# The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services have contained a large wildfire in the Kogmanskloof area outside Montagu, marking an unusually early start to the 2026/2027 fire season. The municipality warns the early fire could signal a longer and more demanding season, putting pressure on firefighting resources, farmers and natural areas. Mayor Elna von […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vrag- en Logistiekvereniging en die Padvragvereniging vra ‘n dringende herstelplan om die vloei van vragte op die Durbanse hawe-terminaal te herstel. Woordvoerder Gavin Kelly sê skepe het verlede maand gemiddeld 80-uur voor anker gelê en wag en die hoeveelheid gehanteerde vrag het met 26-persent gedaal ná die oorskakeling na die NAVIS N4-stelsel, […]
# Die Brasiliaanse minister van Buitelandse Sake, Mauro Vieira, sê ‘n handelsending uit verskeie sektore is in Suid-Afrika om wedersydse voordelige geleenthede te ondersoek. Hy het tydens die agtste vergadering van die Suid-Afrika-Brasilië gesamentlike kommissie in Pretoria, samewerking in handel, wetenskap en tegnologie beklemtoon, veral in ruimtewetenskap, mariene navorsing en gesondheid. Vieira sê albei lande […]
# Suid-Afrikaanse steenkoolprodusente belê toenemend in hernubare energie om koste te besnoei en uitstralings te verminder. Exxaro Resources beoog om teen 2030 een-duisend-600 megawatt se geïnstalleerde hernubare energie-opwekkingsvermoë deur sy filiaal Cennergi te lewer. Die onderneming se sonkragaanleg van 68-megawatt by die Grootegelukmyn in Limpopo het die myn se afhanklikheid van die nasionale kragnetwerk met […]
# Johannesburg Water says the city is using about 200 megalitres more water per day than its supply target, putting pressure on the system. Speaking to ENCA, Manager Gugulethu Quma says daily demand is averaging one-thousand-700 to one-thousand-750 megalitres against a target of one-thousand-500 to one-thousand-550 megalitres. He says the City is conserving water in […]
# ‘n Man van KwaZulu-Natal gaan die volgende aantal jare in ‘n Amerikaanse tronk deurbring nadat hy skuld erken het op aanklagte van die verspreiding en besit van inhoud wat die seksuele misbruik van kinders uitbeeld. Die 45-jarige Marcell Meyer het op ‘n plaas in Sackets Harbor, New York, gewerk. Die Distrikshof in Albany het […]
# Premier Foods is set to brief unions today on alternatives to the proposed closure of its Tulbagh fruit canning factory in the Western Cape. The company has reportedly proposed options including finding investors or buyers, or relocating the facility. It announced the closure last month, just four months after its merger with Rhodes Food […]
# Freight groups South African Freight and Logistics Association and Road Freight Association calls for an urgent recovery plan to restore cargo flow at Durban Gateway Terminal after sustained disruption. RFA CEO Gavin Kelly says July vessels averaged 80-hours at anchorage, throughput fell 26-percent after the August NAVIS N4 cutover, and port call times more […]
# Brazilian Foreign minister Mauro Vieira says a multisectoral Brazilian trade mission is in South Africa to explore mutually beneficial opportunities. Speaking during the eighth South Africa-Brazil Joint Commission in Pretoria, Vieira highlighted trade, science and technology cooperation, particularly in space science, ocean research and health. Vieira also said that both countries can strengthen vaccine […]
