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It is crucial that ambitious, legally binding, two-track carbon emission reduction targets emerge from the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December, says South African Environmental and Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica. Inset: While Africa contributes very little to global warming, the region will be one of the hardest hit by its effects (Photo: Peter Craig-Cooper, South African Tourism)

Scientists at the University of Witwatersrand on Wednesday announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur. "It's one of the big jewels South Africa has," Dr Adam Yates, from the Bernard Price Institute for Paleontological Research, told journalists in Johannesburg. Inset: Palaeontologist Dr Adam Yates Fossils introduces the new species of dinosaur to the media

Knysna's Phantom Forest Eco Reserve has again been nominated for an eco award by the World Travel Awards.

Petro SA's Mossel Bay gas to liquids (GTL) refinery and offshore natural gas rig, the FA Platform, are scheduled to restart production on November 16 after an intensive maintenance shutdown.

A total of 223 568 work opportunities were created between April and August this year as part of the expanded public works programme (EPWP), Public Works Minister Geoff Doidge reported on Monday.

George is no closer to solving its water crisis as politics continues to play a part in decision-making about the town’s proposed R80- million waste-water recycling plant, says Mayor Flip de Swardt.

Knysna has been listed as the top base camp choice for France and Denmark if they qualify for the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

South African swimmer George du Rand smashed the 200 metres backstroke world record on the second and final day of the FINA/Arena World Cup event in Moscow on Saturday.

A small township tourism business run by two women, Emzini Tours – one of the development projects supported by Knysna Tourism – has made it to the finals of the Imvelo Responsible Tourism Awards. Aiming High: Penny Mainwaring and Ella Mahlulo will be competing against tourism giants in the Imvelo Responsible Tourism Awards. (Picture:  Katherine Wilkinson)

The DA in the George Town Council has delayed handing over the mayorship to the ID, and instead focused on declaring the town a disaster area to access government funding for drought relief.

Eskom chairman Bobby Godsell has resigned, the public enterprises ministry said today (November 9).

A new route has been unveiled for the 2010 Absa Cape Epic, the eight-day race that leads amateur and pro mountain bikers from around the world through 800km of Western Cape wildnerness and up 16000m of climbing over some of the most magnificent passes in Africa

To make sure the country can handle the expected massive influx of visitors for the 2010 Fifa World Cup, South Africa's airports have been undergoing major upgrades, and with seven months to go until kick-off, the final touches are being applied

The upgrading of Plettenberg Bay’s airport is inching forward, with plans to invite proposals from prospective long-lease tenants next month.

Brazillian coach Carlos Alberto Perreira is back in the country to take charge of the struggling Bafana Bafana, and has announced a squad of 24 players that will take part in two upcoming friendly matches between Japan and Jamaica. Inset: Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira (Photo: Blog Brasilo Mundial FC)

Twenty-nine South African beaches have been awarded Blue Flag status this year, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk announced last week. This was ten more than last year and extremely good news for tourism, he said in a statement issued after a ceremony to mark the announcement at Muizenberg beach in Cape Town.

Two Garden Route NSRI volunteers, Alta Haschick of Mossel Bay and Donald Olivier of George, are finalists in this year’s Centrum Guardian Project, which recognises emergency services heroes who put their lives at risk to save others.

Hundreds of protesters marched to the George Municipality yesterday to protest against an appeal by a group of Glentana residents who have taken their objections to the Lagoon Bay Lifestyle Estate development to the High Court.

The Eden District has applied to have the region formally declared a disaster area, paving the way for increased emergency funding to help tackle the area’s worst drought in more than 100 years.

The JSE has become one of the first stock exchanges worldwide to become a signatory to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UN PRI), an initiative which aims to help the global financial services industry towards responsible investment.

Year-on-year house price deflation is "almost a thing of the past," FNB said on Monday as it released its House Price Index.

Land claims in the Southern Cape and Klein Karoo have been put on hold until next year as there is no money left in this year’s budget to compensate people forced off their land by the apartheid government.

Go to Cape Town for the Waterfront, for Table Mountain and for the wine country. Go to Johannesburg for ... well what, exactly? Among tourists, the debate is usually a one-sided affair: in Cape Town, we’ll relax with sunshine and chardonnay in one of the world’s great holiday destinations; in Johannesburg, we’ll probably get mugged.

South Africa will host a G20 tourism ministers meeting as well as a UN World Travel Organisation Summit of Tourism early next year, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said, providing a forum to consider the impact of mega-events and help the country plan for after the 2010 Fifa World Cup.