# Twenty school children and one adult have been killed in a bus accident in Uganda’s Kapchorwa District. Several others were injured. Preliminary investigations show the bus suffered a mechanical fault before the driver lost control on Chekwatit Hill, resulting in the vehicle veering off the road and hitting a large stone before overturning. The bus […]
# Rugby: Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx says they are bracing themselves for a confrontational and physical battle against Wales in their third and final home Nations Championship game in Durban tomorrow. When the two sides last met in November last year, Wales suffered their heaviest-ever home defeat of 73-0. Marx has shot down suggestions the […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says government is considering fast-tracking the Municipal Structures Amendment Bill in time for November’s local government elections to ensure post-election stability. The legislation, also known as the Coalitions Bill, seeks to provide a legislative framework to guide the formation and management of coalition governments, and provide […]
# Gauteng MEC for Economic Development, Agriculture and Rural Development MEC, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa, says the provincial pork industry has lost over ten-million-rand following seven outbreaks of African swine fever in Tshwane since November last year. Over 69-thousand pigs have been affected in commercial and smaller-scale farming operations, with approximately 60-thousand culled. The DA’s Bronwynn Engelbrecht says African […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA verwerp die afleggingsvoorstelle van die farmaseutiese vervaardiger, Adcock Ingram. Die maatskappy het die vakbond met ʼn Artikel 189A-kennisgewing bedien dat hy 250 werkers by die Clayville-aanleg in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, wil aflê. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê Adcock Ingram se besnoeiing-strategie is ʼn aanval op werkers:
# Die Wes-Kaapse premier, Alan Winde, sê die provinsiale regering wil Meiringspoort so gou moontlik heropen om werksgeleenthede en mense se voortbestaan te beskerm. Die roete, wat die Klein- en die Groot-Karoo verbind, is erg beskadig tydens onlangse stormweer. Winde sê indien toestande gunstig bly, sal ʼn tydelike oplossing binne ses maande verseker dat die […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says Special Economic Zones are not simply designated industrial sites; they are engines of economic transformation. A recent World Bank assessment found that South Africa’s SEZs have attracted more than 34-billion-rand in investment, created over 30-thousand direct jobs, and generated more than 14-billion-rand in revenue for the fiscus. Ramaphosa says government […]
# Die adjunk-minister van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovering, doktor Nomalungelo Gina, sê Suid-Afrika is verbind tot die gebruik van wetenskap, tegnologie en innovering om inklusiewe groei te versterk, ontwikkeling te ondersteun en lewensgehalte te verbeter. Sy verteenwoordig die land by UNESCO’s 2026 se wêreldwye konferensie oor die internasionale dekade van wetenskappe en volhoubare ontwikkeling in […]
# Die vakbond vir werkers in die bankwese, SASBO, het kommer uitgespreek oor African Bank se planne om een-duisend-200 mense af te dank en byna 900 takke te sluit om volhoubaar te bly. Die bank het in Junie ʼn verlies van 624-miljoen-rand aangeteken vir die halfjaar tot einde Maart, nadat sy koste-basis sy risiko-aangepaste inkomste […]
