# The Garden Route District Municipality and Agri Western Cape have confirmed a new case of foot-and-mouth disease in the Mossel Bay area. It was identified on a small beef farm on the edge of the existing ten-kilometre quarantine zone in Groot Brak River. Spokesperson Herman Pieters says officials noticed suspicious lesions during inspection and […]
# Agricultural organisation, TLU SA, says it has informed president Cyril Ramaphosa and minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen of its concern about the country’s current policy direction, the pressure on food production, and the urgent need for practical, economically responsible solutions for growth. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says the country cannot afford to continue […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Rampbestuursentrum sê damvlakke het skerp gestyg ná swaar reën, met verskeie damme wat tans oorloop. Sekere damme in die Tuinroete en die Sentrale Karoo het binne ure vanaf lae vlakke tot meer as 100-persent gestyg, wat kommer veroorsaak oor moontlike oorstromings stroomaf. Colin Deiner van die sentrum sê die vinnige styging ná […]
# The Western Cape Disaster Management Centre says dam levels have risen sharply following heavy rainfall, with several dams now exceeding full capacity. Some dams in the Garden Route and Central Karoo rose from low levels to over 100-percent within hours, raising concerns about possible downstream flooding. The centre’s Colin Deiner says the rapid increase, […]
# Inwoners van die Gamtoosvallei in die Oos-Kaap is gevra om te ontruim nadat die Kougadam oorgeloop en 113-persent bereik het. Mense in Kingsway Village, Big Fish, Gamtoosmond-oord, Ferry Hotel en ander laagliggende gebiede is gevra om na veiliger gebiede te beweeg. Kouga se burgemeester, Hattingh Bornman, het boere ook versoek om hul vee en […]
# Residents in the Gamtoos Valley in the Eastern Cape are being urged to evacuate after the Kouga Dam overflowed and reached 113-percent capacity. People living in Kingsway Village, Big Fish, Gamtoos Mouth Resort, Ferry Hotel and other low-lying areas have been told to move to safer places. Kouga mayor Hattingh Bornman also urged farmers […]
# Die regering het streeksamewerking binne die Suider‑Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap gelas om bestendigheid in die voorsiening van brandstof en kunsmis te verseker. Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê die regering gryp in om brandstofpryse te verlig te midde van wêreldwye spanning weens die voortgesette konflik in die Midde-Ooste. Sy sê die kabinet het die […]
# Government has directed regional coordination through the Southern African Development Community to secure supply stability of fuel and fertiliser. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says government is intervening to reduce fuel prices amid global tensions linked to the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict. She says cabinet has approved a 17.2-billion-rand fuel subsidy announced by […]
# Die boere-inisiatief, FMD Response SA, sê daar is ʼn 90- tot 95-persent kans dat die regering se huidige bek-en-klouseer-inentingsveldtog sal misluk. Die regering sê hy wil teen Desember 80-persent van die land se beeste inent. FMD Response SA se voorsitter, Stephen Butt, het aan Business Day TV gesê die enigste manier om te keer […]
