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Michelle Nel
Discarding used plastics is avoidable
The <em>Greening the Future</em> judges praised Petco’s bottle-to-bottle approach.
Education meets job creation
Schools and institutions — <b> Winner: JNF Walter Sisulu Environmental Centre</b>.
Cosatu wants to have a say in the green revolution
Cosatu has commissioned the National Labour and Economic Development Institute (Naledi) to research the links between labour and climate change.
Minister ‘aware of ecology’
Susan Shabangu, the minister of mineral resources, agrees that mining should not take place in ecologically sensitive areas.
Fight is on to protect biodiverse wetland
Some 54% of Mpumalanga is affected by mining or prospecting, but civil society is drawing the line at Chrissiesmeer, writes <b>Michelle Nel</b>.
Building real homes
Winner — Enterprise Development Award: <b>Futuregrowth Asset Management and Nurcha</b>.
The fields of dreams
Winner – Sports Development Award: <b>Absa Spaces for Sport</b>.
Giving filmmakers a fishing rod
Runner-up — Enterprise Development Award: <b>Absa and Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking</b>.
Making sensible beer
Water care award, winner: <b>SABMiller</b>
Going flat out to beat gangsterism
The Investing in the Future judges praised the unique developmental aspect of the Mr Price Mitchells Plain soccer programme.
Done and dusted
Five years ago the Paardekraal Tailings Dam, 5km north-east of Rustenburg, was a dust bowl
On the green path
The appointment of a new DG of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism last month coincided with Cabinet’s approval of the NFSD.
A way to keep the dust down
Particularly at this time of year, dust is the curse of desperate housewives. It is also the cause of sinus problems and lung irritations.
Bringing law to people (and animals)
In the real world justice is mainly for the wealthy. Do you have a spare R1 000 an hour for lawyer’s fees? This is not even what the top firms charge their corporate clients. And…
Dreams do come true
Jubilation was written all over the faces of this year’s 14 recipients of the much-coveted Nelson Mandela Scholarship for post-graduate studies abroad. A Unilever initiative, the…