# Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Kenny Morolong says climate change, technological advancement, artificial intelligence, digitalisation and changing patterns of production are reshaping economies across the globe. He says these disruptions bring risk, but they also create new industries, new skills and new forms of work. Morolong says the green economy is one of the […]
# Adjunkminister in die Presidensie, Kenny Morolong, sê klimaatsverandering, tegnologiese vooruitgang, kunsmatige intelligensie, digitalisering en veranderende produksiepatrone hervorm ekonomieë regoor die wêreld. Hy sê hierdie ontwrigtings kan gevare meebring, maar dit skep ook nuwe nywerhede, nuwe vaardighede en nuwe vorme van werk. Morolong sê die groen ekonomie is een van die vinnigste groeiende sektore, aangevuur […]
# Sri Lanka sukkel met die ergste uitbreking in jare van die muskiet-oordraagbare denguekoors, met meer as 44-duisend gevalle en 28 sterftes wat sedert Januarie aangeteken is. ‘n Amptenaar het gesê dit plaas openbare hospitale onder druk. Dengue is algemeen tydens Sri Lanka se moesonseisoen, maar onbeheersde verstedeliking en skade weens die sikloon Ditwah het […]
# Sri Lanka is battling the worst outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever in years, with more than 44-thousand cases and 28 deaths recorded since January. An official said it is putting public hospitals under strain. Dengue is common during Sri Lanka’s monsoon season, but unplanned urbanisation and damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah worsened the outbreak […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse premier, Alan Winde, sê hulle beweeg van noodreaksie na langtermynherstel ná die hewige storms wat die provinsie onlangs getref het. Twaalf mense is dood en die skade beloop meer as nege-miljard-rand. Werkers het ongeveer 70-persent van die paaie wat gesluit was, heropen terwyl Eskom elektrisiteit na 97-persent van inwoners wat deur kragonderbrekings getref […]
# Western Cape premier Alan Winde says they are shifting from emergency response to long-term recovery following the severe storms that hit the province recently, claiming the lives of 12 people. The cost of the damage caused by the storms stands at over nine-billion-rand. Workers have reopened around 70-percent of closed roads, while Eskom has reconnected 97-percent of […]
# AfriForum sê grondeienaars, boere en gemeenskappe moet voorberei vir ‘n moontlike strawwe winterveldbrandseisoen. Dit volg op ‘n vooruitsig van die Nasionale Rampbestuursentrum wat hoë brandgevare in dele van Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, die Oos-Kaap, Gauteng, Limpopo en Noordwes toon weens warm, droë en winderige toestande. Tarien Cooks van AfriForum sê bogemiddelde temperature, sterk wind, digte plantegroei […]
# AfriForum says landowners, farmers and communities should prepare for a potentially severe winter wildfire season. This follows a National Disaster Management Centre outlook showing high fire risk in parts of Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo and North West due to hot, dry and windy conditions. AfriForum’s Tarien Cooks says above-normal temperatures, strong […]
# Duisende suidelike olifantrobwelpies op afgeleë Antarktiese eilande wat aan Australië behoort, is as gevolg van voëlgriep dood. Die Heard- en McDonald-eilande, ongeveer vier-duisend-kilometer suidwes van Australië, is die tuiste van meer as een-miljoen seevoëls en robbe wat daar aanteel. Wetenskaplikes skat ongeveer 13-duisend babarobbe uit ‘n groep van 17-duisend op Heard-eiland is sedert verlede […]
