First Hydrogen-Powered Bicycles to Appear on Shanghai Streets

The project is of importance for China’s hydrogen industry and the application of humanoid robots

Ten two-wheeled hydrogen-powered vehicles, which are almost indistinguishable in appearance from conventional electric bicycles, are set to begin operation at the Science and Technology Park of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. This was reported by El Ciudadano, a TV BRICS partner.

The hydrogen bicycles are equipped with a 400-watt fuel cell featuring a closed-loop air cooling system.READ MORE

The authorities believe the sector continues to grow against a backdrop of rising tourist numbers

Every million foreign tourists visiting Egypt helps to create around 220,000 jobs. This was stated by Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Sherif Fathi, as reported by Sada El-Balad, a partner of TV BRICS.

According to the minister, the country’s tourism industry is showing positive growth. The authorities are working to develop various areas of the sector, attract investment and improve theREAD MORE

The programme aims to strengthen economic ties and expand opportunities for trade and investment

Indonesia is hosting a ten-day training programme on trade policy in Jakarta for representatives from six African countries, according to ANTARA.

Sixteen representatives from Rwanda, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia are taking part. They will learn how to streamline trade procedures, develop exports, conduct negotiations and promote national products in overseas markets. Particular attention will be paid to supportingREAD MORE

The EFF in Gauteng has welcomed the arrest of a second suspect in the murder of party member Monica Dube, but says the investigation must go beyond those allegedly involved in carrying out the shooting and establish who planned or commissioned her assassination.

The party said the latest arrest was an important development but warned that the investigation should not end with the identification of alleged perpetrators.

Dube, 44, a former EFF secretary in Tshwane’s Region 2,READ MORE

Legal proceedings over South Africa’s long-delayed Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) programme continue to hold up the analogue television switch-off, but the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies has now set a new three-month timeline to map out the completion of the programme.

The committee said on Tuesday that it will reconvene within three months to receive the scope and terms of reference for completing BDM, as pressure grows to resolve the delays that have kept the countryREAD MORE

Police have arrested a second suspect in connection with the murder of EFF member Monica Dube, who was shot dead at her home in Wallmannsthal, Tshwane, in June.

The 39-year-old man was arrested by the Gauteng Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) on Tuesday evening following an intelligence-driven investigation, according to SAPS national spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe.

The suspect is expected to appear in the Cullinan Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 7 October, where he willREAD MORE

The State is set to oppose bail for Matome Victor Rampedi, who is accused of murdering Ntombifuthu Nxumalo, whose body was found at Mooifontein Cemetery in the Vusimusi section of Tembisa last month.

Rampedi appeared in the Tembisa Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, where the State indicated it was ready to proceed with his formal bail application.

However, his defence requested additional time to consult with him.

The court postponed the matter to 19 October for theREAD MORE

The Limpopo High Court in Polokwane has cleared 50 former matric learners from Baphutheng Senior Secondary School of examination irregularities, bringing an end to a nearly two-year battle over allegations that they engaged in group copying.

The court ordered the Limpopo Department of Education (LDoE) to release the learners’ National Senior Certificate statements of results and certificates without any adverse endorsement.

The learners had been labelled as cheaters after similarities were found in their answers to BusinessREAD MORE

ActionSA has demanded an urgent cut to the fuel levy after motorists were hit with increases of more than R3 a litre, pushing Gauteng’s 95 petrol price above the R30 mark.

ActionSA Member of Parliament Alan Beesley has called on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to intervene, warning that the latest fuel shock will reverberate through households, businesses and the wider economy.

The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources announced on Monday that the price of 93 petrolREAD MORE

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has called on the Buffalo City Speaker for an urgent probe into alleged political manipulation of jobs, EPWP opportunities and municipal resources.

The party says it has formally escalated its allegations of political interference in municipal employment opportunities in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, calling for an urgent investigation spanning all 50 wards ahead of the local government elections.

The party’s national spokesperson, Zama Ntshona, said the ATM’s formal complaint was received byREAD MORE