# 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 […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s membership of the Southern African Development Community is about job creation and improving citizen’s quality of life. The country is hosting the 46th Sadec summit in Durban this week. In his weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa says no country in the region can on its own build an integrated power […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment announced that laboratory sequencing has confirmed that pilchard herpesvirus genetic material is present in sampled sardines. The department’s Janet Coetzee says the virus was detected in both dead sardines and, at lower levels, in some apparently healthy sardine collected from the West Coast. She says the […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing sê laboratoriumtoetse het bevestig dat genetiese materiaal van die sardynherpesvirus teenwoordig is in getoetste sardyne. Janet Coetzee van die departement sê die virus is gevind in dooie sardyne en op laer vlakke ook in sommige oënskynlik gesonde sardyne wat aan die Weskus versamel is. Sy sê […]
# Orkaan Lala het Hawaii getref met sterk winde en swaar reën, wat meer as 89-duisend huishoudings sonder krag gelaat het. Die Kategorie Een-storm het tot gevaarlike omstandighede gelei, met die Nasionale Orkaansentrum wat waarsku teen lewensgevaarlike oorstromings en modderstortings. Die goewerneur van Hawaii, Josh Green, sê sommige gebiede het meer as 33-sentimeter reën ontvang. […]
# Hurricane Lala is battering Hawaii with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving more than 89-thousand households without power. The Category One storm has brought flooding and dangerous conditions, with the National Hurricane Center warning of life-threatening floods and mudslides. Hawaii Governor Josh Green says some areas have received more than 33 centimetres of rain. […]
# Reddingspanne soek na oorlewendes nadat ‘n kragtige aardbewing van 7,7 Indonesië se eiland Flores getref het, met minstens 51 mense dood. Die aardbewing het vroeg gisteroggend voorgekom en is gevolg deur tientalle naskokke. Honderde geboue is erg beskadig, met Manggarai wat die ergste deurgeloop het. Indonesië se rampagentskap sê hulp word na rampgeteisterde gemeenskappe […]
# Rescue teams are searching for survivors after a powerful magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck Indonesia’s island of Flores, killing at least 51 people. The quake struck early on Saturday and was followed by dozens of aftershocks. Hundreds of buildings have been badly damaged, with Manggarai among the worst-affected areas. Indonesia’s disaster agency says aid is being […]
