On the horns of a dilemma
There are many measures the average South African would like to take to those poaching our rhinos in order to feed what most of us reckon is a pathetically primitive belief. Those measures might often include a quiet word with those found guilty with the aid of a baseball bat in a deserted building far, far away. That's all terribly illegal of course. However, one idea has seen a lot of support, and
poisoning rhino horn seems to be on the cards, but Helen Dagut asks, while it might be ethically defendable, is it legally questionable?
Still on the crime front, the FBI has listed South Africa as the sixth most active country where cyber crime takes place. No wonder then that a local law firm says
cyber crime is now a national crisis.
And on the legal front, Judge Albert Louis Sachs, the prominent anti-apartheid campaigner who was appointed by Nelson Mandela to sit on the Constitutional Court, has received a major award at the inaugural
African Legal Awards.
Feel like a career in the arts? If so,
applications are now open for the BASA intern programme.
All aboard-d-d-d-d... It's a case of
three cheers for an extended Gautrain - but don't expect to enjoy the extended service any time soon, it will probably take a few years before you and your mates can occupy "three chairs" on the extended Gautrain.
Rod Baker, Content Director
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 | The Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) in South-east Asia and South Africa have agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the field of biodiversity conservation and management. Read more >>
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 | DemcoTECH Engineering has donated an Aquila Trike aircraft to support the Wilderness Foundation's Forever Wild Rhino Protection Initiative. The initiative aims to gather support from the public and various stakeholders to help fight against rhino poaching in South Africa and save the rhino from extinction in the wild. Read more >>
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 | Another two tons of ivory has been seized in Uganda, bringing to six tons the amount of ivory confiscated and linked to the east African country in just over a week. According to reports the ivory was intercepted by Uganda officials en route to Mombasa in Kenya, a main departure port for illegal ivory bound for Asia. Read more >>
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 | According to the Living Planet report of 2012, Johannesburg is likely to run short of water should a severe drought occur in the next ten years, as water wastage has not been stemmed and new sources of supply are still ten years away. Read more >>
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 | According to SANParks, the annual South African National Park Week was a roaring success. This year's event, launched at Mokala National Park outside Kimberley on 9 September 2013, saw an increase of 28.8% resulting in a total number of 39,026 day visitors to various national parks. Read more >>
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 | Since the inception of Ellies Renewable Energy (ERE) in 2010, a core area of focus for Ellies was the empowerment of the consumer in the renewable energy field. After much research, results yielded that the home-owner felt helpless when faced with ever growing utility bills, and in finding the correct and trusted solution. Read more >>
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 | WWF-South Africa, through a partnership with Sanlam, launched its Journey of Water campaign this week. The campaign aims to connect urban water users to their water sources, which are often remote. Read more >>
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 | The 2013 Global Green Building Convention recently gathered in Cape Town to shed light on the latest innovations in sustainable building techniques, however, it has become paramount that an assembly of green buildings alone will not be the only deciding factor in green city developments. Read more >>
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 | The Pinnacle Holdings Group of Companies has pledged to become the 126th partner in the 49M initiative. The company is one of Africa's largest providers of information and communication technology products and services. Read more >>
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 | Dale Hes Municipalities and their residents will soon know how much water they've used or wasted when the Water and Environmental Affairs Department publishes a new incentive-based No Drop Report to monitor water loss in South Africa. Read more >>
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