# Die adjunkminister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, het ‘n beroep gedoen op die samestelling van energieprogramme vir ‘n klimaatsveerkragtige ekonomie met bystand deur die Nasionale Tesourie. Tydens die bekendstelling van die JET Skills Desk, die Nasionale Adviesforum en die Multi-Donor-inisiatief in Johannesburg, het Manamela gesê die inisiatiewe is ‘n mylpaal in die […]
# Former president Thabo Mbeki has cautioned that a direct electoral challenge by the South African Communist Party against the ANC in the 2026 municipal elections could spark confrontation between the two longstanding allies. This comes after SACP spokesperson Mbulelo Mandlana affirmed that the party still regards the ANC as a partner, despite plans to […]
# Higher Education deputy minister, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, says skills development is crucial to seize opportunities in the clean energy sector. Speaking to Newzroom Afrika at the launch of the Just Energy Transition skills desk in Johannesburg, Dube-Ncube stressed that while climate change presents urgent challenges, it also brings new possibilities. She added that local innovation, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched a historic G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts to address global wealth inequality. Chaired by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, the six-member panel including Winnie Byanyima and economist Jayati Ghosh, will examine impacts on growth, poverty, and multilateral cooperation amid macroeconomic fears that global wealth and income inequality. The findings […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Special Official Funeral Category 2 for late Ambassador Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu, to be held next Saturday in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. The 72-year-old former National Council of Provinces chairperson and diplomat died on 24 August after a short illness. Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says Mahlangu, instrumental in drafting South Africa’s […]
# Higher Education and Training Deputy minister Buti Manamela has called for the building of energy programmes for a climate-resilient economy with assistance from the National Treasury. Speaking at the launch of the JET Skills Desk, National Advisory Forum and Multi-Donor Initiative in Johannesburg, Manamela said the initiatives mark a milestone in building a low-carbon […]
# Die Nasionale Energiereguleerder van Suid-Afrika het 111 nuwe opwekkingsfasiliteite in die eerste kwartaal van 2025/26 geregistreer om die energiesektor ‘n hupstoot te gee. Dit beloop altesaam een-duisend-916-megawatt met ‘n geraamde belegging van 51,91-miljard-rand. NERSA-woordvoerder Charles Hlebela sê die energiereguleerder het ‘n gemiddelde ommeswaai van elf werksdae behaal, wat ‘n verbetering is op verlede jaar […]
# The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has registered 111 new generation facilities in the first quarter of 2025/26 to boost the energy sector. This totaling one-thousand-916-megawatts and an estimated 51.91-billion-rand investment. NERSA spokesperson Charles Hlebela says the energy regulator achieved an average turnaround of eleven working days, improving on last year’s 15. Solar […]
# Die MK-party sê die Stad Kaapstad se besluit om ‘n groot transformator-tender aan Hitachi Energy toe te ken, is uiters kommerwekkend. Die party het kommer uitgespreek oor die nakoming van verkrygingswette, billikheid met betrekking tot swart ekonomiese bemagtiging, en behoorlike omsigtigheid, gegewe Hitachi se vorige wangedrag. Die party se woordvoerder, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, sê parlementêre […]