls with ICT skills

28 Mar 2023

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3 steps to meeting your waste management targets

28 Mar 2023

WOO sustainability taskforce. Source: Supplied.

Primedia Outdoor's Jorja Wilkins joins WOO task force

27 Mar 2023

SA signs water-related MoUs with Finland, Netherlands

SA signs water-related MoUs with Finland, Netherlands

27 Mar 2023

Forests reduce health risks, new global report confirms

Forests reduce health risks, new global report confirms

The Coup 24 Mar 2023

Christel House SA launches initiative to support unemployed youth

Christel House SA launches initiative to support unemployed youth

24 Mar 2023

Spear moves closer to energy independence with Phase 2 solar expansion

Spear moves closer to energy independence with Phase 2 solar expansion

23 Mar 2023

SA retailers and brands making headway in cutting plastic waste

23 Mar 2023

Why sustainable tech is - and should be - here to stay

Why sustainable tech is - and should be - here to stay

ASUS 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

Source: Tiger Brands

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

22 Mar 2023