# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die versterking van landbou-waardekettings en die bou van klimaat-veerkragtige voedselstelsels moet voorkeur geniet om voedselsekerheid te verbeter en volhoubare ekonomiese groei te ondersteun. Hy het tydens die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskaps-beraad in Durban gevra vir verhoogde landbouproduksie, sterker streeks-voedselreserwes en groter ondersteuning vir klein- en opkomende boere. Ramaphosa het lande ook aangemoedig […]
# Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for victims trapped beneath collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake killed at least 68 people. More than 200 people have been injured, while thousands have been evacuated. Nearly one-thousand-600 aftershocks have rattled the island nation, with many residents sheltering in tents, afraid to return home. The earthquake triggered landslides […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says strengthening agricultural value chains and building climate-resilient food systems should be priorities to improve food security and support sustainable economic growth. Addressing the 46th Southern African Development Community Summit in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, Ramaphosa called for increased agricultural productivity, stronger regional food reserves and greater support for smallholder and emerging farmers. […]
# Political economist Patrick Bond says the Constitutional Court ruling blocking Shell and Impact Africa from conducting offshore seismic testing along the Wild Coast goes beyond stopping an oil and gas project. The court handed down the ruling on 15 August, overturning a 2024 Supreme Court of Appeal judgment. Bond says the decision recognises environmental, […]
# Die Zimbabwiese polisie sê die dodetal ná verlede week se bootongeluk op die Karibameer het tot 80 gestyg nadat nog agt liggame gevind is. Die staatsbeheerde passasier-veerboot het omgeslaan in sterk wind. Die boot is goedgekeur vir 90 passasiers, maar was volgens berigte erg oorlaai, met tussen 120 tot 153 mense aan boord, insluitend […]
# Zimbabwe’s national Police Service says the death toll from last week’s boat accident on Lake Kariba had risen to 80 after eight more bodies were found. The government-operated passenger ferry capsized in rough waters caused by heavy winds. It was licensed to hold only 90 passengers but reports indicate it was severely overloaded, carrying […]
# Kaapstad is opnuut bekommerd oor sy watervoorraad namate vrese oor ‘n herhaling van 2018 se Dag Zero-krisis toeneem. Stad Kaapstad sê in sy jongste Watervooruitsigverslag die waarskuwing is ‘n vroeë oproep vir inwoners om water verantwoordelik te gebruik, terwyl die metro dalende reënval, damvlakke en watervraag noukeurig dophou. Amptenare beklemtoon die stad beleef nie […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika se lidmaatskap van die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap gaan oor werkskepping en die verbetering van burgers se lewensgehalte. Die land bied hierdie week die 46ste SAOG-beraad in Durban aan. Ramaphosa sê in sy weeklikse nuusbrief geen land in die streek kan op sy eie ‘n geïntegreerde kragstelsel bou, oorgrens-vervoergange ontwikkel, gedeelde […]
# Cape Town is facing renewed concerns over its water supply, bringing back memories of the 2018 Day Zero crisis. The City of Cape Town says in its latest Water Outlook Report the warning is an early call for residents to use water responsibly, as it monitors declining rainfall, dam levels, and water demand. Officials […]
