With the sharp rise in the number of rhinos being poached and killed in the past few years, South Africans will be pleased that Parliament is doing its part to address the situation. The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs has organised public hearings in three provinces (the KZN hearings were ...
Access to electricity is a basic need that cannot be unmet by service delivery inefficiencies. Fortunately, as the Department of Energy (DoE) states, 82% of households are connected to the energy grid, which is largely powered by Eskom. Despite the load-shedding problems associated with the giant electricity provider, government has ...
Access to electricity is a basic need that cannot be unmet by service delivery inefficiencies. Fortunately, as the Department of Energy (DoE) states, 82% of households are connected to the energy grid, which is largely powered by Eskom. Despite the load-shedding problems associated with the giant electricity provider, government has ...
On Tuesday, opposition party Members of the Communications Portfolio Committee expressed frustration with Communications Minister, Faith Muthambi, who was responding on behalf of the Department of Communications to the Public Protector’s report on the South African Broadcasting Corporation. DA and EFF Members accused the Minister of using the sub judice ...
On Tuesday, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Basic Education Portfolio Committee on the Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL) in South African schools. Although a progress report on the implementation of the IIAL is premature and cannot be released to the public until the pilot project is ...
Parliament’s plenary sittings will be under scrutiny this week (and probably for the next while) following last Thursday’s dramatic and unprecedented events in the National Assembly. The House had to be suspended when the EFF disrupted proceedings and heckled the President. Chaos ensued after the EFF had demanded to know ...
The conservation of South Africa’s dwindling rhino population took the spotlight when the Department of Environmental Affairs briefed its parliamentary oversight committee on its progress with initiatives to deal with rhino poaching, its current and future interventions, while noting the shortcomings and challenges it faced.
Current interventions sees the department ...
The conservation of South Africa’s dwindling rhino population took the spotlight when the Department of Environmental Affairs briefed its parliamentary oversight committee on its progress with initiatives to deal with rhino poaching, its current and future interventions, while noting the shortcomings and challenges it faced.
Current interventions sees the department ...
The Department of Energy’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) projects South Africa’s energy capacities for the year 2030. The IRP seeks to diversify our energy sector from being coal-reliant, to one that utilises renewable energy sources to meet our future needs.
But while the capacity to produce more energy is achievable, ...
The Department of Energy’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) projects South Africa’s energy capacities for the year 2030. The IRP seeks to diversify our energy sector from being coal-reliant, to one that utilises renewable energy sources to meet our future needs.
But while the capacity to produce more energy is achievable, ...
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