Minister Nzimande urges coastal communities to be aware of SA’s ocean heritage [SOUND]

# Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, says South Africa’s inland and coastal communities must be more aware of the country’s ocean heritage. He delivered the keynote address at a workshop titled Connecting Inland Communities to the Ocean, in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, on Monday. This forms part of South Africa’s broader #Ocean20 efforts under its G20 Presidency, promoting sustainable use of ocean resources. Nzimande told the SABC of the need for broader education efforts linking ocean health to national sustainability goals: