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PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR APPLIANCES
Whether it's from load-shedding or because the power goes down during a storm, there are inevitably going to be periods when you may not have electricity to keep your appliances running as they should do. Power surges that occur when the power is reconnected are also a risk. Here are some suggestions to help ...
NOTEWORTHY NEWS IN NUMBERS
25%:
number of US beehives affected by foulbrood. The first vaccine for honeybees has been approved, hopefully offering protection from this and other diseases that destroy bee colonies.
$3-billion:
the average cost of the top 10 most 'expensive' climate-related disasters of 2022, including KZN's April floods, with widespread devastation caused by the heaviest rainfall in 60 years.
196:
the number of countries that adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in December 2022, committing the world to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.
YOUR VEHICLE'S AFTER-HOLIDAY CHECKLIST
If you have returned from holiday and are preparing for the year ahead, a critical part of that preparation should be looking after your vehicle. Just as you need to prepare your vehicle for a journey, you also need to perform some post-holiday checks to ensure your vehicle continues to safely serve you and your family ... |
DON'T LEAVE YOURSELF WITHOUT COVER
Don't cut back on your insurance cover - it may leave you vulnerable and open to even larger costs - without the safety net of having an insurer to assist you. There's nothing you can do to prevent certain incidents that would leave you out of pocket if you had to repair the damage yourself. But there are steps you can take ... |
KEYLESS CARS
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REVOLUTIONARY SUSTAINABLE BATTERY
Energy and its sources are hot topics at the moment. Researchers in Sweden have developed an energy storage device in which electrons are produced by previously unwanted waste-wood material from the paper milling industry: safe, abundant and environmentally-friendly. Learn more about what may soon be the future of batteries ... |
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