Pretoria – Auditor-General Terence Nombembe has urged government departments to work hard towards achieving clean audits, saying sound financial management will go a long way in improving public confidence in state institutions. Nombembe is currently on a...
Durban – Shipping emissions are rising high and fast and must be tackled immediately to have a chance of keeping global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, says Oxfam International Policy Advisor on climate change, Tim Gore. Emissions from the shipping and aviation...
Pretoria – South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) came in lower than expected, increasing by 1.4% in the third quarter of 2011. “The seasonally adjusted real GDP at market prices for the third quarter of 2011 increased by an annualised rate of 1.4% compared...
Pretoria – Cabinet has commended South Africa’s labour, business and civil society for partnering with government in signing the Green Economy Accord, which it said strengthened the country’s position leading up to the Durban COP17 conference next week. The...
Pretoria – Energy Minister Dipuo Peters has welcomed the appointment of Nosizwe Nokwe as chief executive officer of PetroSA. On Thursday, Peters welcomed Cabinet’s appointment of Nokwe to the post of President and CEO of the national oil company. “The board is...
