South Africa’s hospital admission rate as a percentage of new Covid-19 cases identified fell 91% in the second week of the current infection wave compared to the third wave.
Author: Antony Sguazzin
The level of immunity among South Africa’s population due to earlier infections may be masking the severity of illness caused by the Omicron variant, scientists said.
The environment department has turned down an application to moor a floating, gas-fired power plant in the port of Richards Bay on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast.
South African scientists are working “at lightning speed” to ascertain how quickly the concerning new coronavirus variant can spread.
South African coronavirus cases are beginning to climb as scientists warn of an impending fourth wave of the disease.
South Africa’s decline is accelerating and the country risks becoming a lower-middle-income nation by 2028, a new model shows.
The energy department has cautioned that a retreat from coal must take account of the impact on the economy and the people who depend on it for a living.
Energy regulator Nersa and energy minister Gwede Mantashe have been sued by environmental activists over plans to allow the construction of new coal-fired power plants.
Eskom has said retrofitting about half of its coal-fired plants with pollution-cutting equipment would cost more than R300-billion and boost electricity costs.
Envoys from some of the world’s richest nations have met with South African cabinet ministers to discuss a climate deal that could see billions of dollars flowing in the country.