From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I'm Darren Parker.
Making headlines:
Five weeks of "tough" climate change negotiations await South Africa's negotiators before the global climate change talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December, and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica remains adamant that South Africa's "responsibilities are different, because [its] capabilities are different".
Sonjica stresses that emission reduction targets are not prescribed for developing countries under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fourth assessment report. Cabinet said last week that it is not ready to agree to any targets at the negotiations in Copenhagen that would undermine South Africa's growth trajectory.
Department of Environmental Affairs DDG Joanne Yawitch adds that South Africa's current position at the negotiations is to ensure "massively scaled-up, predictable and sustainable financial flows", from the developed nations to the developing world to pay for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

The World Bank's ‘World Development Report 2010' highlights that research and development investment in the order of between $100-billion and $700-billion a year is needed to help solve the world's climate problems. This would be a "major increase" on the "modest" funds currently being spent on energy research, development and deployment (RD&D).
The report said that a switch to a low-carbon world through technological innovation and complementary institutional reforms must start with immediate and aggressive action by high-income countries to shrink their unsustainable carbon footprints. A "credible commitment" by these rich countries to reduce their carbon emissions would stimulate the required RD&D of new technologies and processes in energy, transport, industry and agriculture. Only with new technologies at competitive prices can climate change be curtailed without sacrificing growth.
World Bank chief economist for sustainable development Marianne Fay says that a climate-smart world is within reach if countries work together now to overcome inertia, keep costs down and to modify energy, food and risk management systems.

Police are dealing with corruption and criminals within their own ranks, says National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele. 556 corrupt policemen have been arrested and action taken against them.
Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa adds that society should avoid painting all policemen with one brush, but conceded that there are "rotten potatoes" among the police.

Also making headlines:
The Democratic Alliance says that President Jacob Zuma needs to get the basics right on antiretroviral (ARV) provision, after the Health Ministry said yesterday that it would miss its ARV roll-out target.
South Africa is to release a draft climate change policy by month-end.
And, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni blames last week's deadly riots on the opposition.
That's a roundup of news making headlines today.