# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê Ekurhuleni se goedgekeurde Ministeriële Bepaling oor elektrisiteitsvoorsiening kan hom help om aansienlik minder staat te maak op Eskom. Ramokgopa sê die benutting van verskeie energiebronne is noodsaaklik vir beter energiesekerheid en meer bekostigbare elektrisiteit. Hy sê die verskuiwing na hernubare energie, ondersteun deur betroubare kragopwekking, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê mediavryheid moet beskerm word omdat die media ‘n onmisbare rol speel om die regering tot verantwoording te roep en tekortkominge aan die lig te bring. Hy het gepraat tydens die herdenking van Swart Woensdag- en Mediavryheidsdag in Johannesburg. Dit is vandag 49 jaar sedert die apartheidsregering in 1977 verskeie publikasies […]
# KwaZulu-Natal se rampbestuurspanne is op hoë gereedheidsgrondslag geplaas voor erge donderstorms wat van vanmiddag tot middernag in dele van die provinsie verwag word. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het ‘n vlak vier-waarskuwing vir donderstorms en ‘n vlak twee-waarskuwing vir skadelike winde uitgereik. Die woordvoerder van die Departement van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Siboniso Mngadi, sê […]
# KwaZulu-Natal disaster management teams have been placed on high alert ahead of severe thunderstorms expected in parts of the province from this afternoon until midnight. The South African Weather Service has issued a level four warning for severe thunderstorms and a level two warning for damaging winds. Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs spokesperson […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says media freedom must be protected, as the media plays a vital role in holding government accountable and exposing failures. He was speaking during a Black Wednesday and National Press Freedom Day commemoration in Johannesburg. Today marks 49 years since the apartheid regime banned several publications and detained journalists on 19 […]
# ‘n Misdaadtoneel-deskundige het in die Kaapstadse Landdroshof getuig die hotelkamer waar Anele Tembe en haar kêrel, die kletsrymer Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, tuisgegaan het was in ‘n wanordelike toestand. Die geregtelike doodsondersoek fokus op die omstandighede rondom Tembe se dood nadat sy in April 2021 van die tiende verdieping geval het. Die ondersoeker het getuig […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê klasse word ontwrig in Franklin D Roosevelt Primary in Randburg, Gauteng, weens onopgeloste bewerings van finansiële wanbestuur, intimidasie en administratiewe mislukkings wat die skoolhoof en die skool se beheerliggaam betrek. Die DA-lid, Sergio Isa Dos Santos, vra die LUR vir Onderwys, Lebogang Maile, om ‘n onafhanklike ondersoek te gelas […]
# A crime scene investigator has told the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court the hotel room where Anele Tembe and rapper boyfriend Kiernan “AKA” Forbes were staying was in disarray. The inquest is examining the circumstances surrounding Tembe’s death when she fell from the tenth floor of the building in April 2021. The investigator testified towels […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Ekurhuleni’s new energy programme could reduce electricity costs by 7.97-percent at current prices. The initiative is expected to attract 16.2-billion-rand in private investment, with the first 357 megawatts of solar power targeted for operation in the 2027/28 financial year. The minister says the programme could create jobs, […]