# The South African Weather Service issued a Yellow Level 4 warning for disruptive rainfall over parts of the Western Cape and Northern Cape. A cut-off low pressure system is expected to bring scattered showers and thundershowers, with rainfall of between 25- and 80-millimetres. The Weather Service warns of possible flooding of roads and settlements, […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has received no further reports of dead or dying sardines since early this month. Widespread sardine mortality were reported along the South African and Namibian coast. Spokesperson Zolile Nqayi says the consistent detection of high levels of pilchard herpesvirus in affected sardines, including samples from the […]
# Die eThekwini-munisipaliteit sê nooddienste is op ʼn hoë gereedheidsgrondslag geplaas nadat die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens ʼn geel Vlak 2-waarskuwing vir sterk wind in dele van KwaZulu-Natal uitgereik het. ʼn Sterk hoëdrukstelsel sal na verwagting sterk noorde- tot noordooste-wind veroorsaak. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Senzelwe Mzila, sê die sterk wind kan skade veroorsaak, veral in die […]
# The eThekwini Municipality says emergency teams are on high alert after the Yellow Level 2 warning issued by the South African Weather Service for parts of KwaZulu-Natal today. A strong high-pressure system is expected to generate strong northerly to north-easterly winds. The municipality’s spokesperson, Senzelwe Mzila, says strong winds could have several impacts, particularly […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says increasingly frequent and severe climate disasters threaten to reverse hard-won development gains and deepen inequality. Speaking at the BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, Ramaphosa says building resilience is critical to inclusive growth and human development. He commended India for prioritising resilience, saying it aligns with disaster-risk reduction outcomes championed […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê meer gereelde en hewiger klimaatsrampe dreig om swaarverdiende ontwikkelingsvordering ongedaan te maak en ongelykheid te vererger. Ramaphosa het tydens die BRICS-leiersberaad in Nieu-Delhi gesê die bou van veerkragtigheid is noodsaaklik vir inklusiewe groei en menslike ontwikkeling. Hy het Indië geprys omdat hulle veerkragtigheid eerste stel en gesê dit strook met […]
# Deputy minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Narend Singh, says the government is stepping up efforts to tackle alien and invasive species in the Garden Route in the Western Cape. He launched an operation in Plettenberg Bay to inspect farms and properties and check compliance with environmental laws. Between 2021 and last year, […]
# Die adjunkminister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Narend Singh, sê die regering verskerp pogings om uitheemse en indringerspesies op die Tuinroete in die Wes-Kaap aan te pak. Hy het ‘n operasie in Plettenbergbaai bekendgestel om plase en eiendomme te inspekteer en nakoming van omgewingswette te ondersoek. Tussen 2021 en verlede jaar is meer […]
# Ysland se regering gaan in Februarie ‘n wetsontwerp indien om walvisjag te verbied. Indien dit aanvaar word, sal Noorweë en Japan die enigste twee lande ter wêreld wees wat steeds kommersiële walvisjag beoefen. Walvisjag in Ysland veroorsaak reeds jare versetoptrede deur diereregte-aktiviste en Hollywood-bekendes. Die Internasionale Walviskommissie se vangrekords dui aan slegs Ysland, Noorweë […]
