# The City of Cape Town says following heavy rain this week, dam levels have increased by 12.4-percent to 61.2-percent compared to last week. While dam levels have increased, water usage has decreased to 831 million litres of water a day from 874 last week. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badoodien, says […]
# Sokker: Wetenskaplikes sê die wêreldbeheerliggaam FIFA se huidige hitte-veiligheidsmaatreëls vir die Wêreldbeker-toernooi in Noord-Amerika is onvoldoende en kan spelers ernstig benadeel. ‘n Groep van die wêreld se voorste kenners skryf in ‘n ope brief die bestaande riglyne is onmoontlik om te regverdig. Hulle vra FIFA om sterker beskermings in te stel, soos langer afkoelingspouses […]
# Soccer: Scientists say world governing body FIFA’s current heat safety measures for the World Cup in North America are inadequate and risk seriously harming players. A group of world-leading experts write in an open letter the guidelines are impossible to justify. They ask FIFA to introduce stronger protections such as longer cooling breaks and […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê sy elektrisiteitspanne het sedert Maandag op meer as ses-duisend diensversoeke reageer weens die dodelike storm wat die metro geteister het. Hulle het meer as 10-duisend-800 diensversoeke van reg oor die metro ontvang weens stormskade aan elektrisiteit-infrastruktuur. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Energie, Xanthea Limberg, sê al is die storm verby, gee spanne […]
# The City of Cape Town’s electricity teams have attended to more than six-thousand service requests over the deadly storm that hit the metro since Monday. Over 10-thousand-800 service requests were received about storm damage to electrical infrastructure. Mayoral committee member for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says with the storm over, teams remain on the ground […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling het die privaat sektor en die algemene publiek wat moontlik kan help, gevra om organisasies sonder winsbejag by te staan waar hulle reageer op weerverwante rampe. Drie-duisend-628 mense in die provinsie het reeds hul huise verloor en word in gemeenskapsale gehuisves. LUR Jaco Londt sê in Kaapstad alleen […]
# The Western Cape Department of Social Development has called on the private sector and the general public, who are in a position to assist, to support relief non-profit organisations as they respond to the weather-related disaster. To date, three-thousand-628 people across the province have been displaced and are being housed in community halls. MEC […]
# Die Kaapse Wynland-distriksmunisipaliteit sê reddingsoperasies is aan die gang vir agt gesinne wat weens vloede vasgekeer is langs die Kleinbergrivier in Gouda. Die Nasionale Seereddingsinstituut,die polisie en plaaslike munisipaliteite het die 49 mense bereik nadat dae van swaar reën en ysige weer riviervlakke skerp laat styg het. Jo-Anne Otto van die munisipaliteit sê hoewel […]
# The Cape Winelands District Municipality says rescue operations are underway for eight families trapped by flooding along the Kleinberg River in Gouda. The National Sea Rescue Institute, police, and local municipalities have reached the 49 stranded people after days of heavy rain and icy weather caused rivers to rise sharply. The municipality’s Jo-Anne Otto […]
