Great Britain’s Prince William recently noted that, “The pangolin runs the risk of becoming extinct before most people have even heard of them.” (more…)
iSimangaliso Wetland Park CEO named WWF SA Living Planet 2015 Award winner
Andrew Zaloumis has been named the winner of the WWF SA Living Planet 2015 Award for his dedicated role in conservation and sustainable development. (more…)
Honouring heroes in rhino conservation
The heroic actions of those who fight for the conservation of the rhino were acknowledged, celebrated and rewarded at the Rhino Conservation Awards, held on 27 July in Johannesburg. His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, Patron of the Awards, delivered the keynote address at the event, congratulated the winners for their exemplary efforts […]
Bred for the bullet
Today in Africa, there are approximately 32 000 lions. 11 000 of those are found in South Africa. That’s the good news. The bad news is that approximately 8 000 of those are in breeding captivity. To further the bad news, of those 3 000 that remain in the wild, approximately 2 500 are diseased: they […]
National Science Week 2015
Kids’ Lab has evolved into an award winning global programme Participation of over 472 000 kids in 35 countries globally Helping to support the strive to improve science literacy in the country Highlighting the topic of food resources as part of BASF’s 150th anniversary (more…)
Thorium could avert the energy crisis
The topic of nuclear power is a sensitive one. It generates huge amounts of electricity with zero carbon emissions, and thus is held up as a solution to global energy woes. But it also entails several risks, including weapons development, meltdown, and the hazards of disposing of its waste products. (more…)
It’s a (wild) dog’s life
At the end of 2014, the Gumbi Community made history by being the first community owned game reserve in South Africa to introduce a pack of endangered African Wild Dog onto their land. The pack settled in well and their success was cemented, as the alpha female gave birth to the pack’s first litter earlier […]
China’s geopolitical ambitions expand to Namibia’s South Atlantic Sea Walvis Bay port
Across continental Africa, China’s presence can’t be ignored. While China has made multibillion-dollar investments in various countries and industries throughout the continent, a shift toward a military presence – in the form of a proposed naval base along Namibia’s Atlantic coast – implies a totally different kind of investment for China. (more…)
A bright future
Unilever recently launched their ‘brightFuture’ campaign, intended to engage people from all walks of life to ensure that: Everyone has enough food to eat and no child goes to bed hungry Children reach their fifth birthday and have the right to a happy childhood Every home has enough clean water to drink, cook with, clean […]
Firewood fervour may turn Zimbabwe into an ‘outright desert’
Zimbabwe, home to more than 14 million people, is currently facing a severe economic crisis. Under President Robert Mugabe’s land distribution reforms, in the year 2000 all white-owned commercial farms were forcibly seized for redistribution to landless native Zimbabweans. In February this year, the BBC reported Mugabe had finally admitted his land reforms amounted to […]
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