# The South African Weather Service has issued a level 2 weather warning of severe thunderstorm widespread showers and thundershowers across KwaZulu-Natal today from 12pm to midnight. Motorists are urged to exercise extreme caution and maintain a safe following distance while driving on wet roads. eThekwini municipality’s spokesperson, Gugu Sisilana says the disaster management unit […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Parke gaan volgende week ‘n ekologiese, beheerde brand in Onder-Tokai in die Tafelberg Nasionale Park uitvoer. Die brand word beplan as deel van die park se Geïntegreerde Brandbestuursplan en sal beheer word om te verhoed dat dit na nabygeleë woongebiede versprei. SANParke se woordvoerder, Charles Phahlane, sê dit is noodsaaklik om […]
# South African National Parks will be conducting an ecological burn in Lower Tokai, Table Mountain National Park the next week. The burn is planned as part of the park’s Integrated Fire Management Plan, and will be controlled to avoid its spread in the area or to nearby residential areas. Spokesperson Charles Phahlane says it […]
# Suid-Afrika se aankoopprogram van hernubare energie – eens ‘n model van sukses wêreldwyd – toon swakplekke, aldus Wikus Kruger van die Universiteit van Kaapstad. Hy skryf dit toe aan netwerkbeperkings, stadige verkrygingsiklusse en ingewortelde uitdagings wat vordering verhoed. Kruger sê die sesde bodgeleentheid het misluk weens netwerkbeperkings, terwyl die sewende geleentheid een-duisend-760-megawat sonkrag verseker […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad se Water- en Sanitasiedirektoraat is besig om ‘n nuwe kontrakteur aan te stel om die opgradering van Fynbosdam in Majik-woud, Bellville, te voltooi. Die metro belê nagenoeg 5,5-miljoen-rand in hierdie projek om die watervloei vanuit die dam deur die oorloopkanaal te verbeter. Die burgemeesterkomiteelid vir Water en Sanitasie, Zahid Badroodien, sê […]
# Die nuwe JRC Advance-verslag oor veldbrande in Europa, die Midde-Ooste en Noord-Afrika toon dat Oekraïne in 2024 die ergste veldbrandseisoen in die geskiedenis van die Europese Unie se veldbrand-inligtingstelsel beleef het. Byna een-miljoen hektaar het in dié land afgebrand. Volgens die verslag kom die ruimtelike verspreiding van die brande ooreen met die oorlogsfront tussen […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate says it is busy appointing a new contractor to complete the upgrade at Fynbos Dam in Majik Forest, Bellville. The metro is investing about 5.5-million-rand into this upgrade project, which aims to assist water flow from the dam through the spillway. Mayoral committee member for […]
# South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme, which was once a global model of success, is now faltering. This is according to the University of Cape Town’s doctor Wikus Kruger, who says grid constraints, slow procurement cycles, and institutional challenges are stalling progress. He says Bid Window 6 collapsed due to grid […]
# The new JRC Advance report on Forest Fires in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, shows that in 2024 Ukraine had the worst fire season ever recorded in the European Union Forest Fires Information System. Nearly one-million hectares burnt in Ukraine. The report says the spatial distribution of the fires matches the line […]
