# The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture have signed an memorandum of understanding to strengthen agricultural cooperation across Africa and the Americas. With COP30 and the G20 ahead, the deal targets food security, climate action, and trade. The IICA’s Manuel Otero calls it a major […]
# Die minister van Water en Sanitasie, Pemmy Majodina, het inwoners wat onder vloedlyne woon langs die Vaalrivier, stroomaf van die Vaaldam en die Bloemhofdam, gewaarsku laagliggende gebiede bly kwesbaar. Dit is as gevolg van die sluise van albei damme wat oopgemaak is om watervlakke te bestuur. Majodina het inwoners versoek om gebiede te ontruim […]
# Zimbabwe het begin met vergoedingsbetalings aan voormalige plaaseienaars kragtens die Global Compensation Deed wat in 2020 onderteken is. Daar is tot op hede 740 plase goedgekeur vir vergoeding, met die regering wat reeds ongeveer 59,3-miljoen-rand uitbetaal het vir die eerste verwerkte 378 plase. Die minister van Finansies in Zimbabwe, Mthuli Ncube, sê die vergoeding […]
# Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina has cautioned residents living within the flood line along the Vaal River System, downstream of the Vaal Dam and Bloemhof Dam, that low-lying areas remain vulnerable. This is due to the open sluice gates at both dams, which are being used to manage water levels. Majodina urged residents to […]
# Zimbabwe has initiated compensation payments to former farm owners under the Global Compensation Deed signed in 2020. To date, 740 farms have been approved for compensation, with the government disbursing approximately 59.3-million-rand for the first batch of 378 processed farms. Zimbabwe’s Finance minister, Mthuli Ncube, the compensation is part of Zimbabwe’s Arrears Clearance and […]
# President Donald Trump het die befondsing van Amerika se navorsingsprogram oor klimaatsverandering opgeskort wat die federale regering se verslag oor die kwessie saamstel. Die Amerikaanse Klimaatsbeoordeling word elke vier jaar uitgereik en is Amerika se omvattendste beraming van die huidige uitwerking van klimaatsverandering en klimaatwetenskap. Kenners sê die beoordeling speel ‘n groot rol in […]
# President Donald Trump’s administration has cancelled funding for the US Global Change Research Programme, an entity that produces the federal government’s climate change study. America’s Climate Assessment is published approximately every four years and is the country’s broadest assessment of current climate change impacts and climate science. According to experts, the assessment plays a […]
# AfriForum het ‘n dringende versoek aan die nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, gerig om plaasaanvalle as voorkeurmisdaad te klassifiseer ingevolge die Wet op die Polisie. Die organisasie voer aan plaasaanvalle is uiters georganiseerd en gewelddadig en het ‘n uitwerking op nasionale bestendigheid, wat ondersoeke deur die Valke vereis. Jacques Broodryk van AfriForum vra ‘n toegewyde […]
# AfriForum has submitted an urgent request to national police commissioner, Fannie Masemola, to classify farm attacks as a national priority crime under the Police Act. The group argues farm attacks are highly organised, violent, and impactful on national stability, requiring Hawks-level investigation. AfriForum’s Jacques Broodryk calls for a dedicated task team to tackle rural […]
