# The World Wildlife Fund South Africa says sustainable development of a transition minerals industry could not be more pertinent as South Africa prepares to host the G20 nations later this year. The World Bank estimates that there will be a 500-percent increase in demand for minerals such as graphite and lithium by 2050, to […]
# Spain’s meteorological agency says the 16-day heatwave the country suffered this month was the most intense on record. The heatwave, which claimed more than one-thousand lives, fuelled wildfires that continue to ravage parts of the north and west of the country. The agency says provisional readings for the 3rd to the 18th of August […]
# AfriForum warns of life-threatening wildfire risks across seven provinces this weekend due to extreme heat, dry conditions and strong winds. The fire danger index for Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, North West and Northern Cape is at red level. AfriForum’s Tarien Cooks urges residents to avoid open fires, prepare firefighting equipment, and ensure […]
# AfriForum waarsku oor die gevaar van lewensgevaarlike wegholbrande in sewe provinsies die naweek weens uiterste hitte, droë toestande en sterk wind. ‘n Vlak rooi-waarskuwing is uitgereik vir Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, die Vrystaat, Noordwes en die Noord-Kaap. ‘n Woordvoerder Tarien Cooks het inwoners gevra om oop vure te vermy en brandbestrydings-toerusting en watervoorraad byderhand […]
# The World Health Organisation and the World Meteorological Organisation have warned of growing health risks for workers due to extreme heat. In a joint released they note productivity drops by two-to-three-percent for every degree above 20-degrees Celsius, with risks including heatstroke, dehydration and kidney failure. The report states that nearly half the world’s population […]
# Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie en die Wêreldmeteorologiese Organisasie waarsku oor die toenemende gesondheidsrisiko’s vir werkers as gevolg van uiterste hitte. In ‘n gesamentlike verslag het hulle aangedui dat produktiwiteit met twee-tot-drie-persent afneem vir elke graad bo 20-grade Celsius, met gepaardgaande risiko’s soos hittesteek, dehidrasie en nierversaking. Die verslag dui aan dat amper helfte van die wêreld […]
# Die DA vra dat die minister van Minerale en Petroleumbronne, Gwede Mantashe, moet optree teen onwettige mynbou by MC Mining se Makhado steenkoolmyn in Limpopo. Die DA sê die maatskappy, wat sonder geldige omgewingsmagtiging optree, beskadig die Vhembe Biosfeer-reservaat en ander kritieke biodiversiteitsgebiede. Andrew de Blocq van die DA waarsku teen omgewingsvernietiging en finansiële […]
# The DA has urged Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister Gwede Mantashe to act against illegal mining at MC Mining’s Makhado colliery in Limpopo. The DA says the company, operating without a valid environmental authorisation, is damaging the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve and other critical biodiversity areas. The party’s Andrew de Blocq warns of environmental destruction […]
# Die National Urban Forum het regeringsleiers, beleidmakers, stadsbeplanners, burgerlike gemeenskappe by die internasionale konferensiesentrum in Durban bymekaar gebring. Die byeenkoms is deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Plaaslike Owerheidsvereniging, in samewerking VN-Habitat en nasionale departemente gereël, en het op inklusiewe, veerkragtige, en volhoubare stede gefokus, met die klem op behuising, mobiliteit, informele nedersettings, klimaatveerkragtigheid, en groenontwikkeling. Valerie […]
