The Plastics Environmental Initiative is managing a well-structured programme aimed at educating the public on the hazards of littering. A profit of R6,9-million was made at this year's annual game sale held at Thomas Baines Nature Reserve near Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. A desert expedition in Egypt has discovered what might be the second biggest dinosaur ever found. About 2700 animals will be auctioned at the Thomas Baines Nature Reserve near Grahamstown. Scientists and conservationists gathered in Cape Town this week for the Shark Conservation Workshop 2001.
All vehicles are to be banned from South Africa's beaches.
Statistics indicate a drastic rise in malaria-related deaths in Mozambique. The Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality promoted environmental education during an open day held at the Technikon Northern Gauteng in Soshanguve recently. Security guards began their first patrol of the East London Aquarium to protect the vulnerable penguins there. The Nile perch, one of the largest fish species in Lake Victoria and Kyoga, is threatening other fish species with extinction. The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Mohammed Valli Moosa, presented his budget speech in the National Assembly on May 29 with a call to action for the protection of the environment.