# The Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed that case of foot-and-mouth disease in Metsimaholo Local Municipality. It says the source of the outbreak is linked to feedlot in one of the neighbouring provinces. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the Free State to two. The department says […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê sy departement en ander belanghebbendes sal Maandag en Dinsdag ‘n hoëvlak-nasionale bek-en-klouseer-indaba in Roodeplaat, Pretoria, aanbied. Hy sê Suid-Afrika ervaar tans beduidende en voortdurende uitdagings met uitbrekings van bek-en-klouseer in verskeie provinsies. Dit het gelei tot beperkings op die beweging van vee en het die land se […]
# The minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen says his department and other stakeholders will host a high-level national foot and mouth disease indaba in Roodeplaat, Pretoria on Monday and Tuesday. He says South Africa is currently experiencing significant and ongoing challenges with outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease across several provinces. These have resulted in restrictions on livestock movement and significantly impacted […]
# AfriForum verwelkom die lewenslange vonnisse en verdere 71-jaar tronkstaf wat in die Evander Landdroshof opgelê is vir drie mans vir die 2022 aanval op ‘n plaas in Leandra. Die trio is skuldig bevind op 17 aanklagtes, insluitende roof en aanranding. Hulle het ‘n vrou en haar huishulp aangeval nadat hulle gesê het hulle wil […]
# AfriForum has welcomed the life sentences and an additional 71 years imprisonment handed down by the Evander Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga, to three men for the 2022 attack on a Leandra farm. The trio, found guilty of 17 charges including robbery and assault, attacked a woman and her domestic worker under the pretense of […]
# Die DA sê hy sal seker maak landelike veiligheids-hervormings word ingestel ondanks weerstand van die Vryheidsfront Plus. Die party het die VF Plus, die EFF en MK-party gekritiseer omdat hulle teen ‘n belangrike parlementêre verslag gestem het wat plaasaanvalle en landelike misdaad aanpak. Die DA-lid, Willie Aucamp, sê hoewel die Parlement die verslag aangeneem […]
# Sakeliga en TLU SA het ‘n Hooggeregshofaansoek ingedien om die Departement van Water- en Sanitasie te verhoed om onregmatig skuld vir watergebruik wat reeds verval het, in te vorder. Hulle voer aan waterrekeninge verval na drie jaar kragtens die Verjaringswet. Die Departement het dit wel in 2021 erken, maar het sedertdien sy standpunt verander. […]
# Sakeliga and TLU SA have filed a High Court application to stop the Water and Sanitation Department from unlawfully collecting expired water-use debts. They argue that water charges lapse after three years under the Prescription Act. The Department had previously admitted this in 2021 but has since reversed its position. Sakeliga’s Tian Alberts warns […]
# The DA says it will ensure rural safety reforms are implemented despite resistance from the Freedom Front Plus. The party has criticised the FF Plus, along with the EFF and MK Party, for voting against a crucial parliamentary report addressing farm attacks and rural crime. The DA’s Willie Aucamp says, although Parliament has adopted […]
