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Controversial R4bn River Club development gets conditional go-ahead from City

Controversial R4bn River Club development gets conditional go-ahead from City Share Cape Town – The City of Cape Town announced that the controversial R4 billion River Club Development has the go-ahead after being approved for development by the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust. The development has faced numerous challenges and sparked backlash from housing activists, residents in Observatory, Khoi and San councils. The City of Cape Town even lodged an appeal against the environmental authorisation (EA) that was granted by the provincial Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning last month, which had given the development the go-ahead last year. On Monday, the Cape Argus reported that the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) has taken to social media to raise funds via the BackaBuddy platform to help pay for legal action against the development.

49 ton nurdle coastal cleanup declared complete

49 ton nurdle coastal cleanup declared complete Updated Steve Bhengu Share this: The over 49 tons of nurdles that had spilled along KZN s coast line and posed a threat to marine life have successfully been cleaned up.  Supplied The tiny plastic materials were in containers which were aboard ships but were lost at sea due to a massive storm in October 2017.  The SA Maritime Safety Authority has spearheaded a lengthy and costly cleanup operation since then, as captain Hopewell  Mkhize explains. We convened a joint operations committee consisting of SAMSA, the Department of Environmental Affairs, the National Ports Authority, KZN Department of Economic Development, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and the Mediterranean Shipping Company , he said.

How Africa s conservationists are succeeding despite the pandemic

Mkandizi Youth Club members working to increase sustainability efforts in Rumphi, Northern Malawi. Photograph by Thoko Chikondi Due to the pandemic, tourism came to a virtual standstill in Africa last year. The financial strain experienced by the travel sector was also felt by conservation groups, which depend on tourism to increase traffic in the parks, which can ward off poachers, and also to uplift local communities that might otherwise succumb to illegally hunting for bushmeat. A number of groups set out to counteract this. Wilderness Safaris, for example, delivered 6,000 food parcels in 2020 to families in remote areas of Botswana, Kenya, Rwanda, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia. 

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