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07 May RESPONSE TO MINISTER CREECY’S RELEASE OF REPORT OF HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON THE MANAGEMENT, BREEDING, HUNTING, TRADE AND HANDLING OF ELEPHANT, LION, LEOPARD AND RHINOCEROS

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7th May 2021 RESPONSE TO MINISTER CREECY’S RELEASE OF REPORT OF HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON THE MANAGEMENT, BREEDING, HUNTING, TRADE AND HANDLING OF ELEPHANT, LION, LEOPARD AND RHINOCEROS We welcome the decisive action taken by the Minister to end the captive lion breeding industry and restoring South Africa’s key...

07 May Tourism Blue Flag Project (Phase 2)

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7th May 2021 Tourism Blue Flag Project (Phase 2) After successfully recruiting a full complement of 104 second year Beach Stewards, WESSA’s Tourism Blue Flag Project enjoyed a number of firsts with them over April: We enjoyed a problem-free first round of accredited tourism guiding training, over the second...

07 May Open letter to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation

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7th May 2021 PRESS RELEASE Open letter to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Dear Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, Rivers of Sewage Water is life, and South Africa does not have enough of it. Our water scarcity, currently acutely experienced in many parts of the country but particularly the Eastern...

19 Apr Kruger National Park Rhino population

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19th April 2021 PRESS RELEASE Kruger National Park Rhino population The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) would like to express its concern about the now well-documented decline (more than 50%) of the rhino population in the Kruger National Park (KNP) over the last 10 years...

19 Feb Tourism Blue Flag Youth Graduate into the Tourism Economy

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For 19th th February 2021 PRESS RELEASE At our graduation ceremony held in Simonstown on Friday, 16 previously unemployed Western Cape youth graduated from the Tourism Blue Flag Project. Funded by the National Department of Tourism (NDT), and implemented by WESSA, the TBF Project is a youth skills-training programme....

18 Feb Tourism Blue Flag Youth Graduate into the Tourism Economy

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For 18thth February 2021 PRESS RELEASE At our graduation ceremony held in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday, 22 previously unemployed Eastern Cape and Garden Route youth graduated from the Tourism Blue Flag Project. Funded by the National Department of Tourism (NDT), and implemented by WESSA, the...

15 Feb Tourism Blue Flag Youth Graduate into the Tourism Economy

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For 15thth February 2021 PRESS RELEASE Tourism Blue Flag Youth Graduate into the Tourism Economy At our graduation ceremony held at uShaka Sea World in Durban, 31 previously unemployed KZN youth graduated from the Tourism Blue Flag Project. Funded by the National Department of Tourism...

28 Nov WESSA PRESENTS THE 2020/21 BLUE FLAG AWARDS TO 48 BEACHES, 6 MARINAS AND 4 TOURISM BOATS

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28th Nov 2020 WESSA (The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa), the National Operator for Blue Flag officially launched the 2020/21 Blue Flag Season in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal. The ceremony for this prestigious environmental award was held at Ushaka Marine World on the 27 November 2020....

20 Nov Orion Engineered Carbons Funds The Orion Eco Schools Project in South Africa

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20th November 2020 Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (NYSE: OEC), a worldwide supplier of specialty and high-performance carbon black, today announced that it has funded The Orion Eco Schools Project in South Africa. This program provides opportunities for teachers to grow and improve their teaching and learning...

29 Jul TGC Learnership Graduation Eastern Cape

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29th July 2020 Tourism Green Coast Youth Graduate into the Tourism Economy Four successive graduation ceremonies were held on the Wild Coast, Eastern Cape between the 15th and 24th July 2020, during which 118 youth from the Eastern Cape graduated from the Tourism Green Coast (TGC)...