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Gwede Mantashe has been given the mineral resources portfolio for another term.

Energy & Mining

Mineral Council pledges full support of Mantashe

1 day

5 benefits of pursuing agricultural entrepreneurship in South Africa

Entrepreneurship

5 benefits of pursuing agricultural entrepreneurship in South Africa

Phumla Mavundla 1 day

Braecroft Timbers receives 2024 Bushbuck Trophy for forestry management

Agriculture

Braecroft Timbers receives 2024 Bushbuck Trophy for forestry management

6 hours

Source: @GovernmentZA/X. SA's continued finance minister, Enoch Godongwana.

Finance

Godongwana holds onto Finance Ministry in new Cabinet

Katja Hamilton 2 days

Source: Western Cape Provincial Parliament.

Finance

NCOP introduces economic and finance clusters

28 Jun 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Public comment sought on rhino management plan

20 Jun 2024

What do you do with your end-of-use appliances?

Retail

What do you do with your end-of-use appliances?

10 Jun 2024

Sappi research chair at Wits marks a milestone year of climate action

ESG & Sustainability

Sappi research chair at Wits marks a milestone year of climate action

Issued by Sappi 7 Jun 2024

First board produced at PG Bison's new Mkhondo MDF Line

Construction & Engineering

First board produced at PG Bison's new Mkhondo MDF Line

Issued by PG Bison 4 Jun 2024

Sappi Southern Africa launches innovative aquaponics venture

Marketing & Media

Sappi Southern Africa launches innovative aquaponics venture

Issued by Sappi 3 Jun 2024

A government proposal to drop some statutory safeguards for the Kruger National Park has raised the alarm among some experts. Photos: John Yeld

ESG & Sustainability

New proposal puts Kruger National Park’s environmental safeguards 'at risk'

John Yeld 31 May 2024

Sappi Karkloof Classic Trails Festival – Building a lasting legacy

Lifestyle

Sappi Karkloof Classic Trails Festival – Building a lasting legacy

Issued by Sappi 23 May 2024

Climate-proofing workplaces: Prioritising safety and sustainability

HR & Management

Climate-proofing workplaces: Prioritising safety and sustainability

Kate Collier 23 May 2024

Source: © Ollivier Girad/CIFOR-ICRAF Fifty-eight ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as able to provide healthy diets in a changing climate

Agriculture

Africa’s ‘forgotten’ foods research wins prestigious US Cozzarelli Prize

16 May 2024

Source: © Global African Network The DFFE and DPWI have entered into a MOA on the preferential access for small-scale fisheries co-operatives to public works facilities

Agriculture

DFFE and DPWI preferential access for small scale fisheries MOA

16 May 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Sectoral emission targets: What it means for business

Garyn Rapson, Nonhlanhla Mnengi, Sabeeha Loonat & Sinalo Matubatuba 13 May 2024

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

Construction & Engineering

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

Lindsey Schutters 29 Apr 2024

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Agriculture

From trees to triumph: Forestry as a plastic pollution solution

23 Apr 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Call for a National Register of Polluters

15 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

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Legal

President assents to Correctional Services, Forestry and Agriculture Bills

5 Apr 2024

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Property

SA first: Liberty Two Degrees' retail portfolio achieves Net Zero waste certification

3 Apr 2024

Prototype spectator stand

Construction & Engineering

Lesotho to unveil Africa’s first sustainable timber stadium

2 Apr 2024

South African projects seize opportunity to tackle climate crisis and create jobs

ESG & Sustainability

South African projects seize opportunity to tackle climate crisis and create jobs

Issued by GreenCape 2 Apr 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Draft National Biodiversity Economy Strategy - public comment extension

22 Mar 2024

How engineered wood can help the South African built environment decarbonise

Agriculture

How engineered wood can help the South African built environment decarbonise

Roy Southey 22 Mar 2024

Healthcare

Easter snoek shortage fears rise amidst tightened fishing regulations

19 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

ESG & Sustainability

Waste pickers create their own recycling centre

Masego Mafata 12 Mar 2024

Small-scale fishers could be allowed to catch new species

Agriculture

Small-scale fishers could be allowed to catch new species

Liezl Human 5 Mar 2024

File photo: Black rhinos, one of the world's endangered animals, are seen at a farm outside Klerksdorp, in the north west province, South Africa, 24 February 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

ESG & Sustainability

Rhino poaching in South Africa increases in 2023

Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya 27 Feb 2024

Eastern Cape farmers gain hemp cultivation skills in innovative training initiative

Agriculture

Eastern Cape farmers gain hemp cultivation skills in innovative training initiative

26 Feb 2024

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

Agriculture

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

Theo Evans and Bruce Webber 16 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

ESG & Sustainability

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

SanParks: Public consultation opens for Robben Island Marine Protected Area

Tourism & Travel

SanParks: Public consultation opens for Robben Island Marine Protected Area

8 Feb 2024

At least 12 fishing companies are taking the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) minister to court over the commercial fishing rights allocation process. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Legal

Fishing companies take Creecy to court over quotas

Liezl Human 6 Feb 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Term of appointment of the EAPASA extended

5 Feb 2024

De Berg Nature Reserve declared 30th Ramsar site

ESG & Sustainability

De Berg Nature Reserve declared 30th Ramsar site

2 Feb 2024

South Africans are sticking to hybrid work

HR & Management

South Africans are sticking to hybrid work

Issued by BrandMapp 30 Jan 2024

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Legal

Deadline for comments on review of Coastal Waters Discharge Permit extended

19 Jan 2024

Rui Lopes, animal welfare specialist and Equity Principal & Head of Africa Relations at Lopes Attorneys

Legal

#BizTrends2024: Animal welfare laws and regulation - what we can expect in 2024

Rui Lopes and Michael Jenkins 16 Jan 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

2,000 new waste management job opportunities in Mbombela

12 Jan 2024

South African Plastics Pact’s members are leading investment in SA’s transition towards a circular economy

ESG & Sustainability

South African Plastics Pact’s members are leading investment in SA’s transition towards a circular economy

Issued by GreenCape 10 Jan 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Celebrating SA’s firefighters

28 Dec 2023

Entrepreneurship

Sappi secures PEFC Group Scheme Certification for small growers

20 Dec 2023

Sappi achieves PEFC Group Scheme certification for small growers

ESG & Sustainability

Sappi achieves PEFC Group Scheme certification for small growers

Issued by Sappi 19 Dec 2023

#BestofBiz 2023: Agriculture

Agriculture

#BestofBiz 2023: Agriculture

19 Dec 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

SA welcomes COP28 agreement global adaptation efforts on climate change

14 Dec 2023

Sappi’s forestry initiative scoops coveted CSI award

ESG & Sustainability

Sappi’s forestry initiative scoops coveted CSI award

Issued by Trialogue 14 Dec 2023

The green area is where Searcher Geodata will do its seismic survey in 2024. Map from consultant’s environmental assessment report

ESG & Sustainability

Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January

Steve Kretzmann 7 Dec 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

Requirements for environmental authorisation for renewable energy facility published

6 Dec 2023