# South Africa will prioritise climate adaptation finance, unemployment, inequality and poverty at the COP31 conference. Speaking in Sandton, climate change negotiator Maesela Kekana says the country will push for practical solutions, in just energy transition, and increased funding for developing nations. He called for clearer measures to track climate resilience, the urgent transition of […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, David Maynier, says South Africa will push for fair climate financing at the COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Turkey, in November. Maynier says developing countries need greater support to adapt to climate change, reduce emissions and protect vulnerable communities. He says climate action must support industrialisation, job […]
# Eskom sê sy jaar-tot-datum beskikbaarheidsfaktor staan op 68,2-persent, die hoogste in ses jaar. Die kragverskaffer sê beter opwekking het dieselbesteding met 4,87-miljard-rand laat daal vergeleke met verlede jaar, en onbeplande kragonderbrekings is ook minder. Krag-verlaging wat sowat 194-duisend klante veral in Gauteng en KwaZulu-Natal geraak het, het met 88,6-persent afgeneem. Intussen is Koeberg Eenheid […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het Rwanda gelukgewens met ʼn tienjaar-ooreenkoms om die Formule Een Afrika Grand Prix vroeg in die 2030’s aan te bied. Suid-Afrika gaan intussen voort met sy poging om reeds teen 2028 of 2029 ʼn wedren aan te bied. Die minister van Sport, Gayton McKenzie, sê die land se bod bly staan. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê betroubare elektrisiteit, goeie infrastruktuur en strategiese vennootskappe is belangrik om beleggings te lok en meer minerale plaaslik te verwerk. Hy het by die bekendstelling van Vedanta Zinc International se Gamsberg Fase Twee Uitbreidingsprojek in die Noord-Kaap gesê die uitbreiding sal werk skep en Suid-Afrika se posisie in die wêreld se […]
# South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says the rand has remained relatively resilient despite economic uncertainty caused by the Iran war. Speaking to Bloomberg TV during International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, he said the currency’s reduced volatility reflected greater confidence in South Africa’s economic outlook. He emphasised that […]
# Die sakeman Suliman Carrim bly in aanhouding nadat die Pretoria-landdroshof sy borgtogaansoek tot Maandag uitgestel het. Die 49-jarige staan tereg op aanklagte volgens die Kommissiewet nadat hy versuim het om na ʼn dagvaarding voor die Madlanga-kommissie te verskyn. Carrim is Donderdagaand by die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe in hegtenis geneem toe hy ʼn internasionale […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vuurwapenopleiersvereniging vra vir ondersoeke na beweerde bedrog, belangekonflikte en veiligheidsrisiko’s in die vuurwapenopleidingsektor. Die vereniging het ook kommer uitgespreek oor moontlike buitelandse invloed op vuurwapensertifisering vir die weermag en polisie, hoewel dit tans slegs bewerings is. Die president van die vereniging, Michael Mbedzi, sê verskeie sake is by die polisie aanhangig gemaak […]
# The South African Firearms Trainers Association calls for investigations into alleged fraud, conflicts of interest and security risks in the firearms training sector. The association has also raised concerns about possible foreign influence in firearm certification for the military and police, although these remain allegations. The association’s president, Michael Mbedzi, says several cases have […]
