# The DA says indifference is the biggest threat to environmental protection, calling for stronger action to protect biodiversity. The party’s Dave Bryant says the Western Cape has expanded its protected areas by more than 81-thousand hectares through 25 new nature reserves over the past year. Bryant added cooperation between the government, landowners and communities […]
# Die Nasionale Wetenskap- en Tegnologieforum het erkenning gegee aan die walviseenheid van die Soogdiernavorsingsinstituut aan die Universiteit van Pretoria vir sy bydrae tot marienebewaring. Die eenheid het die 2025 NSTF-South32-navorsingstoekenning ontvang op Wêreldnatuurbewaringsdag vir die ontwikkeling van Afrika se mees omvattende walvismoniteringsprogram. Die langtermynnavorsing volg walvisbevolkings en die impak van klimaatsverandering, wat help om […]
# Die DA sê onverskilligheid is die grootste bedreiging vir omgewingsbeskerming en vra vir sterker optrede om biodiversiteit te beskerm. Dave Bryant van die party sê die Wes-Kaap het sy beskermde gebiede met meer as 81-duisend hektaar uitgebrei met 25 nuwe natuurreservate oor die afgelope jaar. Bryant sê samewerking tussen die regering, grondeienaars en gemeenskappe […]
# ‘n 7,1-sterkte aardbewing het vroeër vandag Japan se suidelike Kumamoto-provinsie getref. Die kragtoevoer na duisende huise is onderbreek, paaie het gebars en sommige mense is vasgekeer en ander vermoedelik dood in ‘n winkelsentrum wat gedeeltelik ineengestort het. Die middelpunt was ongeveer 20-kilometer suid van die grootste stad op die sentrale Kyushu-eiland, Kumamoto, met ‘n […]
# A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture earlier today, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and leaving some trapped and others presumed dead inside a partially collapsed shopping mall. The epicentre was about 20 kilometres south of central Kyushu island’s largest city, Kumamoto, with a population of around 700-thousand people. […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natalse LUR vir Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, vra inwoners om waaksaam te bly nadat die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens sy waarskuwing vir swaar reën na vlak ses verhoog het. Dit is tot môreaand van krag in eThekwini en verskeie ander kusmunisipaliteite. Woordvoerder Senzelwe Mzila sê daar is ‘n groot gevaar vir oorstromings, […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi has urged residents to stay alert after the South African Weather Service raised its heavy rain warning to level six. The warning, in effect until tomorrow night, covers eThekwini and several other coastal municipalities. The department’s Senzelwe Mzila says there is a high risk of […]
# Die Waternavorsings-kommissie sê Suid-Afrika se nasionale water-aksieplan kan die land se waterkrisis help oplos as dit behoorlik ingestel word. Navorser Stanley Liphadzi sê welslae hang af van belegging in munisipale infrastruktuur, sterker bestuur en verbeterde tegniese vermoë. Hy sê om waterinkomste slegs aan te wend vir instandhouding en opgradering kan dienslewering verbeter en beleggings […]
# The Water Research Commission says South Africa’s National Water Action Plan can help resolve the country’s water crisis if it is properly implemented. Researcher Professor Stanley Liphadzi says success depends on investment in municipal infrastructure, stronger governance, and improved technical capacity. He says ring-fencing water revenue for maintenance and upgrades could improve service delivery […]
