# Nine conservation organisations from six Southern African countries have launched the Vulture Safe Zone Alliance to combat the sharp decline in vulture populations. The alliance includes BirdLife organisations in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, BirdWatch Zambia, Nature Tanzania and the Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi. Conservationists say poisoning, habitat loss and power-line collisions […]
# Huishoudings in Gauteng sal van 7 tot 14 September beplande kragverminderings ondervind. Volgens Eskom sal die krag daagliks tussen 5-uur- en 9-uur soggens, en weer tussen 5-uur- en tien-uur saans afgeskakel word. Gebiede soos Vereeniging, Sharpeville en Sebokeng is vanoggend geraak, met Orange Farm, Stretford-uitbreiding 2, Sharpeville, Sebokeng, Zonkizizwe, Protea-Suid, Chiawelo, Protea-Noord en Nooitgedacht […]
# SANParke het die nuwe Letaba-hoogwaterbrug in die Krugerwildtuin ingewy tydens Toerismemaand en SANParke-week. Woordvoerder JP Louw het aan die SABC gesê die opgeknapte brug is ontwerp om toekomstige oorstromings en die gevolge van klimaatsverandering beter te weerstaan. Hy sê ‘n breër leivoor sal die watervloei verbeter. Die Letaba-ruskamp word ook stelselmatig heropen ná die […]
# Motoriste wat reis tussen Kaapstad en die Kaapse Wynland kan weer deur die Hugenote-tonnel ry nadat dit vir alle voertuie heropen is. Die tonnel op die N1 is Vrydag gesluit weens sterk wind voor dit Saterdag slegs vir ligte voertuie heropen is. Die Wes-Kaapse regering het bevestig beperkings op swaar voertuie, woonwaens en sleepwaens […]
# Motorists travelling between Cape Town and the Cape Winelands can breathe a sigh of relief as the Huguenot Tunnel has reopened to all vehicles. The tunnel on the N1 was closed on Friday due to strong winds sweeping the Western Cape, before reopening to light vehicles only on Saturday. The Western Cape government confirmed […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA vra die regering om dringend ‘n omvattende nasionale klimaatnoodvoorbereidingsplan te publiseer oor die uitwerking van die komende Super El Niño. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens waarsku Suid-Afrika sal na verwagting hierdie lente ‘n ondergemiddelde reënval en bogemiddelde temperature ervaar, namate ‘n sterk El Niño-verskynsel in die Stille Oseaan ontwikkel. GIWUSA se president Mametlwe […]
# Gauteng households face a week of load reduction cuts from 7 to 14 September. According to Eskom’s schedule, power will be cut daily between 05:00 to 09:00 and 17:00 to 22:00. Today areas including Vereeniging, Sharpeville and Sebokeng were cut in the morning, while Orange Farm, Stretford Ext 2, Sharpeville, Sebokeng and Zonkizizwe, Protea […]
# South African National Parks has unveiled the new Letaba High Bridge in Kruger National Park amid Tourism Month and SANParks Week. SANParks spokesperson JP Louw told the SABC that the upgraded bridge will withstand future flooding and climate change impacts, with a wider culvert allowing improved water flow. Letaba Rest Camp is also reopening […]
# Union GIWUSA is calling on government to immediately publish a comprehensive national climate emergency preparedness plan for the expected impact of the super El Niño weather pattern. The South African Weather Service has warned South Africa is likely to experience below-normal rainfall and above-normal temperatures this spring as a strong El Niño develops in […]
