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Boknes gardeners make something from nothing

From trash to treasures could be the theme of the annual Boknes Garden Club Show. Held over two days, this now annual event was held on Tuesday and Wednesday last week. Coordinator and main driving force is Sars Pretorius, who explained…

Be part of culture keeping town clean

It was not planned, but was a timely convergence of ideas, that the plastic waste collection and recycling project in Boknes was launched at the same time we asked our recent Facebook question – if readers feel enough is being done to…

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Waging war against plastic waste in Boknes

Taking up the theme, Plastic Our Enemy, the Alexandria Women’s Agricultural Association (WAA) launched a project on Thursday August 15 to keep Boknes Beach clean. The WAA unveiled a large galvanised steel fish that has specifically been…

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: On its latest mission to Ndlambe, the BigM project team from Ottawa, Canada is assisting Ndlambe and several other Eastern Cape municipalities to deal with climate change and complete an accurate asset management system. From left are program and project manager Michael Ostrom, strategic programs and projects officer Andy Reside, LED manager and coordinator of BigM for Ndlambe Qhawe Mampane, overall BigM project manager from Ottawa Charmain Forgie, Ndlambe mayor Phindile Faxi, Ndlambe infrastructure director Noluthando Vithi and community protection services deputy director Fanie Fouche Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Help from Canada

BigM intends to assist Ndlambe deal with climate change Ndlambe Municipality has enthusiastically welcomed Canadian support to tackle green issues like waste management and climate change. BigM (Building Inclusive Green Municipalities) is…

BigM from Canada helping Ndlambe with climate change and asset management

Salga’s BigM project manager, Tebogo Matlou is overseeing the project to increase awareness of climate change and its effect on the people of the area. BigM (Building Inclusive Green Municipalities) is an initiative of the Canadian…

South Africans using 40kg of paper each per year

The average South African uses 40kg of paper a year. In 2011‚ the average was 10kg more. On World Recycling Day on Monday‚ the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (Pamsa) said the decline was in line with international trends.…