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Report back by Funda – (Super Stage 100% IN runners up)

In May 2012, we held our 2nd Super Stage at UCT, called ‘100% IN’ – which challenged students around the country to reverse the drop […]

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Sweet Potato Joins “Big Push Towards Creativity” in Entrepreneurship

A new range of laptop sleeves made from recycled hessian coffee sacks is raising the bar for sustainable fashion in Cape Town. Launched in August […]

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Entrepreneurial Postgrads Start a Bamboo Revolution

After setting out with just R50 in their pockets, a group of six UCT postgrads managed to raise R22,000 and successfully launch a new, revolutionary […]

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Dr Max Price opens the 100% IN challenge

Opening the 100% IN Super Stage Challenge is UCT’s Vice Chancellor, Dr Max Price, who’s leadership has helped to secure UCT’s position as a leading […]

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Money Minds

Watch Super Stage’s newest Super Star Mbuso Mathibela pitch his team’s 100% IN Super Idea! Now’s your turn to change the stats – and reverse […]

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Funda

Watch Super Stage’s runner’s up, Kennedy Kitheka, Kumbirai Gundani and Kolawale Olajide pitch their 100% IN Super Idea! Now’s your turn to change the stats […]

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EQ’uo

Watch Super Stage’s second runner up Lethabo Motswaledi from UCT, pitch her 100% IN Super Idea! Now’s your turn to change the stats – and […]

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The Opportunity Canvas

Watch Super Stage’s Top 10 change makers, Benjamin Shaw & Ameil Harikishun pitch their 100% IN Super Idea! Now’s your turn to change the stats […]

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Project Zeitgeist

Watch Super Stage’s Top 10 change maker, UCT’s Namatirai Zinyohwera pitch his 100% IN Super Idea. Now’s your turn to change the stats – and reverse the […]

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“Comm-Unite”

Watch Super Stage’s Top 10 change makers in the 100% IN challenge, Siyabonga Ndlozi from Joburg’s CIDA City Campus  Now’s your turn to change the stats […]

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2011 Super Stars, ACE-tone report back

Watch Super Stage’s 2011 Super Stars, Muzzammil Ismail and Ra’ees Mahmood, report back on how their Super Idea of melting Styrofoam (used to package electronic products) […]

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Biogas the future for alternative energy in South Africa

Following China’s lead, plans to increase the use of biogas, or Anaerobic Digestion, in South Africa could help improve the country’s service delivery and serve as a local solution to the worldwide energy crisis caused by […]

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South Africa’s stem cell milestone

A group of researchers at South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have become the first in Africa to make a breakthrough in […]

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Ready for the Ride Revolution

The Ridelink initiative, launching at the University of Cape Town in September, is set to give South African commuters a new way to look at […]

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