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National Marine Week
National Marine Week is celebrated every year during the second week of October. Its purpose is to create awareness on the marine and coastal environment, the promotion of sustainable use and conservation of these resources, for the benefit of all both present and future generations.
As custodian of the marine resources in South Africa, the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism is the lead driver for National Marine Week.
National River Clean-up Day
Rivers are the arteries that carry water and life to areas all around the world. Not only do they sustain life, they also play a very important part in the water cycle and act as drainage channels for surface water. Unfortunately, they additionally transport litter that has been carelessly discarded many kilometres upstream down to the sea and into the marine environment.
Did you know that South Africa has ten major rivers that cross the length and breadth of South Africa?
- The mighty Orange River in the Northern Cape/Free State),
- Limpopo River (Limpopo),
- Vaal River (Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Northern Cape),
- Tugela River (KwaZulu-Natal),
- Olifants River (Limpopo /Mpumalanga),
- Gamtoos River (Eastern Cape),
- Great Kei River (Western Cape),
- Komati River (Mpumalanga),
- Great Fish River (Eastern Cape) and
- Molopo River (North-West)
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