# The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service says crews are monitoring and dampening flare-ups along firelines after a major wildfire spread towards Kogelbaai and Gordon’s Bay. Spokesperson Michael Abrahams says the terrain made parts of the fire inaccessible to firefighting teams, who continued monitoring the blaze. He says a drone unit was […]
# Burgerlike samelewingsgroepe dring aan die regering moet sy goedkeuring herroep vir die betrokkenheid van die Israeliese maatskappy Navitas Petroleum by olie-eksplorasie in die seegebied van die Oranje-bekken. Die South African Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Coalition, die Masifundise Development Trust, Natural Justice en die Climate Justice Coalition is van die groepe wat kommer uitspreek oor […]
# Civil society groups are calling for the reversal of the government’s approval of Israeli company Navitas Petroleum’s involvement in offshore oil exploration in the Orange Basin. The South African Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Coalition, Masifundise Development Trust, Natural Justice and the Climate Justice Coalition are among the groups raising concerns about the deal’s environmental […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitees oor Elektrisiteit en Energie; Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing; en Water en Sanitasie het kommer uitgespreek oor voortgesette grondwaterbesoedeling wat met bronne by Eskom se Kusile-kragstasie verbind word. Die komitees noem herhaalde swak watergehalte, damme wat besoedeling moet beheer wat toeslik, beskadigde dam-voerings, en swakhede in die stasie se geslotekring-waterbestuurstelsel. Eskom […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committees on Electricity and Energy, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, and Water and Sanitation have raised concerns over continued groundwater contamination linked to pollution sources at Eskom’s Kusile Power Station. The committees cited recurring poor water quality, siltation of pollution-control dams, damaged dam liners and weaknesses in the station’s closed-loop water-management system. […]
# Die kabinet het die termyn van Eskom se raads-voorsitter met nog drie jaar verleng. Mteto Nyati het tydens die bekendstelling van ‘Eskom 2.0’ sy dank uitgespreek teenoor president Cyril Ramaphosa en die kabinet vir die vertroue wat hulle in hom stel. Sy ampstermyn, wat volgende maand sou verstryk, sal nou tot 2029 duur. Nyati […]
# Cabinet has extended Eskom board chairperson Mteto Nyati’s term by three more years. Addressing the media during the launch of ‘Eskom 2.0’, Nyati expressed gratitude to president Cyril Ramaphosa and cabinet for their trust. His tenure, originally ending next month, will now run until 2029. Nyati described the role as a serious responsibility, emphasising […]
# Die DA sê Gauteng se pogings om lugbesoedeling te bekamp, word belemmer deur personeeltekorte, beperkte befondsing en verouderde infrastruktuur. Volgens die party is slegs drie van Tshwane se 13 goedgekeurde poste vir luggehaltebeheer gevul, terwyl Johannesburg en Ekurhuleni ook probleme met moniteringstoerusting en instandhouding ervaar. Jade Miller van die DA sê swak afvalverwydering en […]
# The DA says Gauteng’s efforts to tackle air pollution are being affected by staff shortages, limited funding and ageing infrastructure. According to the party, Tshwane has only three of its 13 approved air quality posts filled, while Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni are also facing problems with monitoring equipment and maintenance. The DA’s Jade Miller says […]
