The hard work and dedication of two social entrepreneurs who launched The Clothing Bank with the aim of empowering people from impoverished communities, was honoured on Monday, 20 November 2017, when their enterprise won two prestigious Premier’s Entrepreneurship Recognition Awards (PERA). The winners were announced at the PERA 2017 Awards Gala Evening in Cape Town hosted by … [Read more...]
Colour Of Africa is Green Week
Our essence of life comes from the Almighty and our home, Earth. As much as both may seem infinite, one is not. With the rapid and insatiable human indulgence for what we deem as necessity (both necessary and unnecessary) happening across the globe, we keep demanding more from earth than we care to replace. Who will be to blame for the post-apocalyptic, dead and desiccated … [Read more...]
Freshwater ecosystem atlas launched this week
An atlas that contains mapped rivers, wetland and estuary priority areas in South Africa was launched by the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi, earlier this week. The Atlas of Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Areas in South Africa is the result of a project by the CSIR and a number of partners to determine which ecosystems in South Africa … [Read more...]
Youth caravan cover 15 countries for climate justice
Zambia, Uganda, United States of America, Canada, Cameroon, Kenya and South Africa. These countries were all represented in one room to make their voices heard in the fight against climate change. Though the 17th Conference on Climate Change is only starting on Sunday, 28 November in Durban, a group of passionate youth from around the world created their own platforms to … [Read more...]
