# The International Energy Agency warns that diesel shortages could continue into next year as conflicts in the Middle East and Russia disrupt supplies. Diesel prices have soared, pushing up transport costs and putting pressure on businesses and consumers. Although refineries are expected to increase production, the agency says this will not be enough to […]
# Government’s Economic Cluster says rural women play a vital role in food production, job creation and growing local economies. Marking International Day of Rural Women today, government says it offers support through farming programmes, land reform, business funding and skills training. It is also expanding digital skills training to help women access markets and […]
# Transnet Port Terminals voer gesprekke met die privaat sektor oor twee groot vennootskappe om vermoë uit te brei en doeltreffendheid te verbeter. Uitvoerende hoof Jabu Mdaki, sê die projekte fokus op die Ngqura-mangaan-uitvoerdeurgang in die Noord-Kaap en die Richardsbaaise terminaal vir droë grootmaatvrag in KwaZulu-Natal. Die afdeling belê jaarliks sowat vier-miljard-rand in toerusting en […]
# ‘n Houerskip en vragskip het die afgelope 24 uur in die omgewing van die Seestraat van Hormoes gesink nadat dit in afsonderlike voorvalle deur projektiele getref is. Bronne in maritieme veiligheid sê ‘n klein houerskip, die GFS Pride, wat onder die vlag van Singapoer vaar, het gesink terwyl dit deur die roete gevaar het […]
# A container ship and a dry bulk carrier have both sunk around the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours after being hit by projectiles in separate incidents. Maritime security sources say a small container vessel, the Singapore-flagged GFS Pride, sank while sailing through the route, while the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged Cape Dao […]
# China and North Korea have opened a major border bridge after more than a decade of delays, in a move aimed at boosting trade between the two countries. The three-kilometre New Yalu River Bridge links the Chinese city of Dandong with Sinuiju in North Korea. It was completed in 2014 but remained unused because […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë is bekommerd omdat minder as die helfte van die openbare diensinstellings wat internetverbinding moes ontvang, tot dusver verbind is. Die spektrumveiling het vyf suksesvolle bieërs opgelewer: Vodacom, MTN, Telkom, Liquid en Rain, aan wie die taak opgedra is om openbare diensinstellings aan die internet te verbind. […]
# Transnet Port Terminals is pursuing two major private sector partnerships to expand capacity and improve efficiency. CEO Jabu Mdaki says the initiatives target the Ngqura manganese export corridor in the Northern Cape and the Richards Bay dry bulk terminal in KwaZulu-Natal. The division is investing about four-billion-rand annually in equipment and reported a six-percent […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies sê die getal mense wat op verskeie vlakke van armoede leef, het die eerste keer in 15 jaar toegeneem tot 1,2-miljard. ‘n Wêreldwye armoede-aanwyser toon dis 51,5-miljoen meer mense as verlede jaar. Onder die 1,2-miljard mense is 617-miljoen kinders, en 83-persent woon in landelike gebiede. Die administrateur van die VN se […]
