# Die Padverkeersbestuurskorporasie sê Suid-Afrika se lente is meer as ‘n oorgang vanaf winter na warmer weer. Woordvoerder Simon Zwane versoek motoriste, voetgangers en vervoeroperateurs om voor te berei vir ‘n seisoen waarin weerstoestande vinnig kan verander, sigbaarheid beperk kan wees en bestuurders uitdagende padtoestande kan ervaar:
# The death toll from last week’s flash flooding disaster on the border between Nepal and Tibet has now topped one-thousand. The number of people missing has been revised to three-thousand-916, of whom more than 600 are workers believed to be trapped inside mud-filled hydropower tunnels in Nepal. Over on the Chinese Tibet side, at […]
# The Road Traffic Management Corporation says spring in South Africa is more than a transition from winter to warmer weather. Spokesperson Simon Zwane is urging motorists, pedestrians and transport operators to prepare for a season that can bring rapidly changing weather, reduced visibility and challenging driving conditions:
# Die Stad Kaapstad het sy eerste koopooreenkoms van agt-miljard-rand met twee onafhanklike sonkrag-verskaffers, Jempec Energy en Make a Difference, gesluit. Dit bied 70 megawatt elektrisiteit teen ʼn laer tarief as Eskom. Burgemeester Geordin Hill-Lewis sê die 20-jaar-ooreenkomste is met sonkragaanlegte wat by Atlantis en Philippi aan die metro se netwerk gekoppel sal word. Hy […]
# The City of Cape Town has concluded its first power purchase agreements worth an estimated eight-billion-rand, with two independent solar power producers, Jempec Energy and Make a Difference. These are worth 70 megawatts of power at a lower price than Eskom tariffs. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the 20-year agreements are with solar plants that […]
# Die dodetal in verlede week se kitsvloedramp in die Nepal-Tibet-grensgebied staan nou op 955, met sowat vierduisend-471 mense wat steeds vermis word. Onder die vermistes is honderde werkers in hidroprojektonnels, ondergrondse gange wat die beweging van water van hidroprojekte vergemaklik. Nepal se eerste minister, Balendra Shah, het erken dat die land nie ten volle […]
# The death toll from last week’s flash flooding disaster in the Nepal-Tibet border region now stands at 955, with some four-thousand-471 people still unaccounted for. Among the missing are hundreds of workers in hydro project tunnels, underground passages that facilitate the movement of water from hydro projects. Nepal’s prime minister, Balendra Shah, has acknowledged […]
# Forum for South Africa veroordeel munisipaliteite wat inwoners straf wat boorgate geïnstalleer het omdat hulle nie betroubare water van die munisipaliteit ontvang het nie. Die woordvoerder van die Forum, Tebogo Mashilompane sê dit is onaanvaarbaar om inwoners te straf omdat hulle hul eie oplossings vind vir basiese diensverskaffingsprobleme. Hy sê inwoners betaal vir boorwerk, […]
# Die Buffalo City-metro in die Oos-Kaap ervaar tans ‘n skielike toename in klein vlieënde insekte wat dikwels met muskiete verwar word. Die metro se woordvoerder, Luzuko Buku, het inwoners ná raadpleging met entomoloë verseker die insekte is onskadelik. Hy sê hul byt nie en hou geen gesondheidsgevaar in nie. Buku sê die ongewone weerpatrone […]
