College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

The uncertainty of water in a changing environment

From left: Prof Willie Nel (COD: Department of Environmental Sciences), Lerato Bapela (Department of Environmental Sciences), Samanta Stelli, (Rand Water), Thabo Masike (Department of Water Affairs) and Charles Makuwerere (Bembani Group) at the water colloquium

“There will be no global crisis because of physical scarcities of water. If there will be a crisis it will be because of poor water management.” This was the conclusion that the Asian Development Bank came to a decade ago. It is with this conclusion that International Water Day, held annually on 22 March is becoming more imperative with each passing year.

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2012 Livestock Health and Production Group (LHPG) congress in Stellenbosch

From left: Poppie Khoza (CAES), Ellen Mokoena (CC&M) and Vicky Lee-Shew (Western Cape Region)

The Western Cape Region, the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) and staff from the Department of Corporate Communication and Marketing (CC&M) participated in the 2012 Livestock Health and Production Group (LHPG) congress in Stellenbosch.

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SAEVA 2012 congress in the Southern Cape

From left: Ellen Mokoena (CC&M), Tshepiso Modiba (Western Cape Region) & Poppie Khoza (College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences)

The Western Cape Region, the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) and staff from the Department of Corporate Communication and Marketing (CC&M) participated in the 2012 South African Equine Veterinary Association (SAEVA) congress which was hosted in the Southern Cape in February this year.

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The role of goats in food supply, poverty alleviation and prosperity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Prof J W Ng’ambi University of Limpopo, South Africa

The Department of Agriculture and Animal Health in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences invited Professor J W Ng’ambi as

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Public green spaces beyond recreation

Prof Willie Nel, Head of Department: Environmental Sciences; Dr Christy Boylan, international guest speaker; Cllr Mabena, Johannesburg Metro; and Prof Jimmy Hendrick, Director: School of Environmental Sciences

The importance of green public spaces was highlighted during the Department of Environmental Sciences’ public lecture held at the Unisa Florida Campus on Monday 16 January 2012. Dr Christy Boylan from Ireland was the guest speaker at the lecture and his topic of focus was “The value, quality, quantity, accessibility, utilisation, assessment techniques and so on of public green spaces”.

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