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Page 82 Media’s CSI arm, Ibala, has donated 100 schoolbags made from recycled PVC banners to KwaNtsikana Junior Secondary School learners during a Youth Month event in Soweto the City of Johannesburg hosted.
SUSTAINABILITY

Ibala turns PVC waste into school bags in Soweto Youth Month handover

As South Africa prepares to mark 50 years since the 1976 Soweto Uprising, Page 82 Media's CSI arm, Ibala, donated 100 schoolbags made from recycled PVC advertising banners to…

  • Amahle Banda
3 min read
The abandoned Imbabala coal mine near Ermelo’s Wesselton township. Numerous community members have been killed by cave-ins, either adults digging for coal or children playing in the mine. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks
MINING

Imbabala mine: abandoned coal site leaves deadly legacy for Ermelo communities

Residents near the abandoned Imbabala coal mine in Ermelo are suffering the deadly consequences of an unrehabilitated site, with drownings, injuries, and widespread…

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Vusi Dlamini, head of operations at the Renergen Tetra4 Virginia Gas Project. Photo: Motlatsi Mofokeng
CLIMATE CHANGE
Video

Free State’s helium gamble: A new energy frontier?

The province is home to the biggest gas and helium project in the country. Will it speed up the shift towards renewable energy sources, or could it potentially hinder progress?…

  • Refilwe Mochoari
10 min read