# Government marked Indigenous Tree Day by planting over 100 indigenous trees across national botanical gardens. Last year, the inaugural Indigenous Tree Day saw thousands of participants gather at 26 sites across 12 African countries. Led by the South African National Biodiversity Institute, the initiative forms part of a continental-wide effort to conserve locally adapted, […]
# The City of Cape Town says its first Advanced Water Reclamation Plant is on track with the civil works completed in December 2024. The state-of-the-art plant is a vital part of the metro’s groundwater action plan to secure alternative water supply sources. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, says groundwater is […]
# Vier individue, twee Belgiese burgers, ‘n Viëtnamese burger en ‘n Keniaan, het skuld beken op aanklagte van die smokkelary van ongeveer vyf-duisend koningin-miere uit Kenia. Die miere, insluitend die skaars en unieke Groot Oesmier, was versteek in aangepaste proefbuise en spuite om lang tydperke te kan oorleef en lughaweskanderings te ontduik. Die Keniaanse natuurlewe-diens […]
# Four individuals, two Belgians, a Vietnamese national, and a Kenyan, have pleaded guilty to smuggling approximately five-thousand queen ants out of Kenya. The ants, including the rare and highly valued Giant African Harvester Ants, were hidden in modified test tubes and syringes to survive extended periods and evade airport scans. The Kenya wildlife Service […]
# Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie maak vandag twee sluise van die Vaaldam toe om uitvloei na die Bloemhofdam geleidelik te verminder. Dit volg nadat die watervlak en invloei afgeneem het. Onlangse watervrystellings het oorstromings in laagliggende gebiede veroorsaak, en ontruimde inwoners word versoek om nie terug te keer nie, aangesien rivieroewers oorversadig bly. […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation will today close two sluice gates at the Vaal Dam and gradually reduce outflows at the Bloemhof Dam, as water levels and inflows have decreased. Recent water releases caused flooding in low-lying areas, and evacuated residents are urged to avoid returning as riverbanks remain oversaturated. The department’s Wisane […]
# Namibiese kusgemeenskappe word aangeraai om nie uitgespoelde vis te eet nie. Groot hoeveelhede seelewe het na bewering uitgespoel weens die skielike invloei van rivierwater na die see. Naude Dreyer van Ocean Conservation Namibia het gewaarsku dat verskeie faktore, insluitende skielike veranderings in sout- en suurstofvlakke, moontlik ’n rol speel. Hy waarsku dat die eet […]
# Namibian coastal communities have been called to refrain from eating washed up fish. Large amounts of marine life washed ashore, presumably due to the sudden influx of river water into the ocean. Ocean Conservation Namibia’s Naudé Dreyer has cautioned that multiple factors including sudden changes in salinity and oxygen levels could be at play. […]
# Die Nasionale Parkeraad van Suid-Afrika het sy opvoedkundige vertoontenk by die Thesen-eilandkantoor in Knysna suksesvol met bedreigde Knysna-seeperdjies hervul. Hierdie inisiatief beoog om openbare bewustheid te verhoog en bewaring te ondersteun van hierdie unieke spesie, wat slegs in die Knysna-, Swartvlei- en Keurbooms-riviere voorkom. Die hervulling het die bekendstelling van ses jong volwasse seeperdjies […]
