# SANParks is celebrating the 60th anniversary of Augrabies Falls National Park in the Northern Cape, marking six decades of conserving one of South Africa’s most iconic natural landmarks. Proclaimed on 5 August 1966, the park protects a unique arid ecosystem, the 56-metre Augrabies Falls and an 18-kilometre granite gorge. SANParks’s JP Louw thanked employees, […]
# Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie vra Suid-Afrikaners om die 17-jarige Sikhulile Nkosi te ondersteun terwyl hy voorberei om die land later die maand in Stockholm, Swede, te verteenwoordig op die Junior Waterprys-geleentheid. Die graad 11-leerder van die Sekondêre Skool Sitintile in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, het die Suid-Afrikaanse Jeugwaterprys gewen vir die ontwikkeling van ‘n […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation is calling on South-Africans to support 17-year-old Sikhulile Nkosi as he prepares to represent the country at the Stockholm Junior Water Prize in Sweden later this month. The Grade 11 learner from Sitintile Secondary School in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, won the South-African Youth Water Prize for developing an innovative […]
# CapeNature verwelkom die vonnisoplegging van ‘n Kaapstadse egpaar wat skuldig bevind is aan verskeie wildlewe-oortredings wat die onwettige aanhouding, besit en vervoer van reptiele insluit. Zirkie Bernardus Jansen en Valerie Gayle Simpson-Jansen is elk ‘n boete van 40-duisend-rand opgelê of tot 18 maande gevangenisstraf gevonnis nadat hulle op sewe aanklagte skuldig bevind is. Die […]
# CapeNature welcomes the sentencing of a Cape Town couple convicted of multiple wildlife offences involving the unlawful keeping, possession and transport of reptiles. Zirkie Bernardus Jansen and Valerie Gayle Simpson-Jansen were each fined 40-thousand-rand or sentenced to 18-months’ imprisonment after being convicted on seven charges. The offences involved 95 reptiles, including geckos and ball […]
# Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube has congratulated team South Africa who secured a historic fourth-place finish at the inaugural World Spelling Bee Championships in Shanghai, China. Two learners finished among the world’s top ten, while all six team members advanced beyond the competition’s preliminary rounds. Klerksdorp Primary School in North West learner Mbulelo Tolom […]
# Die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, het die Suid-Afrikaanse span gelukgewens wat ‘n geskiedkundige vierde plek behaal het op die eerste Wêreld-spelkampioenskap in Sjanghai, China. Twee leerders het onder die wêreld se top-tien geëindig, terwyl al ses spanlede die kompetisie se voorlopige rondes suksesvol voltooi het. ‘n Leerder aan die Laerskool Klerksdorp in […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Ruimte-agentskap sê bouwerk aan sy diep-ruimte-grondstasie by Matjiesfontein in die Wes-Kaap is op koers en sal na verwagting binne die volgende 18 tot 24 maande voltooi wees. SANSA sê die regeringsbefondsde aanleg sal Suid-Afrika se rol in wêreldruimtewetenskap en satelliet-kommunikasie versterk. Uitvoerende hoof Humbulani Mudau sê die projek sal ook plaaslike […]
# The South African National Space Agency says construction of its Deep Space Ground Station at Matjiesfontein in the Western Cape is on schedule and expected to be completed within the next 18 to 24 months. SANSA says the government-funded facility will strengthen South Africa’s role in global space science and satellite communications. CEO Humbulani […]
