# At least 32 people have been killed and over 700 were injured after two earthquakes struck the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, with the death toll expected to rise. The quakes, which had magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, were just 40 seconds apart, collapsing buildings and prompting the closure of the country’s main airport. Venezuela’s interim […]
# Die adjunkminister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Bernice Swarts, het die privaat sektor gevra om saam met die regering te werk om luggehalte te verbeter. In 2025 het die Skoonlug-fonds 200 laekoste-sensors in Gauteng, Noordwes en die Vrystaat opgestel en werk saam met die departement om landwyd nog sensors op te stel. Swarts […]
# Deputy minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Bernice Swarts, has called on the private sector to work with government to strengthen efforts to improve air quality. The Clean Air Fund has rolled out 200 low-cost sensors across Gauteng, North West and Free State during 2025, and is working with the department to commission […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse premier Alan Winde sê die provinsiale regering sal met alle rolspelers saamwerk om bykomende befondsing te kry en ʼn gekoördineerde ramp-herstelpoging te ondersteun. Dit volg nadat stormweer die provinsie verlede maand getref en skade van byna nege-miljard-rand veroorsaak het. Die provinsiale regering se woordvoerder, Regan Thaw, sê skadebepaling gaan voort en aanvanklike aanduidings […]
# Western Cape premier Alan Winde says the provincial government is committed to working closely with all stakeholders to secure additional funding and support a coordinated disaster recovery effort. This follows severe weather events that affected the province last month, with the cost of damage estimated at nearly nine-billion-rand. Provincial government spokesperson, Regan Thaw, says while […]
# Twee kragtige aardbewings van 7,2 en 7,5 het Venezuela se hoofstad, Caracas, binne enkele sekondes na mekaar getref en geboue laat ineenstort. Noodwerkers probeer mense uit die puin en beskadigde geboue red, en waarsku inwoners om hul huise te verlaat en buite te wag weens moontlike naskokke. Die regering het regstreekse gasverbindings na sekere […]
# Two powerful earthquakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, struck the Venezuelan capital of Caracas seconds apart, leading to collapsed buildings. Emergency workers are trying to rescue people from collapsed and damaged buildings, while residents have been urged to leave their homes and wait outside due to possible aftershocks. The government has shut off […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says nine plant species have become extinct in the wild since 2020 due to illegal poaching and trafficking of indigenous succulents. The party calls for stronger action against criminal syndicates driving the illegal trade, particularly in the Knersvlakte Nature Reserve. The DA’s Dave Bryant says the activity has […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap sê nege plantspesies het sedert 2020 in die natuur uitgesterf as gevolg van onwettige stropery en handel in inheemse vetplante. Die party doen ‘n beroep op sterker optrede teen misdaadsindikate wat onwettig handel dryf, veral in die Knersvlakte Natuurreservaat. Dave Bryant van die DA sê die aktiwiteit het ernstige […]
