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Why the 2025 Sustainability and ESG Africa Conference Matters Now More Than Ever

15–16 October 2025 | Sandton Convention Centre | Johannesburg, South Africa As global sustainability frameworks evolve and the demand... Read more

2 Jun

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Namaqualand community raises the alarm over copper mining in their small town

Residents of Namaqualand town Concordia have witnessed increased copper mining activities in and around their town. All Photos: Ashraf... Read more

26 Jun, 2024

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Kariba set to become floating solar farm

The future looks bright for one of the world’s largest man-made dams. From the beginning of 2025, Lake Kariba,... Read more

26 Jun, 2024

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Bid to head off waste from solar panels

Two producer responsibility organisations (PROs) are working together to devise a solution for the safe disposal of used solar... Read more

25 Jun, 2024

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Nigeria’s mountain streams are a haven for special creatures – they need protection

Emmanuel O. Akindele, Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria has many freshwater ecotourism attractions. Among them are the Ikogosi warm spring,... Read more

24 Jun, 2024

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Bringing new life to Morocco’s forests

About 6.5 million people living in rural areas in Morocco are set to benefit from a multimillion-euro project to improve... Read more

21 Jun, 2024

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E-waste initiative returns to PnP stores

Computer monitors, batteries, chargers, cables, broken keyboards and modems – the world is producing ever-growing amounts of e-waste and... Read more

20 Jun, 2024

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World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon for thousands of years

Michele Francis, Stellenbosch University The landscape along the Buffels River in South Africa’s Namaqualand region is dotted with thousands... Read more

18 Jun, 2024

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Towards a more sustainanability-orientated business environment

The issue of moving sustainability from merely a box-ticking exercise towards embedding it as an aspect of organisational culture... Read more

14 Jun, 2024

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Hydropower damages river systems in Africa: how more solar and wind power can solve this problem

Angelo Carlino, Carnegie Science; Andrea Castelletti, Polytechnic University of Milan, and Rafael Schmitt, Stanford University Across the African continent,... Read more

13 Jun, 2024