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Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:47:58 GMT
Germany, South Africa Collaborate On Green Hydrogen
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African government, led by The Presidency, is collaborating with the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development to promote the development of green hydrogen in the country.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:05:54 GMT
Airline Tie-Up for Kenya and South Africa - Possible Rewards, and Risks
[The Conversation Africa] Africa has 357 airlines, the top 10 of which carried more than 60% of traffic. This reflects the fact that many airlines on the continent are very small: some have as few as two aircraft. Between them the airlines carried 95...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:29:22 GMT
KZN Premier Visits Site Where Two People Drowned but No-One Explains Why There's Still No Bridge
[GroundUp] The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport, Community Safety and Liaison has failed to explain why the construction of a new bridge over the Umdloti River north of Durban, where two people drowned earlier this month, has been stalled since ...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:48:57 GMT
Green Hydrogen a Frontier for Investment
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, says South Africa's potential in the production of green hydrogen can be catalytic for economic growth and job creation in the aftermath of COVID-19.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:45:01 GMT
Legal Tools Exist to Protect City Ecosystems - It's Up to Councils to Use Them
[The Conversation Africa] The world is experiencing an environmental crisis coupled with rapid urbanisation. This affects city ecosystems, which are a combination of the built environment, planned green spaces and natural biodiversity. They include s...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:23:24 GMT
Hockey Team Go Down to South Africa
[The Herald] THE Zimbabwe senior women's field hockey team got their campaign at the Africa Cup of Nations on a losing note when they lost 0-3 to South Africa in their opening encounter at Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium, in Accra, Ghana, yesterday.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:38:05 GMT
A New 'Green Hydrogen' Venture Could Change the Way We Do Business
[Daily Maverick] Green hydrogen has the potential to change the way South Africa stores and moves energy while simultaneously cleaning up sectors of the economy that are notoriously bad for the environment. On Monday, the sector was boosted with the ...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:56:13 GMT
Water and Sanitation On Opening Two More Sluice Gates at the Vaal Dam
[Govt of SA] The Department and Water and Sanitation opened two sluice gates at the Vaal Dam on Monday, 17 January.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:53:29 GMT
Free State Teachers, Learners Urged to Exercise Caution Amid Heavy Rains
[SAnews.gov.za] The Free State Department of Education has called on learners and teachers in the province to exercise extreme caution amid heavy rains in QwaQwa.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:51:37 GMT
Salga Mourns Former Joe Gqabi Mayor's Passing
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has expressed sadness at the passing of former Executive Mayor of the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Zibonele Dumzela.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:51:02 GMT
Minister Gungubele Heads Intelligence Services - Presidency
[SAnews.gov.za] The Presidency has announced that Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, will assume responsibility for the State Security Agency (SSA) with Deputy Minister Zizi Kodwa expected to continue as his deputy.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:46:55 GMT
SA Reports 2,597 New Covid-19 Cases
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa recorded 2 597 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, pushing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 3 559 230 since the outbreak.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:40:01 GMT
Basic Education to Abide By Court Decision Regarding Publishing of NSC Results
[SAnews.gov.za] Following the decision to stop the practice of publishing National Senior Certificate results on media platforms, the Department of Basic Education says it has received representations from a vast array of organisations and individual...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:26:25 GMT
Constitution, Democracy Must Be Protected
[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa says the protection of the Constitution, democracy and state institutions are paramount to the safeguarding of South Africa's hard won freedom.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:25:46 GMT
Gungubele Visits Boegebaai Green Hydrogen Project
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, will today join a delegation from Sasol, Infrastructure South Africa and the Northern Cape Provincial Government in Port Nolloth for a stakeholders' engagement and site visit to Boegebaai.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:22:22 GMT
Koeberg Unit Two Switches Off for Maintenance
[SAnews.gov.za] State power utility Eskom says it will be switching off Unit Two of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station on Monday for a five-month period for refuelling and maintenance.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:21:55 GMT
Two Arrested At Durban Correction Centre for Contraband
[SAnews.gov.za] A Department of Correctional Services official has been arrested together with another person after attempting to smuggle a large consignment of contraband into the Durban Correctional Centre.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:17:38 GMT
Alleged Burglar Arrested At Bloemfontein SABC Office
[SAnews.gov.za] The Hawks' Serious Organised Crime Investigation team has launched an investigation into a business burglary, trespassing, malicious damage to property and intimidation case following the arrest of a 27-year-old in the Bloemfontein SA...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:36:37 GMT
What You Need to Know About Nutritional Profiling
[Daily Maverick] To consumers, a label on a food product is nothing but a guide to help them make purchasing choices. But to manufacturers of foodstuffs, the labels are much more than that. Labels on food products contain the nutritional profiling of...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:32:22 GMT
Lindiwe Sisulu's Debased, Deeply Offensive, Vitriolic Campaign Start Sickens Me to the Core
[Daily Maverick] Firoz Cachalia is a law professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. He was a former MEC in the Gauteng provincial government and is currently a Board member of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. He writes in his personal capacity.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:59:04 GMT
South Africa Cannot Pivot to Prosperity Without Truly Brave Leaders
[Daily Maverick] South Africa is locked in a crisis entwining governance, its economy and politics. Will its leadership prove up to the task?

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:55:21 GMT
Family Survives After Bull Elephant Batters and Flips Car At Lake St Lucia
[Daily Maverick] A family's outing to the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in KwaZulu-Natal turned into a nightmare when a bull elephant charged, battered and then overturned their vehicle at the weekend.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:52:24 GMT
2022 - Let the Most Consequential Games of the ANC's Lifetime Begin
[Daily Maverick] The dominant political issue of 2022 will be whether the ANC re-elects Cyril Ramaphosa for another term as party leader and the party's face for the 2024 elections. It appears that two predictions can be made with a degree of certain...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:03:56 GMT
Gender Commission On Imposing Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination
[Govt of SA] As South Africa continues to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has noted a new study published in Obstetrics & Gynaecology medical journal, released on 05 January 2022, that has found t...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:02:46 GMT
West Rand Crime Blitz Shuts Illegal Gold Refinery - 211 Held for Variety of Crimes
[Daily Maverick] An illegal gold refinery was shut down and 211 people were arrested for various crimes, including murder, during Operation Okae Molao in Westonaria last week.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 12:17:56 GMT
Another Seismic Survey Legal Battle Looms for South Africa #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Environmental activists are preparing for another legal battle against a planned seismic survey. This comes less than a month after the Makhanda High Court granted an interdict against oil giant Shell over its intended explor...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:45:58 GMT
Minister Says South Africa 'Mentally Colonised' By Black Judges
[RFI] Ambitious South African Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is standing by an incendiary article she penned criticising South Africa's Constitution and black judges.

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 09:58:04 GMT
Springboard to Future Success - Proteas Ramp Up Intensity Ahead of Odi Showdown With India
[Daily Maverick] Limited-overs captain Temba Bavuma promises that, as confidence builds, big results will come.

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:53:28 GMT
Undocumented Man Applying for Refugee Status Can Remain in SA, Concourt Rules
[GroundUp] Court ruled that a delay in applying for refugee status does not affect a person's right to apply for recognition as a refugee

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:27:37 GMT
Politicians Fail, Then Blame the Constitution
[New Frame] Lindiwe Sisulu's attack on the judiciary is misguided. Not once since 1994 has a government tested the Constitution's capacity to implement change, but the courts have.



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