# Die stadsraad van die Stad Tshwane het, na bewerings van wangedrag ondersoek is, besluit om nie dissiplinêr teen die stadsbestuurder, Johann Mettler, op te tree nie. Hy is beskuldig van wanadministrasie, en dat hy nie die nodige verpligte kontrolering gedoen het van sommige amptenare wat by die Tshwane Metropolisiedepartement aangestel is nie. Die metro […]
# Die GOOD-party sê ‘n studie van gratis basiese dienslewering wat die Wes-Kaapse Departement van Plaaslike Regering aangevra het en daarop aanspraak maak dat die provinsie in pas is met nasionale riglyne, voldoen nie aan vereistes nie. Daarvolgens gee Kaapstad maandeliks sestig kilowatt-uur gratis elektrisiteit aan behoeftige huishoudings. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê dit […]
# Die Gesondheidsdepartement sê die onlangse onttrekking van Enalapril tien-milligram-tablette van Arya Pharma raak nie dieselfde produk wat in vyf-milligram verpak word nie. Laasgenoemde word tans aan openbare gesondheidsgeriewe verskaf vir behandeling teen hoë bloeddruk en hartversaking. Woordvoerder Foster Mohale sê die tablette is slegs as tydelike alternatief goedgekeur terwyl die gekontrakteerde verskaffer, Austell Pharmaceuticals, […]
# Chinese authorities have suspended flood rescue efforts near the border between Nepal and Tibet over fears that a barrier lake created during the initial landslide could trigger another disaster. At least 475 people have been killed in Nepal, and one-thousand-300 people are unaccounted for following devastating flash floods in the Himalayan border region. In […]
# Rugby: Springbok prop Thomas du Toit says they are determined to rectify the mistakes from the opening Test against the All Blacks as they line up once again in Cape Town tomorrow. South Africa, who suffered a 33-16 defeat at Ellis Park, must win the second Test to keep their hopes of sealing the […]
# Eskom says it has completed the independent legal assessment, diesel reconciliation and verification processes arising from its investigation into diesel procurement and storage contracts. The investigation was on contracts, potentially worth 21-billion-rand, that were issued in 2024. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the independent processes found no evidence that diesel paid for by the […]
# Die adjunkminister van Vroue, Jeug en Persone met Gestremdhede in die Presidensie, Mmapaseka Letsike, het ‘n beroep gedoen dat maatskaplike en samehorigheidsekonomie die sleutel moet wees tot werkskepping, uitbreiding van eienaarskap en die lewering van meer insluitende ekonomiese groei. Sy het groei van 0,5-persent in die eerste kwartaal van hierdie jaar genoem, terwyl daar […]
# Ses verdagtes is vasgetrek nadat sewe elektriese transformators ter waarde van sowat 1,5-miljoen-rand in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni, gevind is. Dit was deel van ʼn operasie deur Gauteng se verkeerspolisie, Gauteng-verkeersbeamptes se infrastruktuur-eenheid, en TDP Security Services. Die verdagtes staan tereg op aanklagte van diefstal en onwettige besit van noodsaaklike elektriese infrastruktuur. ʼn Woordvoerder van Gauteng […]
# US president Donald Trump has escalated his trade war with Canada by signing an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America”. The lake borders Ontario, Canada, and New York. Last year, he signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, a move that was rejected by the […]
