# African Rainbow Minerals, gestig en gesteun deur miljardêr Patrice Motsepe, het ‘n toename van 19-persent in jaarlikse wins aangeteken. Die resultaat kom nadat sterk platinumgroepmetaalpryse die impak van laer inkomste uit sy steenkool-, ystererts- en mangaanafdelings geneutraliseer het. Die gediversifiseerde Suid-Afrikaanse mynmaatskappy se wesensverdienste het in die jaar wat op 30 Junie geëindig het, […]
# Die George Munisipaliteit in die Wes-Kaap het sy nooddienste op ‘n hoë gereedheidsgrondslag geplaas ná die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens se vlak vier-waarskuwing vir ontwrigtende reën. Tot 70-millimeter reën word in bergagtige gebiede verwag, terwyl sterk tot stormsterk wind ook vandag en môre voorspel word. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Ntobeko Mangqwengqwe, waarsku teen moontlike oorstromings, gevaarlike […]
# France is providing more than 18.5-billion-rand to farmers hit by record heatwaves and drought this summer. The government says the package will help cover crop and livestock losses and support farms in restarting production. Around 9.7-billion-rand will be paid out urgently for weather-related damage, while another 4.4-billion-rand will help farmers buy seeds and animal […]
# Families in northwestern Nigeria say they have heard nothing from kidnappers nearly two weeks after hundreds of people were abducted in a coordinated raid. Residents say about 600 people, mostly women, children and older people, were seized from three communities in Niger State on 22 August, while at least 40 people were killed. President […]
# The Western Cape High Court has barred the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and other protesters from making certain claims linking Cape Union Mart and its executive chairperson, Philip Krawitz, to genocide in Gaza. This follows a legal battle over protests and boycott campaigns outside stores. The retailer and Krawitz argued accusations that they were funding […]
# The Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 between Paarl and Worcester in the Western Cappe has been temporarily closed to all vehicles because of strong crosswinds on the overpass. Drakenstein Municipality says all traffic is being diverted via the R101 and Du Toitskloof Pass. The closure will remain in place until weather conditions improve. Motorists […]
# The US military has disabled advertising trackers on phones and computers after reports that commercially collected location data was used to target American forces in the Middle East. Reuters reports the Air Force switched off the trackers on cellphones and computers two months ago, while the Special Operations Command recently disabled them on Windows […]
# Run for Rangers het meer as 549-duisend-rand ingesamel om bewaring en pogings teen stropery in KwaZulu-Natal te ondersteun. Die geld sal aangewend word vir toerusting en opleiding vir veldwagters, die versterking van die stryd teen wildmisdaad, asook nuwe fasiliteite vir ‘n K9-anti-stropery-eenheid. Project Rhino sê die fondse sal praktiese ondersteuning bied aan veldwagters wat […]
# Die African Transformation Movement sê president Cyril Ramaphosa het nie sy belofte nagekom om tien-duisend bykomende arbeidsinspekteurs aan te stel nie. Zama Ntshona van die party sê meer as ses maande na die belofte is geen nuwe inspekteurs aangestel nie. Ntshona doen ‘n beroep op die regering om werwing te bespoedig en ook die […]
