# Japan will send three military helicopters and 180 personnel to Indonesia this weekend to help battle widespread wildfires. The helicopter crews are due to begin firefighting operations in West Kalimantan on Saturday, as Indonesia struggles with fires across six provinces in Sumatra and Borneo. More than 76-thousand hectares have already been burned during the […]
# Africa’s private credit market is expected to keep expanding as companies and infrastructure projects look beyond banks for finance. Credit ratings agency Moody’s says the market remains small but has grown rapidly, with assets under management rising from 28-billion-rand in 2020 to 89-billion-rand by the end of last year. Moody’s says the growth is […]
# Die besturende direkteur van die BBF Safety Group, Ndlela Mazibuko, sê Afrika se mineraalrykdom bied beduidende geleenthede vir ekonomiese ontwikkeling, waardetoevoeging, tegnologie en vernuwing. Hy het op die Electra-mynbou-Afrika-uitstalling in Johannesburg aan Mining Weekly gesê die vasteland se bevolking van 1,4-miljard skep ‘n sterk vraag na goedere en dienste. Mazibuko sê mense bly die […]
# Die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, het ‘n ooreenkoms onderteken wat Suid-Afrikaanse kersies die eerste keer toegang gee tot die Chinese mark. Die ooreenkoms is in Beijing onderteken tydens die negende ministeriële vergadering oor landbougesondheid en voedselveiligheid. Aucamp sê hierdie is ‘n rekordprestasie, aangesien dit die tweede is wat binne ‘n jaar met China […]
# Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp signed a protocol opening the Chinese market to South African cherries for the first time. The agreement was signed in Beijing during the ninth sanitary and phytosanitary ministerial meeting. Aucamp says it is record-breaking, as it marks two market access protocols signed with China within a year. He says the […]
# Nine conservation organisations from six Southern African countries have launched the Vulture Safe Zone Alliance to combat the sharp decline in vulture populations. The alliance includes BirdLife organisations in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, BirdWatch Zambia, Nature Tanzania and the Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi. Conservationists say poisoning, habitat loss and power-line collisions […]
# The managing director of BBF Safety Group, Ndlela Mazibuko, says Africa’s mineral wealth presents significant opportunities for economic development, beneficiation, technology and innovation. Speaking to Mining Weekly at the Electra Mining Africa Expo in Johannesburg, Mazibuko says the continent’s population of 1.4-billion creates strong consumer demand. Mazibuko says mining companies are under pressure from […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag weerlê bewerings oor soldate op ‘n opleidingsending in Kuba wat verplig word om sogenaamde vrywillige bydraes te maak om behoeftige Kubane te help. News24 berig senior soldate is na bewering onder druk geplaas om meer as 15-duisend-rand elk te skenk en junior offisiere meer as drie-duisend-rand elk. Die Weermag sê […]
# Australië se eerste minister, Anthony Albanese, sê sy regering hou tegnologiereuse soos Meta, TikTok, Alphabet, X en Reddit aanspreeklik en gee burgers groter beheer oor hul inhoudstrome. Australië het konsepwetgewing bekend gestel wat gebruikers van sosiale media groter beheer oor algoritmiese inhoudstrome sal gee, insluitend die keuse om persoonlike aanbevelings af te skakel. Albanese […]
