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Al Azhar High School eco-club plants 100 trees in collaboration with FTFA, ABSA

By Aneeqa du Plessis Despite the gloomy weather experienced across the Mother City today, Al Azhar High School’s eco-club was in high spirits, the group spent the better part of the morning planting 100 trees around the institution. The fruit and indigenous trees were provided by Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA) in collaboration with ABSA Bank. Speaking to VOC News between the crops, Head of the eco-club and Mathematics […]

today10 May 2024

International

Minister Barbara Creecy says SA is encouraged by COP27 draft outcomes

LOCAL South Africa has congratulated the Egyptian COP27 Presidency on the release of the draft outcomes text to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It reflects the urgency of the climate crisis and the need to keep the one point five degree temperature increase target alive by providing a clear programme to advance the mitigation agenda from now to 2030.   COP27 was extended to today amid tough […]

today20 November 2022

International

Dubai’s palm tree island developers set to build new man-made islands

INTERNATIONAL The company responsible for the UAE's palm tree-shaped Palm Islands is set to develop several new, man-made islands amid the city's housing boom. Dubai-based property developer Nakheel PJSC said it had secured 17 billion dirhams ($4.6bn) in financing from local investors, with plans to create new projects, including the development of its Dubai Islands. On Tuesday, Nakheel announced in a statement that the transaction comprised 11 billion dirhams in refinancing and additional funds […]

today10 November 2022

Local

City of Cape Town deals with thousands of environmental complaints

The City of Cape Town marks World Environment Day on Sunday by announcing it has dealt with more than 8000 environmental health complaints last year. With World Environmental Health Day commemorated annually on 26 September, the focus this year was to assess and control environmental factors that can potentially affect health. The City’s Environmental Health Service says the top complaints include; unhygienic conditions, noise pollution and air pollution. According to […]

today26 September 2022

International

COP27: Egypt creating climate of fear for environmentalists ahead of conference

INTERNATIONAL In a stinging report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused the Egyptian government of "severely curtailing" the rights of environmental groups in the country and their ability to carry out their work of protecting the natural environment. "The Egyptian government has imposed arbitrary funding, research, and registration obstacles that have debilitated local environmental groups, forcing some activists into exile and others to steer clear of important work," said Richard Pearshouse, […]

today12 September 2022

News

Visions of Change, Fishrite Hanover Park Cricket Club collab brings environ-mental upliftment

by Tauhierah Salie It's very hard to change the mindsets of people, but the more constant we are in terms of education and awareness; we CAN start changing the mindsets of our communities. And that is why we (are) do things such as community cleanups – Margo Adonis, Visions of Change South Africa  Yes, we also fight with the big companies because of the environmental impact, but we know that […]

today27 July 2022

International News

Humans behind 70% fall in world’s wildlife over last 50 years

The average size of wildlife populations has plummeted more than two-thirds in less than 50 years because of deforestation and rampant overconsumption, experts said on Thursday in a stark warning to save nature in order to save ourselves. Human activity has severely degraded three-quarters of all land and 40 percent of the Earth's oceans, and the accelerating destruction of nature is likely to have untold consequences on health and livelihoods, […]

today10 September 2020

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