600,000 are people waiting for housing opportunities in the Western Cape Over 3,000 people share 12 communal toilets at Sport Field informal settlement in Witsand near Atlantis, Cape Town. People who live there say they have been on the housing waiting list for decades. The Western Cape Human Settlements Department says there are currently about […]
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FARMERS in Babati District are reportedly turning their attention to fishing following heavy rains that hit the area. According to Burunge Wildlife Management Area (BWMA), the deluge experienced in 2019/20 compelled the otherwise Babati farmers to resort to fishing at Manyara and Burunge lakes, after their farms got submerged in water. The new reality has […]
ZANZIBAR government in collaboration with the German Development Agency (GIZ) is set to implement a programme for turning wastes into reusable products in a bid to keep environment clean and create jobs. According to Zanzibar City Mayor Mahmoud Mohammed Mussa, the programme will be run by the Zanzibar National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) on behalf […]
As climate change hits farmers and those who depend on them, creating a smarter food system is now critical Each year the country presiding over the UN Climate Summit – which this year is Egypt – can choose key areas in which to raise ambition through the ‘presidency programme’. The news that Egypt has chosen […]
London — It is often those least responsible for causing climate change that suffer the most from the impacts. And such is the case with women and girls in Malawi – one of the world’s poorest and lowest carbon-emitting countries but ranked fifth in the Global Climate Index 2021 list of nations worst affected by […]
Financial assistance must be expanded to help developing and least-developed country (LDC) members establish sustainable fisheries in light of the historic World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) agreement to curb harmful fishing subsidies, the Director-General of the global trade body, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said. The former Nigeria Finance Minister was quoted in a statement to have said […]
Nairobi — The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) on Sunday hosted World Rangers Day celebrations at its Law Enforcement Academy in Manyani, Voi. The day marked every year on July 31 commemorates rangers killed or injured while they were in the line of duty. Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala joined KWS officers for a […]
At least 10 people have been confirmed dead and several others are still missing after floods wreaked havoc in eastern Uganda. The floods came after a heavy downpour that lasted 11 hours starting from Saturday night to Sunday morning saw Nabuyonga and Namatala rivers burst their banks to spill over villages. “10 people have been […]
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Uganda: Museveni, South Sudan’s Kiir Meet
President Yoweri Museveni has met and held talks with his counterpart from the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayadit. The meeting took place in Munyonyo shortly after the closure of the Regional Interministeral Conference on Migration, Environment and Climate Change. Museveni and his South Sudanese counterpart discussed issues to do with effects of climate […]
Mogadishu — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called on the Somali public to join the government’s effort to help millions of people in the country affected by the drought. The U.N. says 7.7 million Somalis have been affected by the drought. Speaking at a mosque in the country’s capital, Mogadishu, Somali President Hassan Sheikh […]
Do you know that instead of flushing urine down our toilets to wastewater treatment facilities, it could be recycled and used as fertiliser? Yes, pee or even wee as some people say, may offer a solution as a soil amendment. According Business Insider South Africa, researchers say human urine can be used as an alternative to […]
Ahead of World Ranger Day, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Barbara Creecy paid tribute to Timbavati’s Head Ranger, Anton Mzimba, who was gunned down outside his home this week. Creecy said Mzimba dedicated his life to conservation and the promotion of sound relations between conservation authorities and communities living on the outskirts of […]
“We want to stay in a clean environment” When someone dumped a dead body on an illegal dump in Delft, Cape Town, three months ago, Nomsobo Gabhayi and a group of other women decided to take action. Every Saturday from 9am to 1pm, the women collect rubbish and clear illegal dumps in Section 29 in […]
In what is seen as a dual victory for transparency and wildlife conservation, the Eastern Cape High Court on Tuesday ordered the provincial MEC for Environmental Affairs to disclose previously sealed records of all permits issued to trap, kill, hunt or translocate endangered leopards in the Eastern Cape since 2017. ‘I believe we have lifted […]
The murder this week of 49-year-old Timbavati ranger Anton Mzimba has caused an explosion of grief and anger, with many calls being made for his killers to be arrested. Anton Mzima once said, “I am not shy to say that I’m a hero. Because I know that the poacher, before he shoots at the rhino, […]
Form follows function. This is the principle that the design or shape of something – whether made by humans or in nature – should serve a purpose. Honey bees’ function is to pollinate plants, make honey, survive and reproduce. Along with other pollinators – birds, moths, butterflies, bats and many more – they are the […]
Governments “protect” wildlife from the very people who have conserved it for centuries, while allocating mining concessions in the same areas. Outside Africa, many people’s first encounter with the continent is through images of wildlife in savannahs unfolding across their TV screens – the mortal dramas of lions chasing zebra while vast herds of wildebeest […]
Shooting aerosols into the stratosphere to reduce solar radiation and to cool the earth’s surface; mining a mineral-rich asteroid belt in space to sustain our technologies; living on the moon … This is what the future could look like amid the effects of climate change and depleting resources. However, there are possible risks that can […]