According to the Housing Amendment Act, a beneficiary may not sell an RDP house within the first eight years of having taken occupation. But illegal sales of RDP houses are in the tens of thousands. https://t.co/tl795HMlSi
Does South Africa’s hosting of the Brics Youth participatory processes show any indication of improving prospects for youth in Brics countries and South African youth in particular? https://t.co/drlqrBojxF
COMMENT: The Brics Youth strategy of putting forward watered-down policy recommendations reflects a theoretically naive understanding of how progressive change is achieved. https://t.co/qXkhZIWbVQ
@eNCA So fuel has gone up in South Africa. Everyone is in hysterics.
We are still not paying a fraction of the real cost of fuel in terms of its impact on the environment & therefore on us in years to come. Humans are ingenious &incredibly adaptable. Read more: https://t.co/2ExJcjsvQQ
Some more guerrilla art spotted around Jozi! Have you seen similar graffiti in your area? Please let us know if you have by using the #DefendWater 💧 💧 and dropping us a pin!
Photos taken by Daniel Basch
I support the proposal that the First Peoples, the Khoisan, be recognised in a new name for Cape Town Airport. If not Krotoa, then perhaps Camissa (Place of Sweet Waters), as the Khoikhoi called Cape Town, or Hoerikwaggo (Mountain of the Sea), their name for Table Mountain.
In the midst of the worst drought on record, many Capetonians are asking themselves whether planting trees could be a viable way to bring rain.
Read the article here:
https://t.co/oZj6d15hz5
#DYK? Globally we dump 8 million tonnes of plastics into the sea every year. That's equal to a full truck-load of rubbish dumped into the ocean every minute. On #WorldEnvironmentDay we need stronger action to #BeatPlasticPollution https://t.co/e5SyvxlG5W
Wrong again @ParkscapeSA. The deck at Tokai was installed by the @SANParksHR and the idea is way older than Parkscape. In fact the original idea came from Dr Tony Rebelo from Friends of Tokai Park. Don't steal credit when it doesn't belong to you.
Adrian Lackay's 25-page memo on Moyane and Sars was dismissed on 21 April 2015 by finance committee chair Yunus Carrim, with the support of Makhosi Khoza and Des van Rooyen. @HuffPostSA https://t.co/3QTMVxDOhV
It's sad to see Sudan go, but I would like to take this opportunity to advocate for two less well known species that still exist in the wild - the Sumatran and Javan rhinoceroses, both of which have less than 100 individuals left. I hope they meet a better fate.
"Alien plants are like straws in the landscape, sucking up our water resources."
WWF's @SchKlaudia goes to the root of our water challenges. #WorldWaterDay#NatureforWater
https://t.co/7hghNHerPX
The tragic death of Sudan the rhino should act as a warning of the need to act to prevent mass extinctions around the world, say conservationists https://t.co/Rquipd14ZR