SA’s global climate and human rights activist Kumi Naidoo has thrown his weight behind an alternative climate crisis conference to resist what he sees as untruths and distortions being publicised at COP27. Naidoo, a former Greenpeace and Amnesty International secretary-general, said the Durban Civil Society and Climate Justice Charter Movement activists would be holding the Festival of Alternatives to counter COP27’s messaging.
The Daily Dispatch and its sister publications, The Herald and Weekend Post, took home the lion’s share of praise dished out at this year’s Vodacom Journalist of the Year (VJOY) awards for the Eastern Cape region announced on Thursday.
The Herald and its sister publication, Daily Dispatch, walked away with top honours at the 2022 edition of the Vodacom Journalist of the Year (VJOY) awards for the Eastern Cape region, scooping seven of the 12 award categories between them.
The weather came with rain and gusting wind, but 1,000 doughty runners came with their A game bare feet, takkies and shorts to support the revived Spar and Daily Dispatch fun run and walk. Bringing sparkle to a gloomy, wet Esplanade on Sunday, the crowd went at the 8km and 4km races with gusto, many clearly excited that the pandemic-disrupted event, with its theme of supporting the disabled, was back on the calendar.
Wildlife is dying off in the once-pristine dense forests, bush, rivers and beaches which have made lush Buffalo City a lifestyle choice for investors and businesses. From the Samango monkey, which is clinging to existence in the Umtiza Nature Reserve between Scenery Park and the King Phalo Airport, to the indigenous freshwater fish Eastern Province rocky (Sandelia bainsii) and the ray-finned fish Border barb (Pseudobarbus trevelyani) all 100,000 species of wildlife in the metro are under .