Farmers have a key role to play Smaller farmers have a key role to play in maintaining South Africa’s food security Agriculture plays a key role in the Woolworths has solar-powered vans Woolworths now has solar-powered delivery vans – saving 3,600kg of CO2 emissions in 2 months Woolworths has introduced electric panel SA's broken water infrastructure a ticking time bomb There are growing concerns around access to water and sanitation in many communities across the country, with many issues pointing 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 COP26 Surprise Declaration COP26: US and China announce surprise declaration to work together on climate change measures The United States and China have 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 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 Nominations for Board Members The Minister for Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation has requested nominations for Board Members of the Limpopo Northwest and Vaal Covid-19 decisions divert focus Urgent Covid-19 decisions divert thefocus from growing water supply crisis Gauteng and surrounding regions are stumbling into a slowonset Day Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It? 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 Taxi ranks get sanitising booths Tshwane taxi ranks get sanitising booths to fight coronavirus Pretoria - Sanitising booths and hands free sanitising points have been COVID - 19 Portal The Covid-19 South African Online Portal contains information about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the disease it causes, plus statistics on We're doing it again!! E - WASTE RECYCLING DAY 22 February 2020 From 8h00 to 11h00 Drop off your e-waste at The Atrium, Glenwood DWS IRIS _ Integrated Regulatory Information System Gauteng > Water Service Authority > City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality > SANS 241:2015 > 2019 Drinking Water Quality in 08112019_Roodeplaat Dam Presentation Addressing the causal loop through an integrated approach of applying six interventions. Packaging it toward a Gold Standard Project. 08112019_Roodeplaat Poor water man. risks land reform If South Africa's water resources are poorly managed, it will not only be commercial farmers who will suffer. Professor Andries 2023 ROWING COMPETITION The 1st ever World Masters Regatta in Africa will be held at Roodeplaat Dam in September 2023. The MAP Forum Demand for COT potable water “Potable water” simply means water that is safe to drink, and it is becoming scarcer in the world. Increasing use is Global Warming of 1.5 °C This Report responds to the invitation for IPCC ‘... to provide a Special Report in 2018 on the impacts of Fresh water management The biggest threat to South African water security is not the availability of water but the price of developing enough Hydrogen-powered buses Industry experts have welcomed news that some of the Gautrain buses are to be powered by hydrogen instead of diesel. The polluted Roodeplaat Dam Baby diapers, earbuds, paper and human waste are some of the scrap that have made its way to the Roodeplaat Inquiry into Roodeplaat Dam The city allocated R30 million to upgrade a local waste water treatment plant, but the state of the Roodeplaat Dam Could seaweed replace plastic? One Indonesian inventor has found a unique solution to the problem of plastic food packaging. The 25-year-old says using seaweed World Population Day 2019 World Population Day 2019 11 July An outgrowth of the day of five billion, celebrated on 11 July 1987, World Responsibilities of Local Gov. Service delivery is an important commitment made by Government to provide the necessary services to the people of South Africa, GOED EVENTS VIR MAP The Autumn/Herfs Newsletter Upcoming events are listed on the last page. Below is a short summary: Sun 19 May: Hack at 07:30 Foraging Walk It will be International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May and the theme for 2019 is “Our Biodiversity, Our "Before the Flood" Special Club Evening 10 May - Friday starting at 18:30 We have organised an extra social evening with soup and CORRUPTION IS NOT OK Don't accept fraud, corruption and theft. Call Corruption Watch at 0800 023 456 or send a free sms with “callme” to Roodeplaat Rehabilitation Talmar Impact Investments & Development (Talmar) is pleased to invite you to be part of the greater Roodeplaat Dam Rehabilitation Gauting Environment Outlook Management of water quality and quantity continues to be a challenge threatening future water resources. The current state of water Frogging Evening Dear member, Please join us for our first ever evening event to celebrate World Wetlands Day on Saturday 2 February by means of a Letter from our Chairperson The MAP Forum is a legally recognized Forum aiming to create awareness, support and involvement of everyone in the Moreleta,