# The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs says severe weather is affecting several parts of the province, with heavy snowfall forcing the closure of the Sani Pass. Travellers heading to Lesotho have been advised to delay their journeys until conditions improve. The department’s Senzelwe Mzila has urged residents to use heating devices […]
# Lieutenant-Colonel Kwazikwakhe Sibiya of the Hawks Serious Organised Crime in Durban has denied allegations that he was involved in a scheme that led to the disappearance of 541 kilograms of cocaine worth approximately 200-million-rand. The cocaine was seized in June 2021 but vanished from a Hawks storage facility in Port Shepstone. Responding to Madlanga […]
# Die minister van Minerale en Petroleumhulpbronne, Gwede Mantashe, sê die bekendstelling van Suid-Afrika se nuwe aanlyn mynboulisensiestelsel vorder bestendig, met aansoeke wat nou digitaal in die Wes-Kaap verwerk word. Die Parlement het gehoor dat lesse uit die provinsie die inwerkingstelling landwyd sal bespoedig. Mantashe het ook bevestig dat die Wetsontwerp op die Ontwikkeling van […]
# Die Sitruskwekersvereniging van Suider-Afrika waarsku ernstige oorstromings sal uitvoervolumes in belangrike sitrusgebiede met minstens vyf-persent verminder. Die gebiede wat die ergste geraak word sluit in Patensie in die Oos-Kaap en Citrusdal en die Boland in die Wes-Kaap. Die vereniging sê skadebepalings word gedoen, met van die produsente wat steeds nie toegang tot hul boorde […]
# Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister Gwede Mantashe says the rollout of South Africa’s new online mining licensing system is progressing steadily, with applications now being processed digitally in the Western Cape. Parliament heard that lessons from the province will help speed up implementation nationwide. Mantashe also confirmed that the Mineral Resources Development Bill is […]
# Die Tshwane Metropolisie maak steeds vordering met sy optrede om padveiligheid te verbeter, nakoming van openbare vervoerregulasies af te dwing en pendelaars te beskerm. Die Openbare Vervoer-eenheid het hierdie week 38 voertuie geskut tydens geteikende operasies in Atteridgeville en die Pretoriase middestad omdat hulle sonder geldige permitte bedryf is. TMPD moedig eienaars van openbare […]
# The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa has warned that severe flooding in key citrus-producing regions will reduce export volumes by at least five-percent. The worst-affected areas include Patensie in the Eastern Cape, and Citrusdal and Boland in the Western Cape. The association says damage assessments are ongoing, with some growers still unable to […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê hy is geskok dat drie van die Stad Johannesburg se watersuiweringsaanlegte verantwoordelik is vir sowat 90-miljoen liter onbehandelde riool wat elke dag in riviere invloei. Onbehandelde riool vloei suid in die Kliprivier, terwyl die meeste noord beweeg in die Jukskeirivier voordat dit in die Hartbeespoortdam invloei. ʼn VF Plus-woordvoerder, Cor Boer, […]
# The Tshwane Metro Police Department says its enforcement actions to improve road safety, ensure compliance with public transport regulations, and protect commuters are continuing to yield positive results. The TMPD Public Transport Unit impounded 38 vehicles for operating without valid permits in targeted operations in Atteridgeville and the Pretoria CBD this week. TMPD says […]
