Eco minute 13:30

BULLETIN 15 October 1:30 pm

Good afternoon, here is your Eco Minute:

# South African Wim van den Heever has been announced as the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his image titled Ghost Town Visitor. The image is of a brown hyena standing beside the ruins of an abandoned diamond mining settlement in the ghost town of Kolmanskop, Namibia. The photograph was selected from a record-breaking 60-thousand-636 entries from 113 countries and territories. Van den Heever says it took him ten years to get this single image:

# Activists, including from The Green Connection, Extinction Rebellion, and Project90by2030, as well as small-scale fishers, will stage a protest in Cape Town on Thursday, under the banner “Tug of War for Africa.” The G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group Ministerial Meeting will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre tomorrow. The activists are demanding that global leaders end fossil fuel subsidies, stop new oil and gas projects, and accelerate the transition to renewable energy.

# And finally: The National Business Initiative has launched the Installation, Repair and Maintenance Initiative, a nationwide campaign linking township youth, TVET students, and small enterprises with green economy opportunities. The initiative introduces three digital tools including the Green Economy Toolkit, Installation, Repair and Maintenance hub portal, and learning app, to support training, business growth, and certification. Over the next two months, initiative aims to register 100-thousand young people and Small, Medium, and Micro Enterprises across multiple regions.

Stay tuned for more news………….