# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing sê klimaatsverandering verhoog bedreigings, maar is ook ʼn geleentheid om regverdiger, sterker en veerkragtige samelewings te bou. Een van die ambisies van Suid-Afrika se G20-presidentsagenda is om klimaat-finansies te ontsluit. Die regering het verlede jaar die Klimaatsverandering-reaksiefonds gestig om die gevolge van aardverwarming teen te werk. […]
# AfriForum waarsku die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Minerale Hulpbronontwikkeling sal vernietiging en korrupsie verskans as destruktiewe onwettige mynbedrywighede gewettig word. Die wetsontwerp wil onder meer ambag en kleinskaalse mynpermitte toeken, die definisie van gemeenskap en betekenisvolle konsultasie verander en mynprojekte versnel. Marais De Vaal van AfriForum sê as die wetsontwerp onderteken word voordat afdwingbaarheid en geloofwaardige omgewingsoorsig […]
# Renowned jazz icons Jonathan Butler and Themba Mkhize will receive this year’s Mzantsi Jazz Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. Past recipients of the award include Abigail Kubeka, Jonas Gwangwa, Letta Mbulu, and Dorothy Masuka. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter/guitarist Butler received an honorary doctorate from Stellenbosch University in March. Mkhize is a revered pianist and composer who has […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment says climate change is a threat multiplier, but it is also an opportunity to build fairer, stronger, more resilient societies. One of the priorities of South Africa’s G20 Presidency agenda is the unlocking of climate finance. Last year, the government established the Climate Change Response Fund to […]
# Die DA verwelkom die publisering van die blokvrystellingsregulasies vir die suikerbedryf, en sê dit sal verligting bring vir ʼn bedryf wat plaaslike en globale uitdagings ondervind. Die vrystelling laat spesifieke rolspelers in die suikerbedryf toe om saam te werk oor prysbepalingmetodes en ander aktiwiteite wat gewoonlik onder die Wet op Mededinging beperk word. ʼn […]
# AfriForum is warning that the Mineral Resources Development Amendment Bill will entrench environmental destruction and corruption by formalising destructive illegal mining. The bill, amongst other things, aims to introduce artisanal and small-scale mining permits, change the definition of community and meaningful consultation, and speed up mining projects. AfriForum’s Marais De Vaal says signing the bill into law […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Saftu sê dis nie ‘n daad van empatie om ongedokumenteerde werkers te huur nie, maar ‘n hartelose kapitalistiese taktiek om die hoogste wins te maak deur die mees weerlose mense uit te buit. Om ongedokumenteerde migrante aan te stel is ‘n misdaad en oortreding van die Immigrasiewet. Die woordvoerder van Saftu, Asive […]
# The DA has welcomed the gazetting of the block exemption regulations for the sugar industry, saying this will provide some relief to an industry facing domestic and global headwinds. This exemption allows specific stakeholders in the sugar industry to collaborate on pricing methodologies and other activities typically restricted under the Competition Act. The DA’s Mlondi Mdluli says this exemption can help stabilise […]
# Die Presidensie sê president Cyril Ramaphosa hoop die vergadering tussen sy ampsgenote van Amerika en Rusland, Donald Trump en Vladimir Putin, sal ʼn proses begin wat tot vredesonderhandelinge lei. Trump en Putin ontmoet vandag in Alaska om die oorlog in Oekraïne te beëindig. Die Presidensie se woordvoerder, Vincent Magwenya, sê Suid-Afrika bly betrokke by […]
