# Japan stuur dié naweek drie militêre helikopters en 180 personeellede na Indonesië om te help met die bestryding van reuseveldbrande. Helikopterspanne sal Saterdag begin met brandbestrydingswerk in Wes-Kalimantan. Indonesië worstel tans teen brande in ses provinsies op Sumatra en Borneo. Meer as 76-duisend hektaar het reeds gedurende die land se erg droë seisoen afgebrand […]
# Japan will send three military helicopters and 180 personnel to Indonesia this weekend to help battle widespread wildfires. The helicopter crews are due to begin firefighting operations in West Kalimantan on Saturday, as Indonesia struggles with fires across six provinces in Sumatra and Borneo. More than 76-thousand hectares have already been burned during the […]
# Die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, het ‘n ooreenkoms onderteken wat Suid-Afrikaanse kersies die eerste keer toegang gee tot die Chinese mark. Die ooreenkoms is in Beijing onderteken tydens die negende ministeriële vergadering oor landbougesondheid en voedselveiligheid. Aucamp sê hierdie is ‘n rekordprestasie, aangesien dit die tweede is wat binne ‘n jaar met China […]
# Suid-Afrika se ekonomie het tussen April en Junie met 0,2-persent gekrimp na ses agtereenvolgende kwartale van groei. Statistiek Suid-Afrika se jongste bruto binnelandse produksyfers toon die mynbou-, handels- en vervaardigingsektore was die grootste rem op ekonomiese bedrywighede. Statistikus-generaal Risenga Maluleke sê mynbou het met drie-persent afgeneem, handel met 1,9-persent en vervaardiging met 1,8-persent. Hy […]
# Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp signed a protocol opening the Chinese market to South African cherries for the first time. The agreement was signed in Beijing during the ninth sanitary and phytosanitary ministerial meeting. Aucamp says it is record-breaking, as it marks two market access protocols signed with China within a year. He says the […]
# South Africa’s economy contracted by 0.2-percent between April and June 2026, ending six consecutive quarters of growth. According to Statistics South Africa’s latest Gross Domestic Product, mining, trade and manufacturing were the main drags on economic activity. Statiticial-general Risenga Maluleke says mining fell by three-percent, while trade declined 1.9-percent. Manufacturing recorded its third consecutive contraction by […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare vra bestendigheid en goeie bestuur by Onderstepoort Biologiese Produkte, na die skorsing van die liggaam se waarnemende uitvoerende hoof, Jacob Modumoh. Dit volg na bewerings van wangedrag rondom die prysbepaling van bek-en-klouseer-entstowwe deur die plaaslike entstofvervaardiger. Claude Naicker van die vakbond sê die publiek se vertroue in die vervaardiger asook […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling for stability and sound governance at Onderstepoort Biological Products, following the suspension of the entity’s acting CEO Jacob Modumoh. This is over allegations of misconduct relating to the pricing of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines by the local vaccine manufacturer. PSA’s Claude Naicker emphasises that public confidence in the OBP and […]
# The DA says crime is becoming a growing threat to rural and farming communities in the Western Cape. This follows two incidents in the Cape Winelands over the weekend, including an attack on two residents at a farm along Bottelary Road. The DA’s Benedicta van Minnen says 133 attacks on farmers have been recorded […]
