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Top tips to conserve water at Work:

» One of the best ways for a business to reduce the amount of waste that it produces is to conduct a waste audit; this audit will cover other factors as well as water wastage.
» The production of paper uses an incredible amount of water try to reduce your paper use by as much as [...]

Conserving Water in the Garden

As a nation of garden lovers it’s important that we are all careful when tending our gardens in order to conserve as much of the mains water supply as possible.

Top tips to conserve water in the Garden:
» Install a water butt or similar to make use of all of that rain water that lands on [...]

SA Minsister warns on waste of water

SOUTH Africa risks running dry of water if people fail to preserve it. Water and Environmental Affairs Deputy Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi issued the warning yesterday at a two-day Water and Poverty Alleviation: a Dialogue for Action in Durban.

She said because of natural disasters, such as floods and droughts, the country might experience food insecurity and [...]

The Big Debate: on the eve of Cancun, can we cut carbon in time?

Paul Hatchwell

With no action beyond what we are already taking, the 2007 Fourth Assessment Report by climate scientists on the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects the planet will warm by between 1.1C and 6.4C over the next 100 years.

That doesn’t sound much, but as well as warmer days and nights, rising sea [...]

Rainfall

Only about 7% of South Africa has a mean annual precipitation or MAP exceeding 800 mm. When the statistics are reviewed they indicate that KwaZulu-Natal is the wettest province, while the Western Cape has the highest variability of MAP within any of the provinces, and the highest individual point rainfall at an estimate of 3345 [...]

'Eskom, others flout environment laws'

Cape Town – Eskom appears to have started building at its Safari substation without an approved environmental management plan, the environmental affairs department said on Tuesday.

This emerged after the Green Scorpions conducted environmental law compliance inspections at five sites in the Western Cape last week.

“Preliminary findings at the Eskom Safari substation are that Eskom has [...]

No rain in sight

Johannesburg – SA Weather Service forecasters have been fielding the same question over and over again over the past days – “When is it going to rain?”

Unfortunately, for rain lovers, the forecasters are the bearers of bad news.

“A whole host of people have asked us that question… from journalists to farmers to bricklayers,” forecaster Puseletso [...]

10 Facts about Water Scarcity

Fact 1

Water scarcity occurs even in areas where there is plenty of rainfall or freshwater. How water is conserved, used and distributed in communities, and the quality of the water available can determine if there is enough to meet the demands of households, farms, industry and the environment.

Fact 2

Water scarcity affects one in three [...]

Worries over Eastern Cape rhino

Mariska Spoormaker, Die Burger

Port Elizabeth – While Limpopo’s rhino poaching case has the country up in arms, Eastern Cape conservationists are getting nervous about the safety of rhinos in their province.

“In cases like this it’s never just one syndicate that is operational,” explained Sybert Liebenberg, acting head of the EC Parks and Tourism Agency.

But there [...]

Rhinos: Controversial safari operator held

by Julian Rademeyer and Marietie Louw-Carstens, Beeld

Johannesburg – The owner of a safari business, his wife and a professional hunter are among the “masterminds” who have been arrested in connection with rhino poaching.

Dawie Groenewald, 42, the wealthy driving force behind Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris in Polokwane, his wife, Sariette, 34, and Tielman Erasmus, a [...]