# Deputy minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Bernice Swarts, will lead a nationwide campaign to plant ten million trees on Heritage Day on Thursday. This forms part of president Cyril Ramaphosa’s One Billion Trees Programme to mobilise citizens to mitigate climate change. Swarts will lead the main event at Freedom Park in Pretoria […]
# Wetenskaplikes het ‘n nuwe wildekatspesie in Bolivia geïdentifiseer – die eerste lewende katspesie wat in meer as ‘n eeu formeel beskryf is. Die klein gespikkelde kat, wat as die “Tilcayo” bekend staan, leef in die Yungas-oerwoud waar die Andesgebergte en die Amasone-reënwoud mekaar ontmoet. Dit is kleiner as ‘n gemiddelde huiskat en weeg ongeveer […]
# Scientists have identified a new species of wild cat in Bolivia, the first living feline species to be formally described in more than a century. Called the Tilcayo, the small spotted cat lives in the Yungas cloud forest, where the Andes meet the Amazon. It is smaller than an average domestic cat and weighs […]
# ‘n Bejaarde vrou van Oekraïne het ‘n gevorderde Russiese hommeltuig met haar kaal hande gedeaktiveer. Beeldmateriaal uit die Zaporizjzja-gebied toon hoe die ouma kalm na die kamikaze-hommeltuig stap wat op die grond gelê het. Sy het die toestel se vesel-optiese beheerkabel uitgeruk, wat die sein heeltemal afgesny het. Die video het wêreldwyd aandag getrek, […]
# An elderly Ukrainian woman has disabled a high-tech Russian drone with her bare hands. Footage from the Zaporizhzhia region shows the grandmother calmly approaching the grounded kamikaze drone, which was lying in wait for a target. She disabled the device by ripping out its fibre-optic control cable, completely severing the pilot’s signal. While the […]
# Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, sê die hernoemde Tutu-gedenkpark in Milnerton is nog ʼn manier waarop die metro wyle aartsbiskop Desmond Tutu en sy vrou, Leah, vereer. Die Lupin-singel-park waar Tutu en sy vrou dekades lank gewoon het, word verander in ʼn kindervriendelike ontspanningsgebied met ʼn hondepark, blomtuin en buitelug-amfiteater. Hill-Lewis sê die park […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the renamed Tutu Memorial Park in Milnerton is another way the metro is honouring the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife, Leah. The Lupin Crescent Park, where the couple lived for decades, is being transformed into a child-focused dog park, flower garden, and outdoor amphitheatre. Hill-Lewis says […]
# Die Stad Johannesburg is aangewys as ‘n finalis wat hoë lof ontvang het in ‘n kategorie van die Internasionale Vereniging van Tuinboukundige Produsente se Wêreld-Groenstad-toekennings vir 2026. Die stad se vergroeningsprojek wat deur Stadsparke en die Dieretuin gelei word, is een van drie internasionale finaliste. Die besturende direkteur, Thanduxolo Mendrew, sê die program gee […]
# The City of Johannesburg has been named a Highly Commended Finalist in the Living Green for Health and Wellbeing category of the International Association of Horticultural Producers World Green City Awards 2026. The city’s Greening the City initiative, led by Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo, is among three international finalists. Managing Director Thanduxolo Mendrew […]
