VOL 3 NO. 7 TEL: 035 799 0500 • FAX 035 772 5596 JULY 4, 2014
Greening the future through people
LARRY BENTLEY
THE iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority was
on the receiving end of
a prestigious Mail and
Guardian ‘Greening the
Future’ award in the
‘Youth...
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VOL 3 NO. 7 TEL: 035 799 0500 • FAX 035 772 5596 JULY 4, 2014
Greening the future through people
LARRY BENTLEY
THE iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority was
on the receiving end of
a prestigious Mail and
Guardian ‘Greening the
Future’ award in the
‘Youth Leadership and
Job Creation’ category.
The Department of
Environment entity, has
proven itself as the leading example of the new
age of conservation and
development in South
Africa.
The award was made
following the success of
iSimangaliso’s innovative
Higher Education Access
Programme, which integrates the strong conservation of the ecological
wealth of South Africa’s
first World Heritage Site
with the empowerment
and development of historically disadvantaged
youth who live in and
adjacent to the Park.
The Minister of Environment, Edna Molewa
said, ‘Congratulations to
iSimangaliso for earning this Green Award
and for a Higher Education Access Programme
aimed at ensuring that
future CEOs, senior
managers, professionals
and scientists will
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