# The World Meteorological Organisation says there is an 80-percent chance that El Niño will emerge from this month to August, and a near 90-percent probability of it persisting through at least November. The periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean typically drives more extreme weather and rainfall patterns. United Nations Secretary-General […]
# The International Organisation for Migration is warning that reactive border closures in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda may push people towards less monitored informal crossing points. Over 600 suspected Ebola cases and more than 300 deaths were reported. The IOM says reactive border closures can reduce […]
# Die Stad Tshwane sê hy het die bykomende watertenkwaens wat tydens Rand Water se beplande instandhoudingswerk ontplooi is, onttrek nadat die verspreidingsnetwerk tekens van herstel begin toon het. Tegnici hou ‘n ogie oor die Mabopane- en die Kruisfontein-stelsel, en dele van die Soshanguve L- en die Soshanguve DD-stelsel, wat op laer vlakke funksioneer. Die […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse polisie ontken die moord op die 19-jarige Nhlamulo Sambo, oorspronklik van Giyani in Limpopo, in Mosselbaai hou verband met betogings teen onwettige immigrante. Sy ma, Patricia Sambo, het op sosiale media beweer haar seun is die naweek tydens betogings vermoor omdat hy Tsonga bepraat het. Die provinsie se polisiekommissaris, Thembisile Patekile, sê […]
# Cricket: Cricket Canada has appointed lawyer and former Pan American athlete, Dasha Peregoudova, to lead an independent investigation to examine governance and financial control issues within the organisation. This comes after the International Cricket Council suspended Canada’s membership following a series of controversies and allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement. The country’s national teams […]
# Eskom sê sy agterstallige forensiese ondersoekprojek vorder nadat ‘n tender uitgereik is vir spesialisondersoekers vanaf 1 September. Dit kom te midde van onreëlmatige dieselverkrygingskontrakte ter waarde van miljarde, en verliese weens spookverkope, wat die kragvoorsiener meer as 20-miljard-rand oor drie jaar gekos het. Eskom-woordvoerder Daphne Mokwena sê die kragopwekker se forensiese ondersoekfunksie is ‘n […]
# US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, says dysfunction within the Iranian regime has slowed progress toward a potential agreement. Ongoing clashes between Israel and Hezbollah threaten to derail US-Iran negotiations. Iran targeted American bases in the region and a vessel near the Strait of Hormuz yesterday. It stated that this was in response to […]
# Die Nasionale Redakteursforum is bekommerd oor berigte van joernaliste wat teistering, intimidasie en mishandeling ondervind het terwyl hulle onlangse betogings gedek het, insluitend March and March se optogte. SANEF vra enige joernalis, redakteur, fotograaf, videograaf, vervaardiger of mediawerker wat teistering in enige vorm ervaar het om na vore te kom. Die liggaam sê dit […]
# Johannesburg Water sê stelsels is besig om te herstel nadat die eerste fase van Rand Water se instandhouding afgehandel is. Tegniese spanne hou kleppe dop en bloei stelsels om vertragings tydens die herstelproses te voorkom. Johannesburg Water se woordvoerder, Nombuso Shabalala, sê watervoorsiening in die betrokke gebiede soos dele van die Kommando-stelsel, South Hills […]
