# Die witvlerkvleikuiken, een van Afrika se ontwykendste en mees bedreigde voëlsoorte, is van die lys mees bedreigte spesies in Suid-Afrika gehaal. Dit volg na aansienlike vordering om die biologie, broeigewoontes en habitatvoorkeure van hierdie geheimsinnige voël te verstaan. BirdLife South Africa se uitvoerende hoof, Mark Anderson, sê Ethiopië het net genoeg habitat om 55 […]
# The White-winged Flufftail, one of Africa’s most elusive and threatened birds, has been downlisted from critically endangered to endangered in South Africa. This comes as a result of significant advances in understanding the biology, breeding range, and habitat preferences of the secretive flufftail. BirdLife South Africa CEO, Mark Anderson, says that with Ethiopia having sufficient habitat to support […]
# Die adjunkminister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Bernice Swarts, sal vandag die Een Miljoen Bome-veldtog onder die tema My Boom, My Suurstof by die Pretoria Nasionale Botaniese Tuine bekendstel. Die departement se woordvoerder, Peter Mbelengwa, sê die veldtog is daarop gemik om Suid-Afrikaners van alle vlakke van die samelewing te mobiliseer om bome […]
# The Deputy minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Bernice Swarts, will launch the One Million Trees campaign, under the theme, My Tree, My Oxygen at the Pretoria National Botanical Gardens today. The department’s spokesperson, Peter Mbelengwa, says the campaign aims to mobilise South Africans from all walks of life to pledge and donate trees. […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Provinsiale Rampbestuursentrum bly op hoë gereedheidsgrondslag terwyl slegte weersomstandighede voortduur. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het bevestig dat nog koue, nat en winderige weer op pad is, met reënval van tien- tot 20-millimeter wat in verskeie gebiede verwag word, veral in bergagtige streke. Die woordvoerder van die Departement van Plaaslike Regering, Omgewingsake en Ontwikkelingsbeplanning, […]
# Veldbrande het uitgebreek op ‘n eiland en in dorpe naby Athene in Griekeland, met Turkye en Sirië wat ook deurloop. Twee dorpe op die eiland Evia is ontruim nadat ‘n brand laat Vrydag uitgebreek het. Meer as 160 brandbestryders, 46 brandweerwaens en vyf vliegtuie is na die eiland ontplooi. Evia is een van verskeie […]
# The Western Cape Provincial Disaster Management Centre remains on high alert as severe weather conditions persist across the province. The South African Weather Service has confirmed continued forecasts for cold, wet and windy conditions with rainfall of ten to 20-millimeters expected in various areas, especially in mountainous regions. The Local Government, Environmental Affairs and […]
# Wildfires have broken out on an island and in towns near Athens in Greece, with blazes also being sparked in Turkey and Syria. Two villages on the island of Evia were evacuated after the blaze started late on Friday. More than 160 firefighters, 46 trucks and five aircraft were deployed to the island. Evia […]
# Honderde reddingswerkers is ontplooi om na oorlewendes in sentraal-Texas te soek, nadat 50 mense, insluitend 15 kinders, in kitsvloede dood is. Terwyl die soektog ‘n tweede nag voortgaan, sê amptenare 27 kinders word steeds vermis van ‘n Christelike jeugkamp vir meisies langs die rivier. Baie van die vermiste meisies is jonger as 12. Tientalle […]
