# Emergency services remain on high alert as severe weather continues to affect KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. The South African Weather Service says an orange level 6 warning for disruptive rainfall and flooding remains in place for parts of KwaZulu-Natal. At the same time, the Eastern Cape is under an Orange Level 5 warning […]
# Firefighters are battling a blaze that broke out in the Imizamo Yethu informal settlement in Hout Bay this morning. The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service responded and deployed additional resources, including an incident management team. Rescue services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse says crews have divided the fireground into two operational zones to […]
# SANParke het ʼn duisend duine-spinasie-struike by die Boulders-pikkewynkolonie in Kaapstad aangeplant as deel van ʼn voortgesette veldtog om hulle habitat te herstel. SANParke se woordvoerder, JP Louw, sê die saad is by Boulders geoes en by die Kaap die Goeie Hoop-kwekery ontkiem voor dit weer in die kolonie geplant is. Hy sê die struik […]
# SANParks has planted one-thousand dune spinach shrubs at the Boulders penguin colony in Cape Town as part of an ongoing habitat rehabilitation initiative. SANParks spokesperson JP Louw says the seeds were collected from Boulders and germinated at the Cape of Good Hope nursery before being replanted at the colony. He says the shrub is […]
# Sowat drie-duisend-600 militêre personeel is ontplooi om reddings- en verligtingspogings te verhaas ná die aardbewing van 6,8 wat Japan gister getref het. Dertien mense is dood en ʼn onbekende getal is vasgekeer by die Aeon-winkelsentrum in Kumamoto. Nege mense word by die Nippon-papierfabriek in Yatsushiro-stad vermis. Ongeveer twee-duisend polisiebeamptes en ʼn duisend brandweer-personeel is […]
# Approximately three-thousand-600 military personnel have been mobilised in an effort to expedite rescue and relief efforts following a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan on Tuesday. Thirteen people have died, while an unconfirmed number of people are trapped at the Aeon Mall in Kumamoto. Nine people remain missing at the Nippon Paper factory […]
# Minstens 13 mense is dood en talle word vermis nadat ʼn aardbewing van 6,8 gister die suide van Japan getref het. Meer as 170 mense is beseer. Ongeveer 260-duisend mense is aangeraai om gebiede te ontruim, veral in die Kumamoto- en naburige Nagasaki-prefektuur. Amptenare sê mense word vermis by die Aeon-winkelsentrum en ʼn papierfabriek. […]
# At least 13 people have been confirmed dead and many are still unaccounted for after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan yesterday. Over 170 people have been injured. More than 260-thousand people were advised to evacuate, most of them in Kumamoto Prefecture and in the neighbouring Nagasaki Prefecture. Officials say people are unaccounted for […]
# The National Science and Technology Forum has recognised the mammal research institute whale unit at the University of Pretoria for its contribution to marine conservation on World Nature Conservation Day. The unit received the 2025 NSTF-South32 data for research award for developing Africa’s most comprehensive whale monitoring programme. The long-term research tracks whale populations […]
