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Prince William, Prince of Wales meets the 2024 Earthshot Prize Finalists at the Kirstenbosch Gardens, in Cape Town, South Africa, 6 November 2024. Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters

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Beautiful News partners with WaterBear to turn audiences into climate activists

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FemConnect, V&A Waterfront partner to help end period poverty

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Pepkor on track to restore 70% of looted stores by October

Pepkor on track to restore 70% of looted stores by October

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New Nespresso blend helps revive fragile coffee farming in the DRC

New Nespresso blend helps revive fragile coffee farming in the DRC

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PinkDrive, corporate SA join hands to roll out vaccination programme to rural communities

PinkDrive, corporate SA join hands to roll out vaccination programme to rural communities

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Exxaro helps fight GBV with R3,5m contribution to GBVF Response Fund

Exxaro helps fight GBV with R3,5m contribution to GBVF Response Fund

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Advancing gender equality in the workplace: African Universities Gender Equality Forum - Register now!

Advancing gender equality in the workplace: African Universities Gender Equality Forum - Register now!

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SA needs a solution-driven approach to ensure access to safe and healthy food

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SDG 6: There is no life without water so give it the attention it needs

Belinda Carreira, SAICA 23 Aug 2021

Beautiful News partners with WaterBear to turn audiences into climate activists

Beautiful News partners with WaterBear to turn audiences into climate activists

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Ackermans drives #periodpoverty awareness with its sanitary pad initiative

Ackermans drives #periodpoverty awareness with its sanitary pad initiative

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FemConnect, V&A Waterfront partner to help end period poverty

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Sappi helps to restore and rebuild with Mandela Month initiatives

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Pepkor on track to restore 70% of looted stores by October

Pepkor on track to restore 70% of looted stores by October

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New Nespresso blend helps revive fragile coffee farming in the DRC

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PinkDrive, corporate SA join hands to roll out vaccination programme to rural communities

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Exxaro helps fight GBV with R3,5m contribution to GBVF Response Fund

Exxaro helps fight GBV with R3,5m contribution to GBVF Response Fund

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Those with nothing have nothing to lose

Those with nothing have nothing to lose

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5 key reasons why basic income support for poor South Africans makes sense

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Advancing gender equality in the workplace: African Universities Gender Equality Forum - Register now!

Advancing gender equality in the workplace: African Universities Gender Equality Forum - Register now!

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Bent, but never broken. South Africa's resilience emerges after turmoil

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SA plans R36bn in relief measures over Covid-19, unrest

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Alexander Winning and Wendell Roelf 28 Jul 2021

Leading KZN radio stations speak in one voice for unity

Leading KZN radio stations speak in one voice for unity

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Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a rise in hunger in South Africa

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Smile Foundation appoints Kim Robertson Smith as new GM

Smile Foundation appoints Kim Robertson Smith as new GM

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Kenya plan to help Covid-hit poor plagued by irregularities - rights group

Kenya plan to help Covid-hit poor plagued by irregularities - rights group

George Obulutsa 22 Jul 2021

Call for entries: The Trialogue Strategic CSI Award 2021

Call for entries: The Trialogue Strategic CSI Award 2021

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Treasury considering return of Covid-19 R350 grant

Treasury considering return of Covid-19 R350 grant

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Residents count cost as South Africa looting starts to die down

Residents count cost as South Africa looting starts to die down

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"It's hunger, my sister," says Brakpan looter

"It's hunger, my sister," says Brakpan looter

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DKMS Africa secures R2m to support transplantation for 8 paediatric state patients

DKMS Africa secures R2m to support transplantation for 8 paediatric state patients

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Gauteng Growth and Development Agency highlights role of AfCFTA in eliminating poverty

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Gates Foundation makes $2.1bn commitment at Generation Equality Forum

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Benjamin Tuttle, head of the Tuttle Foundation and creator of Hope Guardians. Source: Supplied

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SA's main food security organisation gets R3m boost from Coronation ahead of second pandemic winter

SA's main food security organisation gets R3m boost from Coronation ahead of second pandemic winter

Coronation 23 Jun 2021

Alarming levels of psychological distress among NPO workers

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The Shoprite Group raises funds to address the issue of stunting

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In It Together: Cotton On partners with Unicef to help deliver 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to the world's most vulnerable

In It Together: Cotton On partners with Unicef to help deliver 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to the world's most vulnerable

Cotton On Group 20 May 2021

ACMHM to host African Coalition Symposium on Menstrual Health

ACMHM to host African Coalition Symposium on Menstrual Health

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Outreach Engineering, Wits Healthcare Innovation merge to scale impact

Outreach Engineering, Wits Healthcare Innovation merge to scale impact

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Fashionscapes: A Living Wage highlights plight of garment workers

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