Janet Whitton
Investigations Unit Editor at South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
Wife, mom to humans & dogs & Specialist Researcher: Sport, Culture & Environment at SABC News & very early AM sport anchor on SAfm @FirstTakeSA #FULLYVAXXED
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Sep 9, 2024 |
sabcnews.com | Janet Whitton
The last month has shown the great potential in South African sport, and it is the responsibility of the various federations to nurture that talent. One of Nelson Mandela’s most quoted phrases is about how sport has the power to change the world. And lest we forget, it was in the midst of the victorious 1995 Rugby World Cup that Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s idea of South Africa as a ‘rainbow nation’ became part of our cultural identity.
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Jul 22, 2024 |
sabcnews.com | Janet Whitton
South Africa’s sports bosses have learnt a lesson over the years. They no longer give us a medal prediction ahead of the Olympics. South Africa won 10 medals in Rio in 2016, and 6 in Athens (2004) and London (2012), which are our best hauls in the Olympic Games post-isolation. But in between, there have been some serious disappointments. In Beijing in 2008, Khotso Mokoena won our lone medal on the last day, a silver in the long jump.
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Jun 14, 2024 |
sabcnews.com | Janet Whitton
Reading Time: 5 minutesSouth Africa’s climate change program is on track, at least for now. But, that might not be sustainable if change doesn’t happen at a quicker rate in the energy and transport sectors. South Africa’s First Climate Change Report will be released next month. And next year the country will have to submit its latest Nationally Determined Contribution targets to the United Nations, part of the responsibility of being a signatory to the Paris Climate Change Agreement.
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Jun 3, 2024 |
sabcnews.com | Janet Whitton
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are some provinces that will also have to discuss coalitions over the next fortnight following the general elections. The final results were announced last night in Midrand. The African National Congress (ANC) has a majority in the North West, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Free State, and Eastern Cape. The Democratic Alliance (DA) keeps control of the Western Cape.
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Jun 1, 2024 |
sabcnews.com | Janet Whitton
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Moonshot Pact, the opposition grouping led by the Democratic Alliance (DA), will be meeting today, to plot a way forward, as the declaration of votes in the National Elections reaches its final stages. The group, which includes the DA, as well as the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), Action SA and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+), have not garnered enough to form a government.
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