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Which human activities contribute to climate change?

Climate change is caused by an increase in greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide due to human activities.

This is the second time that South Africa has served on the Security Council following its first term from 2007 to 2008.

South Africa’s present non-permanent membership of the UNSC followed its election in October 2010. 

South Africa played a supporting role by helping transport ballot papers from our country, where they were printed, to the various voting stations in all corners of the large West African country.

Andrew is no ordinary 11-year-old schoolboy. While boys his age are thinking about playing with their mates after school, he’s busy thinking about how he can save the world.

Following KwaZulu-Natal Premier Dr Zweli Mkhize’s promise to KZN residents that complaints from the public about poor service delivery would be resolved, the Ombudsman’s office assists the Presidential Hotline to follow up and resolve complaints from KwaZulu-Natal in addition to its normal duties.

It took Presidential Hotline staff just three days to resolve a problem that had dragged on for 18 months. Mr Andreatta of Edenvale in Gauteng had been wrongly penalised by the South African Revenue Services (SARS), who alleged that he did not submit his tax returns.

The earth’s climate is always changing and several centuries ago the causes of this change would have been primarily natural in origin. Apart from increasing average temperature, climate change also includes changes in rainfall patterns and in extreme weather events that lead to things like floods and droughts.

Live green: Act now! Spread the word at work, home, school and help save our living planet!!!

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Census 2011 – the “Big Count” is the third census taking place since South Africa’s democratic elections in 1994. It will be the biggest
census ever conducted in this country.

Statistics South Africa

The 2nd Biennial Summit, which was held in Durban from 13 to 15 October, served as a platform to share information and ideas about the problem of substance abuse.