According to Engineering News, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa told lawmakers that the R7.7-billion budgeted for environmental programmes between 2012/13 and 2014/15 will provide 205 877 work opportunities and 102 603 full-time equivalent jobs.
3 May 2012 16:01In response to evident need, coupled with industry demand, the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) continues to offer workshops in addition to their existing accredited professional training courses.
3 May 2012 12:04According to
The Mercury reports, Durban is set to become the first South African city to generate electricity from wave energy and the project will use the fast-flowing Agulhas current to power floating generators.
3 May 2012 09:42
The National Treasury has made an amount of R800m available for the Green Fund over the next two financial years.
3 May 2012 05:11
Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says the fight against rhino poaching requires joint initiatives from all South Africans.
3 May 2012 05:01The Department of Water and Environmental Affairs has committed to ensuring that 55% of women and 2% of people with disabilities benefit from the department's programmes.
3 May 2012 04:45
Local musician and former Idols winner Jason Hartman has just returned from Monaco with news that €80 000 were raised for Conservation Guardians at an exclusive benefit event held at the Monaco Yacht Club.
2 May 2012 13:41A year ago Moneyweb reported that only three out of nine property funds listed on the JSE had elected to participate in a voluntary exercise to measure the carbon footprint of the JSE's top 100. Listed funds that failed to respond to an online questionnaire include Redefine, Capital Property Fund, Fountainhead Property Trust, Hyprop Investments and Pangbourne Properties.
2 May 2012 13:32Learners from Sivile Primary School in Khayelitsha and Xolani Primary School in Gugulethu were eager to play their part in this year's Earth Day celebrations and they did so by picking up waste on Strandfontein beach on Saturday, 21 April 2012. This beach is well known for having the biggest tidal swimming pool in the Southern Hemisphere.
2 May 2012 12:01As part of an effort to bridge the digital divide, the Intel Learning Series Alliance in partnership with Jasco, Custom Technologies and the Xavier Group, have delivered a completely solar-powered Classroom on Wheels to Victorious Primary School in Uganda.
2 May 2012 11:00Situated in one of Johannesburg's most popular suburbs, Manas Design & Detail's (MDD) new Bryanston development stands as the area's first green power saving project, equipped with its own borehole water supply and custom engineered electricity scheme.
2 May 2012 10:52The Residents and Ratepayers Association of Homestead Park in Johannesburg harnessed the power of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) in its successful fight against the pollution of a man-made lake in the suburb.
2 May 2012 10:42The fourth issue of
Supernova magazine is now on sale and features a hot topic - rhinos. Rhinos have a very soft spot in each of our hearts and this issue informs our children, the future guardians of our wildlife, about these magnificent creatures.
2 May 2012 10:32
Informal settlements in six South African provinces are looking greener after MTN and Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA) planted 7,500 trees in these areas over the past six months. The informal settlements include Nazareth in KwaZulu-Natal, Ermelo and Athlone in Mpumalanga, Lotus Gardens in Gauteng, Nthabiseng and Dendron in Limpopo, Ducats in the Eastern Cape and Matjhabeng in the Free State.
2 May 2012 10:18
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