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Sinamuva Crèche has not received subsidy payments for two months. Photo: Joseph Bracken / GroundUp

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CHEP and WWF South Africa join forces to champion nature conservation

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Sinamuva Crèche has not received subsidy payments for two months. Photo: Joseph Bracken / GroundUp

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Provantage leads the way in community empowerment with SocioTech partnership

Provantage Provantage leads the way in community empowerment with SocioTech partnership

23 May 2025

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Mall of Africa builds new assembly area for local school

Mall of Africa Mall of Africa builds new assembly area for local school

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More global companies seek assurance on sustainability reporting, study by IFAC, AICPA & CIMA shows

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AfriGIS launches 'Resolve Water' - A game-changing digital platform to help navigate Africa’s water and climate future

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community initiative in the lead up to Mandela Day 2025, Heroes Among Us by Mitchell’s Plain’s Liberty Promenade Mall aims to identify and celebrate unsung heroes and grassroots contributors who reflect the spirit of Mandela Day through ongoing acts of service. Pictured: Last year's campaign (Image supplied)

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Balan Moodley 22 May 2025

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#Budget3.0: Social grant increases remain in place

22 May 2025

Wits University researchers are scrambling to manage the fallout from the decision by US President Donald Trump to slash funding to South Africa. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Wits scrambles to lessen fallout from Trump’s funding cuts

Aisling de Lange 21 May 2025

Adidas will no longer use kangaroo leather in its shoes

Adidas will no longer use kangaroo leather in its shoes

21 May 2025

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Public Works buildings to be turned into GBV shelters

21 May 2025

Shoprite Group rolls out fully recyclable potato bags

Shoprite Group rolls out fully recyclable potato bags

20 May 2025

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Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind

Susan Reid 20 May 2025

SA Harvest expands national fleet with new trucks

SA Harvest expands national fleet with new trucks

20 May 2025

SAWEA NQF Level 3 Wind Turbine Operator Skills Programme key to address unemployment

SAWEA NQF Level 3 Wind Turbine Operator Skills Programme key to address unemployment

Morongoa Ramaboa 20 May 2025

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How in-home sanitation is revolutionising life in South Africa's informal settlements

Robert Erasmus 19 May 2025

Taking Care of Business turns retail waste into a R559m micro-enterprise economy

Taking Care of Business turns retail waste into a R559m micro-enterprise economy

19 May 2025

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19 May 2025

Africa's future in food security relies on cooling infrastructure

Africa's future in food security relies on cooling infrastructure

Samuel Jacobs 16 May 2025

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Empowering digital futures: Netstar donates R500k to Redtank ICT Academy

15 May 2025

Urgent appeal: Help feed the homeless in Johannesburg's inner city

Urgent appeal: Help feed the homeless in Johannesburg's inner city

The Noise Factory 14 May 2025

A report by shareholder activist organisation Just Share has shown that South Africa’s largest polluters pay so little carbon tax that it barely has any impact on their greenhouse gas emissions. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Corporate lobbying derailed South Africa’s climate goals, report finds

Liezl Human 14 May 2025

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Athlone Power Station's redevelopment hits roadblock

14 May 2025

Work has been suspended on the 38km tunnel between the Polihali and Katse dams. Photo: Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (fair use).

Lesotho Highlands Water Project contractor suspended for polluting rivers

Sechaba Mokhethi 13 May 2025

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#AfricaMonth: How Sarah Collins, founder of Wonderbag, is changing lives globally

Evan-Lee Courie 13 May 2025

Source: © Impact SRK Consulting considers the risk that illegal artisanal miners pose in the management of tailings dams in many parts of Africa

Illegal mining: A key risk to tailings dams management and mine closure

2 May 2025

Source: © Mining Zambia Magazine On 18 February 2025, a catastrophic tailings dam collapsed at the Sino-Metals Chambishi Mine, in Zambia, flooding the surruonding area and Mwambashi River with 50 million litres of acidic effluent

Earth Day spotlights importance of environmental management of tailing dams

Alastair Bovim 22 Apr 2025

Source: © Genesis Water Tech The Clean Technology Fund, has recently launched and secured an initial commitment of R2,4 Billion ($120 million) under Airnergize Capital Fund I, which aims to drive and advance sustainable clean technology investments across Southern and broader Africa

First close of Airnergize Capital at R2.4bn in support of sustainable infrastructure for Africa

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