# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Mediese Navorsingsraad het aanbeveel steenkoolkragstasies moet uitgefaseer word nadat ‘n dekade-lange studie bevind het daar bestaan verhoogde gesondheidsrisiko’s vir nabygeleë inwoners. Die navorsing, in samewerking met Brittanje se Departement van Internasionale Ontwikkeling, het drie-miljoen doodsertifikate van 1997 tot 2018 ontleed, wat steenkoolbesoedeling met hoër sterftesyfers en geboortedefekte verbind. Die mede-outeur, Caradee Wright, […]
# Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated and some 84-thousand households were left in the dark as a rare tropical cyclone approaches Australia’s eastern coast. Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall as a category two system tomorrow morning, with wind speeds of up to 130-kilometres per hour. It has already caused flooding […]
# Die Britse klimaatgesant Rachel Kyte sê die wêreld moet voorberei om aardverwarming sonder Amerikaanse befondsing aan te pak, aangesien die Trump-administrasie miljarde aan klimaatsprojekte gestaak het. Suid-Afrika het hierdie week bevestig die VSA het ‘n steenkool-oorgangsverdrag van 18-miljard-rand gestop. Washington het in Januarie beloftes van tot 72-miljard-rand vir die Green Climate Fund gekanselleer. Kyte […]
# The Vaal Dam has reached full capacity for the first time since 2023 following consistent rainfall. Water levels surged from 97.73-percent on Wednesday to 100-percent by this morning. Despite the milestone, authorities stress the need for ongoing water conservation due to unpredictable weather patterns. The dam, designed to release excess water through sluice gates, […]
# The South African Medical Research Council has recommended phasing out coal-fired power stations after a decade-long study found increased health risks for nearby residents. The research, conducted with Britain’s Department for International Development, analysed three-million death certificates from 1997 to 2018, linking coal pollution to higher death rates and birth defects. Co-author Caradee Wright […]
# UK climate envoy Rachel Kyte says the world must prepare to tackle global warming without US funding as the Trump administration withdraws billions from climate initiatives. This week, South Africa confirmed the US pulled over 18-billion-rand from a coal-transition pact. In January, Washington canceled up to 72-billion-rand in Green Climate Fund pledges. Despite US […]
# Die Verenigde Koninkryk het 6,4-miljoen-rand toegewy ter ondersteuning van ‘n studie deur die Energieraad van Suid-Afrika oor die nodige hervormings vir die daarstelling van ‘n groothandel-elektrisiteitsmark. Die studie, wat tydens die Britse klimaats-afgevaardigde Rachel Kyte se besoek aan Kaapstad aangekondig is, sluit in tariefmodellering, regsbepalings en finansiële risiko-evaluerings. Die befondsing strook met Suid-Afrika se […]
# The United Kingdom has committed 6.4-million-rand to support a study by the Energy Council of South Africa on reforms needed to implement a wholesale electricity market. Announced during UK climate envoy Rachel Kyte’s visit to Cape Town, the study includes tariff modeling, legal assessments, and financial risk evaluations. The funding aligns with South Africa’s […]
# Die Vereniging van Water- en Sanitasie-instellings in Suid-Afrika vra strenger maatreëls om waterbesoedeling te bekamp. Die vereniging sê hy ondersteun die Forum teen Waterbesoedeling en doen ‘n beroep op munisipaliteite, nywerhede en gemeenskappe om aan wetgewing vir die verwydering van afvalwater te voldoen. Hy sê swak watergehalte bedreig gesondheid, voedselsekerheid en ekonomiese groei. Hy […]
