# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Trade, Industry and Competition has warned the future of Tongaat Hulett remains a major threat to the recovery of the sugar industry. Chairperson Mzwandile Masina says an enabling biofuels regulatory framework, similar to those in Brazil and India, is needed to support diversification and long-term sustainability. The committee urges government, […]
# Die staatsbeheerde logistieke operateur Transnet het die voltooiing van ‘n belegging van vier-miljard-rand in Afrika se grootste ystererts-uitvoerterminaal in Saldanhabaai aan die Weskus aangekondig. Die infrastruktuur-uitbreidingsprojek sluit ‘n swaardiens-tuimelaar in om spoorwaens af te laai. Die uitvoerende hoof van Transnet-haweterminale, Jabu Mdaki, sê die nuwe tuimelaar het na raming ‘n bydrae van 45-persent tot […]
# Die Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit het inwoners en toeriste aangeraai om verspoelde paaie, laagwaterbrûe en rivieroewers te vermy terwyl swaar reën in dele van die Wes-Kaap voortduur. Drie-en-negentig inwoners van De Rust en Welgeluk is gister ontruim en na die Toekomsrus-gemeenskapsaal geneem. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Herman Pieters, sê rotsstortings is ook op die N12 naby die […]
# Transnet has announced the completion of a four-billion-rand investment in Africa’s largest iron ore export facility, the Saldanha iron ore terminal on the West Coast. The infrastructure expansion project includes the installation of a heavy-duty tippler used to empty rail wagons. Transnet Port Terminals’ CEO Jabu Mdaki says the installation of the new tippler achieved […]
# The Garden Route District Municipality has advised residents and tourists to avoid flooded roads, low-water crossings, and riverbanks, as heavy rainfall continues in parts of the Western Cape. Ninety-three community members from De Rust and Welgeluk were evacuated yesterday and are being accommodated at the Toekomsrus Community Hall. The municipality’s spokesperson, Herman Pieters, says […]
# Die polisie in Limpopo bied ʼn beloning van 100-duisend-rand aan vir inligting wat kan lei tot die inhegtenisneming en suksesvolle vervolging van verdagtes na die moord op ʼn senior tolk van die hof. Die 56-jarige Thomas Langa wat aan die Streekshof in Giyani verbonde was, is doodgeskiet in sy voertuig op die R81-pad in […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad se Departement vir Inwoner-verhoudinge het tussen 1 en 28 Mei 271-duisend-940 navrae hanteer teenoor 219-duisend-159 in April. Die meeste klagtes was oor elektrisiteit, naamlik 45-duisend-525 oproepe en 70-duisend-855 WhatsApp-boodskappe, gevolg deur klagtes oor water. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Korporatiewe Dienste, Theresa Uys, sê dit dui op die groot vraag na munisipale dienste […]
# Navorsing deur die Universiteit van die Wes-Kaap het bevind kinders wat in die baarmoeder aan sigaretrook blootgestel word, loop ʼn groter gevaar om tydens hul tienerjare hoë bloeddruk te ontwikkel. Die studie het 307 kinders van tussen 10- en 14-jaar van Bishop Lavis, Kaapstad, betrek. Daar is gekyk hoe rook en alkoholgebruik tydens swangerskap […]
# Limpopo police are offering a 100-thousand-rand reward for information that may lead to the arrest and successful prosecution of the suspects responsible for the murder of a senior court interpreter. Fifty-six-year-old Thomas Langa, attached to the Giyani Regional Court, was shot dead in his vehicle along the R81 Road in Malamulele. Police spokesperson, Malesela […]
