African Eye News Service articles from August 2003

African Eye News Service archives from August 2003

TANZANIA: TANZANIAN MINISTER KEEN TO ESTABLISH COELACANTH TOUR SITES.
August 5, 2003... DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 5 (AENS)- A team of South African scientists have been in East Africa for just more than a week where they'll lead a joint research project on the coelacanth. The fish, which was thought to have become extinct 65 million...

SOUTH AFRICA: ELEPHANT MUSEUM TO BE UPGRADED.
August 5, 2003... HOEDSPRUIT, South Africa, Aug 5 (AENS)- The Letaba Elephant Museum in the Kruger National Park will soon be upgraded and rangers are on the lookout for an elephant skeleton that can be put on display. The museum is part of the Goldfields...

SOUTH AFRICA: KRUGER WON'T FENCE IN WORKERS' VILLAGE.
August 19, 2003... SKUKUZA, South Africa, Aug. 19 (AENS) - Nine-year-old Tshikani Nobela is the third resident of the workers' village at Skukuza in the Kruger National Park to be killed by a leopard since 2000. But there's little management can do about it....

SOUTH AFRICA: TWO-WAY RADIOS INVALUABLE FOR SHARK NET CHECKS ALONG BEACHES.
August 19, 2003... DURBAN, South Africa, Aug. 19 (AENS) - The Natal Sharks Board is using two-way radios to ensure its shark nets remain in tact along the 320km stretch of coastline from Richards Bay to Port Edward. The coastline is a popular holiday...

SOUTH AFRICA: SA BIRDING ROUTE IN TOP THREE FOR GLOBAL AWARD.
August 27, 2003... JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Aug. 27) AENS - The Zululand Birding Route initiative is one of only three finalists worldwide in the annual sustainable tourism award for conservation, hosted by the Smithsonian Magazine and Travellers Conservation...

SOUTH AFRICA: RURAL KIDS MAKE IT TO NATIONAL TOURISM ESSAY MATCH.
August 27, 2003... NELSPRUIT, South Africa (Aug. 27) AENS - Two pupils from a rural high school in Mpumalanga will represent the province at the national tourism essay competition in Upington next month. Anna Mkhatshwa and Thomas Fuleni, both grade 11 pupils...

SOUTH AFRICA: BID TO TURN 10% OF SA'S LAND INTO PROTECTED AREAS.
August 28, 2003... JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Aug. 28 (AENS) - A bigger Marakele national park was launched on Thursday, after being expanded as part of South Africa's drive to turn at least 10% of its landmass into protected areas by 2010. Only 6,5% of the...

SOUTH AFRICA: TEACHERS ENCOURAGED TO BUILD A NATION OF NATURE-LOVERS.
August 28, 2003... NELSPRUIT, South Africa, Aug. 28 (AENS) - Teachers from schools bordering the Kruger National Park attended a two-day workshop this week on how to build a nation of 'nature-lovers'. The 'Kids in Kruger' teacher development workshop was...