# The DA in Gauteng says the mixed messaging from premier Panyaza Lesufi and Human Settlements MEC, Tasneem Motara, on the upgrading of informal settlements, has left residents confused. Lesufi has admitted that there is a mushrooming of informal settlements in the province. Meanwhile, Motara has boasted about the successful upgrading of nine informal settlements through the Upgrading of Informal Settlements […]
# Gholf: Die tweede beste speler in die wêreld, Rory McIlroy, het die Ierse Ope vir die tweede keer ingepalm in ‘n dramatiese uitspeelstryd teen Joakim Lagergren van Swede. Die Ier het saam met Lagergren op 17-onder-baansyfer geëndig en het die uitspeelstryd toe by die derde ekstra putjie gewen. Dit was sy eerste oorwinning sedert […]
# Die Moja-navorsingsinstituut sê oudpresident Thabo Mbeki moenie toelaat dat die gewese president van die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo, Joseph Kabila, hom as vredemaker en held voordoen nie. Mbeki en sy stigting het onder skoot gekom omdat hy verteenwoordigers van die Rwandees-gesteunde rebellegroep, M23, uitgenooi het na die tweede Afrika Vrede-en-sekuriteitsdialoog in Pretoria. Grant Harmse […]
# Numsa and the South African Guild of Actors say the creative sector is parasitic, feeding off the labour of artists while denying them fair compensation and security. The passing of actress Nandi Nyembe last month reignited the debate about the lack of support available to South African artists who are unable to work. Numsa’s […]
# University of Pretoria researcher, professor Hanlie Smuts, says the cost of storing the world’s constantly growing dark data, which is data that is stored but never used, is creating a significant carbon footprint. Globally, data centres already account for approximately two-percent of carbon or greenhouse gas emissions, and this is expected to double by 2030 […]
# South African pop star Tyla won another MTV Video Music Awards at a ceremony in New York. She won in the best Afrobeats category for her hit single PUSH 2 START. The 23-year-old also won the same award last year for the smash hit Water. Lady Gaga was the big winner, grabbing four awards, including […]
# Die adjunkminister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Samantha Jane Graham-Maré, sê die skepping van Eskom Green sal ‘n nuwe hoofstuk in Suid-Afrika se elektrisiteitsverhaal inlui. Eskom Green sal een van die vier ontbondelde entiteite wees onder die kragvoorsiener se houermaatskappy, met die mandaat om die dryfveer te wees vir die berging van hernubare energie en […]
# Golf: World number two Rory McIlroy clinched the Irish Open for the second time in a dramatic play-off against Sweden’s Joakim Lagergren. The Northern Irishman finished on 17-under-par alongside Lagergren, and then won the play-off at the third extra hole, to claim his first victory since completing the career Grand Slam at the Masters […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, woon die week die tweede Afrika-klimaatberaad in Ethiopië by. Die beraad bied ʼn platform vir beleidmakers, praktisyns, sakeondernemings en die burgerlike samelewing om Afrika se klimaatagenda en volhoubare ontwikkelingsvoorkeure te bevorder. Vanjaar se tema is: Versnel globale klimaatoplossings: Finansiering vir Afrika se veerkragtige en […]
