| ‘Starving dogs fed sawdust’
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| Sunday, 22 January 2012 00:00 |
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Too poor to feed themselves, let alone their dogs and too attached to their pets to let them go, some residents of Alexandra, Gauteng, have told an animal welfare organisation that they feed their four-legged friends sawdust to keep them full.
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The City of Cape Town's intensive public awareness and preparedness campaign on the dangers and prevention of fires within its area of jurisdiction is well underway.
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While world leaders continue their discussions on climate change at Durban's International Conference Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, some young people in Limpopo are getting their hands dirty cleaning their neighbourhood.
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The green economy path is not just about low carbon emissions; it is also about the reduction of resource usage, waste and valuing the ecosystem goods and services.
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A relaxed Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe earlier today completed a 3km walk along Durban's beachfront to raise awareness about the rising sea levels.
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President Jacob Zuma is expected to open a gathering of youths from more than 180 countries who will discuss climate change on Sunday.
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Ordinary citizens in Mpumalanga had an opportunity to learn about climate change when an MEC spoke to commuters at the Mbombela bus terminal on Friday.
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Government and its key partners, such as labour and business, have signed an all-comprehensive Accord geared to create 300 000 jobs in the next 10 years.
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"The earth has been diagnosed with a sickness, and we have to cure it!" That is how 15-year-old Shraddha Rajcoomar, one of the three South African Climate Change Youth Ambassadors, views the crisis.
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The East London Metro is contributing to the fight against climate change by making use of trains instead of trucks to transport waste to its main landfill site.
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Government and civil society have partnered to launch a unique "climate change train" to criss-cross the country raising awareness on changing weather patterns ahead of COP 17 in Durban.
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With South Africa working towards creating five million jobs by 2020, towns and cities around the country are cleaning up their act and generating employment opportunities at the same time.
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Communities in KwaZulu-Natal are been given the opportunity to raise concerns about climate change as the provincial government embarks on a series of road shows.
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