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Citizens team up with scientists to find solutions to SA’s deteriorating water quality

ESG & Sustainability

Citizens team up with scientists to find solutions to SA’s deteriorating water quality

Issued by JNPR 3 days

The Continental Energy Investment Forum 2024 brought together the Africa Energy Colloquium.

Energy & Mining

African energy ministers call for more collaboration

Lindsey Schutters 19 Jul 2024

African skies poised for takeoff: Investment key to growth

Logistics & Transport

African skies poised for takeoff: Investment key to growth

16 Jul 2024

Nedbank Top Empowerment Conference 2024 announces key speakers leading transformation conversations

Marketing & Media

Nedbank Top Empowerment Conference 2024 announces key speakers leading transformation conversations

Issued by Topco Media 1 Jul 2024

Investment key to aviation growth in Africa and beyond

Logistics & Transport

Investment key to aviation growth in Africa and beyond

27 Jun 2024

Image: SANews.gov.za

ESG & Sustainability

Rehabilitation of Lower Sundays Canal delayed after recent floods

7 Jun 2024

Fortinet releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

ESG & Sustainability

Fortinet releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

Issued by Fortinet 17 May 2024

The river that flows out to sea at Margate’s main beach is fed with up to 7-million litres of effluent per day from a failing sewage treatment plant about 1.8km upstream. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024

Project Pitch Platform opens call for entries

Lifestyle

Project Pitch Platform opens call for entries

14 May 2024

Image: Mohale Dam, part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project - David Love, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

ESG & Sustainability

Lesotho Highlands Tunnel closure will not affect water availability

26 Apr 2024

Image source: Riccardo Lennart Niels Mayer –

ESG & Sustainability

R28bn Upper uMkhomazi Water Project to relieve KZN water challenges

22 Apr 2024

The Alexkor coffer-dam wall between two dams at high tide. Photos from a Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment report titled: “Enforcement: In Loco Inspection Report – The salt/tidal flats of the Orange River Mouth Ramsar site”, published 28 January 2020.

ESG & Sustainability

Alexkor vs Creecy in environment court battle

John Yeld 12 Apr 2024

Source: © 123rf The Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa finalists have been announced

Marketing & Media

Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa finalists

9 Apr 2024

Addressing South Africa’s water scarcity is everyone’s responsibility

ESG & Sustainability

Addressing South Africa’s water scarcity is everyone’s responsibility

Issued by Irvine Partners 22 Mar 2024

Sibanye's Cooke operation is situated in the West Wits Line of the Witwatersrand Basin, near Randfontein

Energy & Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater appoints uranium veteran Greg Cochran as EVP

22 Mar 2024

Kokstad to receive reliable water supply with increased dam capacity

Construction & Engineering

Kokstad to receive reliable water supply with increased dam capacity

12 Mar 2024

Dry weather hits southern Africa’s farmers, putting key maize supplies at risk: How to blunt the impact

Agriculture

Dry weather hits southern Africa’s farmers, putting key maize supplies at risk: How to blunt the impact

Wandile Sihlobo 6 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Michael K. Obeng, chief executive officer and founder of Miko Pharma.

Healthcare

Miko Pharma drives $50m investment push to set up pharmaceutical plant in Ghana

29 Feb 2024

EVs can be home backup power solutions and play a crucial role in the smart grid. Source: Priscilla du Preez/Unsplash

Automotive

EVs could be the heart of SA’s smart grid dreams

Lindsey Schutters 14 Feb 2024

Top payment trends for 2024

Finance

Top payment trends for 2024

Issued by Ecentric Payment Systems 31 Jan 2024

5 tech trends and predictions for small businesses in 2024

Entrepreneurship

5 tech trends and predictions for small businesses in 2024

James Bergin 29 Jan 2024

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

Retail

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor 23 Jan 2024

Property

SA property market set for big rebound in 2024

17 Jan 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Makhathini Lower Pongola water association to ensure fair water management

19 Dec 2023

#BestofBiz 2023: Construction & Engineering

Construction & Engineering

#BestofBiz 2023: Construction & Engineering

19 Dec 2023

Eskom's Palmiet pumped storage hydro plant has an installed capacity of 400MW. Source: Eskom

Energy & Mining

Eskom drops load shedding to stage 4 after diesel delivery

26 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Saudi Arabia to sign deals worth over $500m with African nations -minister

Aziz El Yaakoubi 10 Nov 2023

Creating a talent pipeline is key to ramping up manufacturing and logistics beyond the festive season

Logistics & Transport

Creating a talent pipeline is key to ramping up manufacturing and logistics beyond the festive season

Viren Sookhun 8 Nov 2023

Finance

MTBPS to highlight urgent action for South Africa's economic outlook

Annabel Bishop 1 Nov 2023

Coca-Cola Beverages SA unveils a R12m groundwater harvesting mega project

Retail

Coca-Cola Beverages SA unveils a R12m groundwater harvesting mega project

23 Oct 2023

Image source: Eranda Kumarapperuma –

ESG & Sustainability

Water restrictions lifted on sub-systems within Algoa water supply system

5 Oct 2023

A view shows destroyed buildings, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya - 18 September 2023. Reuters/Ahmed Elumami

ESG & Sustainability

Climate change made Libya's deadly rainfall up to 50 times more likely - study

Riham Alkousaa 19 Sep 2023

A satellite image shows lower dam on Wadi in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya 13 September 2023. Maxar Technologies/Reuters

Construction & Engineering

Libyans furious at revelations that warnings went unheeded before flood

Tom Perry and Angus McDowall 18 Sep 2023

Surprising factors spur growth in bottled water

Marketing & Media

Surprising factors spur growth in bottled water

Issued by BMi Research 18 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. Ladismith.

Property

Second home and semigration buyers are flocking to these small towns

14 Sep 2023

Source: Ana E. Cascão/Water Alternatives/Flickr

Construction & Engineering

Ethiopia claims disputed GERD dam has reached final fill

Dawit Endeshaw and Moaz Abd-Alaziz 11 Sep 2023

Karadeniz Powerships KPS Orka Sultan, KPS LNG Anatolia and KPS Orhan Ali Khan are pictured at Altinova port in the Gulf of Izmit, Turkey. Source: Reuters/Yoruk Isik

Energy & Mining

Karpowership switches off supply in Senegal because of unpaid bill

Umaru Fofana 8 Sep 2023

BPSA CEO Taelo Mojapelo and Mxolisi Matshamba, Sefa CEO. Source: Supplied

Entrepreneurship

BP Southern Africa invests R58m to help Black-owned SMEs

4 Aug 2023

SRK launches new unit to tackle growing complexity of water management

Construction & Engineering

SRK launches new unit to tackle growing complexity of water management

13 Jul 2023

SA's Land Bank can be fixed: change the funding model and narrow the focus

Agriculture

SA's Land Bank can be fixed: change the funding model and narrow the focus

Johann Kirsten and Wandile Sihlobo 12 Jul 2023

Improving groundwater development and management for greater water security

Construction & Engineering

Improving groundwater development and management for greater water security

Dr Shafick Adams 10 Jul 2023

Task team established to work on Metz Dam rehabilitation

Construction & Engineering

Task team established to work on Metz Dam rehabilitation

30 Jun 2023

Discover the delights of Paarl: 4 must-visit attractions

Lifestyle

Discover the delights of Paarl: 4 must-visit attractions

Lauren Hartzenberg 9 Jun 2023

Zimbabwe aims to double power output by 2025 to meet mining demand

Energy & Mining

Zimbabwe aims to double power output by 2025 to meet mining demand

Nyasha Chingono 2 Jun 2023

#YouthMonth: Izadri van Niekerk on engineering as a force for good

Construction & Engineering

#YouthMonth: Izadri van Niekerk on engineering as a force for good

Sindy Peters 2 Jun 2023

Dangote launches Africa's biggest oil refinery - 4 ways it will affect Nigeria

Energy & Mining

Dangote launches Africa's biggest oil refinery - 4 ways it will affect Nigeria

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi 23 May 2023

File photo: A view of Elizabeth Lake, that has been dried up for several years, as the region experiences extreme heat and drought conditions, in Elizabeth Lake, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, US, 18 June 2021. Reuters/Aude Guerrucci

ESG & Sustainability

More than half of the world's large lakes are drying up, study finds

Gloria Dickie 22 May 2023

There's a buzz about 'sustainable' fuels - but they cannot solve aviation's colossal climate woes

Logistics & Transport

There's a buzz about 'sustainable' fuels - but they cannot solve aviation's colossal climate woes

Susanne Becken, Brendan Mackey and David Simon Lee 19 May 2023