Thursday 22 October 2020 FREE NEWS YOU CAN USE One of the zebras on Naval Hill in Bloemfontein. PHOTO: DR JOHANNES VAN DER WESTHUIZEN Friends of Franklin Rhulani Shivambu and Andri Grobbelaar. to the rescue PHOTO: LUCAS ERASMUS Sazly Hartzenberg and natural environment of the Franklin and other wildlife on Naval Hill. “Thus, and game feed pellets. “Storage facilities [email protected] Game Reserve, we are hoping that as the after the further easing of lockdown are available at Naval Hill and Friends of membership numbers and participation regulations, Friends of Franklin group Franklin will arrange with Mangaung Nature The Friends of Franklin (FoF) group has grow, some of our future projects could was officially established in September Conservation Services the manner in which decided to step up and tackle some of assist in enhancing the public’s safety 2020.” it will be safely collected from the public the burning issues affecting Naval Hill of Naval Hill in general.” According to Grobbelaar also told Bloemfontein and distributed among the wildlife.” head on. This after Bloemfontein Courant Grobbelaar, the general aim of this Courant that Bloemfontein is one of Grobbelaar explained that anyone who recently reported about the squatter public group is to cooperate with the only four cities in the world with a is interested to conserve and promote the problem on Naval Hill, among others. Mangaung Nature Conservation Services nature reserve within its perimeters. wildlife of Naval Hill and Franklin Game Andri Grobbelaar (34), a PhD candidate in order to assist with the conservation The indigenous plants and trees Reserve as a whole, is welcome to join in Zoology at the University of the Free and promotion of the wildlife and natural of the reserve provide a wonderful Friends of Franklin and to donate. For more State and founder member of FoF, said environment of Naval Hill and Franklin representation of the Free State’s natural information on how to contribute to the they are well aware of the current social Game Reserve. vegetation. project and/or to become a FoF member, issues surrounding the living conditions of She said the idea to start such a group The group is currently running a individuals may email: friendsoffranklin. the Naval Hill squatters and backpackers. originated in 2019 when a small number project called Help us feed our Franklin [email protected]. Also, follow them on “Although FoF group specifically of people living in the surrounding areas Friends, and requests the community to FaceBook: Friends of Franklin – Naval Hill focuses on the conservation of the wildlife helped provide extra feed for the giraffes help with monthly donations of lucerne Nature Conservation Group. 2 Gemeenskap • Community Bloemfontein Courant • 22 October 2020 UFS student among 200 most influential young people Heidre Malgas through his recently founded organisation, titled ‘The role of agrobiodiversity on [email protected] Ubuntu AgriRenaissance. This organisation environmental management and its impact seeks to contribute towards knowledge on human ecology’,” he said. Qinisani Qwabe (26), a second-year PhD and livelihood development through “These accolades are a constant student at the University of the Free State, improved agriculture, youth and community reminder that your background doesn’t recently learned he has been selected engagement, research, as well as the necessarily determine your destiny and promotion of indigenous knowledge that if you keep pressing on, you place as one of the Mail & Guardian’s Top 200 Qinisani Qwabe (26) has been selected as one students in the Education Category. The systems. yourself at a position of advantage,” he of the Mail & Guardian Top 200 students in Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans Qwabe added that he had obtained a said. the Education Category. is a list of individuals the Mail & Guardian number of achievements. “My biggest He really hopes that one day he will considers to be the most influential 200 achievement thus far has been a BRICS find himself in a position where he will be said. Young South Africans for the year. Conference that was held in Russia able to inform policy, or at least lead in Currently enrolled for his PhD Degree Qwabe said, when he heard he had from 21 to 25 September 2020. For an organisation that contributes towards in Sustainable Agriculture, Rural achieved this, it took him by surprise, this conference, I was selected by the bettering the livelihoods of people – Development and Extension at the UFS, though he knew it came about because Academy of Science South Africa (ASSAf) especially people suffering from food Qwabe is proud to have been chosen of his academic excellence and the in collaboration with the Department of poverty. “The World Health Organisation’s as one of the Top 200 Mail & Guardian integration he had made between Science and Innovation (DSI). I presented Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) students and has hopes to keep on academia and community engagement under the Ecology theme, an abstract is one of the perfect examples for this,” he improving food scarcity and livelihoods. Massive fires destroy more than Woonbuurtassosiasie hou 100 000 hectare herwinning-Saterdag Heidre Malgas [email protected] Sazly Hartzenberg bronne te bewaar.” [email protected] Hugo het aan Bloemfontein Massive fires have destroyed Courant verduidelik hoe dit property in the Hertzogville and Elke tweede en laaste Saterdag werk. Die diensverskaffer sal Hoopstad area this past week, van die maand hou die teen 9 uur sy motor en sleepwa resulting in livestock loss and more gemeenskap van Fichardtpark op die parkeerarea langs die than 100 000 ha being burnt down. en lede van nabye woonbuurte Fichardtpark-biblioteek parkeer Wayne Mokheti, spokesperson saam met die Fichardtpark en gemeenskapslede kan dan of Working on Fire, said with the Woonbuurtassosiasie (FWA) hul herwinbare afval aflaai tot 11 fire danger index being on red, ‘n herwinning-Saterdag tussen uur die oggend. 09:00 en 11:00. Hugo sê dat hulle in ‘n combined with the heatwave and Working on Fire has been fighting the fires since Tuesday morning hoping strong winds fanning the fire, the to save as much land as possible Volgens die voorsitter van opname bepaal het dat die severity of the fire has increased. FWA Herwinning, Duart Hugo, gemiddelde getal motors wat herwinbare afval aflaai op This has contributed to it gaining Working on Fire has been fighting Bultfontein areas have been het die FWA besluit om met herwinning-Saterdag ongeveer momentum and destroying even the fires since Tuesday morning contained yesterday morning with hierdie proses te begin om die 55 is. more land. hoping to save as much land as 32 Working on Fire firefighters buurt te koolstofvoetspoor te “Enige huishouding kan He added that the Working possible such as various back on the scene busy with mop- verminder en herwinbare afval betrokke raak en voorstelle on Fire Team has been battling burns in different areas in an up operations. “Working on wat op opvullingsterreine/ashope maak oor herwinning-Saterdag. with the fire since Tuesday and attempt to contain and control the Fire is working alongside beland te bekamp aangesien Mense is welkom om die kantoor fire-fighting efforts have continued fire.” the provincial and national hierdie persele weens swak van die FWA te kontak vir enige until the evening, but fires have Fortunately no fire fighter has disaster management centre bestuur en kapasiteit tans onder inligting oor herwinning.” continued throughout the evening. suffered any injury and the team is and landowners to ensure that groot druk verkeer. Die volgende herwinning- According to him, “The Working still working on containing the fire. measures are put in place to “Ons werk ook daaraan om ‘n Saterdag vind plaas op 31 on Fire teams have implemented The fires in Hertzogville, control the fire if it happens to skoner omgewing te skep, werk Oktober 2020. integrated management activities, Boshof, Dealesville and flare up again,” Mokheti said. te skep en skaars natuurlike Editor - Pieter Delport [email protected] SALES STUDIO AUDIT REPORT NEWS: Corni Fourie - 051 505 0997 The distribution of this ABC Marelize Dunlop - 082 291 4124 Elmarie Venter newspaper is independently 082 3701 268 Sales Manager - Corni Fourie Carien Papgis - 082 659 7741 audited to the professional Anne Theron - 074 481 5070 051 5050 900 standards administrated Production Manager – Nita Lloyd Judy Barnard - 076 791 0304 Liezl Magson by the [email protected] Nettie de Beer - 082 822 4538 Audit Bureau of Felecia Wessels - 051 5050 926 Circulations of South Africa. 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