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The global fight over fossil fuels has hit home in South Africa as the coal-dependent country debates its energy future before hosting UN climate talks later this year.

SA moves to finalise carbon tax this year, despite global loose ends

CARBON TAX

South Africa will seek to finalise its carbon tax policy by mid-year and may announce its implementation during the 2012 Budget, despite the absence of a global carbon price or a binding...

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South Africa needs to double the rate of its economic growth in order to create jobs, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says; climate change is probably the world’s biggest distraction and not its...

Climate change ‘possibly our biggest distraction’ - Wits prof

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change is possibly the world’s biggest distraction but it is not its biggest and most immediate challenge, says Professor Grant Cawthorn. Cawthorn, Wits University’s School of...

SA: Xingwana: Address by the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, at the International Women’s Day debate, in the National Council of Provinces (09/03/2011)

2011

Date: 09/03/2011
Source: The Women, Children and People with Disabilities
Title: SA: Xingwana: Address by the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, at the...

Durban meeting should highlight effect of climate change on Africa

CLIMATE CHANGE

South Africa should use its position as the host of the United Nation's 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) for global climate change negotiations in December, to highlight the vulnerabilities...

SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the launch of the African Exploration Mining and Finance Company, Mpumalanga (26/02/2011)

2011

Source: The Presidency
Title: SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the launch of the African Exploration Mining and Finance Company, Mpumalanga

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Carbon tax design and schedule to be outlined in 2012 Budget

BUDGET 2011

The design features of a proposed carbon tax, as well as a schedule for its possible introduction, would be unveiled in the 2012 Budget, the National Treasury said in its 2011 Budget review....

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