Your children will not be able to escape the impact of climate change, says experts

--:--
It is too late to avoid the impact of climate change which, according to experts at the Centre for Environmental Rights, can already be felt across the country.

After SA experienced devastating flooding in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape which devastated infrastructure, displaced thousands and led to the deaths of 435 people, President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the flood-stricken areas. He said the flooding was a result of climate change and SA would need to improve its disaster response.

According to Centre for Environmental Rights climate advocacy lawyer Brandon Abdinor and environmental futures and strategist researcher and consultant Prof Nicholas King, the president was correct
4 May 2022 4AM English South Africa News · Daily News

Other recent episodes

Nzimande suggests prioritising certain degrees and programmes for NSFAS funding

Higher education, science and innovation minister Blade Nzimande says perhaps National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funding allocation should be prioritised according to certain degrees and programmes based on the country’s needs. But before this “discrimination”, as the minister called it, there should be a large college sector that can…
8 Dec 4AM 2 min

'Merit is in the ANC and we can prove it,' says Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

“Merit and the ANC are not mutually exclusive and we can prove it,” says minister in the Presidency for women, youth and people with disabilities Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. She was speaking in the National Assembly on Tuesday about the National Youth Development Agency (Nyda) Amendment Bill. The bill provides for additional…
6 Dec 10AM 2 min

'Ezulweni Investments never rendered services to the ANC' — Fikile Mbalula

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the party has never procured posters from Ezulweni Investments.It was revealed last week that the ANC faced liquidation after it allegedly failed to pay its debt to KwaZulu-Natal printing and marketing company Ezulweni for supplying the party with election campaign material in 2019. Mbalula was briefing…
6 Dec 7AM 4 min

MPs fume over ‘looting scheme’ in parliament

MPs met to discuss the financial management of the National Assembly on Tuesday, with opposition parties fuming over an alleged secret R1.8m salary hike for secretary to parliament Xolile George. Demanding answers, they claimed the salary differed from the R2,604,661 annual package that was advertised. According to the Sunday Times,…
5 Dec 6AM 4 min

'The Brics bloc still needs to define its main purpose' — Mbeki 

Former president Thabo Mbeki says the Brics bloc of countries needs to properly define its main purpose. He was speaking to Russia Today in an exclusive interview on Monday. In August South Africa held the fifth Brics Summit and recently Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, the UAE and Argentina joined…
5 Dec 4AM 5 min