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Drought relief: animal feed urgently needed in Free State

January 20, 2016 Leave a Comment

Of major concern is the condition of tens of thousands of animals as they are facing thirst and hunger in the absence of feed. Loss of animals is impacting heavily on the farmers, both subsistence and large scale, with major implications for farm labourers, farmers and the general economy. It has been stated that farmers owe in excess of 125 billion rand to banks at the … [Read more...]

Ugandan women mobilising for change

October 18, 2015 Leave a Comment

Let us recognise the various injustices inflicted upon women by extractive models of development. The WoMin, an African Gender and Extractives Alliance in collaboration with National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) launch its Participatory Action and Research (PAR) on women miners from Katwe Salt Lake, Western Uganda. The PAR is part of a seven … [Read more...]

Celebrate female farmer of the year on Women’s Day

August 8, 2014 Leave a Comment

“Closing the gender gap in agricultural inputs alone could lift 100–150 million people out of hunger,” said Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. Saturday is National Women’s Day, where we commemorate contributions by women in South Africa to improving the lives of others. Sphiwe Machika, a young female farmer (29), from Rethabiseng in … [Read more...]

Let’s keep the farmers informed

January 17, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Investing in agriculture over the past two decades has proven to be a sound strategy for some, but not all regions have flourished as a vicious cycle of extreme poverty and a poor understanding of market finance have stunted economic prospects in many low and middle-income countries. Africa may be on the verge of a major economic transformation but some of the greatest … [Read more...]

9 Million rands invested in water catchment

November 4, 2011 Leave a Comment

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WWF-SA's Water Balance Programme recently received R9 million from Nedbank to invest in South Africa's critical water catchment areas. The Water Balance Programme aims to challenge and empower corporate South Africa to help create a water secure future by reducing demand, increasing supply and maintaining the health of the country's high water provisioning catchments. Dr … [Read more...]

Stellenbosch Organic Farmers’ Market

October 21, 2011 Leave a Comment

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'Just to be is a blessing, just to live is holy, a famous rabbi once said. It was one of those days, sky-blue and bounding with life, when I drove out to Stellenbosch to visit the Organic Farmers Market. The first thing I smelled was vanilla pods; the first thing I tasted was freshly juiced carrot and ginger. How much of life lies in the details, in getting off the train track … [Read more...]

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Decommissioning of coal-fired power plants needed

Concerns surrounding a global climate emergency have brought into sharp focus the need to mobilize increased investment flows towards clean energy. Such flows are needed to fund incremental power g…

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SA Youth Say, “It is Time to Put Mother Earth on A Carbon Diet”

Barely two weeks after the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) visited KwaZulu-Natal to engage communities on climate change and the just transition, the province was hit with the worst floods we…

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CLEAN ENERGY: While South Africans endure load shedding, government launches 147MW Roggeveld wind farm

Eskom will be the primary purchaser of power generated by the wind farm, which independent power producer Red Rocket says will generate enough energy to ‘satisfy the energy needs of roughly 49,200 households every year’.

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ISSUES AT STAKE: SA's human-wildlife conflict needs urgent attention from authorities | Zululand Observer

The recent migration of 11 elephants from Mozambique to South Africa has highlighted our country’s concerning human-wildlife conflict issues, writes TAMLYN HEAD

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Vodacom promises to up spending on renewable energy

Vodacom South Africa will buy much more of the electricity it needs for its operations from renewable energy sources within the next three years.

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