# Die Stad Tshwane het vandag Boomplantmaand in Hammanskraal afgeskop, met Santam wat bome ter waarde van 250-duisend-rand skenk om die stad se stedelike vergroeningsprogram te ondersteun. Die projek is daarop gemik om 300-duisend-bome binne ‘n drie-jaar tydperk in townships en informele nedersettings te plant. Zintle Mahlati van die stad vra inwoners en organisasies om […]
# AfriForum sê slegs een uit elke vyf stortingsterreine in Suid-Afrika voldoen aan die basiese veiligheid- en omgewingstandaarde. Die organisasie se jongste oudit toon 131 uit 169 stortingsterreine wat nagegaan is, het nie daarin geslaag om gemeenskappe en die omgewing te beskerm nie. Gauteng en die Wes-Kaap het die beste gevaar, terwyl die Noord-Kaap die […]
# AfriForum says only one in five landfill sites in South Africa meets basic safety and environmental standards. The organisation’s new audit shows that of the 169 sites checked, 131 failed to protect communities and the environment. Gauteng and the Western Cape performed best, while the Northern Cape scored lowest at just 13-percent. AfriForum’s Marais […]
# The City of Tshwane today launched Arbor month in Hammanskraal, with Santam donating 250-thousand-rand worth of trees to support the city’s urban greening programme. The initiative aims to plant 300-thousand trees over three-years in townships and informal settlements. The city’s Zintle Mahlati called on residents and organisations to join efforts in planting trees and […]
# Die Standard Bank-sentrum van Uitnemendheid vir Waterstof-energie aan die Vaal-universiteit van Tegnologie in Gauteng gaan navorsing, innovasie en volhoubare praktyke in die gebruik van waterstof-energie in Suid-Afrika bevorder. Die universiteit is die enigste Afrika-vennoot in ‘n waterstof-konsortium van 13 Europese Unie-lede. Dit word amptelik Donderdag bekendgestel. Standard Bank sê sy verbintenis tot ‘n minimum-koolstofvrystelling […]
# Minstens 250 mense is in Afganistan dood en meer as 500 beseer toe ‘n aardbewing met ‘n omvang van 6,0 die oostelike deel van die land getref het. Die middelpunt was naby die land se vyfde grootste stad, Jalalabad. Die aardbewing is ook in verskeie stede in die naburige Pakistanse provinsies Khyber Pakhtunkhwa en […]
# The Standard Bank Centre of Excellence for Hydrogen Energy at Gauteng’s Vaal University of Technology will advance hydrogen research, innovation, and sustainable practices in South Africa. The university is currently the only African partner in a 13-member European Union hydrogen consortium. The centre will officially be launched on Thursday. Standard Bank says its commitment […]
# At least 250 people were killed and over 500 injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan’s eastern region on Sunday evening. The epicentre was near Jalalabad, the country’s fifth-largest city. The earthquake was also felt in several cities in neighbouring Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces. The Taliban government says the death toll is expected […]
# Pikitup het die Robinson-stortingsterrein in Johannesburg tydelik gesluit nadat ‘n brand daar uitgebreek het. Die woordvoerder van die afvalbestuursmaatskappy, Muzi Mkhwanazi, sê die stap is om die veiligheid van personeel, diensverskaffers en inwoners te verseker, terwyl nooddienste die brand sonder ontwrigting kan bestry. Hy het bevestig dat die oorsaak van die brand ondersoek word:
