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George Airport in South Africa is not only Africa's first solar powered airport, it is also the second of such in the world after India's Cochin airport. 2000 solar panels provide 750Kw of energy daily which exceeds the 450Kw the airport needs to run its activities.    “Gone are the days when power failures used to a bea big thing for the airport. We no longer have those, said Brenda Voster, Airport Manager.The solar facility which cost about $1.2 million to build has so far helped airport reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 1,229 tonnes, the equivalent of 103,934 litres of fuel.Also, there are plans to increase the capacity of the power station by an extra 250 Kw.    “We’re quite excited about us embarking on phase two. Phase two I should say in all probability, will, have the back-up battery facilities where we can then store any solar that we generate through the day that we are not using,” Brenda added. The busy travel hub handles about 700,000 passenge

Soccer giants, Real Madrid have been declared  as the World’s highest earning football club after their latest rise in financial figures. The Galacticos who won their 11th Uefa Champions League title "La Undecima" posted record revenues over the course of 2015-16, with earnings rising 7.4 per cent to €620million.A club statement read:'    "Operating revenues for the financial year 2015-16, without taking into account capital gains obtained asa result of player transfers, have topped €600million euros for the first time. This improvement in profitability is due to an increase in revenues having subtracted operating expenses and provisions corresponding to risks and contingencies"

 Eight year old Angel Tyra Muwanguzi pupil of “Train Up a Child Primary School,”located in  Bugolobi, Uganda,replaced General Katumba Wamala as the country's Chief of Defense Forces.  The little soldier's reign lasted all of 10 minutes. It  was organized by Ugandan wing of Plan International together with Gals Forum International, a local NGO as part of the events organized ahead of the International day of the girl child scheduled for October 11th.This was to show as an example that eomen can perform duties that men can do.     "We want to demystify the accessibility to this office and so are pleased to be a part of this event to support and inspire girls on this memorable day,” Gen. Katumba said after the event.Plan International Uganda’s Head of Programmes said that they have worked closely with other ministries but not with the Ministry of Defence and so this is a rare and special occasion for us which we hope to be the start of a strong partnership to f

Germany will now   compensate more than 50 thousand men who are gays and were jailed for their sexual orientation under a historic law. The plans, which will see 30 million euros ($33.6 million) set aside to compensate homosexuals convicted under a historic law for their sexual preferences, up to the 1960s, were revealed by the German daily"Süddeutsche Zeitung" (SZ) on Saturday.Germany's Justice Minister Heiko Maas of the Social Democrats told the paper that compensation would "depend on concrete individual cases," taking sentence duration into consideration.A draft law, set to be formally announced this month,will provide for "relatively uncomplicated" individual claims, Maas said. It also allows for collective compensation. Convicted homosexuals would also have their names cleared. The minister told "SZ" thathe expects more than five thousand men to have a personal claim.The infamous Paragraph 175, which was part of Germany's cri

The Republican Vice Presidential Candidate,  Mike Pence, has given his thoughts on the  leaked audio of presidential candidate Donald Trump and  Today show host, Billy Bush,having a crude conversation about trying to bang chicks back in 2005, during a one-on-one locker room banter. The Washington Post somehow got to the "Access Hollywood" footage from 2005.      Taking himself far from the issue Pence sa      "As a husband and father, I was offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump in the11-year-old video released yesterday, I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them.I am grateful that he has expressed remorse and apologized to the American people. We pray for his family and look forward to the opportunity he has to show what is in his heart when he goes before the nation tomorrow night."

Making a 6th appearance on the FIFA Senior world Cup billed for Russia in 2018 is the instant project before the super Eagles of Nigeria. To achieve this purpose, Nigeria should finish as winner in organization B after playing home and away video games towards the trio of Zambia, Algeria and Cameroon. The adventure to Russia will kick begin for the top notch Eagles on Sunday afternoon in Ndola as Nigeria tackle Zambia’s Chipolopolo on the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium. Apart the capacity crowd being mobilized by way of the Zambians, the united states’s primary citizen, President Edgar Lungu, is expected to be unique guest of honour at Sunday’s suit. At the same time as the Zambians have now not crushed the outstanding Eagles in a competitive match within the past 31 years, Nigeria has failed to record any victory over Chipolopolo on their very own soil. Will any of the 2 teams damage that jinx today? Sunday’s stumble upon, the primary FIFA world Cup qualifying suit at senior degree betw

Chelsea ’ s winger, victor moses is being investigated after being accused of feigning injury to avoid gambling for Nigeria. The Blues huge man was great in the 2 - 0 victory over Hull – starting his first most advantageous League fit of the season – but soon pulled out of the great Eagles squad for the arena Cup qualifier towards Zambia, bringing up an harm. Watford’ s Isaac fulfillment also failed to make the journey because of a stated damage in the 2 - 2 draw over Bournemouth or even posted a photo of his leg strapped up on social media to legitimise his claim . The Nigerian soccer Federation are sceptical even though and could carry out an research on the matter . “ We recognize the 2 players had excellent video games and there was no signal of injury on the duo at some stage in or after the game , ” a NFF supply advised whole sports Nigeria. “ It came as a wonder to pay attention later that Moses turned into injured and that he would not be to be had for the sport and succes

The Presidency has expressed pleasure over the South African ideally suited court docket of enchantment’s choice to confirm the conviction of Henry Okah to twenty years in prison. A presidency professional, who desired no longer to be named, confirmed this development to nation house correspondents in Abuja on Saturday. The court, on October three, located Okah responsible on  out of the 6-matter prices regarding the Warri bombing filed in opposition to him. The courtroom also upheld the 12-12 months sentence for his function within the Abuja bombing that claimed many innocent lives. The convictions that were upheld are the ones in admire of the Warri bombing, relating to Okah’s offering finance and system without which the bombings might no longer were finished. The supply stated that already the Nigerian authorities had written “a measured letter” to the South African authorities, hailing the judicial decision as a large breakthrough closer to putting off terrorism from the cont

A Palestinian opened fire from a vehicle in Jerusalem Sunday and again as police chased him, killing  people, government said, after concerns over the capability for a brand new upsurge in violence. The gunman changed into killed quickly after carrying out the assault near police headquarters, near the line dividing in particular Palestinian east Jerusalem from the in the main Jewish western zone of the metropolis. The shooting rampage comes at a time of elevated Jewish site visitors to the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem for the vacations of Rosh Hashanah, which changed into closing week, and Yom Kippur, which starts Tuesday night. Police stated the 39-year-antique assailant fired in the path of a tram station in the place, severely wounding a girl. He then persevered at high velocity and shot at a car, leaving another female badly hurt, they added. One of the women, a 60-12 months-antique, became stated by medics to be in important situation after being shot in h