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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

Nosh Food Rescue volunteers at HTA School of Culinary Art in Randburg

5th annual #67000litres for Mandela Day campaign launches

9 Jul 2024

SA Harvest #BucketsofNutrition - image supplied

Take up the #BucketsofNutrition Challenge this Mandela Month

5 Jul 2024

Why ozone poses a challenge to food security

Why ozone poses a challenge to food security

Divya Pandey, Lisa Emberson & Sofie Mortensen 5 Apr 2018

PPA signing re-energises renewables programme

PPA signing re-energises renewables programme

5 Apr 2018

Reducing costs for wind farms

Reducing costs for wind farms

4 Apr 2018

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The new 'climate change lingo'

Anette Theunissen 4 Apr 2018

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On dangerous ground: Land degradation is turning soils into deserts

Prof Abbas El-Zein 29 Mar 2018

Be the next change-maker with the Nation Builder Social Innovation Challenge

Be the next change-maker with the Nation Builder Social Innovation Challenge

Nation Builder 29 Mar 2018

Kickstarting the water economy - turning crisis into opportunity

Kickstarting the water economy - turning crisis into opportunity

28 Mar 2018

Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Foreshore PVT Installation. (Image Supplied)

Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town maximises rooftop space with hybrid PVT project

27 Mar 2018

Top minds to meet at Africa Shared Value Summit this May

Top minds to meet at Africa Shared Value Summit this May

Shift Social Development 27 Mar 2018

Ikea's "fast food of the future" includes worm balls, bug burgers and algae hot dogs

Ikea's "fast food of the future" includes worm balls, bug burgers and algae hot dogs

Rich Haridy 23 Mar 2018

Davinci Hotel awarded Meetings Africa 2018 Green Hotel Award

Davinci Hotel awarded Meetings Africa 2018 Green Hotel Award

23 Mar 2018

Making water infrastructure intelligent is a water wise move for Africa

Making water infrastructure intelligent is a water wise move for Africa

Sabine Dall'Omo 23 Mar 2018

By JonStrand, CC BY-SA 4.0,

How local business innovation equips off-grid households with electricity

Patrick Greene 23 Mar 2018

Strengthening our water resilience by combining the best of grey and green

Strengthening our water resilience by combining the best of grey and green

John Dini 22 Mar 2018

Climate change a top concern for agribusinesses

Climate change a top concern for agribusinesses

20 Mar 2018

Sea Monster animation adds to Cape Town's sustainable tourism toolkit

Sea Monster animation adds to Cape Town's sustainable tourism toolkit

20 Mar 2018

Rik Schuiling via

Gender gaps: Bane of Africa's agricultural R&D

Gilbert Nakweya 20 Mar 2018

Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger

Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger

Ben Belton, Dave Little & Simon Bush 19 Mar 2018

UCT scientists convince CoCT to drill cautiously into aquifer

UCT scientists convince CoCT to drill cautiously into aquifer

John Yeld 19 Mar 2018

Red tape not insurmountable for those looking to help boost water supply

19 Mar 2018

Water, drought, climate change: a holistic approach needed

Water, drought, climate change: a holistic approach needed

Dr Kevin Gast 16 Mar 2018

Community solar innovation recognised during 2018 SEED SA Symposium

Community solar innovation recognised during 2018 SEED SA Symposium

16 Mar 2018

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

16 Mar 2018

Cape Town gets a growing taste for treated effluent

Cape Town gets a growing taste for treated effluent

Dave Chambers 16 Mar 2018

Securing a future for fashion - in conversation with Jackie Burger

Securing a future for fashion - in conversation with Jackie Burger

Lauren Hartzenberg 15 Mar 2018

Urgent shift in water management crucial if SDGs are to be met

Urgent shift in water management crucial if SDGs are to be met

15 Mar 2018

Transparency, traceability key supply chain issues for seafood industry

Transparency, traceability key supply chain issues for seafood industry

15 Mar 2018

Is there something more sinister behind the latest PPA delay?

Is there something more sinister behind the latest PPA delay?

Nicci Botha 14 Mar 2018

Drought declared a national disaster

Drought declared a national disaster

14 Mar 2018

P&G and Game's water-supply partnership delivers over 2m litres in 2017

P&G and Game's water-supply partnership delivers over 2m litres in 2017

13 Mar 2018

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Reducing costs for wind farms

Reducing costs for wind farms

4 Apr 2018

Photo by Dikaseva on

The new 'climate change lingo'

Anette Theunissen 4 Apr 2018

Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on

On dangerous ground: Land degradation is turning soils into deserts

Prof Abbas El-Zein 29 Mar 2018

Be the next change-maker with the Nation Builder Social Innovation Challenge

Be the next change-maker with the Nation Builder Social Innovation Challenge

Nation Builder 29 Mar 2018

Kickstarting the water economy - turning crisis into opportunity

Kickstarting the water economy - turning crisis into opportunity

28 Mar 2018

Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Foreshore PVT Installation. (Image Supplied)

Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town maximises rooftop space with hybrid PVT project

27 Mar 2018

Top minds to meet at Africa Shared Value Summit this May

Top minds to meet at Africa Shared Value Summit this May

Shift Social Development 27 Mar 2018

Ikea's "fast food of the future" includes worm balls, bug burgers and algae hot dogs

Ikea's "fast food of the future" includes worm balls, bug burgers and algae hot dogs

Rich Haridy 23 Mar 2018

Davinci Hotel awarded Meetings Africa 2018 Green Hotel Award

Davinci Hotel awarded Meetings Africa 2018 Green Hotel Award

23 Mar 2018

Making water infrastructure intelligent is a water wise move for Africa

Making water infrastructure intelligent is a water wise move for Africa

Sabine Dall'Omo 23 Mar 2018

By JonStrand, CC BY-SA 4.0,

How local business innovation equips off-grid households with electricity

Patrick Greene 23 Mar 2018

Strengthening our water resilience by combining the best of grey and green

Strengthening our water resilience by combining the best of grey and green

John Dini 22 Mar 2018

Climate change a top concern for agribusinesses

Climate change a top concern for agribusinesses

20 Mar 2018

Sea Monster animation adds to Cape Town's sustainable tourism toolkit

Sea Monster animation adds to Cape Town's sustainable tourism toolkit

20 Mar 2018

Rik Schuiling via

Gender gaps: Bane of Africa's agricultural R&D

Gilbert Nakweya 20 Mar 2018

Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger

Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger

Ben Belton, Dave Little & Simon Bush 19 Mar 2018

UCT scientists convince CoCT to drill cautiously into aquifer

UCT scientists convince CoCT to drill cautiously into aquifer

John Yeld 19 Mar 2018

Red tape not insurmountable for those looking to help boost water supply

19 Mar 2018

Water, drought, climate change: a holistic approach needed

Water, drought, climate change: a holistic approach needed

Dr Kevin Gast 16 Mar 2018

Community solar innovation recognised during 2018 SEED SA Symposium

Community solar innovation recognised during 2018 SEED SA Symposium

16 Mar 2018

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

16 Mar 2018

Cape Town gets a growing taste for treated effluent

Cape Town gets a growing taste for treated effluent

Dave Chambers 16 Mar 2018

Securing a future for fashion - in conversation with Jackie Burger

Securing a future for fashion - in conversation with Jackie Burger

Lauren Hartzenberg 15 Mar 2018

Urgent shift in water management crucial if SDGs are to be met

Urgent shift in water management crucial if SDGs are to be met

15 Mar 2018

Transparency, traceability key supply chain issues for seafood industry

Transparency, traceability key supply chain issues for seafood industry

15 Mar 2018

Is there something more sinister behind the latest PPA delay?

Is there something more sinister behind the latest PPA delay?

Nicci Botha 14 Mar 2018

Drought declared a national disaster

Drought declared a national disaster

14 Mar 2018

Why UNESCO's 'natural solutions' to water problems won't work in Africa

Why UNESCO's 'natural solutions' to water problems won't work in Africa

Mike Muller 13 Mar 2018

P&G and Game's water-supply partnership delivers over 2m litres in 2017

P&G and Game's water-supply partnership delivers over 2m litres in 2017

13 Mar 2018

Jklaasen via - Goats and sheep leaving a kraal in Namaqualand

Equipping farming communities for environmental stewardship

13 Mar 2018

Day Zero now unlikely, but could this mean more expensive water?

Day Zero now unlikely, but could this mean more expensive water?

9 Mar 2018

Radebe nails down date for signing renewables deal

Radebe nails down date for signing renewables deal

9 Mar 2018

Cape Town reduces water consumption by 60% in three years

Cape Town reduces water consumption by 60% in three years

7 Mar 2018

Bold steps are needed toward a 'new normal' that allocates water fairly in South Africa

Bold steps are needed toward a 'new normal' that allocates water fairly in South Africa

Mary Galvin 7 Mar 2018

President of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Professor Reimund Neugebauer, Dr Christopher Helbing, director: Division of Hydrogen Technologies, Fraunhofer ISE, Professor Jack Fletcher, Department of Chemical Engineering and UCT Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price.

UCT and Fraunhofer Institute sign MoU on hydrogen and fuel cell technology

7 Mar 2018

Nudging the city and residents of Cape Town to save water

Nudging the city and residents of Cape Town to save water

Leila Harris, Jiaying Zhao, Martine Visser 6 Mar 2018

Paolo Crosetto via - Rice paddies in Madagascar

Weather patterns putting strain on food security in southern and eastern Africa

6 Mar 2018

People collect water from Newlands Spring. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Here is the status of Cape Town's water supply projects

John Yeld 5 Mar 2018

Italy, China propose solution to Lake Chad's water problem

Stephanie Findlay 2 Mar 2018

Cape Town's plans for what happens after Day Zero just won't work. Here's why

Cape Town's plans for what happens after Day Zero just won't work. Here's why

Josephine Kaviti Musango and Paul K Currie 2 Mar 2018