# Die plastiekherwinningsorganisasie, Polyco, het tot dusver meer as 27-miljoen-rand in lae-inkomstegemeenskappe belê deur sy Packa-Ching-projek. Die veldtog is deel van die organisasie se pogings om afval-herwinners by die formele vullissektor in te skakel deur hulle in te sluit by herwinning-ekonomieë in hul gemeenskappe. Polyco se bemarkingsbestuurder, Chantal Philander, sê hulle ondersteun pogings om vullis van […]
# Western Cape businesses are encouraged to register for the green economy support help desks. Hosted by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in partnership with GreenCape, the help desks will offer free one-on-one consultations to boost energy and water resilience. Businesses across all sectors can access expert advice during roadshows within their […]
# Sewentig suidelike witrenosters van die Munywana-bewaringsgebied in Suid-Afrika is suksesvol hervestig in die Akagera Nasionale Park in Rwanda. Dis deel van ‘n strategiese tienjaarplan om renosters in veilige, geskikte en goed bestuurde beskermde gebiede in Afrika te hervestig. Die renosters maak ongeveer 15-persent uit van die wêreld se algehele witrenoster-bevolking. Die veldtog van Afrika […]
# The average level of six major dams in the Western Cape is back above 60-percent of capacity. Combined levels are now 63.2-percent, up from last week’s 60.3-percent. The largest dam, Theewaterskloof, is at 62.1-percent, and Voëlvlei at 58.2-percent. Recent heavy rainfall has pushed levels higher across all six dams. The City of Cape Town […]
# Die sekretaris-generaal van die Verenigde Nasies, António Guterres, moedig wêreldleiers aan om invloedryke instellings teen te staan wat die seelewe vernietig met onwettige visvangs en plastiek besoedeling. Die VN se derde Oseaankonferensie word tans in Nice, Frankryk, gehou. Die hoëvlak-spitsberaad is onder voorsitterskap van Frankryk en Costa Rica. Meer as 60-persent van see-ekostelsels is […]
# Plastics recycling organisation, Polyco, has injected over 27-million-rand so far into low-income communities through its flagship Packa-Ching initiative. The initiative forms part of the organisation’s efforts to integrate waste reclaimers into the formal waste sector by including them in circular recycling economies in their communities. Polyco’s marketing manager, Chantal Philander, says they are supporting efforts […]
# Seventy southern white rhinos from South Africa’s Munywana Conservancy have been successfully relocated to Rwanda’s Akagera National Park. The move was part of a strategic ten-year plan to rewild rhinos to safe, suitable and well-managed protected areas of Africa. The rhinos represent around 15-percent of the world’s total population of white rhinos. The African […]
# United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, is urging world leaders to confront the powerful interests driving marine destruction, from illegal fishing and plastic pollution to the accelerating impacts of climate change. The 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference, a high-level summit co-chaired by France and Costa Rica, is currently underway in Nice, France. Over 60-percent […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê dié week se Afrika-groen waterstofberaad in Kaapstad sal die Pan-Afrika-Groen Waterstofverslag onthul, en ‘n strategie om energie-vernuwing te bevorder. Hy het in Kemptonpark, Gauteng, gesê die oplossing van die elektrisiteitskrisis sal ekonomiese groei ontsluit. Ramokgopa beklemtoon sy vertroue in Suid-Afrika se tegniese vermoë en sê […]
