# Environmental organisations have expressed concern at the government’s renewed interest in gas-to-power projects in the draft Integrated Resource Plan. They are warning that the proposed addition of up to 19-gigawatts of gas capacity may risk locking the country into long-term fossil fuel dependency, while potentially driving up energy costs, and worsening inequality. Green Connection […]
# A total of 92-percent of surveyed Johannesburg residents have expressed concern about air pollution, and 78-percent believe it negatively affects their health. This is according to new data from the metro’s Environment and Infrastructure Services Department, in collaboration with Breathe Cities and the Clean Air Fund. The metro’s spokesperson, Virgil James, says the survey confirmed fossil […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Plaaslike Regering, Omgewingsake en Ontwikkelingsbeplanning, Anton Bredell, sê rampspanne bly op ‘n hoë gereedheidsgrondslag met die koue, nat weer wat in die provinsie voortduur. Hy sê vloedgeteisterde gebiede is steeds in gevaar, aangesien Vlak 4-waarskuwings vir skadelike golwe en Vlak 2-waarskuwings vir reën en wind steeds van krag is. Die […]
# Western Cape MEC of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Anton Bredell, says disaster teams remain on high alert as cold and wet weather continues across the province. Bredell says flood-prone areas remain at risk, as Level 4 warnings for damaging waves and Level 2 alerts for rain and wind stay in effect. […]
# Die Britse liefdadigheidsorganisasie The Donkey Sanctuary sê amper ses-miljoen donkies word jaarliks geslag vir Chinese medisyne, met ernstige gevolge vir dorpsbewoners in Afrika wat op die diere staatmaak. Die behoefte word aangevuur deur die verhoging in China se vervaardiging van ‘n gesondheidsaanvulling wat kollageen uit donkievelle bevat. China se donkie-bevolking het van 11-miljoen in […]
# The UK-based charity The Donkey Sanctuary says almost six-million donkeys are slaughtered annually for Chinese medicine, with severe knock-on effects for African villagers who rely on the animals. It is driven by an increase in China’s production of ejiao, a product marketed as a health supplement that uses collagen from donkey skins. China, whose […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad se Ramprisikobestuur sê geen voorvalle van ernstige oorstromings is oornag aangemeld nie. Woordvoerder Sonica Lategan sê organisasies soos die Mustadafin-stigting en Islamic Relief het ondersteuning gebied in Vygieskraal en Belgravia, waar meer as 600 mense geraak is:
# The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management says no major flooding incidents have been reported overnight. Spokesperson Sonica Lategan says organisations, including the Mustadafin Foundation and Islamic Relief, have assisted in Vygieskraal and Belgravia, where collectively, more than 600 people were impacted:
# Die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand het die beste plekke vir woudaanplantings uitgestippel. Die navorsing identifiseer gebiede waar herbebossingspogings mense én ekostelsels kan bevoordeel. Dit verskaf noodsaaklike data vir boomaanplantingsprojekte en om onbedoelde omgewingskade te vermy. Die programleier, Sally Archibald, waarsku in ‘n onderhoud met eNCA die aanplant van bome op verkeerde plekke kan ‘n […]
