# Free State MEC for Agriculture, Rural Development and Environmental Affairs, Elsabé Rockman, says the province has surpassed the one-million mark in vaccinating livestock against foot-and-mouth disease. The milestone forms part of South Africa’s broader effort to contain outbreaks and protect the livestock industry through the national rollout of vaccines to combat the disease. Rockman […]
# The City of Johannesburg cleared the first legal hurdle in a dispute over its increased water demand management levy. The Johannesburg High Court dismissed AfriForum’s urgent application to halt the levy, ruling the organisation failed to prove urgency. The city’s Nombuso Shabalala says AfriForum knew since May that the levy would take effect on […]
# Die DA sê Johannesburg ervaar ‘n brandstofkrisis wat sekere munisipale voertuie raak en dienslewering bedreig. Woordvoerder Belinda Kayser‑Echeozonjoku sê departemente en instellings, insluitend Johannesburg Water en Pikitup, word geraak nadat hervullingsdienste opgeskort is. Sy sê ‘n metro wat nie brandstof kan bekostig nie, kan ook nie ‘n bykomende finansiële verpligting van tien-miljard-rand vir ‘n […]
# Die Forum for South Africa kritiseer die 600-miljoen-rand wat toegeken is om veiligheidsmaatreëls te versterk voor die beplande betogings teen onwettige immigrasie. KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, die Oos-Kaap en die Wes-Kaap word beskou as moontlike brandpunte vir geweld. FOSA se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, het die uitgawes beskryf as paniekbesteding, politieke vertoon en ‘n moontlike plunder-geleentheid wat […]
# Vier mans het in ‘n Oos-Kaapse hof verskyn nadat hulle in hegtenis geneem is vir die moord op vier mense tydens ‘n aanval in KwaDwesi, Gqeberha, vroeër die maand. Die aanvallers het ‘n huis binnedring en begin losbrand. ‘n Man en drie vroue is dood en twee mense gewond. Die mans het in die […]
# The DA says the City of Johannesburg is facing a fuel crisis that has left some municipal vehicles unable to operate, threatening service delivery. The party’s Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku says departments and entities, including Johannesburg Water and Pikitup, are affected by suspended refuelling services. She says a metro that cannot afford fuel also cannot afford […]
# Die Gautengse Onderwysdepartement het verskoning gevra aan leerders, ouers en skole wat geraak is deur vertragings met die uitreiking van rapporte. Dis veroorsaak deur tegniese probleme wat toegang tot die Suid-Afrikaanse Skooladministrasie- en -bestuurstelsel beïnvloed omdat die Citrix-omgewing wat die stelsel ondersteun, tydelik onbeskikbaar was. Die departement se woordvoerder, Onwabile Lubhelwana, sê stelsel-administrateurs en […]
# The Forum for South Africa has criticised the allocation of 600-million-rand to strengthen security measures ahead of the 30 June anti-immigration protest. KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape have been flagged as potential hotspots for potential violence. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, has described this expenditure as panic spending, political posturing, and a potential […]
# Four men appeared in an Eastern Cape court in connection with the murder of four people in Kwadwesi, Gqeberha, earlier this month. Attackers entered a house and opened fire, killing a man and three women, and wounding two people. The men appeared briefly in the New Brighton Magistrate’s Court on charges of murder and […]