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The Portfolio: Tommy Busakhwe

Friday Tommy Busakhwe - 27 Aug 2020

Photographer Tommy Busakhwe, a participant in the Communities of the Kalahari Advocacy Project, uses his camera to tell stories of home, land and the people who live and work on it

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Community-driven planning provides a solution to water problems

Article Ndavhe Ramakuela - 5 Apr 2019

When communities are involved in creating and maintaining water projects, it creates a sense of pride and ownership

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How to ensure communities living near mining activities get a better deal

Article Ross Harvey - 8 May 2018

The mining industry in South Africa needs an inclusive model that builds on and improves shared value

Ikateleng empowers learners

Article Advertising Supplement - 6 Sep 2013

Ikateleng enriches the lives of more than 20 000 children from disadvantaged communities.

Wise ways to use wetlands

Article Michelle Nel - 5 Jul 2013

Wise Use of Wetlands Project by the Association for Water & Rural Development is the winner of the Biodiversity Stewardship Award.

Off the “paraffin grid”

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Jul 2013

Khaya Power wins the Community Renewable Energy Award sponsored by Eskom.

Comment: Free healthcare is a human right

Article Staff Reporter - 17 May 2013

Healthcare that is accessible to all is the foundation on which an equitable and efficient system must be built.

The search is on to expose the nation’s top 10 secrets

Article Glenda Daniels - 25 Mar 2011

The Right2Know campaign is compiling a list of South Africa's top 10 secrets.

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Housing activists want probe into City of Cape Town ‘spying’

Lester Kiewit - 26 Sep 2020

The City of Cape Town admits it monitors the social-media pages of housing activists but denies that this is spying, as tensions surrounding land occupations increase

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No ‘I’ in team – but there is an ‘EA’

Eyaaz Matwadia - 26 Sep 2020

With internet lag keeping them from global competition, local gamers have settled on a format for EA’s FIFA 2020 allows 11 people to play as a team. And the prize money in local leagues is growing. Eyaaz Matwadia boots up for the first instalment of Gaming Corner

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Q&A Sessions: Mari Stimie and opera’s next act

Cayleigh Bright - 26 Sep 2020

The producer spoke to Cayleigh Bright on the day the Cape Town Opera returned to rehearsals after almost six months of lockdown about the future-proof transcendence, resilience and relatability of opera

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UNISA hosts its first TEDx event

[email protected] - 26 Sep 2020

The Elephant in the Room Tedx event at UNISA will help to create meaningful change in South Africa through the power of ideas

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SA’s SEZs create decent jobs

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Special Economic Zone programme is used as a critical tool for accelerating the country’s industrial development agenda

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The new normal in tourism is business unusual

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

Innovation and changing trends have kept some tour operators in the green, though most have struggled during the tight lockdown

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TENDER NO. BOBS 05/2020 PROVISION OF CERTIFICATION SERVICES TO BOTSWANA BUREAU OF STANDARDS QUALITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) invites tenders from reputable companies for the provision of certification services

Special Reports

The Galaxy Z Fold2 smartphone breaks all the rules

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Galaxy Z Fold2 has meaningful innovations that offer users enhanced refinements and some unique foldable user experiences

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Adventures, ghost tours and big skies await visitors to the Cape Winelands

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

All of the CWDM destinations are accessible within a 30- to 120-minute drive from Cape Town, creating real value for money

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SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

The global speakers lined up for this year's event will address the challenges and opportunities specifically facing small businesses

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Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons believes that business and consumer sentiment in South Africa would both benefit from even lower borrowing costs