# Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie vermoed ‘n seldsame mens-tot-mens-oordrag het plaasgevind tussen noue kontakte aan boord van ‘n luukse passasierskip wat deur sewe bevestigde of vermeende hantavirus-gevalle getref is. ‘n Nederlandse paartjie en ‘n Duitse burger is dood, terwyl ‘n Britse burger in intensiewe sorg in Suid-Afrika is. Die WGO fokus nou op die ontruiming van die […]
# Twee mense is dood en verskeie beseer toe ‘n motor in ‘n skare ingeploeg het in Leipzig in die ooste van Duitsland. Burgemeester Burkhard Jung sê die vermeende oortreder, wat die owerhede as ‘n 33-jarige Duitse burger identifiseer het, is in hegtenis geneem. Hy voeg by die owerhede het nog nie ‘n motief bepaal […]
# The World Health Organisation suspects some rare human to human transmission took place between close contacts on board a luxury cruise ship hit by seven confirmed or suspected hantavirus cases. A Dutch couple and a German national have died, while a British national is in intensive care in South Africa. The WHO says the […]
# Afrika-Wêrelderfenisdag word gevier met ‘n oproep om die vasteland se kulturele en natuurlike skatte te beskerm. Die dag, wat in 2015 deur die Unesco uitgeroep is, beklemtoon die kontinent se bedreigings, soos onbeheerde ontwikkeling, stropery, burgerlike onrus en onbestendigheid, wat die besondere universele waarde van die vasteland in gevaar stel. Hierdie jaar word die […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê Suid-Afrika het sy bek-en-klouseer-inentingsprogram aansienlik uitgebrei en miljoene dosisse uit Argentinië en Turkye bekom terwyl plaaslike produksie ‘n hupstoot gegee word. Hy het in die Parlement gesê meer as 2,5-miljoen diere is reeds landwyd ingeënt en die departement beoog om teen einde vanjaar 80-persent van die nasionale […]
# Two people are dead and several others were injured when a car ploughed into a crowd in the eastern German city of Leipzig. Mayor Burkhard Jung says the suspected perpetrator – who authorities identified as a 33-year-old German citizen – was arrested. He adds authorities are not yet clear about a motive. Police confirmed […]
# The minister of agriculture, John Steenhuisen, says South Africa has significantly expanded its foot-and-mouth disease vaccination programme, securing millions of doses from Argentina and Turkey while boosting local production. Speaking at Parliament today, he says more than 2.5-million animals have already been vaccinated nationwide. He says the department aims to reach 80-percent of the […]
# African World Heritage Day is being marked with a call to protect the continent’s cultural and natural treasures. Proclaimed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation in 2015, the day highlights threats faced by the continent such as uncontrolled development, poaching, civil unrest and instability, risking losing their outstanding universal value. This […]
# Minstens 26 mense is dood en 61 beseer in ʼn ontploffing by ʼn vuurwerke-fabriek in die Hunan-provinsie in China. Owerhede sê twee skure met buskruit naby die Huasheng-fabriek het ʼn gevaarlike situasie geskep. Soek-en-reddingsoperasies is byna afgehandel, maar die bevestiging van ongevalle en die uitkenning van slagoffers is nog aan die gang. President Xi […]
