SA's failing water infrastructure was in the public eye last week, with two pollution events being attributed to municipal mismanagement, and a separate call for an independent water regulator being made, writes Legalbrief. SA needs an independent water regulator ... Read More
Trophy hunting is reinforcing deep apartheid-era social and racial inequalities in Africa, an economist will tell the UK Government this week as it considers a ban on imports. According to a report in The Independent, organised hunting of endangered wildlife ... Read More
Dam levels in parts of SA have begun to improve slightly as a result of persistent rain. According to an SA News report, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) said: ‘Dam waters rose by 1% week-on-week, while an average ... Read More
A court date has yet to be set in the legal fight between the City and a desalination plant managing company, Quality Filtration Services (QFS). According to a report on the IoL site, the company is hauling the City to ... Read More
The Department of Environmental Affairs has published guidelines on establishing an anti-poaching unit on a wildlife park or reserve, notes Pam Saxby for Legalbrief Policy Watch. They provide guidance on the process to be followed and issues considered when assessing ... Read More
In order to ensure that all water taken for commercial irrigation is measured, recorded and reported, parties not members of an irrigation board or water users’ association have 30 working days to install the necessary devices at their own expense ... Read More
If Eskom succeeds with its recent Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) application to have electricity tariff prices reviewed, it will receive a R69bn cash injection over the next three financial years. Consumers will be slapped with the first of a number ... Read More
‘Africa is tired of being in the dark,’ wrote African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina, launching the New Deal on Energy for Africa. ‘But on-the-ground observation and interviews throughout Africa suggest that the UN’s development goal of providing “access ... Read More
A new programme is training African scientists to be leaders in their field, with a focus on meeting the needs of women farmers in adapting to a warming climate. According to a report on the allAfrica site, as climate change ... Read More
The UK has pledged new aid towards building green cities across Africa. The announcement by the UK Department for International Development came as its head, Alok Sharma, visited Kenya ahead of the UK-Africa investment summit in London last week. According ... Read More
New technologies that revolutionise online payments or the tracking of digital information are set to drive more solar power installations in emerging markets in Africa and Asia, according to a new report by an international renewable energy association. A Business ... Read More
The moment of crisis has come in efforts to tackle climate change, Sir David Attenborough has warned. A BBC News report notes that, according to the renowned naturalist and broadcaster, ‘we have been putting things off for year after year’ ... Read More
Climate change is affecting human lives and health in a variety of ways, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said last week, as it threatens the essential ingredients of good health – clean air, safe drinking water, nutritious food supply and ... Read More
Germany will pay its utility companies billions of euros to speed up the shutdown of their coal-fired power plants as part of the country’s efforts to fight the climate crisis, the government said last week. According to a report in ... Read More
* A plaque in honour of Tsitsikamma anglers who fought for years to access fishing rights in a marine protected area was unveiled in the Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route National Park last week. The plaque was erected in honour ... Read More
* A Chinese national arrested for attempting to smuggle live scorpions from Sri Lanka back home, presumably to extract their venom, has been fined R8 000 and released, customs officials said last week. The man concealed 200 scorpions in his bag ... Read More
* Peruvian police have arrested a Belgian man at Lima Airport for trying to smuggle 20 live birds to Europe in his suitcase, the National Forest and Wildlife Service said. Hugo Conings was arrested at the airport last week for transporting ... Read More
Landscape award for UCT student Exploring the possibility of re-routing an existing concrete water channel to allow residents from a disadvantaged community to access water for food gardens is the idea that won a UCT student the Corobrik Landscape Architecture ... Read More
SAB launches first electric truck SA Breweries' (SAB) and AB InBev’s renewable-energy campaign has launched the first electric truck on SA shores. The truck, known as the Fuso E-canter, is charged using renewable energy generated at SAB. The launch and ... Read More
