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United Nations assists victims of the KwaZulu-Natal floods
“Shattered, yaah hey,” sighs the taxi driver who picks me up from the Durban airport, as he expresses the emotional turmoil residents of KwaZulu-Natal suffered following the devastating floods that besieged the province in early April this year.
The Government and UN sign the Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF)
The Government and the United Nations in South Africa formally signed the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) in Pretoria, on 19 April 2022.
SPECIAL COVERAGE: UNEP-Led Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Project
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in South Africa and its
partners, as well as the InFocus team, recently visited the Eastern, Western and Northern Cape provinces to assess their pilot projects on Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA). The following stories and interviews provide an insight into how the projects have fared so far and how they have been received by local communities as part of their response to the negative impact of climate change on their daily lives.”
“You will be surprised how people survive”
From the small but vibrant town of Mt. Fletcher in Eastern Cape, a province which sprawls along the Indian Ocean, a narrow, dirty road meanders in a semi-circle through the five-chieftaincy Joe Gqabi District Municipality. Read More
Interview: Sicelo Pongoma
Sicelo Pongoma is the manager of theJoe Gqabi District Municipality Water Treatment Facility in Mt. Fletcher in the Eastern Cape Province, where he runs water services. Over the past five years, he has provided technical support and guidance to local municipalities on how to use limited water more efficiently. Read More
Interview: Dr. Ayanda Sigwela
Dr. Ayanda Sigwela, 52, was the consultant for the just-completed UNEP pilot project on ecosystem-based adaptation. A former lecturer on zoology at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, he specializes in restoration ecology. Read More
Empowering Communities to adapt to climate change
“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for life” is the Chinese proverb that perhaps best captures the Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) programme, in South Africa. Read More
Turning waster into a business venture
To be climate smart we can Reuse, Reduce and Recycle, right? How about UPCYCLING too? That’s precisely the concept behind the Lilly Loompa business brand, upcycling materials from waste to create eco-friendly furniture and homeware that is unique and decorative for homes. Read More
South Africa leads the successful launch of the Education Plus Initiative
The Department of Basic Education and its partners joined five United Nations agencies in South Africa – UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women – in successfully leading the launch of the Education Plus Initiative in Pretoria early this year.
The importance of Tippy Taps within our communities
Good hand hygiene and proper sanitation go beyond schools and clinics. Edendale, on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg, has many challenges, including limited access to water and good sanitation. Many households do not have running water and toilets and there are no handwashing facilities in some structures.
Eastern Cape launches the HIV “Undetectable = Untransmittable”
Hundreds of people living with HIV in Eastern Cape Province are spreading the word that effective treatment can prevent onward transmission of the virus.
Migrants and local women share skills and knowledge on Sewing and Fashion Designing
Through the Migration Multi Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) women from Lamontville township in Durban - KwaZulu Natal Province, came together to share and transfer their skills and knowledge in Sewing and fashion designing. The project is aimed at promoting social inclusion between South Africans and women from other countries who are residing in Lamontville. The project also aims to encourage women to start their small businesses based on the knowledge they share between themselves.
Expanding the use of Conservation Agriculture in South Africa
Celiwe Mazibuko, a farmer and a young mother from KwaZulu-Natal Province, increased the yield of her soya beans from 1.2 tons to 2.5 tons per hectare using conservation agriculture (CA). The increase meant more profits coming in. She is now able to use some of the money to purchase her own fertilizer spreader and trailer which saves her production costs and time. Furthermore, she can spend more time with her family.
Op-Ed: Africa’s new harvest - sustainable development by innovation for transformation
A promising transformation has already started in Africa’s farmlands. Family farmers are increasingly using innovative approaches and scientific research, combined with traditional knowledge, to increase the productivity of their fields, diversify their crops, boost their nutrition and build climate resilience.
Interview: Songezo Mhambi, A UNDP small business initiative beneficiary
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), together with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is supporting small medium and micro-sized enterprises to roll out the TV White Spaces network technology in rural areas under the project, “Support to SMMEs to Provide Low-Cost Internet in Township and Rural Communities.”
UNDP announces seed funding to female entrepreneurs following civil unrests
in celebration of International Women’s Day observed on 8 March each year, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa and the 22 ON SLOANE Start-up Incubation Hub, announced the awarding of US$50,000 (R775,000) seed grant to support 10 female entrepreneurs in Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng provinces.
Inspirational Leadership recognized during the UN in South Africa awards
On the side-lines of this year’s retreat of the United Nations Country Team held in the port city of Durban, the then head of the UN in South Africa, Nardos Bekele-Thomas, hosted the UN Resident Coordinator’s annual awards dinner.
Zwakala Covid-19 Campaign: Take your shot!
"We were shocked and I was scared of Covid-19 because many people were dying because of it,” says 17-year-old Bafana Chabalala, “I remember my sister had it…so it was bad with my family…we couldn’t hold on with this coronavirus.
New Flanders-South Africa project on climat change adaptation in industries bearing fruit
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and its partners have officially launched a new project to strengthen the adaptation capacity of industry for a green and resilient economy in South Africa.
Climate friendly and luxury handbags
The 36 year-old, Thobekile Mkhize, is the founder and CEO of Mabotho Designs. Hailing from Amanzimtoti in Durban, Thobekile produces designer luxury leather goods with material sourced from local tanneries. A tannery is the place where the skins of animals are processed.uote, or to talk about important news.
The 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour
Delegates attending the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour have agreed to the Durban Call to Action , which outlines strong commitments to end child labour. The concluding document emphasizes the need for urgent action, because “the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflicts, and food, humanitarian and environmental crises threaten to reverse years of progress against child labour”.
Equipping young people to know, claim and defend their rights
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSA) closed off its Human Rights Month activities with a visit to the Ntethelelo Foundation early this year.
IOM hosts Media Engagements on Migration
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) hosted the Media on Migration in South Africa. The purpose of the engagement was to sensitise them on IOM’s work in South Africa, to create a space to better understand migration and the role migration plays in the country’s development, to encourage evidence-based reporting on different migration issues and establish a mechanism of ongoing information sharing with the media.
IOM South Africa hosts Multistakeholder Engagement on Cross Border Migration Management
IOM under the African Regional Migration Program supported the South Africa - Zimbabwe Beitbridge Cross Border Migration Management Stakeholders Forum at Musina Lodge, Limpopo Province
Damage of devastating KZN floods
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