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Source: Bizcommunity Image: Kevin Moore SANParks The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has inscribed the ‡Khomani Cultural Landscape as a World Heritage Site, bring the number of World Heritage Site in South Africa to nine. Preserving SA’s heritage This according to South African National Parks (SANParks) Chief Executive Officer, Fundisile Mketeni, who […]

Source: Bizcommunity Water access is a key challenge for urban futures. In cities like Cape Town, population growth and rising affluence, place increasing demands on finite water supplies. One solution the city has opted for is desalination plants, the first of which is about to come on stream. But hi-tech solutions like this don’t curtail

Via Business Insider Your 20s are a bit of a tumultuous time. As you cross the 20-year-old threshold, you’re likely still in college, with your entire career in front of you, and by the end of your 20s, there’s a chance you’ll be settled into a career trajectory that will dictate your income potential and

Via IOL A recent international study has shown that South Africa – in terms of its environmental impacts – has one of the worst track records. The recently released report from MoneySuperMarket, a price comparison website in the UK, found most other African countries fared well. “The new research highlights the individual contribution to the

Via InfrastructureNews The global concern of water conservation recently brought together a panel of high level global leaders. The panel met in South Africa and discussed ways in which water use can be harnessed to increase the amount of water saved around the world, especially in arid areas. As host country of the United Nations’

Via sciencemag.org Aardvarks have a drinking problem. Scientists have struggled for years to discover how the elusive, ant-loving animals imbibe one of the most important ingredients for life in the wild: water. Now, a team of researchers thinks it has the answer. Most scientific studies assume that aardvarks—nocturnal creatures that live in the deserts of

Via The Guardian Most of us find it easier to imagine a world without pine martens, honeybees, otters and wolves than one without social media, lattes, cheap flights and dishwashers. Even environmentalism, which was once motivated by a love of the natural world, now seems more concerned with finding slightly less destructive ways of enabling

Via Bizcommunity Scores of animal species across the globe, including tigers, lions and rhinos, are at risk of extinction due to threats posed by mankind. Recent studies indicate that 59% of the world’s largest carnivores and 60% of the world’s largest herbivores are currently threatened with extinction. These species, known as megafauna, play very important

Via @futurism GLOW LITTLE GLOW WORM Most are familiar with at least the most basic concept in genetics: inheritance. If both of your biological parents have brown hair, then there’s a pretty good chance that you will have brown hair, too. If a parent and a grandparent and an aunt all have a specific genetically-linked

Via BusinessLive Despite the country’s water scarcity, waste water pumped into the rivers and dams is often not clean enough. A new water test, developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), could be an important tool in the fight to improve SA’s water quality. Despite the country’s water scarcity, waste water pumped