Johannesburg — Kabwe Youth Activists Urge Action in Video The Zambian government should make comprehensive efforts to clean up the contaminated former lead mine in Kabwe, the capital of Zambia’s Central province, Environment Africa and Human Rights Watch said today. The organizations released a video in which youth activists from Environment Africa describe life in […]
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aBi Finance Ltd has partnered with the Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial Services(UIBFS) to train bankers on how to identify and fund green projects. Speaking during the training session for Kampala held at Silver Spring Hotel in Bugoloobi, a climate finance professional from the UIBFS, it is high time the financial sector is made […]
THE government has allocated 134bn/- to complete Tarime – Rorya water project which upon completion, will benefit at least 933,818 people. The Deputy Permanent Secretary Ministry of Water, Engineer Cyprian Luhemeja stated this yesterday after inspecting the project which upon completion will benefit the residents from 32 villages of Rorya District and 81 streets of […]
New York- 18 July 2023 – Under the theme: “Harnessing water and energy for Africa’s sustainable industrialization and inclusive economic transformation,” the Africa Day at the High-Level Political Dialogue will deliver concrete recommendations to feed into policies that will focus on the challenges and opportunities to accelerate the achievement of the UN Sustainable Goals and of the […]
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) has welcomed the publishing for comments of the draft South Africa Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM). The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy published the draft masterplan for comments on Monday. The SAREM is a document 18 months in the making with the DMRE holding extensive consultations with stakeholders, industry experts, […]
Harare — In the Northern White Rhino rescue initiative, five more embryos and surrogate moms have been introduced. The BioRescue group, an international project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (officially abbreviated BMBF), has achieved notable strides toward its end goal in the four years from the inception of this ambitious […]
Harare — In a first for South Africa’s national ports business, the largest harbour in Africa, Port of Durban, will be operated and controlled in part by International Container Terminal Services Inc. of the Philippines. “Private sector participation in Pier 2 is a key catalyst for repositioning the Port of Durban as a container hub […]
Harare — The water supply has been restored in significant portions of the city’s suburbs, Johannesburg Water has announced. Low water pressure is still a problem in high-lying places but the entity says it will continue delivering water tankers to the impacted communities. Johannesburg Water has also urged residents to not obstruct the entity’s efforts […]
Harare — As Italy, Greece, Spain are bracing for a second heat wave in a week, Morocco and other Mediterranean nations have been caught in a crossfire, according to t he World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Temperature records may be smashed on July 18, according to forecasters, barely a week after the Cerberus heatwave. Reports say, […]
Aus — Following extreme cold weather conditions, farmers in the vicinity of Aus settlement in the //Kharas region lost up to 150 sheep and goats. The cold front was accompanied by strong winds and rains. New Era interviewed one of them, probing into what financial implications this dilemma could have on him. John Boois derives […]
Nairobi — Drought conditions in the Horn of Africa region have displaced around 2.7 million people, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said Sunday. In a regional situation update report, the WFP said that 1.7 million people in Somalia, 516,000 people in Ethiopia and 466,000 people in Kenya have been displaced by drought. The […]
The Durban Metro Police have intensified their crime prevention clean-up campaign in a quest to get rid of drug dens and reduce crime in the city. According to eThekwini Municipality the campaign, launched by Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda in January, has seen a decline in drug dens and the illegal occupation of railway lines by drug […]
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has called on South Africans to take part in the Clear Rivers campaign to protect water resources in honour of former President Nelson Mandela. The annual Clear Rivers campaign takes place in July, as part of promoting volunteerism in the celebration of the iconic Statesman, former President Nelson […]
Harare — Iona National Park in Angola has received 14 giraffes that were relocated from a private wildlife reserve in Namibia, National Public Radio reports. The translocation in question is not the first of its sort. In an effort to increase the tiny current giraffe populations, the Giraffe Conservation Foundation has been transporting giraffes for […]
Harare — Egypt and Ethiopia have agreed to finalise an agreement over Ethiopia’s contentious Blue Nile mega-dam within four months, marking a breakthrough after years of tensions between the two nations, according to AFP. Since Ethiopia began construction on the enormous U.S.$4,2 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011, Egypt has been concerned that […]
In celebration of Nelson Mandela International Day, the Department of Water and Sanitation will on Tuesday formally adopt the Inzuzwenhle Full-Service School in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, for a period of two years. Inzuzwenhle Full-Service School was the winner of the 2022 Baswa Le Meetse (Youth in Water) National Adjudication award in the poetry category. The department […]
The Liberian Government through the Fisheries and Aquacultural Authorities and the Government of Ghana have signed a Technical and Scientific agreement to help boost fisheries in Liberia. Ghana’s Minister of Aquaculture and Development, Marvis Hawa Koomson said the agreement will help NaFAA to address technical and scientific challenges affecting the system. Madam Koomson furthered that […]
As the country continues to look for ways to fight climate change, Divine Bamboo Briquette, a facility that uses bamboo to make briquettes as one of the ways to promote clean cooking has been launched in Kampala. Speaking during the launch of Thursday, Divine Nabaweesi, the proprietor of Divine Bamboo, the idea started with a […]