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South Africa's energy and construction industry under heavy scrutiny in Draft Sectoral Emissions Target Report. Source: Meta AI

Draft report shows emissions dip, but energy and construction pivotal to deeper cutsLindsey Schutters

The Western Cape High Court has dismissed an attempt by Noordhoek environmentalists to set aside approval for a road link in an area where the endangered Western Leopard Toad breeds. Archive photo: John Yeld / GroundUp

Judge rules for 'road' in legal clash with 'toads'

By John Yeld 24 Apr 2024

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R28bn Upper uMkhomazi Water Project to relieve KZN water challenges

22 Apr 2024

New reports forecast ~32 GW of installed renewable energy capacity in SA by 2030

New reports forecast ~32 GW of installed renewable energy capacity in SA by 2030

GreenCape 18 Apr 2024

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Impact manager Acre raises $100m for African climate infrastructure

Virginia Furness 17 Apr 2024

2023 Eco-Logic award

2024 Eco-Logic Awards - entries are now open

12 Apr 2024

Woolworths launches Farming for the Future campaign to tackle climate challenges

Woolworths launches Farming for the Future campaign to tackle climate challenges

11 Apr 2024

SA's looming humanitarian crisis: Potential for civil unrest and riot

SA's looming humanitarian crisis: Potential for civil unrest and riot

Andy du Plessis, FoodForward SA 11 Apr 2024

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Bulletproof park proposed in gang-hit Mitchells Plain

8 Apr 2024

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R49.2m investment in new treated effluent pump station

4 Apr 2024

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2024 must be the year of sustainable investment

Carl Roothman 3 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. In 2023, Debra Mallowah was appointed as Bayer’s first ever female lead in Africa for Crop Science, further reinforcing Bayer’s commitment to building a more equitable and diverse workforce.

Bayer inspires inclusion with launch of 2024 Women Empowerment Awards

2 Apr 2024

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Critical role of glass recycling in sustainable demolition practices

28 Mar 2024

Hundreds of people stake out plots for houses on empty land in Nelson Mandela Bay

25 Mar 2024

Kgololo Academy in Alexandra receives a jungle gym through the Better Quality Play campaign

Kgololo Academy in Alexandra receives a jungle gym through the Better Quality Play campaign

MSports 19 Mar 2024

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South Africa and Zimbabwe enter landmark water sharing deal

18 Mar 2024

Recyclable items collected and sorted at the African Reclaimers Organisation’s sorting centre are compressed using a baler machine before being sold to buy-back centres. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Waste pickers create their own recycling centre

Masego Mafata 12 Mar 2024

Navigating the solar transition: Choosing safety, sustainability and performance

Navigating the solar transition: Choosing safety, sustainability and performance

Ezzat Sankari, Sungrow 11 Mar 2024

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2024 Africa Impact Investment Awards open for entry

6 Mar 2024

Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu has launched a landmark policy aimed at improving the delivery of water and sanitation services on privately-owned land. Image:

Policy to improve water, sanitation services on privately-owned land

4 Mar 2024

Munsoft encouraged by the R2bn budget for prepaid meter rollout to help ailing municipalities

Munsoft encouraged by the R2bn budget for prepaid meter rollout to help ailing municipalities

Ambani Reputation Management 27 Feb 2024

IMF reaches $1.3bn agreement with Ivory Coast for resilience, sustainability facility

Portia Crowe 19 Feb 2024

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Investing in Africa's bright, green energy future

Angela Simpson and Matthew Martin 12 Feb 2024

More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / Groundup

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

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Term of appointment of the EAPASA extended

5 Feb 2024

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Take part in the Green Tourism Incentive Programme

24 Jan 2024

Feryal Domingo, Acting Executive Director, Inyathelo

#BizTrends2024: NPOs face increasing regulatory pressure

Feryal Domingo and Soraya Joonas 22 Jan 2024

Energy resilience workshops for agricultural producers in the Western Cape

Energy resilience workshops for agricultural producers in the Western Cape

GreenCape 18 Jan 2024

Emira plants for the years ahead

Emira plants for the years ahead

Catchwords 16 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: FMCGs to prioritise packaging in 2024 or run the risk of losing customers

#BizTrends2024: FMCGs to prioritise packaging in 2024 or run the risk of losing customers

Gisela Kruger 15 Jan 2024

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South Africa's energy and construction industry under heavy scrutiny in Draft Sectoral Emissions Target Report. Source: Meta AI

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The Western Cape High Court has dismissed an attempt by Noordhoek environmentalists to set aside approval for a road link in an area where the endangered Western Leopard Toad breeds. Archive photo: John Yeld / GroundUp

Judge rules for 'road' in legal clash with 'toads'

John Yeld 24 Apr 2024

Image source: Riccardo Lennart Niels Mayer –

R28bn Upper uMkhomazi Water Project to relieve KZN water challenges

22 Apr 2024

New reports forecast ~32 GW of installed renewable energy capacity in SA by 2030

New reports forecast ~32 GW of installed renewable energy capacity in SA by 2030

GreenCape 18 Apr 2024

Image source: Tanarat Kongchuenjit –

Impact manager Acre raises $100m for African climate infrastructure

Virginia Furness 17 Apr 2024

2023 Eco-Logic award

2024 Eco-Logic Awards - entries are now open

12 Apr 2024

Woolworths launches Farming for the Future campaign to tackle climate challenges

Woolworths launches Farming for the Future campaign to tackle climate challenges

11 Apr 2024

SA's looming humanitarian crisis: Potential for civil unrest and riot

SA's looming humanitarian crisis: Potential for civil unrest and riot

Andy du Plessis, FoodForward SA 11 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied.

Bulletproof park proposed in gang-hit Mitchells Plain

8 Apr 2024

Image: Supplied

R49.2m investment in new treated effluent pump station

4 Apr 2024

Source: Pixabay.

2024 must be the year of sustainable investment

Carl Roothman 3 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. In 2023, Debra Mallowah was appointed as Bayer’s first ever female lead in Africa for Crop Science, further reinforcing Bayer’s commitment to building a more equitable and diverse workforce.

Bayer inspires inclusion with launch of 2024 Women Empowerment Awards

2 Apr 2024

Image: Supplied

Critical role of glass recycling in sustainable demolition practices

28 Mar 2024

Hundreds of people stake out plots for houses on empty land in Nelson Mandela Bay

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Kgololo Academy in Alexandra receives a jungle gym through the Better Quality Play campaign

Kgololo Academy in Alexandra receives a jungle gym through the Better Quality Play campaign

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South Africa and Zimbabwe enter landmark water sharing deal

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Recyclable items collected and sorted at the African Reclaimers Organisation’s sorting centre are compressed using a baler machine before being sold to buy-back centres. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Waste pickers create their own recycling centre

Masego Mafata 12 Mar 2024

Navigating the solar transition: Choosing safety, sustainability and performance

Navigating the solar transition: Choosing safety, sustainability and performance

Ezzat Sankari, Sungrow 11 Mar 2024

Image source: andreypopov –

2024 Africa Impact Investment Awards open for entry

6 Mar 2024

Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu has launched a landmark policy aimed at improving the delivery of water and sanitation services on privately-owned land. Image:

Policy to improve water, sanitation services on privately-owned land

4 Mar 2024

Munsoft encouraged by the R2bn budget for prepaid meter rollout to help ailing municipalities

Munsoft encouraged by the R2bn budget for prepaid meter rollout to help ailing municipalities

Ambani Reputation Management 27 Feb 2024

IMF reaches $1.3bn agreement with Ivory Coast for resilience, sustainability facility

Portia Crowe 19 Feb 2024

Image source: Petr Malinak –

Investing in Africa's bright, green energy future

Angela Simpson and Matthew Martin 12 Feb 2024

More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / Groundup

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

Image source: Mount Polley from

Term of appointment of the EAPASA extended

5 Feb 2024

Image source: Arthur Brognoli from

Take part in the Green Tourism Incentive Programme

24 Jan 2024

Feryal Domingo, Acting Executive Director, Inyathelo

#BizTrends2024: NPOs face increasing regulatory pressure

Feryal Domingo and Soraya Joonas 22 Jan 2024

Energy resilience workshops for agricultural producers in the Western Cape

Energy resilience workshops for agricultural producers in the Western Cape

GreenCape 18 Jan 2024

Emira plants for the years ahead

Emira plants for the years ahead

Catchwords 16 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: FMCGs to prioritise packaging in 2024 or run the risk of losing customers

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SA can meet ESG demands, but how?

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Marion Wagner addressing the crowd at Breadline's 30th anniversary.

Eradicating pit latrines in schools should be more than an SDG in 2024

Marian Wagner 8 Jan 2024

Emerging green trends shaping the residential landscape in SA

Emerging green trends shaping the residential landscape in SA

22 Dec 2023

Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu. Source: x.com

Minister Mchunu calls for prioritised maintenance of infrastructure

22 Dec 2023

Bitcoin mining activity in 2023 has contributed to a surge in electricity use. Source: Dmytro Demidko/Unsplash

Bitcoin’s soaring energy consumption remains a sustainability concern

21 Dec 2023

AutoTrader joins global conversation on emissions reduction

AutoTrader joins global conversation on emissions reduction

AutoTrader 20 Dec 2023

Dr Andrew Dickson, an engineering executive at CBI-electric: low voltage. Source: Supplied

A balanced energy mix will fix crisis, not just renewables

18 Dec 2023

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Electric Vehicles White Paper: Tax incentives, climate goals to drive EV industry

Virusha Subban and Gabriel Rybko 13 Dec 2023

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Requirements for environmental authorisation for renewable energy facility published

6 Dec 2023

Image: HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (7th R), stands for a photograph the Zayed Sustainability Prize with the winners during COP28 UAE, Al Wasl Plaza, Expo City. Seen with HE Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Director General of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, and COP28 President (L). (Hamad Al Kaabi / UAE Presidential Court)

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