# Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo is inviting families to a reunion at the Johannesburg Zoo this Saturday, 22 August. Entrance will be just 22-rand per person as part of the “22-rand on the 22nd” special, marking the zoo’s 122nd anniversary. The zoo first opened in 1904. JCPZ says the discounted fee makes a family […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has adopted a new plan to reduce the number of seabirds accidentally killed by fishing. The plan will run from this year to 2030 and will target different types of fishing. The government will work with the fishing industry, conservation groups and researchers to improve monitoring […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing het ‘n nuwe plan aanvaar om die aantal seevoëls wat per ongeluk deur visvang vrek, te verminder. Die plan sal van vanjaar tot 2030 geld en sal op verskillende soorte visvangmetodes gemik wees. Die regering sal met die visbedryf, bewaringsgroepe en navorsers saamwerk om monitering te […]
# ‘n Drie-meter-lange krokodil is in die Vaalrivier gesien, en owerhede waarsku mense om nie te swem of aan water-bedrywighede deel te neem tot die dier gevang is nie. Charles van der Merwe van die Water-wetstoepassingspan sê daar is reeds ‘n vanghok. Die reptiel, waarskynlik ‘n Wes-Afrika slanksnuit-krokodil, is nie aggressief nie, maar steeds gevaarlik. […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Minerale en Petroleumbronne sê Suid-Afrika benodig ‘n regulatoriese raamwerk wat die omgewing en gemeenskappe se regte beskerm, terwyl dit beleggers voldoende sekerheid bied om verantwoordelike olie- en gas-verkenning te onderneem. Die Konstitusionele Hof het Shell en Impact Africa se verkennings-bedrywighede langs die Wildekus verbied. Die komitee is bekommerd oor […]
# A three-meter crocodile has been spotted in the Vaal River, prompting authorities to discourage swimming and water activities until it is captured. Water Policing team’s Charles Van Der Merwe says a set capture cage is in place. The crocodile, likely a West African slender-snouted species, is not aggressive but poses a safety concern. He […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources says South Africa needs a regulatory framework that protects the environment and the rights of affected communities, while providing investors with sufficient certainty to undertake responsible exploration. The Constitutional Court has blocked Shell and Impact Africa’s offshore exploration activities along the country’s Wild Coast. The committee […]
# ‘n Politieke ekonoom Patrick Bond sê die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak wat Shell en Impact Africa verhoed om seismiese toetse langs die Wildekus uit te voer, gaan verder as om ‘n olie- en gasprojek te stop. Die hof het die uitspraak op 15 Augustus gelewer en sodoende ‘n beslissing van die Appèlhof uit 2024 […]
# Reddingswerkers in Indonesië is op soek na slagoffers wat vasgekeer is onder geboue nadat minstens 68 mense in ‘n kragtige aardbewing dood is. Meer as 200 mense is beseer en duisende is ontruim. Bykans een-duisend-600 naskokke het die eilandnasie getref, met talle inwoners wat in tente skuil omdat hulle bang is om terug te […]
