# Reddingswerkers in Colombia was in ‘n wedloop met tyd gewikkelom ‘n man te red wat byna vier dae na ‘n kragtige aardbewing lewend onder ‘n ineengestorte hotel gevind is. Ten minste 285 mense is dood in die aardbewing met ‘n meting van 7,4 en byna vier-duisend is beseer, terwyl byna 400 mense vermis word. […]
# Rescuers in Colombia raced against time to save a man found alive beneath a collapsed hotel, nearly four days after a powerful earthquake struck the country. The 7.4-magnitude quake killed at least 285 people and injured nearly four-thousand, while almost 400 remain missing. Rescue teams are working through rubble in Pereira, hoping others may […]
# Die Konstitusionele Hof het beslis Shell se aflandige olie- en gas-verkenning kan nie voortgaan nie. Dis ‘n terugslag vir die onderneming ná jare se regsuitdagings deur gemeenskappe wat geraak word en omgewingsgroepe. Dit stel die Appèlhof se uitspraak van 2024 tersyde, wat aflandige verkenning gesteun het. Die beslissing sal na verwagting olie- en gasverkenning […]
# ActionSA veroordeel die eThekwini Munisipaliteit se appel-aansoek teen die Hooggeregshof in Pietermaritzburg se opdrag dat hy sy grondwetlike verpligting moet nakom en inwoners van skoon en veilige water voorsien. ActionSA se burgemeesterskandidaat, Zwakele Mncwango, sê die munisipaliteit mors inwoners se geld deur sy mislukkings te verdedig in plaas daarvan om rioolinfrastruktuur te herstel. Hy […]
# The Constitutional Court has ruled offshore oil and gas exploration led by Shell cannot proceed, dealing a setback to the oil company after years of legal challenges by affected communities and environmental groups. The ruling overturns a 2024 Supreme Court of Appeal judgment that had supported offshore exploration. The decision is expected to further […]
# Die adjunkminister van Water en Sanitasie, Jack Bloom, het ‘n dringende vergadering met die burgemeester van Emfuleni, Hassan Mako, Rand Water en die Vaal-korporasie vir Waterdienste belê met die doel om watersuiwerings-dienste in die Vaalgebied bestendig te kry en verdere rioolstortings in die Emfuleni-munisipale gebied te voorkom. Bloom sê ‘n tussentydse bedryfs-ooreenkoms sal vandag […]
# ActionSA has condemned eThekwini Municipality’s decision to appeal a Pietermaritzburg High Court judgment ordering it to meet its constitutional obligation to provide residents with clean and safe water. ActionSA eThekwini mayoral candidate Zwakele Mncwango says the municipality is wasting residents’ money defending its failures instead of fixing collapsing sewage infrastructure. Mncwango says communities continue […]
# Deputy minister of Water and Sanitation, Jack Bloom convened an urgent meeting with Emfuleni mayor Hassan Mako, Rand Water and the Vaal Corporation Water Utility aimed at stabilising wastewater services in the Vaal and preventing further sewage spillages across the Emfuleni municipal area. Bloom says an interim operational agreement will be signed today to […]
# Minstens vier mense is dood nadat rekord-reënval in Japan se Chiba-streek ongekende oorstromings veroorsaak het. Vyf mense is beseer en een word vermis terwyl meer as 400-duisend mense onmiddellik moes ontruim. Meer as 45-duisend wonings is sonder elektrisiteit. Japan se meteorologiese agentskap het die hoogste vlak vyf-waarskuwing uitgereik vir swaar reën en modderstortings. Chiba […]
