# AfriForum sê die Nasionale Waterwet maak nie regstelling ’n afsonderlike vereiste waaraan voldoen moet word voordat ’n aansoek om ’n waterlisensie oorweeg kan word nie. Die organisasie betwis ’n vereiste op die Departement van Water en Sanitasie se aanlynstelsel wat van aansoekers verwag om aan te toon hoe hul voorgestelde watergebruik, vorige rasse- en […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare het die afdanking van die uitvoerende hoof van die Regeringspensioenadministrasie-agentskap, Kedibone Madiehe, ná ‘n dissiplinêre verhoor, verwelkom. Die verhoor het gevolg na ‘n forensiese ondersoek na beweerde onreëlmatighede met verkryging wat verband hou met kantoorruimte, ‘n kontrak vir sekuriteitsdienste en korporatiewe klere vir werknemers. Claude Naiker van die vakbond sê […]
# Die regering is bekommerd oor die hoë aantal sterftes op die land se paaie nadat afsonderlike botsings minstens 29 lewens geëis het. Agt mense is gister op die N17 naby Ermelo in Mpumalanga dood en 21 mense is vandag in ‘n botsing tussen verskeie voertuie op die N1 in die Wes-Kaap dood. Die adjunk-regeringswoordvoerder […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid gemagtig om bewerings van korrupsie, wanadministrasie en onreëlmatige uitgawes by North West Transport Investments te ondersoek. Dit dek ook sy filiale, North West Star en Atteridgeville Bus Service. Ondersoekers sal verkryging, kontrakte en betalings met betrekking tot brandstofvoorrade, voertuighuur en pendelbusdienste ondersoek. Die Ondersoekeenheid sal ook eise […]
# Die adjunkminister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Bernice Swarts, het die 20ste jaarlikse lekgotla oor luggehaltebestuur in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, geopen. Die driedaagse byeenkoms fokus op die omskakeling van luggehaltebeleid in meetbare verminderings in uitlatings, skoner lug en verbeterde openbare gesondheid. Beraadslagings tussen die regering, die bedryf, gemeenskappe, die burgerlike samelewing en akademici sal […]
# The Kremlin says Russia is not deliberately targeting European diplomats after a train carrying Boris Johnson and other officials passed through an area struck by a Russian drone. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia’s forces target what Moscow considers military infrastructure in Ukraine, and denied that the attack was aimed at the diplomats. Ukrainian […]
# OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman says US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could deserve the Nobel Peace Prize if they reach even a one-page agreement on artificial intelligence safety. Altman says cooperation between Washington and Beijing could help prevent dangerous AI systems from being developed without adequate safeguards. His comments come […]
# Cricket: India’s Women have refused to accept the Asia Cup from Asian Cricket Council president and Pakistani Cricket Board chairperson Mohsin Naqvi. This followed after India beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the final in Dubai to win the tournament for a record eighth time. India’s players celebrated their victory but did not […]
# Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked parliament to swiftly approve the removal of Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who resigned last week amid a corruption investigation involving his office. Kravchenko has not been charged or named as a suspect, but a subordinate is accused of helping a fraud ring. The scandal has intensified tensions between […]
