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YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

Community investment must create youth jobs

With South Africa's youth unemployment at 45.8%, this article argues that every community development project should be designed to create jobs for young people, not just deliver…

  • German More
5 min read
Call for accountability: Concerns about the criteria used and process followed in awarding the deal to Tinley Leisure Women Investments continue to linger. Photo: Supplied
BUSINESS AND FINANCE

Trust questions IDC equity to ‘outsiders’

The R2.1 billion Club Med deal faces scrutiny as Chief Jiba Magwaza of the Magwaza Royal Trusts in KwaZulu-Natal criticizes the involvement of Tinley Leisure Women Investments…

  • Brian Sokutu
9 min read
Virtual wheeling: The Selemela Solar Park in Lichtenburg, North West, generates and sells electricity to other parts of the country via a wheeling agreement. Pictured here is plant manager Tebogo Tong. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee
AFRICAN RAINBOW MINERALS
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Beyond the Grid: Pinging power from farms to factories

Solar power moves virtually from farmland in North West to factories hundreds of kilometres away. How it works and what it means for the country’s energy transition

  • Nthusang Lefafa
8 min read
Otsile Bokamoso, an after-school educational organisation, has helped thousands of learners through the support of a local community trust. Pictured here is its founder, Sophile Motsumi, along with some of the students. Photo: Motlatsi Mofokeng
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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Community trusts are greening the future

The trusts are designed to ensure that a portion of the profits of renewable energy projects are shared with the people who live near them

  • Refilwe Mochoari, Thabo Molelekwa & Motlatsi Mofokeng
7 min read
Lift off: SANParks new strategy, Vision 2040, aims to redress economic inequalities through conservation. (Photo by Herman Verwey/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
BIODIVERSITY

The future of SANParks: From fortress conservation to inclusivity

Its new strategy, Vision 2040, aims to redress economic inequalities through conservation

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITIES

Revitalising communities through urban green zones – the key principles of transformation

Collaborative efforts enhance sustainability, impact and long-term viability, fostering a sense of collective responsibility and investment in community development

  • HEINEKEN
4 min read
Helen Moloto, 53, inspects the celery she grows on her smallholding in Kgabalatsane, North West Province. She supplies some of her produce to the Hebron Mango Tree Owner’s Company. (James Puttick)
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Women plant seeds of resilience

Projects in North West and Limpopo grow hope of surviving climate change

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read