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Old King Coal not such a merry old soul after Eskom confirms major decarbonisation plan

Old King Coal not such a merry old soul after Eskom confirms major decarbonisation plan
Tony Carnie
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Eskom, the largest single source of climate-warming gas pollution in Africa, has confirmed that it is talking to multilateral banks and development finance agencies to fund a major switchover to “cleaner energy” options and the early closure of several coal-fired power plants.
South Africa’s industrial economy was built on coal, and the country’s dependency on this cheap fuel was entrenched in the 1970s with massive infrastructure investment in new coal mines, coal power plants, coal-to-liquid fuels plants and a massive rise in coal exports. However, that could be changing at last with the news that Eskom is developing a Just Energy Transaction (JET) plan to move the country away from its unenviable status as one of the most carbon-intensive nations in the world. ....

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Dysfunctional SSA biggest threat to South Africa's security, EFF's Ndlozi tells Parliament

State Security Deputy Minister Zizi Kodwa talked King Shaka and the Battle of Isandlwana to underscore the need for everyone to protect intelligence services. But EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi blew that out of the water the SSA was so dysfunctional they couldn’t perform their constitutional responsibilities. ....

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Rooibos: South Africa's wonder tea or just a regular brew?

Rooibos: South Africa’s wonder tea or just a regular brew?
Sarah Hoek
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In 1968 Dr Annique Theron put the spotlight on rooibos with her claims that the tea relieved her baby’s colic, the first of many stories of its alleged health benefits. According to Theron, the tea helped her baby sleep through the night and soothed her allergic reactions. Inspired by her own personal experience, Theron went on to found the skincare brand Annique, which then developed rooibos-based health and beauty products.
Today, up to 12,000 metric tonnes of rooibos are produced annually in South Africa in an industry that employs thousands of people. South Africans themselves consume 4,500 to 5,000 tonnes of the tea, while the rest is exported to over 30 countries around the world. ....

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Across the Sahara to Mali: Ibn Battuta's never-ending trip

Across the Sahara to Mali: Ibn Battuta’s never-ending trip
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People of Africa didn’t need to describe the continent: they lived there. So almost every book or report up until the 20th century came from European adventurers venturing into a continent that was dark only to themselves. They made notes and sketches that, often without realising it, opened the way for colonial incursions. Ibn Battuta was different. He came from Tangier in Morocco and most fully embodied Lau Tzu’s notion of a good traveller having ‘no fixed plans and not intent on arriving.’ Battuta travelled almost continuously for 30 years. He began his journey as a haj to Mecca in 1325. After that, he just kept going. This is his final trip: across the Sahara to Mali. ....

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From Durban to Cape Town: And a road runs through it

From Durban to Cape Town: And a road runs through it
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“Daddy-uhhhh! Julian’s just a big bully, really, even if he is 14, and he doesn’t even know that girls can fly space rockets. And bowl really well.”
The air hostess’ eyebrows raise fractionally, as my seven-year-old daughter throws down her dog-eared copy of
Five Go to Billycock Hill in utter disgust. It bounces off the dinner tray and plops onto my foot. The businessman doing the
Cape Times crossword in the adjacent aisle smirks, eyes down. I nudge my bumper
Times Cryptic Crossword book forward, so he can see what proper cruciverbalism looks like. ....

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