# Die adjunkminister van Water en Sanitasie, Jack Bloom, steun strafregtelike aanklagte teen die Stad Ekurhuleni en die Ekurhuleni-watersorgmaatskappy in Gauteng oor voortslepende rioolbesoedeling. Die aanklagte hou verband met die Hartebeestfontein-watersuiweringsaanleg en versuim om ʼn opdrag na te kom wat ingevolge die Nasionale Waterwet uitgereik is. Bloom sê behandelde water het tussen Januarie en September […]
# Deputy minister of Water and Sanitation Jack Bloom has backed criminal charges against the City of Ekurhuleni and the Ekurhuleni Water Care Company in Gauteng over ongoing sewage pollution. The charges relate to the Hartebeestfontein wastewater treatment works and failure to comply with a directive issued under the National Water Act. Bloom says between […]
# Kaapstad het Suid-Afrika se eerste hibriede kragstasie wat deur ʼn metro gebou is, in Atlantis bekendgestel. Dit sal inwoners na verwagting oor die volgende 20 jaar minstens 400-miljoen-rand spaar. Burgemeester Geordin Hill-Lewis sê die Helderhoop-sonkrag-en-bergingsaanleg sal krag teen ʼn laer tarief as Eskom verskaf. Hy sê die projek is deel van die stad se […]
# Veldbrande in Indonesië het ʼn rokerige dynserigheid veroorsaak wat daartoe gelei het dat talle skole in die buurland Maleisië vandag gesluit is. Die minister van Onderwys, Fadhlina Sidek, het die aankondiging op sosiale media gedoen nadat 37 gebiede ongesonde lugbesoedelingsvlakke aangemeld het. Eerste minister Anwar Ibrahim sê Indonesië se president, Prabowo Subianto, het ingestem […]
# Cape Town has launched South Africa’s first metro-built hybrid power station in Atlantis, which is expected to save residents at least 400-million-rand over 20 years. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the Helderhoop solar and storage power plant will generate electricity at a lower cost than Eskom. He says the project forms part of the city’s […]
# Smoky haze caused by forest fires in Indonesia had led to several schools in neighbouring Malaysia being closed for today. Education minister Fadhlina Sidek made the announcement on social media after 37 areas recorded unhealthy air pollution levels. Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim says Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto had agreed to take the necessary steps […]
# ‘n Aardbewing met ‘n meting van 5,7 het die suidelike Filippyinse eiland Mindanao getref. Die Duitse Navorsingsentrum vir Geowetenskap sê dit het op ‘n lae diepte van tien kilometer voorgekom. Die Filippyne se seismologie-agentskap, Phivolcs, sê beduidende skade word nie verwag nie, maar na-skokke is moontlik. Die owerhede monitor die situasie vir verdere seismiese […]
# A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences, the quake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres. The Philippines’ seismology agency, Phivolcs, says significant damage is not expected, but aftershocks are possible. Authorities are monitoring the situation for further seismic activity.
# The DA says raw sewage continues to flow into the Riet River in Thatchfield Estate, in Centurion, posing health and environmental risks. According to the party, residents have complained about the smell and pollution for years, with the sewage reportedly reported three times this year and escalated to the City of Tshwane. The DA’s […]
