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SA participates in UN Human Rights Council session

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… mainstreaming, the question of the death penalty and climate change. - SAnews.gov.za …

Planning commission to open nominations for new members

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… nation building, futures research and scenario planning, climate change and youth development. “In 2009, the NPC was asked by …

Africa on the right track with infrastructure development

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… out of control and getting worse.” He said the impact of climate change also hits where it hurts, despite relative stability … on the continent, taking advantage of the positive climate. “Regional integration is the key and infrastructure …

Municipalities urged to care for the environment

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… is strengthened every day to fight the onslaught of climate change,” Deputy Minister Thomson said. She said the …

SA pays visit to UN Secretary-General

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… it marks the target date of the MDGs; the negotiations on Climate Change legal instrument; the convening of the Third …

Why does South Africa participate in the World Economic Forum

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… senior government officials and policymakers, and social-change advocates to tackle the biggest issues of our times, amongst others, inequality, climate change, a sustainable economy, youth employment, …

SA assumes G77 chair

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… important year for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as a new legal instrument that contains …

SA participates in ACP summit

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… on-going debates for a Post-2015 Development Agenda and a Climate Change Compact. Changing global circumstances have dictated …

SA to participate in Peru COP 20 talks

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… (COP 20), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC COP 20, which takes place from 1 … today. Three years after the Durban United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17), where negotiations were …

Business confidence improves in November

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… US dollar commodity prices could also affect the business climate negatively.” Although the month-on-month changes in … must be solid and consistent improvements in the business climate. “The improvement in the November BCI is indicative … positive response in business confidence.  The urgency to change the course of the economy has been well established. …

Call to support people living with HIV, Aids

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… (CPM10) in Lima, Peru.  Minister Radebe said the Lima Climate Change Conference is critical for the successful conclusion …

SA committed to G20’s 2018 target

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… the issue of tax evasion by multinationals, energy, climate change, Ebola, terrorism and calls for the reformation of …

SA taking bold steps to fight climate change

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… Pretoria – South Africa has taken bold steps to fight climate change, says Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa. … She was speaking at the opening of the 2014 National Climate Change Dialogue in Midrand on Monday. “Through our … SA taking bold steps to fight climate change

Pres Zuma to attend G20 summit in Australia

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… Affairs and the Inter-Governmental Committee on Climate Change would hold a conference of South Africa’s National Climate Change Response from November 10 to 13 at the …

Business confidence falls in October

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… declined slightly as six sub-indices did not materially change between September and October 2014.” The lowest ever … brought to account whether the economy and the business climate could improve in the short term.  “The mood gripping the business climate calls for the business environment to be thoroughly …

Germany sets aside R70m for SA transport project

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… City of Jo’burg and Polokwane Local Municipality. The Climate Change Response Policy identifies transport as one of the key …

Giyani making every drop count

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… emotional Sambo said she didn’t think that her life would change after so many years. She said since 1994, they have … country, particularly due to boarder changes caused by climate change and global warming. “It is not this province which …

Cycling facilities handed over in Soweto

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… Zuma announced prior to the Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2009 that South Africa will … said. “As a country, we further introduced the National Climate Change Response Policy. The policy sets the country’s …

Full speech: 2014 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement Speech

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… our present economic path. We have to navigate a definite change of course, taking all South Africans with us. Medium … we are proposing for the period ahead signals this change. But economic development is much more than a schedule … our priorities, accept financial discipline and create a climate conducive to sustained economic growth.” I table this …

President urges sectors to go green

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… has encouraged all sectors to implement measures to fight climate change. “If all sectors implement the measures to fight climate change at the same time, together we can build the …