# Eskom sê hy verskerp sy fokus op omgewingsprestasie en langtermyn volhoubaarheid. Die kragnutsmaatskappy het tot nou meer as drie-miljard-rand in vrystellingsverminderingsprojekte belê, met 15,6-miljard-rand wat vir die volgende vyf jaar toegeken is. Eskom se woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê hulle het noemenswaardige vordering gemaak met die vermindering van stikstofoksied-vrystellings uit hulle kragstasies. Sy sê die […]
# Mozambique’s Secretary of State for the Sea and Fisheries, Momade Juízo, has warned that illegal fishing, mangrove destruction, and plastic waste are posing serious threats to the country’s biodiversity. He has stressed the need to protect the two-thousand-700-kilometre coastline. Juízo says reforms are currently underway at the sector level, aimed at strengthening the political, […]
# Cosatu sê hy is diep bekommerd oor die skadelike wolk wat oor die aanstelling van raadsvoorsitters van die Sektorale Onderwys- en Opleidingsowerhede hang. Die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Nobuhle Nkabane, het die voorsitters se aanstelling verlede maand onttrek ná teenkanting van opposisiepartye en vakbonde, wat bewerings oor nepotisme en gebrek aan meriete […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security Directorate has increased its staffing numbers in Somerset West to help maintain calm amid an increase in tensions between taxi organisations. Taxi drivers blockaded routes in Somerset West on Monday morning, following the killing of a Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association taxi owner in Lwandle, Strand, on […]
# The GOOD Party says the capture and deportation of climate activist Greta Thunberg and those aboard the Madleen may have unintentionally done more to draw global attention to the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The boat carrying 12 people that was trying to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza was towed to the Israeli port […]
# The Presidential Climate Commission is warning that South Africa faces escalating risks without urgent climate action. In its draft recommendations for the country’s climate targets, the commission says rising temperatures will cause declining maize production and water shortages, which will affect food availability. South Africa could face temperature increases of between two and five […]
# Die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge sê president Cyril Ramaphosa het tereg opgemerk dat ware hervorming en ekonomiese groei mekaar nie uitsluit nie. Die president het in sy weeklikse nuusbrief gesê ekonomiese groei sonder hervorming verskans uitsluiting en hervorming sonder groei is nie volhoubaar nie. Gabriel Crouse van die instituut sê werklike hervorming gebeur wanneer geleenthede […]
# Eskom says it is intensifying its focus on environmental performance and long-term sustainability. To date, the power utility has invested over three-billion-rand in emissions reduction projects, with 15.6-billion-rand allocated over the next five years. Eskom’s spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says they have made notable progress in reducing Nitrogen Oxide emissions across their fleet. She adds that […]
# Die Rooivleis-bedryfsdienste sê hy het hy fase een van sy gekoördineerde reaksie op die voortslepende bek-en-klouseer-uitbreking in die land ingestel ná die aktivering van sy gesentraliseerde bedryfsentrum. Gevalle van die siekte is aangemeld in KwaZulu-Natal, die Oos-Kaap, Gauteng en Mpumalanga. Die diens se uitvoerende hoof, Dewald Olivier, sê hulle fokus sterk daarop om rolspelers […]
