# Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister David Maynier has appointed Beryl Ferguson as chairperson of the South African National Parks board. Her appointment took effect on the 1st of August and will run until the 30th of September 2028. Ferguson previously served as interim chairperson since October last year and was credited with strong […]
# CapeNature welcomes the sentencing of a Cape Town couple convicted of multiple wildlife offences involving the unlawful keeping, possession and transport of reptiles. Zirkie Bernardus Jansen and Valerie Gayle Simpson-Jansen were each fined 40-thousand-rand or sentenced to 18-months’ imprisonment after being convicted on seven charges. The offences involved 95 reptiles, including geckos and ball […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika se Billike Energie-oordrag kry momentum, met skoon energie-beleggings wat bevorder word vanuit die buiteland en deur plaaslike firmas. Volgens Statistiek Suid-Afrika het hernubare energie in 2016 slegs twee-persent van plaaslik opgewekte elektrisiteit uitgemaak. Hierdie syfer het in 2024 tot nege-persent gestyg. By vanjaar se Suid-Afrikaanse Beleggingskonferensie is meer as […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s Just Energy Transition is gathering momentum, with clean energy investments being driven from abroad and by domestic firms. According to Statistics South Africa, renewable energy accounted for just two-percent of locally generated electricity in 2016. This figure increased to nine-percent in 2024. At this year’s South Africa Investment […]
# South Korea is experiencing a severe heatwave, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. Authorities have issued the highest-level heat warning for parts of the greater Seoul area for the first time. The extreme heat has already caused nearly one-thousand-900 heat-related illnesses and at least 14 deaths. Officials are checking on vulnerable residents, spraying water […]
# Suid-Korea beleef tans ‘n ernstige hittegolf, met temperature van meer as 40 grade Celsius. Owerhede het vir die eerste keer die hoogste vlak hittewaarskuwing vir dele van die groter Seoel-gebied uitgereik. Die buitensporige hitte het reeds byna ‘n duisend hitteverwante siektes en minstens 14 sterftes veroorsaak. Amptenare hou kwesbare inwoners dop, spuit water op […]
# TLU SA in Limpopo verwelkom die Landdroshof in Howick se uitspraak waarin vier mense skuldig bevind is aan onwettige jag ingevolge die KwaZulu-Natalse Ordonnansie op Natuurbewaring. Die organisasie se woordvoerder, Floris Booysen, sê die uitspraak bevestig owerhede kan optree voor wild onwettig gejag word om misdaad te voorkom. Hy sê onwettige jag hou dikwels […]
# Agriculture body TLU SA Limpopo welcomes a Howick Magistrate’s Court judgment convicting four people of illegal hunting under the KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Ordinance. The organisation’s Floris Booysen says the ruling confirms that authorities can act before wildlife is killed to prevent crime. He says illegal hunting is often linked to trespassing, property damage, and […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing ondersoek berigte van sardyne wat vrek langs die Wes-Kaapse kus, vanaf Saldanhabaai tot by Gansbaai. Wetenskaplikes het monsters vir toetsing versamel en waarnemers ontplooi om die omvang te bepaal. ‘n Skadelike algebloei is in Saldanhabaai opgespoor, maar geen oorsaak vir die vrektes is bevestig nie. Woordvoerder […]
