Africa Solar Outlook 2025
Africa deployed an additional 2.5 GW of solar in 2024, according to AFSIA‘s new “Africa Solar Outlook 2025” report. AFSIA’s figures, which do not include residential installations, take the continent’s
South Africa
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Cape Town to double price of water in two years
The drought is about to whack Capetonians in the pocket‚ doubling the price of water in the next two years. The City of Cape Town’s draft budget‚ tabled at Wednesday’s council meeting‚ proposes a 27%
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Two killed at Harmony Gold mine
Two people have been killed following a "seismic related fall" at one of Harmony Gold Mining Company's mine's in Welkom, the company said on Tuesday. The mining giant in a statement said an investigation
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South Africa: Cape Town Water Consumption Drops By 43 Million Litres
Capetonians have managed to get water usage down to 522 million litres per day over the past week - 43 million litres less than the previous week's water usage. The City of Cape Town still requires
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Five injured during flooding in Gauteng- disaster management
Five people were injured during heavy flooding across Gauteng last week, the provincial disaster management centre said on Sunday. "There were minor injuries… Those people have recovered," said the
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South Africa pushes to combat HIV among girls #blessed by sugar daddies
Before 20-year-old Lebogang Motsumi even had sex with her first “blesser” - or sugar daddy - a successful, married, company boss more than twice her age, he handed her a wad of cash. He was soon making
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East Africa: Commonwealth Must Unite Behind Most Climate Vulnerable
This year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was supposed to have been held in our home country of Vanuatu, deep in the South Pacific. Instead it will open this April in London, and
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Joburg homes damaged by storm raise concerns over sub-standard construction
An investigation into how 1‚326 properties were damaged in a violent storm has flagged concerns about sub-standard building materials and a construction company, and has led to the suspension of three
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South Africa's Cape Town faces severe economic troubles over drought
An historic drought in South Africa’s second largest city has put its vines at risk and now threatens to jeopardize its entire activity. The drought afflicting the province is expected to cut agricultural
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Last three years hottest on record, severe weather hits 2018-UN
The past three years were the hottest on record and heat waves in Australia, freak Arctic warmth and water shortages in Cape Town are extending harmful weather extremes in 2018, the United Nations said
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Land expropriation: committee to seek public input in April
The constitutional review committee which has been tasked by Parliament to review section 25 of the Constitution will be embarking on an extensive public participation process to consider views on the