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How FoodForward SA's digital tech tackles climate challenges and enhances food access in South Africa

How FoodForward SA's digital tech tackles climate challenges and enhances food access in South AfricaAndy du Plessis, FoodForward SA

People living in makeshift shelters outside the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town have been cold and wet this week. The site is owned by the Department of Public Works. Photos: Matthew Hirsch / Groundup

Shelters scramble as heavy rain continuesMatthew Hirsch

#CSIMonth: How a little can go a long way in helping SA's vulnerable children thrive

#CSIMonth: How a little can go a long way in helping SA's vulnerable children thrive

Sindy Peters 18 Jul 2017

Prof Bernard Bladergroen

Finding a renewable storage solution

18 Jul 2017

Reliance Compost Founder, Eddie Redelinghuys

#CSIMonth: Creating sustainable environments through organic compost

Cari coetzee 17 Jul 2017

#CSIMonth: Sustainability is the key to innovation and the next frontier for business

#CSIMonth: Sustainability is the key to innovation and the next frontier for business

Tania Morgan-Weyer 17 Jul 2017

What Cape Town can learn from Windhoek on surviving droughts

Dian Spear 17 Jul 2017

#CSIMonth: CSI is not a nice-to-have, it's a necessity in SA

#CSIMonth: CSI is not a nice-to-have, it's a necessity in SA

Sindy Peters 17 Jul 2017

Photo: Climate Transparency

State meddling is dissuading energy investors

Bekezela Phakathi 14 Jul 2017

Partnerships to boost SA's water security

14 Jul 2017

Photo: Namibian Sun

Lüderitz wind project nears completion

13 Jul 2017

Africa's tropical forests could be next in line as global food demand grows

Africa's tropical forests could be next in line as global food demand grows

Elsa Ordway 13 Jul 2017

CT's emergency water plans making progress

CT's emergency water plans making progress

12 Jul 2017

Smallholder farmers in Kenya in the race against climate change

Susan Onyango 11 Jul 2017

Water shortages in Cape Town are here to stay. What the city can learn from others

Water shortages in Cape Town are here to stay. What the city can learn from others

David Olivier 11 Jul 2017

Community Solar Innovation challenge open for entries

Community Solar Innovation challenge open for entries

11 Jul 2017

Hybrid burgers for the health and environmentally conscious

Hybrid burgers for the health and environmentally conscious

Bongani Shweni 10 Jul 2017

Cape Town to host top water loss conference

Cape Town to host top water loss conference

Dave Chambers 10 Jul 2017

Prof Evans Chirwa believes this course represents applications in all industries that have to manage water or water treatment processes, such as in mining or energy production.

Enterprises UP presents wastewater management and treatment short course

Marleny Arnoldi, Enterprises University of Pretoria 10 Jul 2017

Food economies at risk of distortion by formal sector grocery retail

Food economies at risk of distortion by formal sector grocery retail

6 Jul 2017

#CSIMonth: Cultivating a culture of food sharing

#CSIMonth: Cultivating a culture of food sharing

Ruth Cooper 5 Jul 2017

Pick n Pay, FoodForward SA partner for national Mandela Day food drive

Pick n Pay, FoodForward SA partner for national Mandela Day food drive

5 Jul 2017

Cape Town needs a new approach to manage water

Cape Town needs a new approach to manage water

Lucy Rodina 4 Jul 2017

After 25 years of progress, world hunger is on the rise again

After 25 years of progress, world hunger is on the rise again

3 Jul 2017

Stricter water restrictions for Cape Town now in effect

Stricter water restrictions for Cape Town now in effect

3 Jul 2017

Removing all incentive

Chris Brewer 3 Jul 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Is southern Africa facing a food security disaster?

Alex Porter and Stellah Kwasi 29 Jun 2017

Legacy of trailblazing

Kristy Jooste 29 Jun 2017

The internet of everything water

The internet of everything water

Ihuoma Atanga 28 Jun 2017

Nuclear and coal lobbies threaten to scupper renewables in South Africa

Nuclear and coal lobbies threaten to scupper renewables in South Africa

Hartmut Winkler 28 Jun 2017

Cape Town considers implementing further water restrictions

Cape Town considers implementing further water restrictions

27 Jun 2017

Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism

Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism

26 Jun 2017

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Reliance Compost Founder, Eddie Redelinghuys

#CSIMonth: Creating sustainable environments through organic compost

Cari coetzee 17 Jul 2017

#CSIMonth: Sustainability is the key to innovation and the next frontier for business

#CSIMonth: Sustainability is the key to innovation and the next frontier for business

Tania Morgan-Weyer 17 Jul 2017

What Cape Town can learn from Windhoek on surviving droughts

Dian Spear 17 Jul 2017

#CSIMonth: CSI is not a nice-to-have, it's a necessity in SA

#CSIMonth: CSI is not a nice-to-have, it's a necessity in SA

Sindy Peters 17 Jul 2017

Photo: Climate Transparency

State meddling is dissuading energy investors

Bekezela Phakathi 14 Jul 2017

Partnerships to boost SA's water security

14 Jul 2017

Photo: Namibian Sun

Lüderitz wind project nears completion

13 Jul 2017

Africa's tropical forests could be next in line as global food demand grows

Africa's tropical forests could be next in line as global food demand grows

Elsa Ordway 13 Jul 2017

CT's emergency water plans making progress

CT's emergency water plans making progress

12 Jul 2017

Smallholder farmers in Kenya in the race against climate change

Susan Onyango 11 Jul 2017

Water shortages in Cape Town are here to stay. What the city can learn from others

Water shortages in Cape Town are here to stay. What the city can learn from others

David Olivier 11 Jul 2017

Community Solar Innovation challenge open for entries

Community Solar Innovation challenge open for entries

11 Jul 2017

Hybrid burgers for the health and environmentally conscious

Hybrid burgers for the health and environmentally conscious

Bongani Shweni 10 Jul 2017

Cape Town to host top water loss conference

Cape Town to host top water loss conference

Dave Chambers 10 Jul 2017

Prof Evans Chirwa believes this course represents applications in all industries that have to manage water or water treatment processes, such as in mining or energy production.

Enterprises UP presents wastewater management and treatment short course

Marleny Arnoldi, Enterprises University of Pretoria 10 Jul 2017

Food economies at risk of distortion by formal sector grocery retail

Food economies at risk of distortion by formal sector grocery retail

6 Jul 2017

#CSIMonth: Cultivating a culture of food sharing

#CSIMonth: Cultivating a culture of food sharing

Ruth Cooper 5 Jul 2017

Pick n Pay, FoodForward SA partner for national Mandela Day food drive

Pick n Pay, FoodForward SA partner for national Mandela Day food drive

5 Jul 2017

Cape Town needs a new approach to manage water

Cape Town needs a new approach to manage water

Lucy Rodina 4 Jul 2017

After 25 years of progress, world hunger is on the rise again

After 25 years of progress, world hunger is on the rise again

3 Jul 2017

Stricter water restrictions for Cape Town now in effect

Stricter water restrictions for Cape Town now in effect

3 Jul 2017

Removing all incentive

Chris Brewer 3 Jul 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Is southern Africa facing a food security disaster?

Alex Porter and Stellah Kwasi 29 Jun 2017

Legacy of trailblazing

Kristy Jooste 29 Jun 2017

The internet of everything water

The internet of everything water

Ihuoma Atanga 28 Jun 2017

Nuclear and coal lobbies threaten to scupper renewables in South Africa

Nuclear and coal lobbies threaten to scupper renewables in South Africa

Hartmut Winkler 28 Jun 2017

Cape Town considers implementing further water restrictions

Cape Town considers implementing further water restrictions

27 Jun 2017

Salt water set to ease Cape Town dam crisis

Salt water set to ease Cape Town dam crisis

26 Jun 2017

Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism

Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism

26 Jun 2017

FAO distributes seeds and fertilisers to a million people in north-east Nigeria

22 Jun 2017

2017 SERAS CSR Awards now open

2017 SERAS CSR Awards now open

21 Jun 2017

Why the world needs to get smarter about water consumption

Dragan Savic 21 Jun 2017

Stalled PPAs are hurting investors and govt's growth objectives

Stalled PPAs are hurting investors and govt's growth objectives

21 Jun 2017

Development programme empowers small-scale farmers with agricultural knowledge

Development programme empowers small-scale farmers with agricultural knowledge

21 Jun 2017

Image credit: EY Canada via Twitter

AGT Foods CEO scoops EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 title

20 Jun 2017

BRICS countries have an important role to play in achieving SDGs

BRICS countries have an important role to play in achieving SDGs

20 Jun 2017

Dutch designers use human waste to make electricity

Dutch designers use human waste to make electricity

Bongani Shweni 20 Jun 2017

Climate imperils Ethiopia's coffee output: study

Climate imperils Ethiopia's coffee output: study

20 Jun 2017

Zambia hotels winning at sustainability with agricultural and entrepreneurship projects

Zambia hotels winning at sustainability with agricultural and entrepreneurship projects

20 Jun 2017

Chad is the country most vulnerable to climate change - here's why

Chad is the country most vulnerable to climate change - here's why

Hakim Abdi 14 Jun 2017