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Huge urban forest hopes to save a city

Sky’s Mark Austin travels to one of Brazil’s most populous cities, Rio de Janeiro, where biologists are planting mangrove trees to help tackle a region left on the “brink of disaster” due to rising sea temperatures and sea levels. Rio…

COP26 Surprise Declaration

COP26: US and China announce surprise declaration to work together on climate change measures The United States and China have released a rare joint declaration on climate change, saying “there is more agreement between China and the US than divergence”.…

Great Southern Bioblitz 22 to 25 October

The Great Southern Bioblitz is almost here! It takes place from Friday 22 October to Monday 25 October 2021. Residents of the City of Tshwane will be joining the residents of many other cities in the Southern Hemisphere, in Africa, South America…

Plastic into Hydrogen – Microwave It

Plastic usage has become a massive environmental problem, which continues to rise each year. Today, the current 4.9 billion tons of plastic on earth ends up in landfills or in nature, and this number will just increase year upon year.  Chemists from…

Nominations for Board Members

The Minister for Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation has requested nominations for Board Members of the Limpopo Northwest and Vaal Catchment Management Agencies.  Nominations close on 30 September 2020.     Limpopo / North West Vaal River

IDP and Budget Public Participation

As you would know the City of Tshwane is currently busy with the budget and IDP Process for the 2020/21 Financial Year. What would normally happen is that the City would hold public participation engagement meetings with the communities and…

Taxi ranks get sanitising booths

Tshwane taxi ranks get sanitising booths to fight coronavirus Pretoria – Sanitising booths and hands free sanitising points have been added as an extra layer in the bid to stave off the coronavirus at Tshwane taxi ranks.  Gauteng MEC for…