Sustainability

Trump rejects climate ‘prophets of doom’ as Thunberg warns Davos

Article Sebastian Smith & Stuart Williams - 21 Jan 2020

The 50th meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) got under way in the ski resort with an avowed focus on climate change but with starkly different visions over global warming laid bare

The world needs a new social pact

Analysis Minouche Shafik - 3 Jan 2020

Education that complements robots, sustainability, minimum wages and retirement age come into it

Systems thinking, sustainable development and chemical elements

Article Advertorial Supplement - 18 Oct 2019

Chemical elements from the perspective of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals

Fish species overexploited or collapsed

Article Professor Paul Cowley & Dr Tor Naesje - 31 May 2019

No-take zones in estuaries may be the solution

How to eat to save the world

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Feb 2019

The diet, which will also cut deaths caused by bad diets, will halve the consumption of sugar and meat

Water and sanitation launches guidelines on menstrual health

Article Advertorial - 23 Nov 2018

Training ensures sustainable hygienic toilets

Bridging the financial divide

Article Tamsin Oxford - 26 Oct 2018

The South African financial sector can play a powerful role in driving economic inclusion

Showing the public sector how it’s done

Article Advertising Supplement - 26 Oct 2018

'The poorest and most vulnerable deserve a world-class service'

Paradise lost: Tourists ruin their spots

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Oct 2018

Here are some global hotspots overwhelmed by visitors that authorities have moved to protect

We rise together: Collaboration and Africa’s economic future

Article bogdan TagDiv - 18 May 2018

The shared value approach is one that adapts easily to the African context

Cleaning up Zimbabwe with a Styrofoam ban

Article bogdan TagDiv - 3 Oct 2017

The Zimbabwean government is set to ban Styrofoam food containers in order to promote greener alternatives but not everyone is happy with the move

First round-the-world solar flight takes off

Article bogdan TagDiv - 9 Mar 2015

Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi en route to Muscat at the start of a five-month journey organised to focus attention on sustainable energy.

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Tshwane water woes in court again

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

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Life in lockdown: Behind closed doors keeping out the coronavirus

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

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Apartheid criminals still at large

Ilham Rawoot - 21 Feb 2020

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

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Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

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