# AfriForum sê die regering swyg steeds oor landelike geweld, al is daar tien plaasaanvalle in Mei aangemeld. Die organisasie sê ook die aanvalle was uiters gewelddadig, met slagoffers wat aangerand, vasgebind en in sekere gevalle geskiet is, insluitend plaaswerkers in Limpopo. Ander voorvalle is in Delmas in Mpumalanga, Stellenbosch in die Wes-Kaap, en De […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering sê rampbestuurspanne bly op hoë gereedheidsgrondslag terwyl swaar reën steeds die Sentrale Karoo en Tuinroete beïnvloed. Die N1 by Leeu Gamka is gesluit weens oorstromings en verskeie ander paaie, insluitend die Molteno-pas en dele van die R328 ook gesluit is weens weerverwante skade. Die LUR vir Plaaslike Regering, Omgewingsake en Ontwikkelingsbeplanning, […]
# AfriForum says the government is still silent on rural violence despite ten farm attacks reported last month. The organisation states the attacks were extremely violent, with victims assaulted, tied up and in some cases shot, including farm workers in Limpopo. Other incidents were reported in Delmas in Mpumalanga, Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, and […]
# Hongaarse owerhede het die uitdunning van drie-duisend varke gelas nadat Afrika-varkpes die eerste keer in mak varke aangemeld is. Die Nasionale Voedselketting-veiligheidsagentskap sê die virus, wat onskadelik is vir mense maar hoogs aansteeklik en dodelik vir varke, is op ‘n plaas in die ooste van die land aangemeld. Afrika-varkpes het van Afrika na Europa […]
# The Western Cape Government says disaster management teams remain on high alert as heavy rain continues to affect the Central Karoo and Garden Route. Flooding has forced the closure of the N1 at Leeu Gamka, while several other roads, including Molteno Pass and parts of the R328, have also been shut due to weather-related […]
# Hungarian authorities ordered the culling of three-thousand pigs after African swine fever was reported in domestic pigs in country for the first time. The National Food Chain Safety Office says the virus, which is harmless to humans but highly contagious and deadly in pigs, was reported on a farm in the east of the […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging waarsku die toekoms van Tongaat Hulett bly ‘n groot bedreiging vir die herstel van die suikerbedryf. Voorsitter Mzwandile Masina sê ‘n ondersteunende regulatoriese raamwerk vir biobrandstowwe, soortgelyk aan dié in Brasilië en Indië, word benodig om uiteenlopendheid en langtermyn volhoubaarheid te bevorder. Die komitee vra […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Trade, Industry and Competition has warned the future of Tongaat Hulett remains a major threat to the recovery of the sugar industry. Chairperson Mzwandile Masina says an enabling biofuels regulatory framework, similar to those in Brazil and India, is needed to support diversification and long-term sustainability. The committee urges government, […]
# Die Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit het inwoners en toeriste aangeraai om verspoelde paaie, laagwaterbrûe en rivieroewers te vermy terwyl swaar reën in dele van die Wes-Kaap voortduur. Drie-en-negentig inwoners van De Rust en Welgeluk is gister ontruim en na die Toekomsrus-gemeenskapsaal geneem. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Herman Pieters, sê rotsstortings is ook op die N12 naby die […]
