Новости за 18.02.2020

Climate change poses a "significant risk" to South Africa's socio-economic development, Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy said in the debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address.

The Eastern Cape health department's spokesperson, Sizwe Kupelo, said stocks of medication used for hypertension, sexually transmitted diseases, allergies and contraception were found. Some were Schedule 5 medications.

Ninety One, formerly known as Investec Asset Management, has confirmed that it will commence trading its shares on both the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.

Kumba Iron Ore has joined the line of mining companies warning about possible disruption of commodity prices due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Dozens of women protested outside the presidential residence in Mexico City on Tuesday following the murder of a 7-year-old girl - a crime that sparked an uproar in the violence-wracked country.

US media tycoon Michael Bloomberg has qualified for Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate, after a new poll shows him leapfrogging several of his rivals, including Joe Biden, to claim second spot in the race for the party nomination.

Angola's ex-president has defended his son and a former central bank governor who are accused of embezzling $500 million from the country's sovereign wealth fund, court documents show.

The plan is for South Africa to attain 5.5% year-on-year economic growth, 6% unemployment rate and 30% gross fixed capital formation to GDP by 2030.

Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter said that the power utility's debt burden must be addressed as it is not following a sustainable business model.

The singer was left unharmed but understandably shaken after the incident over the weekend.

The death of another Johannesburg Metro Police Department officer, allegedly at the hands of a drunk driver, has sparked the DA's bid to petition Parliament to amend laws for stricter and heftier sentences against those driving under the influence.

Daredevil Vince Reffet has soared into the skies above Dubai in the latest "Jetman" stunt, taking off from the ground and climbing to 1 800 metres in a feat reminiscent of Marvel's "Iron Man" and hailed as a world first.

Swarms of locusts which are wreaking havoc across East Africa have now arrived in South Sudan, the government says, threatening more misery in one of the world's most vulnerable nations.

A female Metrorail train driver had to get stitches after she was attacked by commuters for refusing to stop between stations in KwaZulu-Natal, the United National Transport Union has said.

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EFF leader Julius Malema is gunning for a defence in his criminal trial by bringing an application to the Constitutional Court to declare sections of the Riotous Assembly Act unconstitutional.

The ANC was jittery about establishing a state-owned bank until Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni "hijacked the superior logic of the EFF", Julius Malema said on Tuesday.

The statement released by the FW de Klerk Foundation, denying apartheid was a crime against humanity and only declared as such due to Soviet propaganda, is "unfortunate, insensitive and reckless", ANC deputy chief whip Doris Dlakude said.

Old Mutual plans to oppose Peter Moyo's urgent application to bar the financial services provider from appointing a new CEO.

Weakness was not only limited to the local bourse as global markets also retreated on the back of concerns that the coronavirus would have much bigger impact on global growth

A man from Maseru, Lesotho, claims he owns the iconic silver Toyota Cressida which ferried Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela from the then-Victor Verster Prison in Paarl to the Cape Town City Hall on February, 11 1990.

The trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges will open on March 17, the justice ministry says.

A buffalo racer in India whose blistering pace along a muddy field prompted comparisons to Olympic legend Usain Bolt has been beaten at his own game.

Twelve members of an armed group died in a clash with UN peacekeepers and government troops in northeastern Central African Republic, authorities say.

The South African Weather Service has issued a warning of high fire danger, watches of severe thunderstorms and a special weather advisory of extremely hot conditions.