# The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has reiterated his call for Africa to have a greater say in decisions that affect its future. He addressed the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama, Japan, on Wednesday. The conference is being held under the theme, Co-creating Innovative Solutions With Africa. Guterres says […]
# Golf: Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods has been named as chairperson of the newly established Future Competition Committee. The nine-member committee, six players and three business advisors, will be tasked with defining the optimal competitive model that enhances the PGA Tour’s value to fans, players, and partners. PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp says three governing […]
# Transport minister Barbara Creecy says the wage deal the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa signed with its two biggest unions, Satawu and Untu, is enforceable. This comes as Prasa has refused to comply with a signed agreement of a 5.5-percent wage increase, citing financial constraints. The agreement comes into effect at the end […]
# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation says South Africa’s foreign policy is guided by a commitment to a rules-based international system, based on a respect for human rights. The department has updated its initial statement in response to the US Human Rights Report. The report highlighted significant human rights issues, including unlawful killings, […]
# Die Landbank Versekeringsmaatskappy het die uitbreiding van sy loods-indeksversekering met die bekendstelling van omgewingsopbrengs-indeksversekering aangekondig. Die produk beskerm gewasboere teen verliese veroorsaak deur droogte, oorstromings en plae. Anders as tradisionele versekering sal uitbetalings berus op inligting op distrikvlak eerder as waardering van plase en dit sal vinniger vergoeding verseker. Omgewingsopbrengs-indeksversekering word ontwikkel in samewerking […]
# Die DA sê die Gautengse provinsiale regering se Versnelde Grondvrystellingsprogram het dramaties misluk om sy doelwitte te bereik. Die program is in 2018 van stapel gestuur om die armes te bemagtig deur grondbesit en ontwikkelingsgeleenthede. Mervyn Cirota van die DA sê van die twee-duisend-200 erwe wat deur die program aan inwoners in Palm Ridge […]
# Suid-Afrika se rooivleisbedryf worstel steeds met ‘n bek-en-klouseer-uitbreking, wat vererger word deur ‘n tekort aan entstowwe. Die uitvoerende hoof van Rooivleisbedryfsdienste, Dewald Olivier, sê die huidige uitbreking is beperk tot sekere gebiede, en inperkingsones en bewegingsbeperkings is ingestel om verdere verspreiding te beperk. Hy sê hulle is bekommerd oor die landwye tekort aan entstowwe. […]
# Vandag is Wêreldmuskietdag waartydens bewustheid geskep word oor die gevare wat muskiet-oordraagbare siektes inhou. Vanjaar se tema is “Versnelling van die stryd teen malaria vir ‘n billiker wêreld”. Muskiet-oordraagbare siektes maak jaarliks meer as ‘n miljoen mense dood en besmet tot 700-miljoen. ‘n Dosent aan die Universiteit van Pretoria, die mediese entomoloog Ashley Burke, […]
# RISE Mzansi het die die burgemeester van Johannesburg, Dada Morero, gewaarsku om nie dienslewering as oefening in openbare betrekkinge te gebruik nie. Dit volg nadat druk gelei het tot die herstel van ‘n groot gat op die hoek van Pretoria- en Catherinelaan in Sandton. Mabine Seabe van RISE Mzansi sê die sogenaamde bom-afdeling en […]
