# The DA Gauteng has welcomed the Water and Sanitation Department decision to clean the Morninghill wetlands and the refuse catchment area near the Jukskei River. The DA’s Leanne de Jager says a meeting with the department’s deputy minister Sello Seitlholo resulted in plans to officially recognise the wetland and remove trapped debris. She highlighted […]
# Die belkraanvoël – die grootste, seldsaamste en mees bedreigde van Suid-Afrika se ses kraanvoëlspesies – is afgegradeer van kritiek bedreigd tot bedreigd. Belkraanvoëls, wat in die winter broei en afhanklik is van vleilande, is in 2015 as ‘n kritiek-bedreigde spesie in sekere gebiede gelys toe slegs 267 voëls tydens ‘n lugopname in KwaZulu-Natal aangeteken […]
# Die minister van Water en Sanitasie, Pemmy Majodina, sê haar departement sal sorg dat die verhoging van die Clanwilliam-damwal in die Olifantsrivier in die Wes-Kaap teen 5,7-miljard-rand, versnel word. Die projek in die Sederberg-munisipaliteit sal na verwagting in 2028 voltooi word. Majodina sê die projek sal nie net die veiligheid van die dam verbeter […]
# Die Stad Johannesburg bied van môre tot Vrydag die Afrika-forum vir Stedelike Woude in Bryanston aan met die tema: Groen Horisonne: Vorm Afrika-stede se toekomstige herstelvermoë deur stedelike woude. Die geleentheid sal die belangrike rol beklemtoon wat stedelike woude speel om ernstige uitdagings aan te pak. Besprekings sal drie temas dek: Hoe om Afrika-stede […]
# The wattled crane, the largest, rarest and most threatened of Africa’s six crane species, has been downlisted from critically endangered to endangered. Wattled cranes, a winter-breeding, wetland-dependent species, were listed as regionally critically endangered in 2015, with only 267 individuals recorded in the KwaZulu-Natal aerial survey of that year. African Crane Conservation Programme’s Damian […]
# Water and Sanitation minister, Pemmy Majodina, says her department will ensure the acceleration of the 5.7-billion-rand project to raise the Clanwilliam Dam wall situated in Olifants River, Western Cape. The project in the Cederberg Municipality is expected to be completed in 2028. Majodina says the project will not only determine the safety of the […]
# Minstens 40 mense is in ses state dood nadat dele van Amerika die naweek onder hewige tornado’s deurgeloop het. ʼn Massiewe stormstelsel wat oor die land beweeg het, het dodelike stofstorms en orkaansterkte wind meegebring wat meer as 100 veldbrande, gewelddadige tornado’s en swaar reën veroorsaak het. Noodtoestande is in Arkansas, Georgia en Oklahoma […]
# The City of Johannesburg is set to host the second African Forum on Urban Forests from Tuesday until Friday in Bryanston under the theme, Green Horizons: Shaping the Future Resilience of African Cities through Urban Forests. The event will highlight the critical role urban forests play in tackling pressing challenges. Discussions will revolve around […]
# At least 40 people have died across six states after violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the US over the weekend. A massive storm system moving across the country unleashed winds that triggered deadly dust storms, and hurricane-force winds, which fanned more than 100 wildfires, violent tornadoes, and heavy rain. States of emergency have been […]
