# A specialist recovery and cleansing team is on scene at the Koeberg Interchange in Cape Town after a fuel tanker overturned last night. Spokesperson Kevin Jacobs says authorities are transferring fuel from the truck before beginning clean-up and recovery operations. He says multiple road closures are in effect, including sections of the N1, the […]
# Economist Richard Goode says Africa must use its abundant natural resources to drive industrialisation and economic growth. Speaking at the African Green Resources, Energy and Economy conference in Johannesburg, Goode called for stronger links between mining, manufacturing, agriculture and renewable energy. He warned against exporting raw minerals without adding value, saying this risks repeating […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê die Stad Tshwane kan nie langer die ineenstorting van die metro se afvalwater-behandelingsaanlegte ignoreer nie. Volgens ‘n kwartaallikse toesigverslag deur die Departement van Nutsdienste word Sunderland en Sandspruit teen 26,3-persent vermoë bedryf, Rooiwal-Noord teen 17,9-persent, met Babelegi wat tot 17,4-persent voldoening gedaal het. Nick Pascoe van die party sê swak […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says City of Tshwane can no longer sweep the collapse of the metro’s wastewater treatment works under the rug. According to a quarterly oversight report by the Department of Utilities, Sunderland and Sandspruit are functioning at 26.3-percent capacity and Rooiwal North at 17.9-percent, while Babelegi has collapsed to 17.4-percent compliance. […]
# Die adjunkminister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Narend Singh, sê die implementering van die Wet op Klimaatsverandering is ‘n beduidende stap in die versterking van Suid-Afrika se reaksie op beide versagting en aanpassing. Die wetgewing is daarop gemik om die land na ‘n lae-koolstof en klimaatsveerkragtige toekoms te lei. Singh sê klimaatsfinansiering moet […]
# Deputy minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Narend Singh, says the implementation of the Climate Change Act marks a significant step forward in strengthening South Africa’s response to both mitigation and adaptation. The legislation aims to guide the country towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient future. Singh says climate finance should never be viewed […]
# Venezuela se waarnemende president, Delcy Rodríguez het ‘n presidensiële kommissie gestig om te bepaal wat die skade aan behuising en infrastruktuur is ná Woensdag se twee kragtige aardbewings met sterktes van 7,2 en 7,5. Die dodetal staan tans op een-duisend-450 en meer as 12-duisend mense is ontwortel. Die kommissie word gelei deur die ingenieur […]
# Acting Venezuelan president Delcy Rodríguez has established a presidential commission to assess the condition of housing and infrastructure damaged by last Wednesday’s two powerful earthquakes. The death toll from the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes currently stand at one-thousand-450 while more than 12-thousand people have been displaced. The commission will be headed by engineer […]
# Kaapstad is aangewys as die wêreld se mooiste stad. Volgens Time Out se jongste lys van die wêreld se mooiste stede, het Kaapstad 86-persent van die stemme ontvang. Die res van die top-vyf is Edinburgh in Skotland, Sydney in Australië, Chicago in Amerika en Lissabon in Portugal. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Ekonomiese Groei, James Vos, […]
