# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Northern Cape’s green hydrogen masterplan is a future economic powerhouse, central to South Africa’s renewable energy transition and vital to the country’s long-term economic growth. Speaking during a meeting with the provincial leadership in Kimberley, Ramaphosa said he believes the plan will not only boost the local economy but […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for an end to parachuted development where national projects are planned without input from local communities. During talks with the Northern Cape government in Kimberley, Ramaphosa said such top-down approaches have wasted resources and deepened mistrust between communities and the government. He urged better coordination to improve services and […]
# AfriForum het ‘n interne appèl ingedien teen die Stad Tshwane se verwerping van die burgerregte-organisasie se aansoek ingevolge die Wet op die Bevordering van Toegang tot Inligting. Dit spruit uit die voortslepende kragkrisis in Pretoria. Arno Roodt van AfriForum sê die organisasie glo die metro het nie voldoende redes vir die besluit verskaf – […]
# SANParke waarsku die publiek om fisiese kontak met dooie of lewende robbe te vermy weens ‘n hondsdolheid-uitbreking langs die kusgebiede van die Wes- en die Noord-Kaap. Volgens SANParke word hondsdolheid nou as endemies beskou in Kaapse pelsrobbe in die Wes-Kaap, wat ‘n eerste is vir mariene-soogdiere. Die virus versprei deur byte, skrape of speekselkontak. […]
# An 82-year-old man was murdered on his smallholding in the Buffelsdrift area, north of Pretoria, last night after four suspects allegedly entered his home and assaulted him. Maroela Media reports that the Buffelsdrift Bewarea confirmed in a statement that the victim was Mossie Mostert. A cellphone and money were stolen from the house. According […]
# Vandag is Internasionale Verdrinkingsvoorkomingsdag, waartydens die regering van die Wes-Kaap en die LUR van Plaaslike Regering, Omgewingsake en Ontwikkelingsbeplanning, Anton Bredell, die publiek versoek om die voorkoming van verdrinkings ernstig op te neem – hetsy tuis of tydens uiterste weerstoestande. As deel van dié dag word ‘n program ook jaarliks aangebied om verantwoordelike gedrag […]
# ʼn Twee-en-tagtigjarige man is gisteraand op sy kleinhoewe in die Buffelsdrift-omgewing, noord van Pretoria, vermoor nadat vier aanvallers glo sy huis binnegekom en hom aangerand het. Maroela Media berig Buffelsdrift Bewarea het in ‘n verklaring bevestig die slagoffer is Mossie Mostert. ʼn Selfoon en geld is uit die huis gesteel. Volgens die gemeenskap was […]
# AfriForum has lodged an internal appeal against the City of Tshwane’s decision to reject the civil rights organisation’s application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act. This is regarding the ongoing power crisis in Pretoria. AfriForum’s Arno Roodt says AfriForum argues that the Metro did not provide sufficient reasons, as required by […]
# SANParks has issued a warning urging the public to avoid physical contact with seals, dead or alive, due to a rabies outbreak along the coastal shores of the Western and Northern Cape. According to SANParks, rabies is now considered endemic in Cape fur seals in the Western Cape, which is a first for marine […]