The World Bank has granted South Africa financing of $497 million to decommission one of its largest coal-fired power plants and convert it to renewable energy. According to a statement by the apex bank, the newly Read More
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The South African government is considering an extension on the reduction in the general fuel levy until early August to ease pressure on consumers from high domestic fuel prices linked to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In Read More
To prevent the catastrophic impacts of climate change, a pact signed and detailed in the Paris Agreement called for countries to limit global warming to 2ºC. To stay within the carbon budget, the atmospheric concentration Read More
One week after heavy torrential rains hit South Africa, rescue operators have recorded a death toll of at least 443 people, with at least 63 others still missing. Heavy flood engulfed the KwaZulu-Natal province in the Read More
A court decision has annulled all rights given to Shell to explore oil and gas using seismic waves on the Indian ocean, off the coast of South Africa. The High Court in the Eastern Cape Read More
Chinese vaccine makers Sinovac Biotech has launched the main phase of a global Covid vaccine study on children and teenagers in South Africa, with the first two participants jabbed in Pretoria. The study is testing Read More
The South African government has announced the introduction of a “vaccine passport” idea, amid widespread mistrust of the Covid-19 vaccine in the country. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday in a televised address that the Read More
Though South Africa’s economic growth margin is still considered stuck in its longest downward cycle since World War II at below 3%, recent reports show the economy has quickened in the second quarter of 2021 as Read More
South Africa’s nuclear energy industry dates back to the mid-1940s when the predecessor organisation to the Atomic Energy Corporation (AEC) was formed. Years passed and the commitment to nuclear energy slowed, as the Read More
According to a recent report published by Bloomberg, Nigeria has the third highest unemployment rate at 33.3 percent among a list of 82 countries. Nigeria comes behind South Africa which has the highest rate and Namibia. According Read More
