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Pretoria – Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has urged South Africans to work with law enforcement agencies and game park authorities to stop the “looting” of rhinos, which she described as a national treasure.
“The on-going scourge of rhino poaching in our country is an area of great concern to this government and ordinary South Africans,” she said at a press briefing on Monday. [Read more…] about Stop looting our national treasures
South African authorities are finalising plans to meet their Mozambican counterparts to discuss ways to curb rhino poaching in the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park. [Read more…] about SA, Mozambique join forces to end poaching
Aurecon’s office building in Century City, Cape Town, was recently completed and is the first building in South Africa to be awarded a 5 Star Green Star SA – Office Design v1 rating by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA).
Developed by the Rabie Property Group at a cost of around R130 million, the 7 000 square metre office block is also the first building in Cape Town and only the fifth country-wide to achieve Green Star accreditation from the GBCSA. The four other buildings all achieved a 4 Star rating. [Read more…] about Aurecon 5 Star Green Rating
Water access to be increased
Cape Town – The Department of Water Affairs has promised to work together with South Africans in order to make more water available for communities and economic growth.
Minister in the department Edna Molewa said that they were building on the significant progress they had made in commissioning key water projects of strategic economic importance to the country.
These, she said, included the Mokolo and Crocodile River (West) project set to supply water to Eskom’s new Medupi power station and other industries in the area. [Read more…] about Water access to be increased
Pretoria – South Africa needs to reduce its reliance on coal and place confidence in other sources of electricity generation as well as promote research and technologies in these sources, says Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor.
“We have to reduce our reliance on coal and place greater confidence in solar, wind and nuclear power. Across government, but particularly in the Department of Science and Technology, we are promoting renewable energy research and technologies,” said Pandor on Tuesday. [Read more…] about SA should promote research into green technology