CivicLedger NoSpin

Idiploma yase-UJ. EGoli. Ngishadile, izingane. Ukholo kuqala.

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@GovernmentZA Committed to addressing. Thats what they said last year too. Students dropped out waiting for allowances while officials sat in workshops. Show us the paid cases, not the photo ops

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

Another set of recommendations...local manufacturing has been 'under consideration' for a decade now. When do the actual tenders go out? Clinics are out of stock whilst officials deliberate in Durban.

[SADC Secretariat @SADC_News]

#𝗦𝗔𝗗𝗖 𝗦𝗲��𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗜𝗩 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗜𝗗𝗦 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻

The #SADC Senior Officials Meeting of the Joint Ministers of Health and Ministers Responsible for HIV and AIDS commenced today, 09 November 2026, in Durban, Republic of South Africa.

The Senior Officials are meeting from 09 to 11 November 2026 to deliberate on key regional health priorities and prepare recommendations and documents for consideration by Ministers during their meeting scheduled for 12 November 2026.

The meeting was officially welcomed by Ms T.P. Msimango, Head of Department of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health, and is chaired by Dr Thembisile Xulu, Director-General of South Africa’s National Department of Health and Chairperson of the #SADC Health Senior Officials Meeting.

The #SADC Secretariat delegation is led by Dr Mike Masiye, Acting Deputy Executive Secretary for Regional Integration.

Key issues under consideration include strengthening regional health systems, public health emergency preparedness and response, sustainable health financing, pharmaceutical pooled procurement, local manufacturing of health commodities, and progress towards ending HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the #SADC region.

The meeting will also consider sexual and reproductive health, nutrition and other strategic interventions aimed at improving access to quality healthcare and advancing regional health security.

The Senior Officials’ deliberations will inform the Ministerial Meeting on 12 November 2026, which will provide policy guidance on strengthening regional cooperation and addressing shared public health challenges.

The meetings form part of the #SADC Joint Meeting of Ministers of Health and Ministers Responsible for HIV and AIDS, taking place from 09 to 13 November 2026, with #SADC Malaria Day scheduled for 13 November.

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@AUC_PAPS @_AfricanUnion Nice photo in front of the memorial wall. I have helped many with applications over the years and not 1 even got an acknowledgement. Now show us the delivery report from the past 20 years of this policy

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@ahunnaeziakonwa @MissionAngola Turning resources into results, that's the whole game. Plenty of ambitions on the continent, its implementation that fails. I keep asking the same thing, what gets measured gets done. Show us the delivery Angola

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@CerlogicFounder True, but the hard part is the waiting. Cheap and ignored can stay ignored for years. You need cash flow to carry you while you wait...learned that the hard way with clients chasing quick money instead of solid projections.

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

Sounds good but the test is simple: how many young people get real jobs and how many smmes get affordable energy out of this. I have sat with enough funding applications to know speeches dont pay. Thats the scorecard

[ECA @ECA_OFFICIAL]

At #COP31, the #AfricaPavilion is a flagship platform to amplify African voices, showcase homegrown solutions and advance the partnerships and investments needed to accelerate climate action and build a resilient future.

@_AfricanUnion @AfDB_Group @afreximbank @NEPAD_Agency

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@Mr_LiverpoolX The precedent is the worst part. Fail to do your job, court bails you out, zero consequences. Same culture that wrecked the SOEs now runs the party machine

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@militaryafrica Signing on a stage is the easy part. Will locals actually be trained and employed there, or just a flag on the wall with flown-in technicians? In my experience these deals die after the photo op

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@AardvarkBloody Rather be blocked than be a blockhead 😁...but while you all fight, the real question is how Cele stayed untouchable for so long

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@IOL Weeks of hearings and the big question is whether a clause covers commissions or not. Where is the recovery of the money whilst the lawyers debate semantics?

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

We know this one well. Huge solar and wind potential here too, yet when the sun goes down we sit in the dark. Auctions on paper mean nothing without grid capacity to connect the projects

[World Data Analysis @World_Data_A]

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Which country has wind potential MORE THAN 600 times greater than its current electricity production?
The answer: MONGOLIA! 🇲🇳

But there’s more: Mongolia’s combined wind + Ssolar potential is over 1,600 times its entire power grid

Mongolia’s technical wind potential is about 1,100 GW. Its total renewable potential (wind + solar) is estimated at around 2,600 GW.

With only 1.6 GW of installed capacity today, the country’s combined wind and solar resource is roughly 1,625 times larger than its existing power system.

It still generates over 90% of its electricity from coal and continues to import power, despite holding one of the world’s largest untapped green energy resources.

Key developments in 2026
- First competitive renewable auction (June 2026)
- The Ministry of Energy held Mongolia’s first reverse auction, allocating 220 MW of solar PV plus 135 MW / 440 MWh of battery storage. Winning bids ranged from 4.85–7.8 cents per kWh. The awarded capacity equals roughly 14% of the country’s current total installed capacity.

ACWA Power explores 4.5 GW export project October 2026)
Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power signed a memorandum of understanding with Mongolia’s Sun Steppe Power to study a 4.5 GW wind and solar project aimed at exporting electricity to China. The project is still at the exploration stage, no final investment decision has been made. If realized, it would be nearly three times the size of Mongolia’s entire existing grid and would require major cross-border transmission links.

The resource is enormous. Turning it into real projects will depend on grid upgrades, transmission infrastructure, and continued policy support.
Sources: AGBI News, Ministry of Mongolia, SEI Policy overwiev

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

54% of adaptation needs, 20% of the financing...same story every summit. Pledges are free, the farmers are battling now. Not 1 has landed on a farm yet. Who actually disburses this money and when?

[Ecofin Agency @ecofinagency]

COP31: Agriculture Faces Pressure to Turn Climate Pledges Into Funding https://t.co/S4hrMt9H8z

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@KenzieGoldberg Popcorn politics while people get murdered. If there was real pressure he has proof, put it on record. If not, its just noise to delay the process. I want convictions, not serials

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@IOL Another commission, another 3 years, another few hundred million in legal fees. Will anyone actually end up in jail this time?

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@LogicUniv Being caught between powers is not always a bad thing. It means you matter. Trade with everyone, beg from nobody.

[SAfmRadio 📻 @SAfmRadio]

[ON AIR] #FrontPageFocus on #TheNationalBriefing with @CathyMohlahlana #sabcnews

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

Fine words. I judge on delivery, not loyalty statements...we all saw how the venue court battles went in Cape Town. Show us what it costs and what it actually delivers, then talk about who is blocking it

[steve van niekerk @NiekerkSteve]

Anyone standing in the way of HZ and the DA in its efforts to do this is part of the problem not the solution.

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@Sirngov1 @Mr_LiverpoolX 4 thousand delegates and not 1 could click submit. Same hands that sign off on billions in procurement....

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@IOL Free and fair sure, but the real test is delivery. 127 hung councils means months of haggling over mayoral seats whilst potholes and burst pipes get worse. Same script every election.

[CivicLedger NoSpin @nospin_sa]

@_AfricanSoil They don't resign here, they get redeployed or promoted. I've watched municipalities fail audit after audit with the same cadres collecting. The chart says it all, voters are done with them