Mungo Soggot The government has reached the end of the road in a marathon legal effort to block a group of doctors in the Northern Province from opening a private hospital in Tzaneen. The judgement sets a precedent for what is likely to be a battle between the medical profession and the government. One of […]
No action has been taken against party members accused of factionalism Jaspreet Kindra The African National Congress’s Gauteng interim leadership core, which replaced the party’s faction-ridden leadership structures last year, has failed to take action against senior party members allegedly responsible for friction in the province. This claim is detailed in reports drafted since 1999 […]
Barry Streek A Gauteng informal settlement is to be the site of a R5,6-million study on whether solar water heating of South African homes can be viable in low-income areas. Between 200 and 500 homes in Ivory Park in the Midrand area will be used in the two-and-a-half year project conducted by the Department of […]
Alan Henry Giancarlo Fisichella will replace his compatriot Jarno Trulli in the Jordan-Honda team next season in a three-year deal designed to provide the British team with the continuity they require to improve competitiveness and establish themselves as a possible winning force. The 28-year-old Italian, who currently drives for the Benetton-Renault squad, decided to make […]
The Green Trust Award’s judges Mail & Guardian reporter The Green Trust Awards 2001 were judged by an independent panel of environmentalists. We would like to thank them for volunteering their time and expertise. Arend Hoogervorst runs his own environmental consultancy, Eagle Environmental, and specialises in assisting industry with environmental impact assessments and environmental management […]
Michelle Nel “Dire Straits. Coming soon to Cape Town,” proclaims an eye-catching poster. Beneath the words is a picture of cracked mud. Does it mean the internationally acclaimed band Dire Straits is coming to South Africa, perhaps to play at a dried-out waterhole? A second look reveals the tag line: “Save water. Save the Cape.” […]
The emblem of this year’s Green Trust Awards is a South African species of seahorse, called the Knysna seahorse (Hippocampus capensis). It is the world’s most threatened seahorse and occurs only in the Knysna and Swartvlei estuaries. The Knysna seahorse was chosen as the emblem because it is so vulnerable and in recognition of ground-breaking […]
Investing in the Environment: Corporate Award Finalist: Conservation Corporation Africa Niki Moore The Phinda private game reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal used to be a 17?000ha stretch of degraded farmland. Now it is a world-famous “big five” tourist destination as well as a conduit for international foreign aid. Phinda, which means “the return”, is an apt […]
If you don’t know Richard Leakey, you may remember the man who persuaded Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi to burn about $3-million worth of ivory in 1988, writes Fiona Macleod. The burning pyre of elephant tusks was a highly publicised statement against the international trade in ivory. Many conservationists in South Africa have not forgiven […]
Urban Renewal Award Finalist: The Molopo River Basin Project Michelle Nel Mafikeng, the capital of the North West province, has been the cradle of the scouting movement ever since it was conceived by British General Robert Stephenson Baden-Powell during his time there. Scouting enjoys a membership of 30-million worldwide and has the potential to attract […]