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UJ presents first creative work exhibition of biotechnology to be held in SA, Africa
The artworks are made using various microbes – including bacteria and mycelia – and other living and non/living matter to render the invisible visible.
Woodlands Dairy commissions biomass boilers to reduce climate emissions
By switching over to a biomass boiler, the company, which produces the well-known First Choice milk, reduced its electric boiler consumption by 40% and its HFO consumption by 83%.
President Ramaphosa claims Cape teeming with call centres thanks to the government’s efforts
The Western Cape is teeming with call centres which are doling out jobs due to ground work laid by the government to attract investment, President Cyril Ramaphosa told MPs.
Slash covered slopes of Upper Tokai a concern as high fire season begins
Parkscape has drawn attention to the slopes of Upper Tokai, which were covered in hundreds of tons of tinder dry slash, following extensive invasive alien species clearing a year ago – posing a huge fire risk in the area.
Western Cape looking into how biomass could be used for energy security, aviation fuel
The Provincial Standing Committee on Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning was recently briefed on a Biomass Programme and Aviation Fuel Study.