Fourteen civil society organisations have written an open letter to Minister Gwede Mantashe, calling on him to allow the procurement of as much as 13 600 MW of renewable energy to address the energy crisis.
injerusalem quickly escalated and hamas militants fired rockets at jerusalem and that led to an 11 day full scale conflict. the fear is another confrontation could flare up very quickly. 395 people are now known to have died in the south african province of kwazulu natal in the worst flooding in decades. days of torrential rain washed away homes, roads and bridges, prompting the government to declare a state of disaster on wednesday. electricity and water have been restored to some areas, but relief teams are stretched to capacity. earlier i wasjoined by thando lukuko who is the south africa coordinator for climate action network. i asked him what he was hearing and seeing with the effect of these floods. what we are hearing is there is very
joining me now is thando lukuko, who is the south africa coordinator for climate action network.t can you tell us what you re hearing and seeing about the floods? what can you tell us what you re hearing and seeing about the floods? what we are hearin: and seeing about the floods? what we are hearing as and seeing about the floods? what we are hearing as there and seeing about the floods? what we are hearing as there is and seeing about the floods? what we are hearing as there is very are hearing as there is very widespread devastation, particularly damage along the coastline as one can imagine with the water being so close. in the city there is varying levels of development. that the geography that is quite hilly so there are parts that have been literally swamped we have also been completely flooded and most vehicles are not able to travel. homes have been fairly demolished. there are images of peoples backyards that have been split into, peoples homes have been split into, p