# Banks have financed up to 15.9-trillion-rand in fossil fuels in 2024, the hottest year on record, marking a sharp rise from 2023. According to the Banking on Climate Chaos report, which covers the world’s top 65 banks, since the 2016 Paris Agreement, fossil fuel financing has reached 126-trillion-rand. JP Morgan Chase is the largest fossil […]
# Qatar Airways is vir ‘n rekord negende keer as die wêreld se beste lugredery aangewys op die Skytrax World Airline-toekennings, bekend as die Oscars van die lugvaartwêreld. Qatar is ook aangewys as die beste lugredery in die Midde-Ooste, die lugdiens met die wêreld se beste besigheidsklas en die beste besigheidsklas-sitkamer. Die vyfmalige wenner van […]
# Die musiek-ikoon en filantroop Dolly Parton, die akteur en vervaardiger Tom Cruise, die choreograaf en aktrise Debbie Allen, en die ontwerper Wynn Thomas gaan in November ere-Oscars ontvang op die Goewerneurs-toekennings. Parton gaan vereer word met die Jean Hersholt Humanitêre Toekenning terwyl Cruise, Allen en Thomas die Eretoekenning sal ontvang. Die akademie se president, […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Kinderfonds sê klimaatsverandering is nie meer ‘n vae bedreiging vir kinders in Nepal en die Maledives in die toekoms nie, maar dis ‘n werklikheid. Grondstortings wat bergdorpies verswelg, huise en plase wat wegspoel, en stygende seevlakke wat oor eilandkuslyne stroom en dreig om hele gemeenskappe in te sluk is ‘n […]
# A landmark case to free elephants from Johannesburg Zoo has gained international support. At the heart of the case is the claim that keeping elephants in the zoo violates the Constitution, particularly the environmental rights provision. Legal scholars from Harvard Law School in the US have joined the case as friends of the court. They […]
# Qatar Airways has been named the world’s best airline for a record ninth time at the Skytrax World Airline Awards. The awards are known as the Oscars of the aviation world. Qatar was also named best airline in the Middle East, world’s best business class, and best business class airline lounge. Singapore Airlines, a […]
# Music icon and philanthropist Dolly Parton, actor and producer Tom Cruise, choreographer and actor Debbie Allen, and production designer Wynn Thomas will receive honorary Oscars at the Governors Awards in November. Parton will be recognised with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, while Cruise, Allen and Thomas will receive the Honorary Award. Academy president, Janet […]
# Die minister van Staatsdiens en Administrasie, Mzamo Buthelezi, het die sesde vergadering van die Ekonomiese Bestuurskool vir staatsdiensleiers in Ghana verwelkom. Dit is ‘n samewerkingsinisiatief wat geskep is om bestuur onder regeringsleiers van Suid-Afrika, Ghana en Kenia te verbeter. Buthelezi sê die doel is om leierskap- en oorsigvermoëns te verbeter, bestuursuitdagings te heroorweeg en […]
# The United Nations Children’s Fund says climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the Maldives, but it’s a daily reality. This is from landslides tearing through mountain villages, washing away homes and farms, and rising seas surging over island shorelines, threatening to swallow entire communities. UNICEF representative in […]
