# The City of Cape Town’s Urban Waste Management Directorate has praised the Cape Peninsula University of Technology for its bold step in leading and embracing a zero-waste journey in the higher education sector. Last year, CPUT introduced a three-bin separation system across all its campuses, becoming Cape Town’s first zero-waste university. Mayoral committee member […]
# The South African Weather Service has issued a red fire danger index warning for extremely dangerous veld fire conditions in Limpopo, Gauteng and Mpumalanga. Very hot, dry and windy conditions may result in the development of runaway and veld/bush fires and strengthen existing fires. Tshwane Emergency Services Department’s spokesperson, Lindsay Zwelithini, says these conditions […]
# Japanese tegnici by die beskadigde Fukushima-kernaanleg het afstandbeheerde robotte na een van die reaktorgeboue gestuur as deel van die voorbereidings om radioaktiewe brokstukke te verwyder. Die gevaarlike hoë kernuitstralings maak die verwydering van gesmelte brandstof en ander rommel die skrikwekkendste uitdaging in die dekade-lange aftakeling van die aanleg nadat dit deur ‘n enorme tsunami […]
# Die Landbank Versekeringsmaatskappy het die uitbreiding van sy loods-indeksversekering met die bekendstelling van omgewingsopbrengs-indeksversekering aangekondig. Die produk beskerm gewasboere teen verliese veroorsaak deur droogte, oorstromings en plae. Anders as tradisionele versekering sal uitbetalings berus op inligting op distrikvlak eerder as waardering van plase en dit sal vinniger vergoeding verseker. Omgewingsopbrengs-indeksversekering word ontwikkel in samewerking […]
# Vandag is Wêreldmuskietdag waartydens bewustheid geskep word oor die gevare wat muskiet-oordraagbare siektes inhou. Vanjaar se tema is “Versnelling van die stryd teen malaria vir ‘n billiker wêreld”. Muskiet-oordraagbare siektes maak jaarliks meer as ‘n miljoen mense dood en besmet tot 700-miljoen. ‘n Dosent aan die Universiteit van Pretoria, die mediese entomoloog Ashley Burke, […]
# The Land Bank Insurance Company has announced the expansion of its pilot index insurance with the launch of Area-Yield Index Insurance. The product protects crop farmers against major yield losses caused by drought, floods, or pests. Unlike traditional insurance, payouts are based on district-level data rather than farm assessments, ensuring quicker compensation. Developed with […]
# Today is World Mosquito Day, a day to raise awareness of the dangers posed by mosquito-borne diseases, and the ongoing efforts to combat the world’s deadliest creature. This year’s theme is Accelerating the Fight Against Malaria for a More Equitable World. Mosquito-borne diseases kill more than one-million people and infect up to 700-million each […]
# Die vinnigste en mees gevreesde slang in Afrika, die swart mamba, kan ‘n sleutelrol speel om besoedeling op te spoor en terselfdertyd die ekostelsel gesond hou. Dis bevind in nuwe navorsing aan die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand. Die studie is gedoen met slange wat in Durban en KwaZulu-Natal gevang is. Daar is bevind dat […]
# Africa’s fastest and most feared snakes can be a key player in tracking pollution, while at the same time keeping ecosystems healthy. This is according to new research from the University of the Witwatersrand. The study, conducted on snakes captured in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, has revealed that heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, cadmium […]
