# Today is International Food Loss and Waste Awareness Day, a day to promote awareness and collective action to reduce food loss and waste. Globally, around 13.2-percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail, while an estimated 19-percent of total global food production is wasted in households, in the food service, and in retail altogether. […]
# Die tema vir vandag se Wêreldomgewinggesondheidsdag is Skoon Lug, Gesonde Mense. Vandag word samewerking tussen publiek en privaat ondernemings aangemoedig om onderhoubare gebruike in te stel, besoedeling te bekamp en by klimaatverandering aan te pas om openbare gesondheid te bevorder. Sowat 99-persent van mense wêreldwyd asem lug in wat die WGO se veiligheidsreëls oorskry […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus het die Ekurhuleni Munisipaliteit veroordeel vir die viering van Wêreldomgewingsgesondheidsdag terwyl inwoners sukkel om asem te haal weens die hoë vlakke van lugbesoedeling in die metro. Volgens die Wêreldomgewingsgesondorganisasie dra lugbesoedeling by tot asemhalingsiektes, harttoestande en miljoene ander siektes wêreldwyd. Jennifer Glover van die VF Plus sê fondse wat bewillig is vir […]
# Today is World Environmental Health Day, observed under the theme, Clean Air, Healthy People. This day encourages collaboration between public and private institutions to implement sustainable practices, reduce pollution, and adapt to climate change to protect public health. Globally, approximately 99-percent of people breathe air that exceeds World Health Organisation safety guidelines, exposing them to […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has criticised the Ekurhuleni Municipality for celebrating World Environment Health Day, while residents are struggling to breathe due to the high levels of air pollution in the metro. According to the World Health Organisation, polluted air contributes to respiratory diseases, heart conditions and millions of other illnesses worldwide. FF Plus’ Jennifer […]
# Stadsbesigtiging Kaapstad het sy eerste kommersiële, ten volle elektriese bote by die V&A Waterfront bekendgestel in aanloop tot môre se Wêreldtoerismedag. Die ekovriendelike vaart het plek vir 32 passasiers. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Ekonomiese Groei, James Vos, sê die gebruik van produkte soos elektriese bote verseker dat die plaaslike bedryf ʼn kleiner koolstofvoetspoor het en […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, sê sy departement is deur die Uitgebreide Openbare Werke Program daartoe verbind om meer as 77-duisend voltydse werksgeleenthede te skep. Hiervan sal 65-persent aan vroue gaan, 55-persent aan die jeug en twee-persent aan gestremdes. Die woordvoerder van die departement, Thobile Zulu-Molobi, sê projekte soos […]
# The City of Cape Town has launched the first commercial fully electric boats at the V&A Waterfront, unveiled by City Sightseeing Cape Town. The eco-friendly ride seats 32 passengers. This is ahead of World Tourism Day tomorrow. Mayoral committee member for Economic Growth, James Vos, says by using products such as electric boats, the […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, says through the Expanded Public Works Programme, his department is committed to generating more than 77-thousand full-time jobs. Sixty-percent of the opportunities will go to women, 55-percent to youth, and two-percent to persons with disabilities. The department’s spokesperson, Thobile Zulu-Molobi, says projects such as Youth […]
