# Japan stuur dié naweek drie militêre helikopters en 180 personeellede na Indonesië om te help met die bestryding van reuseveldbrande. Helikopterspanne sal Saterdag begin met brandbestrydingswerk in Wes-Kalimantan. Indonesië worstel tans teen brande in ses provinsies op Sumatra en Borneo. Meer as 76-duisend hektaar het reeds gedurende die land se erg droë seisoen afgebrand […]
# Afrika se privaat kredietmark sal na verwagting aanhou uitbrei namate ondernemings en infrastruktuur-projekte hul toenemend wend tot alternatiewe bronne van befondsing. Die kredietgraderingsagentskap Moody’s sê die mark is steeds klein, maar het vinnig gegroei, met bates onder bestuur wat toegeneem het van 28-miljard-rand in 2020 tot 89-miljard-rand einde verlede jaar. Moody’s sê leemtes in […]
# Japan will send three military helicopters and 180 personnel to Indonesia this weekend to help battle widespread wildfires. The helicopter crews are due to begin firefighting operations in West Kalimantan on Saturday, as Indonesia struggles with fires across six provinces in Sumatra and Borneo. More than 76-thousand hectares have already been burned during the […]
# Africa’s private credit market is expected to keep expanding as companies and infrastructure projects look beyond banks for finance. Credit ratings agency Moody’s says the market remains small but has grown rapidly, with assets under management rising from 28-billion-rand in 2020 to 89-billion-rand by the end of last year. Moody’s says the growth is […]
# Die besturende direkteur van die BBF Safety Group, Ndlela Mazibuko, sê Afrika se mineraalrykdom bied beduidende geleenthede vir ekonomiese ontwikkeling, waardetoevoeging, tegnologie en vernuwing. Hy het op die Electra-mynbou-Afrika-uitstalling in Johannesburg aan Mining Weekly gesê die vasteland se bevolking van 1,4-miljard skep ‘n sterk vraag na goedere en dienste. Mazibuko sê mense bly die […]
# Die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, het ‘n ooreenkoms onderteken wat Suid-Afrikaanse kersies die eerste keer toegang gee tot die Chinese mark. Die ooreenkoms is in Beijing onderteken tydens die negende ministeriële vergadering oor landbougesondheid en voedselveiligheid. Aucamp sê hierdie is ‘n rekordprestasie, aangesien dit die tweede is wat binne ‘n jaar met China […]
# Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp signed a protocol opening the Chinese market to South African cherries for the first time. The agreement was signed in Beijing during the ninth sanitary and phytosanitary ministerial meeting. Aucamp says it is record-breaking, as it marks two market access protocols signed with China within a year. He says the […]
# Nine conservation organisations from six Southern African countries have launched the Vulture Safe Zone Alliance to combat the sharp decline in vulture populations. The alliance includes BirdLife organisations in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, BirdWatch Zambia, Nature Tanzania and the Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi. Conservationists say poisoning, habitat loss and power-line collisions […]
# The managing director of BBF Safety Group, Ndlela Mazibuko, says Africa’s mineral wealth presents significant opportunities for economic development, beneficiation, technology and innovation. Speaking to Mining Weekly at the Electra Mining Africa Expo in Johannesburg, Mazibuko says the continent’s population of 1.4-billion creates strong consumer demand. Mazibuko says mining companies are under pressure from […]
