Deployment of citizen science could have helped avoid the Hammanskraal cholera crisis
Daily Maverick, 22 June 2023
A Daily Maverick article, penned by GroundTruth, highlights the need for the use of community-based monitoring using citizen science tools in order to act as environmental watchdogs to alert authorities of issues before it is too late.
Click here to read the full article.
BAYNESPRUIT FLOATING WETLANDS PROJECT
The Witness, 05 November 2018
A recent article from The Witness, co-written by Dr Jim Taylor, Megan Grewcock (GroundTruth Wetlands) and Matt Janks (GroundTruth Wetlands) showcases the successful floating wetlands pilot study in the Baynespruit, one of KZN’s most polluted rivers.
Read the article here.
THE KINGFISHER LAKE PROJECT
The Witness, 11 June 2018
A recently published article in The Witness newspaper featured GroundTruth Wetlands' Kingfisher Lake project.
The article was written by GroundTruth's Megan Grewcock.
Read the article here.
long service award
Congratulations to Gary de Winnaar who was awarded a 10 year long service certificate at the end of March 2018. Gary, pictured here with Dr Mark Graham, heads up GroundTruth's Biodiversity division.
CLEANING RIVERS, ONE AT A TIME
Sunday Tribune 04 February 2018
Our local Eco Hero, Ayanda Lipheyana, who was awarded the Wessa Youth Award for 2017, was featured in KZN's Sunday Tribune newspaper recently.
Ayanda is an amazing ambassador for our environment, the youth and for GroundTruth, and we are immensely proud to have him as a valued member of staff.
Well done, Ayanda.
Read the article here.
A WATER POLLUTION TIME BOMB
Sunday Tribune 04 February 2018
Dr Mark Graham recently contributed to this article in KZN's Sunday Tribune newspaper.
Read the article here.
long service award
Hearty congratulations to Juan Tedder who celebrated 10 years with GroundTruth in January this year.
Article in Flyfishing Magazine - February 2018
An interesting article in February 2018's edition of the Flyfishing magazine in which GroundTruth's 2008/2009 fish survey of the uMkomazana River is featured.