# The Technology Innovation Agency is investing 14-million-rand into a programme aimed at fast-tracking detection of livestock diseases. The funding will support biotechnology company TokaBio and its work on diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease and avian influenza. TokaBio operates laboratories in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, supporting disease surveillance in the ostrich and livestock sectors. The agency […]
# Communications and Digital Technologies minister Solly Malatsi has rejected claims that the failure to provide additional funding for the SABC’s Local Government Election coverage was deliberate. The SABC says it is ready for the November 4 polls, despite financial challenges. It has requested 120-million-rand from National Treasury to support election coverage. Malatsi says there […]
# Die Spesiale Tribunaal het die voormalige ANC-woordvoerder, Pule Mabe, se aansoek verwerp om siviele verrigtinge te staak in verband met ‘n beweerde onreëlmatige tender van 27,6-miljoen-rand vir afvalverwyderingsvoertuie in Gauteng. Die tribunaal het bevind Mabe se betoë is ongegrond en die aansoek was bloot daarop gemik om aanspreeklikheid te ontduik. Gevolglik kan die Spesiale […]
# Parlement se Portefeuljekomitee oor Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking sê hy gaan DIRCO vra om die omstandighede rondom die derde demarche binne nege maande teen die Amerikaanse ambassadeur, Leo Brent Bozell, te verduidelik. Die komitee se voorsitter, Mosa Chabane, sê Suid-Afrika se soewereiniteit moet gerespekteer word. Die komitee beklemtoon diplomate word verplig om die wette […]
# Die hoof van die Afrika-kommissie vir Mense- en Volkeregte, Solomon Ayele Dersso, sê Suid-Afrika het die reg om sy immigrasiewette toe te pas, terwyl die regte van ongedokumenteerde migrante beskerm word. Dersso het in Pretoria gepraat nadat ‘n afvaardiging sy vyf-dae-lange bevorderingsending na Suid-Afrika afgehandel het. Hy sê die feit dat iemand nie oor […]
# Eskom het 504 opeenvolgende dae sonder beurtkrag aangeteken en sy energiebeskikbaarheidsfaktor vir die jaar het tot dusver tot 68,11-persent verbeter. Die nutsmaatskappy sê dieseluitgawes het met 4,79-miljard-rand gedaal, ‘n afname van 80,49-persent vergeleke met die vorige jaar. Onbeplande kragonderbrekings het ook verbeter, met bykans twee-duisend-943 megawatt wat weer in gebruik geneem is. Eskom sê […]
# The Special Tribunal has dismissed former ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe’s application to halt civil recovery proceedings linked to an allegedly irregular 27.6-million-rand Gauteng waste vehicle tender. The Tribunal found Mabe’s arguments lacked merit and was simply an attempt to delay accountability. As a result, the SIU can proceed with reclaiming the state’s funds, while […]
# A Gauteng grade eleven learner has taken top honours at the 2026 Eskom Expo International Science Fair. Rudra Patel, from UJ Academy Maths, Science and ICT School of Specialisation, won the Top Senior Scientist Award and a 75-thousand-rand prize for research into using plant extracts to improve wheat growth. Free State grade eight learner […]
# ‘n Graad 11-leerder van Gauteng het die toekenning as die Beste Senior Wetenskaplike by die 2026 Eskom Ekspo Internasionale Wetenskapuitstalling verower. Rudra Patel, van die UJ Academy Maths, Science and ICT School of Specialisation, het ‘n prys van 75-duisend-rand gewen vir navorsing oor die gebruik van plantekstrakte om die groei van koring te verbeter. […]
