# The National Nuclear Regulator is reviewing three radioactive contamination incidents that occurred inside Koeberg nuclear power station’s unit two in Cape Town during maintenance work over the past two-weeks. The regulator says the contamination was confined to controlled areas within the reactor building and posed no risk to the public or the environment. News24 […]
# Eskom het regulatoriese goedkeuring ontvang vir sy hernubare energie-onderneming, Eskom Green, en befondsing te bekom. Uitvoerende hoof, Dan Marokane, noem dit ‘n belangrike mylpaal in hul strategie vir ontbondeling, die verskaffing van grootskaalse hernubare energievermoë en die vermindering van koolstofuitstralings en ander lugbesoedelaars. Hy sê Eskom Green wil teen 2040 tot 32-gigawatt lewer. Meer […]
# Eskom has received regulatory approval to launch its renewable energy business, Eskom Green, and raise funding. CEO Dan Marokane calls it an important milestone in the further implementation of their strategy in the areas of unbundling, delivering utility-scale renewable energy capacity, and reducing carbon emissions and other air pollutants. He adds Eskom Green is targeting […]
# ActionSA het ‘n ondersoek van stapel gestuur na die multinasionale landbouchemiese onderneming UPL Suid-Afrika se beweerde infrastruktuurooreenkoms van 17-miljard-rand met Infrastructure South Africa. Die party is bekommerd oor die onderneming se omgewingsrekord en bewerings van politieke inmenging. Michael Beaumont van ActionSA sê ‘n verklikker beweer ‘n kabinetslid het amptenare opdrag gegee om nie stappe […]
# Inwoners van Kaapstad word genooi om te registreer vir Suid-Afrika se eerste Burgervergadering oor Klimaat, waar 100 ewekansig-gekose deelnemers sal help om die stad se toekomstige vervoer- en klimaatbeleid te vorm. Die inisiatief, wat deur die Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland en die Universiteit Stellenbosch georganiseer word, is daarop gemik om aanbevelings te ontwikkel vir ‘n […]
# Professor Aqiel Dalvie van die Universiteit van Kaapstad neem deel aan ‘n nuwe dokumentêr in die Verenigde Koninkryk wat die impak van omgewingschemikalieë op vrugbaarheid ondersoek. Sy navorsing in Suid-Afrika het wydverspreide blootstelling aan plaagdoders in kwesbare gemeenskappe gevind, met studies wat ‘n moontlike verband tussen vrugbaarheidsprobleme by volwassenes en kinders aandui. Die dokumentêr […]
# University of Cape Town professor Aqiel Dalvie is featured in a new United Kingdom documentary examining the impact of environmental chemicals on fertility. His research in South Africa has found widespread pesticide exposure in vulnerable communities, with studies indicating possible links to fertility problems in adults and children. The documentary aims to raise awareness […]
# Die adjunkminister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Narend Singh, het ‘n beroep gedoen op sterker samewerking tussen aanklaers, polisie en omgewingsbeamptes om onwettige visvang en ander omgewingsmisdade te bestry. Singh het tydens die opening van ‘n tweedaagse opleidingsprogram vir wetstoepassing in KwaZulu-Natal gesê gekoördineerde ondersoeke en suksesvolle vervolgings is noodsaaklik om Suid-Afrika se […]
# Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Deputy minister Narend Singh has called for stronger cooperation between prosecutors, police and environmental officials to combat illegal fishing and other environmental crimes. Speaking at the opening of a two-day enforcement training programme in KwaZulu-Natal, Singh said coordinated investigations and successful prosecutions are essential to protecting South Africa’s marine […]
