Leadership development benefits learners
A comprehensive learner career guidance and leadership development programme, reaching 926 learners, has benefited Grade 9 and Grade 12 learners...
Leadership development benefits learners
SA WIND JOINS GLOBAL PUSH FOR NET ZERO
SA WIND JOINS GLOBAL PUSH FOR NET ZERO
Ahead of this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, taking place 31 October to 12 November 2021, and the imminent parliamentary...
Home-based healthcare treats vulnerable patients
Home-based healthcare treats vulnerable patients
Cookhouse Wind Farm’s Primary Healthcare Programme now incorporates ‘Home-Based Care and Home Management’, which provides services for bedridden...
New facilities for Mickey’s Daycare
New facilities for Mickey’s Daycare
Mickey’s Daycare Centre in Riverton, Kimberley, plays an important role as it is the only Early Childhood Development (ECD) facility providing...
School sanitation provided to restore dignity
School sanitation provided to restore dignity
Working in close collaboration with the Blouberg Municipal District, Limpopo Department of Education, and Capricorn North Department of...
Scholarships give support during CV-19
Scholarships give support during CV-19
William Prezens, 21 years old, from the West Coast community of Hopefield, is studying toward an MBChB (Medicine) at Stellenbosch University, as...
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Biodiversity mitigating measures are saving bats
Eastern Cape. Working in collaboration with local wind farms, the Greater Kromme Stewardship (GKS) initiative, which focuses on conservation in the Kouga region, has noted the positive strides being made by some of the wind farms with regard to creating no net loss to biodiversity from their operations. Through the installation of acoustic deterrent devices on selected turbines, two wind farms in particular are seeing significantly reduced bat fatalities. For some turbines this reduction can be as much as between 80% and 100%. Pilot studies began in 2018, with Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm...