Day: September 21, 2023
DeSantis Says Humanity ‘Safer Than Ever’ From Climate Change… Weeks After Major Hurricane
Warnings about a future of climate-related disasters, the GOP governor and presidential candidate said, were merely “fear tactics.”
Continue ReadingNews24 | EXPLAINER | SA’s coastal storm havoc: Why the recovering ozone hole was a factor
The recovery of the hole in the ozone layer and the fact that SA is not yet feeling the effects of El Niño are among the contributing factors that caused a "perfect storm" that had a damaging impact along the coast this past weekend.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA sustainable fishing fix among the global finalists for Prince William’s environmental prize
SA-based organisation ABALOBI is one of 15 finalists - chosen from over 1 100 nominations worldwide - in the running to win Prince William's prestigious Earthshot Prize. The group works to support sustainable fishing.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Oscar van Heerden | Postbank debacle tells us everything about the suffering of most vulnerable
What this "glitch" on the part of our Postbank has shown us, in a very stark manner, is that we simply cannot do without a social welfare system, writes Oscar van Heerden.
Continue ReadingWhite House Taunts ‘Worst Person’ Matt Gaetz With A Well-Timed Meme
The extremist Florida congressman said he knows whom to blame if there's a government shutdown — and it's not Joe Biden.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Back in the 80s’: SA in crisis, but energy investment drive could rival gold rush, says JP Landman
SA is in a crisis reminiscent of the late 1980s, but investments in energy transition and load shedding solutions over the next decade could yet rival the growth explosion created by the discovery of gold and diamonds.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Pieter du Toit | Misrule and collapse: The system is failing in real time
The system that underpins our political economy and national life is collapsing. It cannot absorb the failures and misrule of the ANC government anymore. And we're seeing it happen in real time, writes Pieter du Toit.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Payday bonanza: Edwin Sodi and business partner’s companies didn’t have expertise to handle asbestos
Blackhead Consulting and Diamond Hill Trading should not have been awarded the R255 million contract to audit and assess houses with asbestos in the Free State as the companies didn't have the expertise to handle asbestos, the Special Investigating Unit has found.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Klerksdorp parking lot assault: ‘Your place is empty, our hearts are broken’ – family of Hilton Pretorius
Two young children have been left to grow up without their father, 32-year-old Hilton Pretorius, who succumbed to his injuries following the brutal parking lot assault in Klerksdorp, North West.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Kommetjie submarine deaths: Inquiry must probe ‘serious failure’ that left 7 swept out to sea, says expert
Four members were hospitalised. The SA Navy said it would release the names of the victims once it has informed their families.
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