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Protect your lungs this World Tuberculosis Day

March 24, 2020 Leave a Comment

Today is World Tuberculosis Day, and the National Council against Smoking (NCAS) is placing the spotlight on the impact of smoking on tuberculosis (TB). TB is the country’s leading cause of death at 8.8% of all deaths, according to Stats SA. TB is passed on from one person to another through the air, usually through coughing or sneezing. It is fully treatable although the … [Read more...]

Seven things you need to know about e-cigarettes

January 29, 2020 2 Comments

Office e-smokers, you’re still being uncool to your co-workers. The World Health Organisation breaks down what we know and what we don’t about vapes. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently released a list of seven commonly asked questions about e-cigarettes, like whether or not they’re safer than traditional cigarettes and what they mean for your lungs and those around … [Read more...]

Pesticides and human health: the UK government’s ‘elephant in the room’

May 2, 2018 Leave a Comment

The UK Government currently has a consultation running until 8th May entitled ‘Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit.’ A promising title I thought! That was until I read the various consultation documents - produced by DEFRA - where it became abundantly clear that, despite the title, there is a glaring omission of anything human … [Read more...]

Tobacco take out more good folk

October 13, 2011 Leave a Comment

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During the last month one colleague health practitioner was diagnosed with lung cancer, causing an inoperable cancerous mass, which spread to the lymph nodes. He was already so ill that nothing further could be done and he died soon afterwards. He was only 65 years old, has had a chronic cough for as long as I can remember and then suddenly began to deteriorate after an acute … [Read more...]

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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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How much green energy South Africa needs to produce over the next 30 years: minister

South Africa needs to install between 3-4 gigawatts (3,000 – 4,000MW) of renewable energy per annum over the next 30 years as part of a long-term shift toward a renewables-based power system, says Transport minister Fikile Mbalula.

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