# Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, has welcomed the decision by Zimbabwean authorities to lift the ban on the importation of maize and other grains. The minister has described the move as a major step toward strengthening regional food security and economic cooperation. The department’s spokesperson, Joylene van Wyk, says the agricultural sector thrives on […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies het die Seville-skuldforum bekend gestel vir regverdiger uitleen, vinniger herstrukturering en ‘n langtermynhervorming van die na-oorlogse finansiële stelsel. Sowat 3,4-miljard mense leef in lande wat meer aan diensskuld as aan gesondheid of opvoeding bestee. Die VN se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, sê meer as 60 ontwikkelende lande bestee nou ten minste tien-persent […]
# The United Nations has launched the Sevilla Forum on Debt, which will promote fairer lending, faster restructuring, and long-term reform of the post-war financial system. About 3.4 billion people live in countries that spend more on servicing debt than on health or education. UN secretary general, António Guterres, says more than 60 developing countries now […]
# Die adjunkminister van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovasie, Nomalungelo Gina, het die privaatsektor versoek om internskapgeleenthede vir jong gegradueerdes uit te brei en waarsku jeugwerkloosheid in Suid-Afrika is ‘n nasionale noodtoestand. Gina het gepraat tydens ‘n geleentheid om die 20-jarige bestaan van die Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing se Nagraadse Internskapprogram te vier, waar meer as […]
# Die adjunkminister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Samantha Graham-Maré, sê die registrasie van groot geboue vir ‘n energieprestasiesertifikaat bied beide finansiële en omgewingsvoordele. Eienaars van groot openbare en kommersiële geboue word aangemoedig om vinnig op te tree, met die 7 Desember-sperdatum wat vinnig nader kom. Volgens Graham-Maré help energieprestasiesertifikate geboueienaars om energieverbruik dop te hou, […]
# Skokkende bewerings het na vore gekom oor ‘n Transnet-tenderskandaal, met die SK-groep wat beskuldig word van opgeblaasde pryse op kontrakte en bande met die sakeman Katiso “KT” Molefe se familie. Getuie B, wat voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig sê die onderneming het onreëlmatig ‘n tender gewen, aangesien ander bieërs onaktief was en Q Tech se […]
# Science, Technology and Innovation deputy minister Nomalungelo Gina has called on the private sector to expand internship opportunities for young graduates, warning that youth unemployment in South Africa is a national emergency. Gina was speaking at a gala celebrating 20-years of the Human Sciences Research Council Graduate Internship Programme, which has trained over seven-thousand-600 […]
# Electricity and Energy deputy minister Samantha Graham-Maré says registering large buildings for an energy performance certificate offers both financial and environmental benefits. Owners of large public and commercial buildings are urged to act quickly, with the 7 December deadline fast approaching. According to Graham-Maré, energy performance certificates help building owners track energy use, reduce […]
# Shocking claims have emerged of a Transnet tender scandal, with SK Group accused of inflating prices on contracts and having links to businessman Katiso “KT” Molefe’s family. Witness B, testifying at the Madlanga commission, said the company won a tender irregularly, as other bidders were inactive, selling Q Tech’s four-rand springs to Transnet for […]
