Sports minister Fikile Mbalula categorically denied that government had paid individuals to influence the voting on the hosting of the 2010 World Cup.
Surviving climate change and its effects on small-scale and self-sufficient farmers depends on political will at national and international levels.
A meaningful agreement at this year’s UN climate talks in Paris is unlikely, despite evidence of climate change and the fact that there is no plan B.
The International Monetary Fund says environmental costs and taxes borne by society for fossil fuels are R63-trillion a year, or R2-million a second.
Eastern Cape leadership wants the soccer boss as Nelson Mandela Bay’s mayor to retain the key metro and revive its fortunes before 2016 elections.
A proposed Gauteng coal mine is threatening 20 000 hectares of food-rich land and vital water sources.
South Africa will build an additional 6 300 megawatts of renewable energy, adding to the 5 200 megawatts already being procured.
An outbreak of foulbrood disease has killed 40% of the Western Cape’s bee population this year, threatening SA’s R20-billion agriculture industry.
Private projects are being rushed to bolster energy supplies, skipping checks and jeopardising lives.
Limpopo farmers are feeling powerless as the minerals department greedily consumes agricultural land and with it, the water supply.