# Die landbou-organisasie, TLU SA, sê die bevestigde gevalle van bek-en-klouseer op ‘n plaas naby Gouda in die Wes-Kaap vereis dringende optrede. Bennie Van Zyl van die organisasie doen ‘n dringende beroep op ‘n deursigtige, samewerkende en praktiese aksieplan wat sonder versuim inwerking gestel kan word. Hy sê dis noodsaaklik dat die Departement van Landbou […]
# Western Cape Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC, Anton Bredell says firefighting services remain fully mobilised as teams continue to manage several wildfire incidents in Bredasdorp, Lanquedoc and Ashton and Montagu area. The department’s spokesperson, Wouter Kriel says the Bredasdorp fire, which is currently suspected to be malicious, has destroyed one-thousand-200 hectares across […]
# The agriculture organisation, TLU SA says the confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth disease on a farm near Gouda in the Western Cape calls for urgent action. TLU SA’s Bennie Van Zyl says the organisation is urgently calling for a transparent, collaborative, and practical action plan to be implemented without delay. He says it is essential […]
# A multidisciplinary intelligence-driven operation led by SAPS and partnered security units resulted in four suspects killed and one arrested in connection with a series of cash-in-transit robberies and other violent crimes. The suspects were intercepted on the R25 between Bronkhorstspruit and Bapsfontein in Gauteng. Several unlicensed firearms, ammunition, and vehicles were seized. Further follow-up […]
# Die burgemeester van Kaapstad, Geordin Hill-Lewis, sê die stad wil die eerste in Suid-Afrika word om plaaslike passasierspoorvervoer oor te neem. Die stad het pas ‘n omvattende spoorwegsakeplan ter tafel gelê wat uiteensit hoe die netwerk herstel, uitgebrei en met ander openbare vervoer geïntegreer kan word. Die plan identifiseer die drie mees lewensvatbare afwentelingsmoontlikhede, […]
# The Western Cape has declared Mount David Nature Reserve, an eight-hundred-hectare sanctuary of threatened ecosystems and endangered species near Hermanus in the Overberg. Formerly known as Diepgat, it was restored over 17 years by Antony van Hoogstraten, transforming farmland into wetlands and pristine fynbos. Capenature’s Luk Folb, says critically endangered plants and the Moonlight […]
# Retired Ekurhuleni Metro Police deputy chief Revo Spies says blue lights in private hands are dangerous, as criminals can impersonate police. Testifying at the Madlanga commission in Pretoria, Spies revealed that News24 exposed vehicles linked to businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, illegally registered as EMPD cars. He warns that blue lights put both police and […]
# Die Wes-Kaap het die Mount David Natuurreservaat as ‘n agthonderd-hektaar-reservaat vir bedreigde ekosisteme en bedreigde spesies verklaar. Die reservaat, naby Hermanus in die Overberg, was voorheen bekend as Diepgat en is oor 17 jaar deur Antony van Hoogstraten herbou, met landbougrond wat in vleilande en ongerepte fynbos omskep is. Luk Folb van CapeNature sê […]
# Die afgetrede adjunkhoof van die Ekurhuleni Metropolisie, Revo Spies, sê blou ligte in privaat hande is gevaarlik, want misdadigers kan hulle as polisie voordoen. Spies het voor die Madlanga-kommissie in Pretoria verwys na News24-berigte dat voertuie, wat met sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala verbind word, onwettig as EMPD-motors geregistreer is. Hy waarsku dat blou ligte […]