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Friday Morning Spice
27 Oct 2023 by Heinrich in Morning Headlines
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World Bank Grants SA $1Bn Loan For Energy Reform – The World Bank has said it will support South Africa’s transition to using cleaner forms of energy with a $1 billion loan. The funding will help facilitate “restructuring of the power sector” through the unbundling of state-owned utility Eskom, the lender said in a statement on Wednesday. [news24]
Heritage Sites In South Africa You Have To Visit – Some places in SA are significant, beautiful and also honoured with the title of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Here are a few you MUST visit. [sapeople]
Chinese Fighter Jet Got Within 10 Feet Of US Bomber Over South China Sea, US Military Says – The Chinese pilot “flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner, demonstrated poor airmanship by closing with uncontrolled excessive speed, flying below, in front of, and within 10 feet of the B-52, putting both aircraft in danger of collision,” US Indo-Pacific Command said in a Thursday statement. [cnn]
Extreme Drought Is Revealing Ancient Carvings of Human Faces In The Amazon – “We think they are beautiful. But at the same time, it is worrying,” said. [vice]
Big Drop In Petrol And Diesel Prices Coming Next Week – The Central Energy Fund released the latest fuel price update, indicating a big drop in both petrol and diesel prices, which will come into effect next week. [capetownetc]
‘An Attack On Afrikaans’: Legal Showdown Looms After National Assembly Passes Controversial Bela Bill – The National Assembly passed the controversial Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill – also known as the Bela Bill – on Thursday setting up a legal showdown with the Democratic Alliance and AfriForum who have vowed to fight it all the way to the Constitutional Court. [iol]
Any Parent Is Entitled To Four Months Parental Leave, Rules High Court – Sections of the Basic Conditions of Employment and the Unemployment Insurance Fund acts have been declared unconstitutional for unfairly discriminating against mothers and fathers, surrogate parents, and those who adopt children. [dm]
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