Nigerian entrepreneur, Chioma Ukonu, placed second at The Chivas Venture competition which took place in Los Angeles recently. She achieved this result after pitching her idea, RecyclePoints, an incentive based recycling scheme, in front of a high...
Mangrove swamps normally team with life, as small scuttling things make their homes in underground holes and in among thick plant roots. However, when marine scientist Dr Brent Newman visited Durban harbour recently, he was surprised to find not a...
By Frances Ringwood “We start work at 4 o’clock in the morning. We have to get up that early because if we’re late, the rubbish trucks will beat us to the bins. Our name for ourselves is the ‘Abagerezi’.  Abagerezi do not have supervisors because...
The glamorous inaugural Free State ‘Cleanest and Greenest Municipality Competition’ saw Earth warriors swap overalls for cocktail dresses and bowties. Filled with tension and excitement, the Phillip Sanders resort where the event was held, was...
