# Global alliance for sustainable coal, FutureCoal, is calling on banks, insurers, and investors to fund coal fairly and responsibly. Chairperson Mike Teke says coal remains a vital energy source, supporting industries, jobs, and economic growth, especially in regions with limited alternatives. Teke urged financial institutions to back coal under FutureCoal’s sustainable coal stewardship framework, […]
# The South African Tourism Board says Tourism minister Patricia de Lille’s reasons for dissolving the board fail the good cause test under the Tourism Act. Former board member Lawson Naidoo told Parliament the board was denied a chance to respond to the minister’s second letter. He cited resignations, suspensions, and operational challenges affecting the […]
# Die DA doen ‘n beroep op die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, om te verduidelik waarom 1,7-miljard-rand wat bedoel is vir een-duisend-750 nuwe gesondheidsposte nie personeelgetalle in openbare hospitale verhoog het nie. Die party sê hospitale bly kritiek onderbeman, met meer as 27-duisend vakatures, insluitend twee-duisend dokters en 17-duisend verpleegsters. Michéle Clarke van die […]
# Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, het die Parlement se Toerismekomitee verseker daar is geen krisis by SA Toerisme nie. Dit volg op die aanstelling van ses tussentydse lede wat deur die Toerisme-sakeraad benoem is om toesig te hou oor die entiteit totdat ‘n nuwe raad aangewys word. Sy sê die privaat en […]
# Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, sê sy het die Suid-Afrikaanse Toerismeraad ontbind ná ‘n verslag van die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid oor onreëlmatige uitgawes, insluitend die mislukte Tottenham Hotspur-borgskap. De Lille het die voorsitter van die portefeuljekomitee oor Toerisme toegespreek en bewerings van politieke inmenging en korrupsie van die hand gewys en aangedring haar […]
# The DA urges Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi to explain why 1.7-billion-rand meant for one-thousand-750 new health posts has not increased staffing in public hospitals. The party says hospitals remain critically understaffed, with over 27-thousand vacancies, including two-thousand doctors and 17-thousand nurses. The DA’s Michéle Clarke says there are severe shortages at Inkosi Albert Luthuli […]
# Tourism minister Patricia de Lille has assured Parliament’s Tourism Committee there’s no crisis at SA Tourism. This follows the appointment of six interim members nominated by the Tourism Business Council to oversee the entity until a new board is named. Addressing Parliament portfolio committee on Tourism, she says the private and public sectors remain […]
# Die nywerheidsvakbond Giwusa het die besluit van die suiwelreus Clover veroordeel om eensydig aan onderhandelinge te onttrek. Die president van Giwusa, Mametlwe Sebei, sê die gesprekke is gemik op die herindiensneming van honderde werkers wat tydens die omstrede herstruktureringsproses van 2021/2022 afgedank is. Hy sê die besluit steek hulle dwars in die krop en […]
# Tourism minister Patricia de Lille says she dissolved the South African Tourism Board following a Special Investigating Unit report into irregular expenditure, including the failed Tottenham Hotspur sponsorship. Addressing Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Tourism, De Lille dismissed claims of political interference and corruption insisting her actions were within the Constitution. She revealed ongoing governance […]
