Recently appointed East London port manager Siphiwe Mthembu says the looting that took place in KwaZulu-Natal last year and subsequent heavy floods there helped prepare him to deal with events that disrupted port operations.
Whether or not you agree that gas-fired power plants are the best way to help SA out of its energy crisis, the reality is we need electricity stability and Eskom has demonstrated that it is not going to provide it.
Dramatic scenes played out on the waters off Gqeberha as a suspected perlemoen poacher allegedly tossed his illegal loot overboard before ramming a SANParks marine ranger vessel, forcing the rangers to open fire.
The Coega Development Corporation has been awarded a key permit from the department of forestry, fisheries and the environment which will allow it to push forward with three projects centred on energy, aquaculture and water.
Environmental and social activists have welcomed the latest broadside fired by environment minister Barbara Creecy at the controversial Karpowership floating power proposal, but have questioned why she did not finish the job.