# Egypt is facing a growing water crisis due to its arid climate, limited water resources, and rapidly increasing population. The country of 114-million people depends heavily on the longest river in the world, the Nile, for fresh water. University of the Witwatersrand’s professor, Thokozani Majozi, says rising demand for water in Egypt and from […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê die Gautengse regering en die provinsiale Departement van Omgewingsake moet dringend optree om besoedeling te stop en die omgewing te beskerm. Die party sê die gebrek aan beslissende gevolge vir waterbesoedelaars in die provinsie bevorder ‘n kultuur van straffeloosheid en maak omgewingsregulasies ondoeltreffend. Jaco Mulder van die party sê daar […]
# Ten minste 14 mense is dood in vloede en grondstortings na dae van gietende reën in Suid-Korea. Die land se rampbeheerkantoor sê hulle vrees die dodetal kan styg terwyl reddingspogings voortduur, met 12 mense wat as vermis aangegee is. Byna 10-duisend mense is regdeur die streek uit hulle huise ontruim nadat die reën Woensdag […]
# At least 14 people have died in floods and landslides caused by days of torrential rain in South Korea. The country’s disaster management office says there are fears the death toll could rise as emergency rescue efforts continue, with 12 people reported missing. Across the region, nearly ten-thousand people have evacuated their homes since […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the Gauteng government and the provincial Department of Environmental Affairs urgently needs action to stop pollution and protect the environment. The party says the lack of decisive consequences for water polluters in the province fosters a culture of impunity and renders environmental regulations ineffective. The party’s Jaco Mulder says […]
# The minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, has launched the Pangolin Pact Wildlife Crimes Awareness Campaign as a G20 legacy project. He says the project aims to create awareness about wildlife crimes and how South Africa and other G20 nations are combatting the illegal trade of wildlife including abalone, pangolins, rhinos […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, het die Ietermago-ooreenkoms Wildsmisdaad-bewustheidsveldtog as ‘n G20-erfenisprojek van stapel gestuur. Hy sê die projek is daarop gemik om bewustheid te skep oor wildsmisdade en hoe Suid-Afrika en ander G20-lande die onwettige handel in wild, insluitend perlemoen, ietermagogs, renosters en leeus, bekamp. George sê hierdie […]
# Antartika se oudste ys het in Brittanje aangekom vir ontleding wat wetenskaplikes hoop sal meer onthul oor die aarde se klimaatsveranderinge. Die yskerns sal by die Britse Antarktiese Opname in Cambridge ontleed word, met die uiteindelike doel om tot 1,5-miljoen-jaar van die aarde se klimaatgeskiedenis te rekonstrueer. Die silindriese buise is uit dieptes van […]
# Antarctica’s oldest ice has arrived in Brittain for analysis which scientists hope will reveal more about Earth’s climate shifts. The ice cores will be analysed at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, with the ultimate goal of reconstructing up to 1.5 million years of Earth’s climate history. The cylindrical tubes of ancient ice retrieved […]
