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Weeklikse opsomming Landbou Prof Johan Willemse

Scars remain from nearly all of Africa having been aggressively colonised. Greed mixed with racism to crush long-standing social structures while looting resource wealth. However, many of today’s most dynamic economies are former colonies. Their impressive successes followed colonialism’s uprooting of conventions which were becoming outdated. Perhaps colonialism should be categorised as a particularly ugly phase among a long series of highly disruptive industrial-era advances. 

Global population projected to exceed 8 billion in 2022; half live in just seven countries. The world's population cross 8 billion in November 2022. And more than half of all people live in just seven countries.

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Weeklikse Landbouoorsig met Prof Johan Willemse

Die Kenhardt Boerevereniging het kuilvoer aangekoop om onder die boere te versprei, en ons is diep dankbaar vir die publiek se ondersteuning. Elke hart wat bloei vir die boer, sy vee word opreg waardeer.Terwyl ons saam met die boere hoop en bid vir reën, weet ons dat sommige dalk nie hierdie krisis sal oorleef nie. Maar met gemeenskapsamewerking en die land se steun, is daar steeds 'n vonkie hoop in Kenhardt.Mense wat skunking wil maak met voer of vervoer van voer of geld skenk om aankope te doen is welkom: BRING HOOP , Standard Bank, Tjek rekening, Rek No: 10209381971 Tak kode: 051001 verwysing Hoop/jou naam kontak persoon is : Chris van Biljon 082 961 6620

At the COP28 climate conference in Dubai in 2023, a commitment was made to phase out fossil fuels by the middle of this century. To meet the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement— keeping global warming below 2°C and preferably 1.5°C—renewable energy capacity needs to triple by 2030. Solar energy is one of the major sources that must be expanded. But while its benefits are undeniable, all human activities have environmental impacts that need to be studied and minimised, including solar power.