United Nations in South Africa

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

For farmers weighing land use decisions the choice doesn’t have to be energy or agriculture — it can be both. Solar and wind installations are increasingly designed to share land with farming letting crops grow alongside clean power generation. Evidence shows this approach can raise crop yields and reduce water consumption — a win for both energy security and food security.

This is what a just transition looks like: renewable energy that strengthens the land communities depend on rather than competing with it.

Learn more about how wind and solar are shaping a sustainable future ⬇️
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/mythbusters/

03/09/2026

Farmers are watching the skies. Water planners are watching the rivers. And meteorologists are watching one number: El Niño.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a UN agency, has confirmed El Niño is now firmly established and strengthening. Forecasters give it a near 100% chance of persisting into early 2027, with the event set to reach very strong intensity by the end of this year.

The size of an El Niño does not decide the size of its impact. That depends on where you live. This is why WMO's Regional Climate Centres and National Meteorological Services, including across the continent, are turning this global signal into local guidance that farmers, water managers and disaster planners can act on now.

This is multilateral cooperation doing what it does best: pooling science from across the UN system and its partners then getting it into the hands of the people who need it before the impacts arrive.

02/09/2026

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02/09/2026

Communities already living with drought, floods and extreme heat are facing a harder truth: global warming is on track to temporarily cross 1.5°C. What happens next isn't fixed. UN Environment Programme's new report sets out three phases to shape how severe, how long and how dangerous that overshoot becomes: Immediate emissions cuts, containment and long-term resilience. Getting there will take political will, stronger multilateralism and governance built on equity and justice, the kind of collective action the United Nations🇺🇳 exists to drive.

Read more: https://www.unep.org/resources/limiting-overshoot-navigating-exceedance

02/09/2026

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01/09/2026

Starting the new month by opening the door to the next generation. This week UN in South Africa🇿🇦 welcomes a new 20-member UN–Youth Employment Service cohort, with young people stepping into the pathways this programme is building toward decent work.

Welcome to the UN–YES family👏🏿👏

31/08/2026

Who gets to tell Africa’s story still shapes how the world sees it and how Africa sees itself. That question sat at the centre of “Africa’s Stories, Africa’s Power: Media, Narrative and the New Diplomacy” held at MTN South Africa Headquarters, bringing together diplomats, media practitioners, the MTN Media Innovation Programme (MIP) fellows, and the UN 🇿🇦family to unpack journalism and accountability, national reputation and cultural diplomacy.

RC Nelson Muffuh made the case for information integrity as the foundation all of this rests on: without a trustworthy information space, no narrative — however powerful — can hold. It’s a reminder that stronger, more accurate African storytelling isn’t just a media conversation. It’s part of the UN’s wider push to protect the integrity of the information ecosystem everywhere, and to make sure the stories that shape diplomacy and people-to-people relations are ones people can actually trust.

31/08/2026

The climate crisis is reshaping the lives of women, girls, and their communities, affecting:
🟢 Livelihoods
🟢 Food security
🟢 Access to water

From strengthening women's leadership in environmental decision-making to protecting women environmental human rights defenders, we call for the acceleration of action for climate and .

Today and everyday, the call to act must also be a call .

28/08/2026

We’re celebrating 140 women entrepreneurs graduating from the UN Women, De Beers Group programme in South Africa! 🇿🇦

Implemented by UN Women South Africa in partnership with Musina and Blouberg Municipalities, supported by De Beers Group, the programme provides women entrepreneurs with practical skills, knowledge and support to strengthen and grow their businesses.

Today, we celebrate their hard work, resilience and progress and the contribution they are making to their families, communities and local economies.

Congratulations to the 140 graduates on reaching this important milestone! We look forward to seeing their businesses continue to grow and create opportunities.



Musina Local Municipality