# The DA calls for a wide-ranging investigation into suspected arson-related wildfires in the Western Cape. A parliamentary reply revealed that 68 of the more than eleven-thousand wildfires reported in the province are being investigated as arson, with 97-percent occurring in Cape Town. The party urges the police to arrest those responsible. The DA’s Dave […]
# Die Departement van Landbou, Landelike Ontwikkeling en Omgewingsake in die Vrystaat het ‘n uitbreking van Afrika-kommandowurms bevestig. Een-en-dertig gevalle is in verskeie gebiede aangemeld, insluitend in Jacobsdal, Luckhoff en Petrusburg. Die besmetting is besig om na Boshof te versprei en bedreig mielie- en sorghum-oeste. Boere word aangeraai om hul vee te verskuif en veeartse […]
# The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Environmental Affairs in the Free State has confirmed an outbreak of African armyworms. Thirty-one cases have been reported in several areas, including Jacobsdal, Luckhoff, and Petrusburg. The infestation is spreading to Boshof and is threatening crops like maize and sorghum. Farmers are advised to move livestock and […]
# Die Tshwane Universiteit vir Tegnologie se fakulteit Inligting- en Kommunikasie-tegnologie het met die Landbousektor se Onderwys- en Opleidingsowerheid saamgespan om ‘n vernuwende tegnologie-vaardigheidsontwikkelingsprogram van stapel te stuur. Die program, ter waarde van 12,4-miljoen-rand, gaan ‘n hommeltuig-opleidingskursus van ‘n jaar bekendstel wat bedoel is om jongmense met noodsaaklike vaardighede toe te rus vir ‘n snel-ontwikkelende […]
# The Tshwane University of Technology’s faculty of ICT has partnered with the Agricultural Sector Education and Training Authority, to launch an innovative technology skills development programme. With an investment of 12.4-million-rand, the programme will see the rollout of a pioneering one-year drone pilot training course, aimed at equipping young people with essential skills for […]
# Die Sitruskwekersvereniging van Suid-Afrika berig dat sitrusuitvoere in ooreenstemming met die vyfjaar-gemiddeld, bestendig bly. Lemoenuitvoere word geskat op 32,9-miljoen kartonne, ‘n afname van vyf-persent teenoor 2024, terwyl nawel- en valencia-lemoene na verwagting met vyf- en ses-persent onderskeidelik sal styg. Pomelo-uitvoere sal waarskynlik ook met ses-persent toeneem. Die vereniging sê die bedryf fokus daarop om […]
# The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa reports that citrus exports remain stable, aligning with the five-year average. Lemon exports are projected at 32.9-million cartons, slightly down by five-percent from 2024, while navel and valencia orange exports are expected to rise by five- and six-percent, respectively. Grapefruit exports are also set to increase by […]
# Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie hou die stygende watervlakke by die Vaal- en Bloemhofdam fyn dop. Ses kleppe is by die Vaaldam oopgemaak om die water wat uitvloei met 200 kubieke meter per sekonde te verhoog, met vlakke tans op 107-persent. Die watervlak van die Bloemhofdam is tans op 100-persent. Wisane Mavasa van […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation is closely monitoring rising water levels at the Vaal and Bloemhof Dams. Six valves have been opened at the Vaal Dam to increase water outflows by 200 cubic metres per second, with levels currently at 107-percent. Water levels at Bloemhof are currently at 100-percent. The department’s Wisane Mavasa […]
