Oil spill in Algoa Bay
The department of environment‚ forestry and fisheries said between 200 and 400 litres of fuel from the receiving Liberian-flagged vessel MV Chrysanthi had spilt into the sea on Saturday. “SA Marine
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More than 6,000 SA lion skeletons exported to Southeast Asia
More than 6‚000 lion skeletons have been exported from SA to Southeast Asia in the last decade. The bones come mainly from lions killed in canned hunting — animals bred in captivity and shot by paying
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SA likely to miss 2018 target on wiping out malaria
Scientists were stepping up their surveillance of SA’s malaria-control programme as the country confronts a surge in cases, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases disclosed on Tuesday. The
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SA’s two leading AIDS researchers receive lifetime achievement award
SA’s leading AIDS researchers‚ professors Salim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim‚ have scooped the esteemed Institute for Human Virology (IHV) Lifetime Achievement Award for exceptional public service for their
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Cape Town joins 11 major global cities vowing to use only zero-emission buses
Oslo — Twelve major cities including London, Paris, Los Angeles and Cape Town promised on Monday to buy only zero-emission buses from 2025 and to make major areas free of fossil fuel emissions by 2030
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Rural children face poorer health and a life of lower earnings than urban kids
Whether in leafy suburbs or overcrowded shacklands‚ urban children in SA still have a huge advantage over their rural counterparts. An extensive review has revealed exactly what that advantage means
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A ‘smart collar’ on a nearby zebra could help fight against rhino poaching
MTN and IBM are introducing collars for prey animals, which help combat rhino poaching — a test case for new wireless technologies. The collars track and monitor prey animals such as zebras that graze
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Western Cape farmers expect further yield falls as drought bites
Drought-hit deciduous fruit farmers in the Western Cape, which produces more than 50% of SA’s agricultural exports, are expecting a further decrease in production, exports and foreign earnings and job
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SA’s ‘health gap’ is still one of the world’s worst, says new study
SA has one of the world’s greatest misalignments between development and health progress, according to The Lancet’s latest Global Burden of Disease study, published on Friday. The country is one of
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Cape’s dam levels almost half as full as this time in 2016
The average water level of dams across the Western Cape is 35.2%‚ a significant drop from the levels measured in 2016. In the corresponding period last year‚ dam levels were at 61% after the winter
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Drier trend puts deciduous fruit crops at risk
Drought and the predicted long-term drier trend in the Western Cape could have a serious effect on the growing of deciduous fruit crops, says deciduous fruit industry body Hortgro. The Western Cape’s