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Bhisho departments underspend by R60bn
Provincial government departments have only been able to spend about 30% of their overall annual budget for the current financial year.
The figure was revealed...
‘Shame on South Africa’ – environmental NGO slams the country’s decision...
Exporting lion bones is killing South Africa’s brand.
So says director of the environmental non-profit organisation EMS Foundation Michele Pickover said in response to the...
Die see is toe!
“They called a meeting. That’s what they told us: it was a meeting and we would sit and talk.
“But they didn’t come to talk with us: they came to tell us that they were closing...
Proud moment for Kelly’s Beach
Port Alfred’s Kelly’s Beach took centre stage when it was awarded Blue Flag status for the 20th year at the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (Wessa) national Blue...
Marine Scientist enthralls audience
Marine biologist Tristan Scott enthralled his PROBUS audience when he looked back at his work as a young honours student in 2010 on marine...
Election safety paramount, says SAPS
Police, assisted by private security companies and community patrol groups moved quickly to clear a burning barricade from the R343 outside Ekuphumleni, Kenton-on-Sea early...
Fishers protest ocean mining plans
“How will we live when there are no fish for us to catch?”
That is the burning question that brought *Leon Siebritz, to Port Alfred...
Fishers oppose mining
That is the burning question that brought *Leon Siebritz, to Port Alfred on Thursday October 12. Siebritz was among a group of 20 small-scale...
Public meeting maps the road ahead for Port Alfred’s crumbling waste...
By the end of the year, residents and the municipality will have a clear picture of how and when Port Alfred’s failing sewage infrastructure...
New 1ML RO plant to augment municipal supply
Port Alfred’s water woes may be alleviated at least partially as a new 1ML owner-operated reverse osmosis (RO) plant has been approved by the...
Work at the crossroads
News from Kosra
The applications to the various authorities for a new service station at the entrance to Kenton-on-Sea continue.
In spite of vociferous objections from...
Tsitsikamma illegal fishermen catch a rude surprise
A group of fishermen in the Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area reeled in more than they were expecting when they were caught by rangers patrolling...
Khoi and San sign deal that gives them a cut of...
For years scientists have trumpeted the medicinal benefits of rooibos tea.
Now the famous reddish drink with the sweet aftertaste will also have widespread economic...
PORT ALFRED – Whale assisted in a disentanglement operation
At 17h01, Sunday, 04th August, SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers launched from Port Alfred aboard two NSRI Port Alfred sea rescue craft, Lotto...
DA lays criminal charges regarding Makhanda landfill site
The inability of Makana Municipality to gain control of a dangerous landfill site on the outskirts of Makhanda (Grahamstown) has now become a criminal...
Pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals found in fish caught off Cape Town’s...
The ocean around Cape Town is so polluted that pharmaceutical and industrial chemical compounds are accumulating in the flesh of fish caught off the...
Sighting of male baboon in Port Alfred
the office of the director: community/protection services for Ndlambe Municipality issued the following media release:
The public may be aware that there has, during the...
Gauteng man caught with 22 rhino horns ‘was headed for Vietnam’
A man allegedly found with 22 rhino horns in his luggage at OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday will stand trial for attempting to...
Guidelines drafted for municipalities to integrate waste pickers
According to a report by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)‚ waste pickers are estimated to collect 80%-90% of discarded packaging and...
Eskom’s coal-fired power stations exceed pollution limits – report
Nearly all Eskom power plants persistently exceed air pollution limits stipulated in their licences.
This is according to a new report by US coal plant...
SA icebreaker in quest for legendary Shackleton wreck in icy Antarctic...
A South African ship has completed the first phase of an Antarctic expedition that will peer 3km beneath the ice and possibly locate a...
Ndlambe Municipality Achievement, 2018
Yet again Ndlambe has been awarded Blue Flag International status for the fourteenth (14th) consecutive year at Kelly’s Beach, Port Alfred and for the...
Ongoing concerns over Cannon Rocks pipeline project
Concerned over bulk water and brine pipelines which are being laid in Cannon Rocks, a resident has pressed the national department of environmental affairs...
Decision allowing mining in a protected area set aside
The high court in Pretoria on Thursday set aside decisions taken by the ministers of mineral resources and environmental affairs in 2016 that allowed...
Luxury cars‚ covert operations and cruelty – Rhino poaching trade bust...
Six members of a syndicate implicated in "massive trafficking of poached rhino horns" from wildlife reserves‚ destined for sale in Asia via Gauteng middlemen‚...
How 500 tons of gold almost foiled heritage site
Mining minister Gwede Mantashe was opposed to the Barberton Makhonjwa mountains gaining World Heritage Site status because the area is home to at least...
Woolworths recalls savoury rice after listeria outbreak in Europe
Woolworths is recalling a frozen savoury rice product as a precaution after a listeria outbreak in Europe.
Woolworths Frozen Savoury Rice‚ which is sourced from...
Polony still causing listeriosis‚ four months after recall
Of the 78 people who got listeriosis after the shock March 4 announcement that the source of the outbreak was Tiger Brands’ Enterprise plant...
Lack of support at the Ward 10 mayoral imbizo
LAST week Talk of the Town published a brief snippet from the story on the mayoral imbizo. stating it was poorly attended by members...
Wild Coast toll road: new court battle looms
SANRAL to respond to residents’ objections
The SA National Roads Agency (SANRAL) and the Department of Environmental Affairs have promised to respond by the end...