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- Off-grid home threads through a South African riverine forest Fri, 24 Jul 20, 4:30amWhen a nature-loving elderly couple tapped South African architecture firm Frankie Pappas to design their new home, they requested a residence with minimal site impact...
- Rebuilding the energy base for real economic growth in South Africa Sun, 5 Jul 20, 7:00pmRob Jeffrey The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy in South Africa (DMRE) has published the Request for Information (RFI) in respect of the commencement of preparations for a nuclear build programme to the extent...
- Weaknesses of solar and wind, Myths and Questions that require an answer Sat, 4 Jul 20, 3:00pmIt is claimed that wind and solar are the cheapest sources of electricity and these sources should dominate future electricity supply. This paper focuses on known additional costs and subsidies which are not taken into account...
- The Sun Exchange raises $3M for crypto-driven solar power in Africa Tue, 9 Jun 20, 7:58pmSouth Africa-based renewable energy startup Sun Exchange has raised $3 million to close its Series A funding round totaling $4 million. The company operates a peer-to-peer, crypto-enabled business that allows individuals...
- In Earth’s largest extinction, land animal die-offs began long before marine extinction Mon, 30 Mar 20, 4:00pmNew dates for fossils indicate land animal turnover extended for hundreds of thousands of years University of California – Berkeley The mass extinction at the end of the Permian Peri od 252 million years ago —...
- South Africa's first interior 6 star Green Star awarded to Formfunc Sat, 15 Feb 20, 4:30amThe Green Building Council recently awarded South Africa’s highest possible Interiors Green Star v1 certification to Capetown-based company Formfunc Studio’s office spaces — the first such rating to be awarded...
- Desmond Tutu Clinic welcomes HIV patients with a striking sawtooth roof Thu, 13 Jun 19, 4:30amIn the Cape Town township of Masiphumelele, approximately 30 percent of the residents are infected with HIV. To help the low-income community, South African architectural practice theMAAK partnered with the Desmond Tutu HIV...
- LOT-EK upcycles 140 shipping containers into an apartment complex in South Africa Wed, 28 Nov 18, 2:30amA massive, modular residential building has risen in Johannesburg, South Africa with aims of revitalizing Maboneng Precinct, an area that’s recently undergone a dramatic transformation from a site of urban decay to a thriving...
- Some of the oldest and largest baobab trees are dying Wed, 13 Jun 18, 2:00amA new survey of baobab trees throughout southern Africa has shown that most of the two dozen largest and oldest trees in the region have died in the past decade or are currently very ill...
- Goldman prize awarded to South African women who stopped an international nuclear deal Mon, 23 Apr 18, 2:01pmWinners of the world’s leading environmental award faced down Vladimir Putin and the country’s recently deposed leader, Jacob Zuma, to overturn a multibillion-dollar nuclear deal
- For 16 years, this stork has flown 8,700 miles to return to his one true love Tue, 17 Apr 18, 3:36amJust when you thought the world was one raging garbage fire, along comes this amazing stork to brighten the day. For the past 16 years, without fail, one male stork has flown 8,700 miles to be with his mate who can no longer...
- Rare "super-deep" diamond and mineral found in South African mine Fri, 9 Mar 18, 11:02pmScientists have uncovered a rare “super-deep” diamond in the Cullinan mine in South Africa's Gauteng province. Wrapped in this diamond is the mineral calcium silicate perovskite, the fourth-most abundant mineral found...
- One in four of world's largest cities under water stress Thu, 15 Feb 18, 10:49pmCape Town, South Africa is rapidly approaching what has been called "Day Zero," the moment when the diverse metropolitan area of nearly 4 million runs out of clean drinking water...
- South Africa declares national disaster amid water crisis Thu, 15 Feb 18, 5:39amSouth Africa's has declared a national disaster over the country's devastating drought. Although Cape Town has pushed back day zero - the day that the city runs out of water - until June 4, the country re-assessed the magnitude...
- Cape Town's water pipes could run dry by April Wed, 17 Jan 18, 5:56amCape Town in South Africa is battling its worst drought in a century - and the city's water supply is in trouble. Authorities are scrambling to drill boreholes and construct desalination plants, but Day Zero - when water...