Spotless baby giraffe
A spotless baby giraffe born in a Zoo in Tennessee in the United States, is one of its kind on the planet. A statement from the Zoo said she is…
Clean water for rural Eastern Cape
The University of Johannesburg’s Process, Energy & Environmental Technology Station (UJ PEETS) and SOURCE Global, in collaboration with the UJ’s Faculty of Health Science – Water and Health Research Centre…
All Roads lead to Brics
The fifteenth annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference, attended by the heads of state and or representatives (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), is scheduled to begin tomorrow.…
SA’s ice wonder
The only recorded remaining glaciers in Africa were in Kenya, Tanzania and in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But now, evidence of the world’s oldest glacier was found in South…
What’s in the soil?
Fermin Koop, writes: Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research found 59% of all species depend on the soil for their survival, including 90% of…
“We are not free, until every woman is free”
Females make up over 30,5 million of South Africa’s population, males about 28. 89 million.That accounts for 51% of the total population. There are only 22 women who are Chief…
Serious efforts to save what’s left of water
Efforts to save water are gaining traction in South Africa. Sustainability group, Ecolab, for example, recalled how they set up a working group because one of their clients was experiencing…
Methane gas source of Joburg peak hour explosion
Methane gas the source of the Joburg peak hour explosionIndependent contractors sent to assess the explosion in Joburg, found the gas explosion did not come from an Egoli gas pipeline.…
SA pilots e-tax
A team made up of GoMetro, MiX Telematics, HSW, ACDC Dynamics, divisions from the Stellenbosch University and the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies (CRSES), are testing South Africa’s…
Statement from the City of Johannesburg: Our aggressive cut-off operation forces prisons to settle their debts in full
The City of Johannesburg’s aggressive cut-off operation on worse defaulters, has led to the Department of Correctional Services settling their R13 million municipal bill for two respective prisons over the…