# The Department of Agriculture says with some provinces battling with foot-and-mouth disease cases, it has decided to allow milk from quarantined farms in Limpopo and Eastern Cape to be released onto the local market. Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen announced the lifting of the disease management areas in both provinces after intensified efforts by Veterinary Services were successful […]
# The deputy minister of Transport, Mkhuleko Hlengwa, is representing South Africa at the 134th Council Session of the International Maritime Organisation in London from today until Friday. The department’s spokesperson, Collen Msibi says South Africa will take part in this vital session to further its campaign to secure a seat on the IMO Council […]
# The Deputy minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Bernice Swarts, will launch the One Million Trees campaign, under the theme, My Tree, My Oxygen at the Pretoria National Botanical Gardens today. The department’s spokesperson, Peter Mbelengwa, says the campaign aims to mobilise South Africans from all walks of life to pledge and donate trees. […]
# The City of Cape Town is calling on residents to help reduce sewer overflows in their neighbourhoods by checking that rainwater gutters are correctly connected to stormwater drains and not the sewer system. During heavy rainfall, water ingress from gutters that are incorrectly connected can overwhelm the sewer network, leading to sewage overflows into […]
# The minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube says her ministry is building a future where every learner gets the quality education they deserve. Gwarube says after she was appointed as minister of Basic Education, she stopped a 10-billion-rand tender that threatened school nutrition, eradicated 96-percent of identified pit toilets, and pushed foundational learning to new heights. The […]
# Government has condemned certain groups and communities blocking foreign nationals from accessing healthcare services at public facilities. Government acting spokesperson, Nomonde Mnukwa, says illegal immigration will never being condoned in the country. However, while the genuine frustrations of many citizens are understood, taking the law into one’s own hands is unacceptable and undermines the […]
#Western Cape police are investigating two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder in Portlands, Mitchells Plain. Police spokesperson, Frederick Van Wyk says this followed a shooting incident on Friday night at a premises in San Francisco Street, where two males aged 21 and 22 were shot and fatally wounded and a 26-year-old shot and […]
# Western Cape police detectives attached to the Provincial Serious and Violent Crime Unit are following up on leads related to a triple murder in Mfuleni. Poice spokesperson, Andrè Traut says the victims, three men aged between 21 and 40, were found with gunshot wounds inside a shack in the Covid informal settlement on Saturday morning. He […]
# The GOOD Party says the recent flooding across Cape Town has once again exposed systemic issues in the City’s infrastructure maintenance, particularly the stormwater drainage network. GOOD, Siyabulela Mamkeli says while heavy rainfall affects all areas, its consequences are disproportionately severe in townships, informal settlements, and the Cape Flats, where infrastructure is less robust […]
