A U.S. Department of Energy report found that the change to extend daylight savings resulted in a 0.5% reduction in total electricity for each day of the extension.
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For over 100 years, the U.S. and other countries have been toying with time moving the clocks forward an hour each spring to accommodate daylight saving time, before setting them back again each fall. And for decades, politicians have been pushing to end the practice, which returns at 2 a.m. Sunday.
In February 2023 South African parliamentarians debated the president’s state of the nation address (Sona). In response to president Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech a few days earlier, some members of parliament (MPs) did not hold back in their criticism of the president, his government and the state of the country. Others praised the progress that had been made so far. Africa Check took a closer look at some of the claims made during the debate. Which MPs got their facts right? And who needs to do more homework?