Energy leaders see energy price volatility and the future of a climate framework as their top critical uncertainties, according to the latest research by the World Energy Council.
2015’s official Wind Energy Forecast for the South African market was released today detailing the key market trends in 2015 for wind energy in the country. Leading experts from Vestas, Siemens, Barclays, and Green Cape discussed key questions facing this year’s wind energy market inside the 8 page report. This January, experts from across the industry were asked five key questions, focused on establishing what the main concerns were for the experts in relation to continuing the upward trajectory of South African Wind Energy Investment. The experts concluded there was a weak link in funding the necessary transmission upgrades and... Continue Reading
December 2014: Our ethnicity is etched into our faces, says Cape Town-based aesthetic and general practitioner, Dr Joseph Huskisson. It’s time that we stopped trying to change our looks to suit the accepted Western norm of beauty and instead focus on enhancing what nature has given us. They say that looks do not define a person, but the reality is that physical appearance is the primary differentiating factor between different ethnicities. While it is true that geographics, language, religion and custom are far more critical in terms of limiting mutual understanding, the differences between cultures is quite literally etched into... Continue Reading
“Some of our patients have never been to the beach. Not because they can’t go, but because they are too ashamed to go. They just want people to stop staring at them. This skin disease has a terrible impact on people’s quality of life. And the sad thing is that it can be very successfully treated if it is properly diagnosed – but many people either don’t seek treatment or, if they do, don’t always get an appropriate treatment.” Sr Judy Wallace is in charge of the dermatology ward at Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town and is Chairperson of... Continue Reading
The 2014 Annual Nigeria Dialogue at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa provided an opportunity to interrogate the diversity of Nigeria. According to a press statement signed by Dr, Nelson Odume, Coordinator of the Annual Dialogue and Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Water Resources at Rhodes University, in Grahamstown, the theme for this year’s dialogue was ‘Building bridges of peaceful co-existence across the Niger – the role of education and youth development’. The Dialogue was chaired by Africa, Professor Akpan Wilson, deputy Dean Research and Internationalisation at the University of Fort hare in Eastern Cape, South Africa. In his... Continue Reading