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SA ratifies SADC service protocol

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… global food production must increase by 70%. However, climate change is expected to reduce food crop yields by 16% …

Fransman concludes Peru visit, arrives in Ecuador

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… East. With Peru chairing the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP20) in 2014, the two countries also agreed that …

One million trees to be planted in 2013

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… minister, will be the role of forests in food security, climate change, agro forestry and the economic value of trees. – …

R22m green project launched in KZN

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… Development Plan , the New Growth Path, the National Climate Change Response Policy and the Industrial Policy Action Plan. …

Calls for improved weather warning systems

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… World Meteorological Organisation’s Global Framework for Climate Change Services (GFCS), Mabudafhasi lauded the potential role … the framework “provides a useful basis for coordination of climate services to support South Africa’s disaster risk …

Nuclear power a necessity, says Magubane

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… of Energy Director General Nelisiwe Magubane. “Given our climate change commitments and the fact that some of the coal-fired …

Waste management at the core of service delivery - Mabudafhasi

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… of Environmental Affairs, Mark Gordon, said that climate change, energy security, as well as economic growth and …

SA, EU vow to tackle employment, boost trade

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… efforts The summit also touched on global issues such as climate change, human rights and the troubled areas including Syria, …

SA, EU in trade and investment talks

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… topics in Africa and beyond, and also global governance, climate change, trade, development issues, and the relations between …

Durban ignites spirit of innovation

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… into energy. This, he added, was to curb the effects of climate change. Other innovative initiatives include the Green Hub, …

Strategy to manage SA’s water efficiently

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… 10 we deal with the issue of managing water resources for climate change. In chapter 11, we address international cooperation …

Obama off to Tanzania

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… support clean energy to protect our planet and combat climate change. “So, a light where currently there is darkness; the … young leaders He also called on the young people to change the continent’s future, saying the world will be …

BASIC welcomes UNFCCC meeting outcomes

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… recently concluded United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Bonn, where negotiations under the … issued after the15th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change, which concluded on Friday, the ministers …

Zuma, Obama united in boosting trade

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… citing success in areas such as nuclear proliferation and climate change. He believed that SA and the US could stand shoulder …

Business confidence suffers setback in May

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… said the chamber. “The negative impact on the business climate came mainly from causes exogenous to private business … financial market performance.” In May, the  annual change in the BCI sub-indices were slightly more encouraging … have a damaging impact on the economy and on the business climate. Ill-disciplined and lawlessness conducted by …

OAU 50th anniversary celebrations underway

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… to see themselves as part of an African movement for change.  It also enables South Africans to acknowledge the … its challenges, such as armed conflict, social upheaval, climate change, and poverty. It has been 50 years since the emergence …

Govt, big business unite to improve service delivery

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… to support organised local government; energy and climate change; capacity-building to improve service delivery; public …

National Aquaculture Policy Framework approved

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… Third Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change in the fourth quarter of 2013, led by the Department … South Africa has been a leading country in promoting climate smart agriculture, which responds to the challenges …

SA should diversify its economy

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… and convey critical aspects of South Africa’s business climate. The commitments made at TICAD IV in 2008 include the … global financial mechanism to address the effects of climate change. - SAnews.gov.za …

19 years of Freedom: A time to reflect and renew action

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… Africans came together to make their mark that came to change the course of world history. For South Africa, the … levels will help government diagnose things that need to change in the basic education sector in order to produce … many more challenges like inequality, poverty, economic climate, the high food and oil prices. These challenges are …