# 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 […]
# At least four people have died after record-breaking torrential rain triggered massive floods in Japan’s Chiba region. Five people have been injured, and one is missing, while more than 400-thousand people have been urged to evacuate. More than 45-thousand homes have lost power, as the Japan Meteorological Agency has issued the highest level five […]
# Kaapstad se Boulders-strand het weereens internasionale erkenning verwerf en is 20ste op Big Seven Travel se lys van die wêreld se 50 beste strande vir 2026. Die aantreklikheid in Simonstad is bekend vir sy beskutte waters, granietrotse en sy kolonie van bedreigde Afrika-pikkewyne. Besoekers kan in aangewese gebiede swem en die pikkewyne vanaf die […]
# Cape Town’s Boulders Beach has once again earned international recognition, ranking 20th on Big Seven Travel’s list of the world’s 50 best beaches for 2026. The Simon’s Town attraction is famous for its sheltered waters, granite boulders and colony of endangered African penguins. Visitors can swim in designated areas and view the penguins from […]
# Die Indiese akteur Arjun Rampal word ondersoek nadat ‘n video van hom met ‘n bedreigde gibbon, kommer onder natuurlewe-owerhede veroorsaak het. Amptenare ondersoek hoe die beskermde dier in sy besit gekom het en of natuurlewe-wette oortree is. Gibbons is klein langarm-apies inheems aan Asië, bekend vir hul kenmerkende geroep en vermoë om vinnig deur […]
# AfriForum het die voorgestelde wets-wysigings verwelkom om onwettige mynbou tot ’n ernstige misdryf te verklaar, met strawwe van tot 30 jaar tronkstraf en boetes van 100-miljoen-rand. Woordvoerder Jacques Broodryk sê dit moet misdaadsindikate in die geheel teiken, insluitend finansiers, werwers, kopers en mynwerkers. Hy sê onwettige mynbou beskadig gemeenskappe, plase, waterbronne en infrastruktuur. Hy […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA vra die regering om die gereedheid vir klimaats-noodgevalle drasties te verhoog, insluitend hittegolwe, erge oorstromings en storms wat in die komende maande verwag word. Die land het dié week erge kouefronte, swaar sneeuneerslae en ysige weer ervaar. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê wetenskaplikes waarsku dat daar duidelike bewyse is van […]
# AfriForum has welcomed proposed amendments to criminalise illegal mining as a serious offence, with penalties of up to 30 years in prison and fines of 100-million-rand. AfriForum’s Jacques Broodryk says the legislation must target entire criminal syndicates, including financiers, recruiters, buyers, and miners underground. Broodryk says illegal mining is damaging communities, farms, water sources […]
