# Forum for South Africa condemns municipalities for charging residents who installed boreholes after it failed to provide reliable water. Spokesperson Tebogo Mashilompane says it is unacceptable to punish residents for finding their own solutions to a basic service failure. He says residents should not pay for drilling, pumps and maintenance only to face an […]
# Die United Progressive People Alliance sê inwoners van Hammanskraal moes byna twee weke lank sonder betroubare watervoorsiening klaarkom. Die party se burgemeesterskandidaat vir Tshwane, Abel Tau, sê hulle moes sonder basiese higiëne klaarkom. Hy sê die watertoevoer is eers herstel toe die ANC se president, Cyril Ramaphosa, die gebied besoek het, wat vrae laat […]
# The Buffalo City Metro is experiencing a surge in non-biting midges and flying gnats. After consultation with entomologists, the Metro’s spokesperson Luzuko Buku assured citizens that while they could be mistaken for mosquitoes due to having the same appearance, they are entirely harmless and do not bite. He said the unusual weather patterns could […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa en die voorsitter van Eskom se raad, Mteto Nyati, het vergader om Suid-Afrika se verbintenis tot energiehervorming te herbevestig. Hervormings is noodsaaklik om bekostigbare, betroubare en volhoubare elektrisiteitsvoorsiening te verseker. Nyati het vroeër gewaarsku regeringsplanne oor eienaarskap van Eskom kan die onderneming se finansies benadeel en beleggers afskrik. Woordvoerder Vincent Magwenya […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa met with Eskom board chairperson Mteto Nyati to reaffirm South Africa’s energy reform path as imperative to achieve an affordable, reliable, and sustainable electricity supply. Nyati had warned government’s ownership plans for the power utility would undermine Eskom’s finances and unsettle investors. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, says the establishment of a […]
# The United Progressive People Alliance is concerned that Hammanskraal residents endured almost two weeks without reliable water. The Alliance’s mayoral candidate for the City of Tshwane, Abel Tau, says the crisis forced families, schools and businesses to live without basic hygiene. He says water returned only as the ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa visited, raising […]
# Minstens 15 mense word vermis ná ʼn onverwagse oorstroming gister in die Grand Canyon Nasionale Park in Arizona. Twee-en-sestig stappers en kampeerders is per helikopter na veiligheid geneem. Die Nasionale Park-diens waarsku donderstorms en swaar reën word ook vir vandag voorspel, wat tot nog kitsvloede, rommel, rotsstortings en veranderde voetslaanpad- en riviertoestande kan lei. […]
# At least 15 people are missing or unaccounted for after a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona on Sunday. Sixty-two hikers and campers were airlifted out of the area. The National Park Service has warned that more thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are forecast for today, which could lead to […]
# Owerhede in Nepal het gewaarsku teen hernude oorstromings, met die dodetal ná verlede Woensdag se kitsvloede langs die Nepal-Tibet-grens wat steeds styg. Minstens 788 mense is in Nepal dood, terwyl Chinese owerhede minstens 16 sterftes aangemeld het. Na raming word drie-duisend mense in beide lande vermis, insluitend buitelandse burgers. Nepalese owerhede het inwoners in […]
