# Cosatu’s president, Zingiswa Losi, has urged the G20 employment working group to prioritise a just transition that safeguards jobs to deliver sustainable livelihoods. Speaking in Durban, Losi called for Task Force One to focus on workers and communities in industrialisation strategies. She also stressed the need to reduce inequalities in the workforce to ensure […]
# Gholf: Die vyftienmalige major-wenner Tiger Woods gaan saam met die Augusta Nasionale gholfklub in Augusta werk om ‘n nege-putjie kortbaan te ontwerp. Woods se argiteksfirma, TGR Design, sal die nuwe baan bou as deel van ‘n opknappingsprogram by die Augusta Munisipale Gholfbaan. Daarbenewens, sal Woods se TGR-stigting sy vierde Leerlaboratorium in Augusta open, wat […]
# The African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation has emphasised the need for Africa to prioritise its substantial oil and gas resources for continental development. The organisation’s secretary-general, Omar Farouk Ibrahim highlighted that approximately 75-percent of Africa’s oil and 40-percent of its gas are exported, while a significant portion of the population lacks access to modern energy. […]
# Warren Eva het geskiedenis gemaak deur die eerste Suid-Afrikaner te word om Annapurna in Nepal te bestyg, wat een van die gevaarlikste bergspitse in die wêreld is. Hy het die hoogte van agt-duisend-en-91-meter bereik en daarmee sy naam onder elite-bergklimmers verewig. Dit volg op sy geskiedkundige klimtog van die tweede hoogste berg in die […]
# Golf: Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods has partnered with the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia to design a new nine-hole short course. Woods’ architecture firm TGR Design will create the new course as part of the renovation of the Augusta Municipal Golf Course. Additionally, Woods’ TGR Foundation will open its fourth Learning Lab […]
# Warren Eva has made history as the first South African to summit one of the most dangerous mountains in the world, Mount Annapurna in Nepal. He reached the summit at eight-thousand-and-91 metres, cementing his place among elite mountaineers. This achievement follows his historic climb of the second tallest mountain in the world, K2 in […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies sê skietstilstande raak broser en konflik meer onvoorspelbaar. Daarom moet vredespogings vinniger aanpas te midde van toenemende politieke spanning, verkeerde inligting en verwarring oor mandate. Volgens onlangse inligting is daar tans wêreldwyd minstens 150 gevalle van gewapende konflik wat die Israel-Hamas-oorlog insluit. Die VN-hoof van vredesoperasies, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, sê vredespogings kan […]
# Bome in die Amasone neem kwik op weens besoedeling deur kleinskaalse goudmyne en bied ʼn nuwe manier om onwettige bedrywighede te monitor. Navorsers sê giftige metaal wat vrygestel word wanneer myners mengsels van kwik en goud verbrand, laat ʼn chemiese vingerafdruk in bome se jaarringe. Volgens New Scientist kan hierdie metode met verloop van […]
# The United Nations says as ceasefires grow more fragile and conflict more unpredictable, peacekeeping is having to adapt faster amid rising political tensions, disinformation, and confusion over mandates. Recent data suggests that there are at least 150 ongoing armed conflicts globally, including the Israeli-Hamas war. UN peace operations head, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, says while peacekeeping can […]
