# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Willie Aucamp, verwelkom die inhegtenisnemings van twee verdagtes in Mosambiek in verband met die moord op die Suid-Afrikaanse toeriste, Dina en Ernst Marais, in die Krugerwildtuin in Limpopo. Die verdagtes is aangekeer danksy samewerking tussen Mosambiekse ondersoekbeamptes, bewaringsvennote en veldwagters. Aucamp sê dis ‘n belangrike stap […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, has welcomed the arrest of two suspects in Mozambique in connection with the murder of South African tourists Dina and Ernst Marais in the Kruger National Park in Limpopo. The arrests were made through cooperation between Mozambican investigators, conservation partners and park rangers. Aucamp says […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has called on the Aurobindo Group to use South Africa as a Pan-African export hub for the pharmaceutical sector. Speaking during a meeting with the company in India, Mashatile said the partnership could create jobs, develop skills and strengthen regional supply chains with government support, through special economic zones, investment […]
# The latest World Economic Forum report highlights corporate initiatives delivering measurable results in diversity, equity and inclusion. The report finds that organisations with strong inclusion practices outperform peers in innovation, decision-making and employee engagement. Successful strategies include targeted skills development, workforce upskilling, equal opportunity programmes and leadership accountability. The report shows that organisations with […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has called for stronger health investment ties between South Africa and India’s Aurobindo Group. Speaking in India, Mashatile praised the company’s contribution to affordable healthcare through its pharmaceutical operations and invited further investment in infrastructure, renewable energy, logistics and mining. He also encouraged partnerships with junior and black-owned mining firms […]
# Soccer: Spanish authorities have cancelled a planned international friendly in the country between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chile due to concerns over the Ebola outbreak in the DRC. The match was scheduled for Tuesday as part of the teams’ preparations for the World Cup in Northern America. Local officials say the decision […]
# Die Internasionale Organisasie vir Migrasie waarsku dat grenssluitings weens die Ebola-uitbreking in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo en Uganda mense kan aanmoedig om grense oor te steek wat minder streng gemonitor word. Meer as 600 vermeende Ebola-gevalle en meer as 300 sterftes is aangemeld. Die organisasie sê reaktiewe grenssluitings kan die sigbaarheid van bevolkings-bewegings […]
# Die Wêreld-weerkundige Organisasie sê daar is ‘n 80-persent kans dat El Niño vanaf hierdie maand tot Augustus sal voorkom, en ‘n bykans 90-persent waarskynlikheid dit sal tot November voortduur. Die gereelde opwarming van seeoppervlak-temperature in die Stille Oseaan lei gewoonlik tot uiterste weerstoestande en wisselvallige reënvalpatrone. Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, Antonio Guterres, sê […]
# The World Meteorological Organisation says there is an 80-percent chance that El Niño will emerge from this month to August, and a near 90-percent probability of it persisting through at least November. The periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean typically drives more extreme weather and rainfall patterns. United Nations Secretary-General […]