# Zimbabwean communities have been urged to prepare for the El Niño drought threat before the impacts are felt. In drought-prone Chiredzi, solar-powered irrigation, climate information and climate-smart farming are helping strengthen food security. The UN World Food Programme says three solar-powered boreholes are supporting a three-hectare community garden. Meanwhile African Union Commissioner for Agriculture, […]
# African Union Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment, Moses Vilakati, says El Niño is more than a weather event affecting agriculture, water, food security, and economies. Vilakati has urged member states to turn early warnings into early action by promoting drought-tolerant crops, water conservation, secure food reserves and preparing livestock […]
# The Security Personnel Party of South Africa is calling on municipalities to clear overgrown bushes and fix broken street lights nationally as neglected areas provide cover for criminals. The party’s president and founder, Sello Mashula, says this is particularly concerning following bodies found in overgrown areas in Ekurhuleni. Mashula also called for the state […]
# The Gauteng Legislature’s Community Safety Committee is calling for urgent action following a rise in kidnappings. Kempton Park recorded 76 cases between April and June, up 58.3-percent from the same period last year. Gauteng recorded two-thousand-367 cases, more than half the national total. Committee chairperson Bandile Masuku says intensified policing, intelligence-led investigations and targeted […]
# Small-scale fishing cooperatives and businesses on the Cape West Coast are receiving a boost through a SANParks skills development initiative. Twenty fishermen from Saldanha Bay and surrounding communities have completed training in skippers’ competency and business planning. SANParks spokesperson JP Louw says the programme supports sustainable livelihoods under its Vision 2040 programme. SANParks has […]
# Sokker: Die president van die Konfederasie van Afrika-sokker, Patrice Motsepe, vra groter dringendheid terwyl Kenia, Tanzanië en Uganda voorberei om volgende jaar se Afrikabeker-toernooi aan te bied. Hy sê stadions moet teen Januarie gereed wees vir inspeksie. Hy het wel vordering erken, maar wys daarop dat sekere geriewe aansienlik verbeter sal moet word. Kenia […]
# Die Pietermaritzburgse Ekonomiese Geregtigheids- en Waardigheidsgroep sê hoë vlakke van wanvoeding en agterstande in kinder-ontwikkeling sal voortduur omdat gesinne weens stygende lewenskoste die hoeveelheid en gehalte van kos moet inperk. Koördineerder Mervyn Abrahams het aan Newzroom Afrika gesê pensioentrekkers en huishoudings wat afhanklik is van staatstoelaes word die swaarste getref. Hy sê die hoë […]
# Gemeenskappe in Zimbabwe is gevra om betyds voor te berei vir die bedreiging van ‘n El Niño-droogte. Sonkragbesproeiing, klimaatinligting en klimaatslim boerdery help om voedselsekerheid in die droogtegeteisterde Chiredzi-gebied te versterk. Die Verenigde Nasies se Wêreldvoedselprogram sê drie sonkragaangedrewe boorgate ondersteun ‘n gemeenskapstuin van drie hektaar. Die Afrika-unie se kommissaris vir Landbou, Landelike Ontwikkeling, […]
# Die Afrika-unie se kommissaris vir Landbou, Landelike Ontwikkeling, die Blou Ekonomie en Volhoubare Omgewing, Moses Vilakati, sê El Niño is meer as ‘n weer-verskynsel en raak landbou, waterbronne, voedselsekerheid en ekonomieë. Hy het lidlande aangemoedig om vroeë waarskuwings te omskep in vroeë optrede met droogtebestande gewasse, waterbesparing, voedselreserwe-beveiliging en voldoende beskikbare veevoer. Vilakati vra […]
