# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says South Africa continues to advocate for global peace and unity. Speaking at the NEPAD high-level business breakfast in Cape Town, he said the call for peace extends beyond Africa, calling for greater international unity and cooperation. According to Mashatile, South Africa’s own history shows that peace is possible even […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Landbou, Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Toerisme, Ivan Meyer, sê ’n nuwe handelsooreenkoms met China sal ekonomiese groei ‘n hupstoot gee, werk skep en die provinsie se sitrusbedryf versterk. Die nuwe ooreenkoms sal uitvoervereistes vergemaklik en mededingendheid tussen plaaslike produsente versterk. Meyer het bygevoeg die ooreenkoms is gesluit in ‘n tyd van wêreldwye […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering sê herstelwerk duur voort nadat onlangse hewige storms tot wydverspreide skade regoor die provinsie gelei het. Eskom berig ongeveer 70-persent van die nege-duisend aangemelde elektrisiteitsfoute is herstel, maar daar bly uitdagings in vloedgeteisterde en afgeleë bergagtige gebiede. Meer as die helfte van die 400 beskadigde paaie is reeds herstel. Die LUR […]
# The Western Cape government says recovery operations are continuing after recent severe storms caused widespread damage across the province. Eskom reports about 70-percent of the nine-thousand reported electricity faults have been repaired, but challenges remain in flood-hit and remote mountain areas. More than half of the 400 damaged roads have also been restored. The […]
# The Western Cape MEC for Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism, Ivan Meyer, says a new trade deal with China will boost economic growth, create jobs and strengthen the province’s citrus industry. The new agreement will ease export requirements and strengthen competitiveness for local producers. Meyer added the deal comes at a time of global […]
# Die Landdroshof in Pretoria-Noord het die saak teen die geskorste polisie-sersant Fannie Nkosi van die Eenheid vir Georganiseerde Misdaad tot 22 Julie uitgestel. Die staat beplan om alle sake saam te voeg, insluitend een in Thohoyandou rakende beweerde inmenging in ‘n dwelmondersoek. Nkosi bly in aanhouding nadat borgtog geweier is. Sy aansoek om appèl […]
# Tien mense is vanoggend dood in ‘n botsing tussen ‘n minibus-taxi en ‘n bus op die R39 tussen Standerton en Morgenzon in Mpumalanga. Die provinsiale Departement van Gemeenskapsveiligheid sê nege slagoffers, insluitend die taxibestuurder, is op die toneel dood en ‘n ander persoon het in die hospitaal gesterf. Vier mense is ernstig beseer en […]
# The Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court has postponed the case against suspended police Sergeant Fannie Nkosi of the Organised Crime Unit to the 22nd of July for further proceedings. The state plans to centralise all matters against Nkosi, including a Thohoyandou case involving alleged interference in a drug investigation. Nkosi remains in custody after bail […]
# Ten people have died following a head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a bus on the R39 between Standerton and Morgenzon in Mpumalanga. The provincial Department of Community Safety says the crash happened this morning. Nine victims, including the taxi driver, died at the scene, while another died in hospital. Four others were […]
