# 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 […]
# Farmer-led initiative FMD Response SA says the probability of failure under the government’s current foot-and-mouth disease vaccination strategy is between 90 and 95-percent. The government aims to vaccinate 80-percent of the country’s cattle by December. FMD Response SA chairman, Stephen Butt, told Business Day TV that the only way to stop the disease spreading is […]
# The Southern Africa Agri Initiative, Saai, warns Section Ten of the foot and mouth disease vaccination scheme could worsen challenges in managing the outbreak. The farmers’ organisation argues the scheme gives too much power to the director of Animal Health despite past failures in handling outbreaks. Spokesperson Francois Rossouw cautions livestock owners may face […]
# Die landbou-organisasie Saai waarsku Artikel Tien van die bek-en-klouseer-inentingskema kan die uitdagings in die bestuur van die uitbreking vererger. Die organisasie voer aan die skema gee te veel mag aan die direkteur van Dieregesondheid ondanks vorige mislukkings met die hantering van uitbrekings. Francois Rossouw van Saai waarsku vee-eienaars kan aansienlike finansiële druk ondervind aangesien […]
# Rampbestuur in die Tuinroete in die Wes-Kaap het bevestig dat ‘n 37-jarige vrou dood is toe ‘n boom op ‘n geparkeerde motor in Knysna geval het. Die polisie sê haar liggaam is uit die motor gehaal en ‘n gedeelte van die pad is gesluit vir opruiming. Die hoof van Rampbestuur, Gerhard Otto, het mense […]
# Disaster management in the Garden Route in the Western Cape has confirmed a 37-year-old woman has died after a tree fell on top of a parked vehicle in Knysna. Police say her body was retrieved from the car and a portion of the road was closed for mopping up. Disaster management head Gerhard Otto […]
