insert_link South Africa Illegal dumping swamps Nelson Mandela Bay Residents burn rubbish outside the Motherwell NU8 clinic. Photos: Joseph Chirume By Joseph Chirume via GroundUp An ever-increasing number of illegal dump sites that are not getting cleared by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is making life unpleasant for people living in the townships of Gqeberha. It may also be impacting their health. GroundUp visited Motherwell, Kamvelihle, Wells Estate, and Kuyga, and found garbage blowing about the streets and a […] todayFebruary 2, 2024 26
insert_link Business / Economics IJG Ghost Biz – 1 February Gary talks to The Ghost about Lewis Stores; Truworths; Checkers; Transaction Capital and WeBuyCars; and Microsoft. https://iono.fm/e/1401452 todayFebruary 2, 2024 29
insert_link Business / Economics André de Ruyter: More Truth to Power Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter who had to leave South Africa for his own safety, speaks to BizNews' Chris Steyn from the United States about how the corruption at ESKOM continues “by and large unabated”. https://youtu.be/_u_x171wHr0 todayFebruary 1, 2024 11
insert_link Business / Economics Cape Town to mint 6,100 new millionaires in projected wealth boom By Seth Onyango, via bird story agency Cape Town is forecast to become the fourth fastest-growing wealth hub per capita among the BRICS states, according to new insights from Henley & Partners (H&P). The picturesque city is forecast to add 6,100 millionaires over the next ten years, over and above the current 7,400, representing an 85% jump. "It is currently benefiting from the ongoing ‘semigration’ of large numbers […] todayFebruary 1, 2024 33
insert_link Entertainment Wetlands are superheroes: expert sets out how they protect people and places By Jacqueline L Raw, Nelson Mandela University In the past, wetlands were often seen as undesirable landscapes – waterlogged areas that were difficult to navigate, impossible to build on or farm, and a source of pests such as mosquitoes. But the view on wetlands has shifted as we have learnt how important these ecosystems are for essential “services”. They purify water and provide habitats for plants and animals. […] todayFebruary 1, 2024 31
insert_link Business / Economics Bridging the climate finance gap through collaboration and innovation Government, labour, business, and civil society must collaborate and innovate if South Africa is to raise the R535 billion required to meet its NDC target by 2030. In light of estimates that South Africa will require, on average, R334 billion and R535 billion annually to achieve its net zero goal by 2050 and NDCs by 2030, respectively, it is clear that something radical needs to change and quickly if we […] todayFebruary 1, 2024 29
insert_link South Africa Garbage piling up in Cape Town townships as extortion gangs drive out City contractors Samora Machel residents say they have been using this part of Oliver Tambo Drive as a dumping site because their rubbish bins has not been collected for months. Photos: Sandiso Phaliso By Sandiso Phaliso via GroundUp On almost every corner in Samora Machel, Philippi East and Browns Farm in Cape Town, rubbish is piling up. There is so much rubbish that some streets, such as Hart Lane and Oliver Tambo […] todayFebruary 1, 2024 40
insert_link Africa Continental Free Trade Area launches first trade shipment Industrialisation and Trade Minister, Lucia Iipumbu has participated in the first trade shipments under the African Continental FreeExportDiversification Trade Area at the Port of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. Iipumbu says the implementation will diversify exports, boost productive capacity, accelerate growth, create more jobs, and promote economic inclusion. todayFebruary 1, 2024 51
insert_link Business / Economics South Africa is failing people who aren’t poor, but aren’t middle class either By Tinashe Mushayanyama, University of South Africa; Adrino Mazenda, University of Pretoria; Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria, and Mary Mangai, University of Pretoria Many South African households are trapped. They are neither poor nor middle class. As a demographic they hover above the indigence threshold financially. But they are not yet securely in the middle class. This aspirant middle class – individuals whose income is above the indigent […] todayJanuary 30, 2024 18