Thursday, July 30, 2009

Fighting Rats in Cape Town

A non-governmental organization in South Africa has received a grant from the government to fund a program to combat the rat infestation that overruns Cape Town. The goal is to make sure ther are "more fans than rats" during the 2010 World Cup.

The national Department of Environmental Affairs has provisionally agreed to give Men on the Side of the Road R1,5m as part of its greening programme for 2010. A consultant with the department said it was now up to the NGO to come up with a business plan.

2010: Cape in bid for more tourists than rats
Cape Argus
July 25, 2009