# Fire response company Fire Ops SA is warning of a sharp rise in structural fires linked to solar power installations. CEO and Deputy Fire Chief De Wet Engelbrecht says data by Fire Force indicates that one in four structural fires in South Africa is related to malfunctioning solar power systems. Engelbrecht emphasised that batteries, […]
# The inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko has been temporarily halted. His family brought an urgent application in the High Court in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape to suspend proceedings, saying they need more time to properly prepare. The family says hundreds of documents still need to be scrutinised, with some […]
# Soccer: Activists and Citizens Forum is calling for a leadership change at local governing body SAFA ahead of this weekend’s elective conference. Spokesperson Dennis Bloem says SAFA president Danny Jordaan is a liability and should step aside, citing reports of financial challenges, and says urgent intervention is needed. He emphasises the forum’s backing of […]
# Economists warn that South Africa’s sugar industry is under mounting pressure from cheap imports, mill closures and rising costs. More than one-million people depend on the sector, supporting around 270-thousand direct and indirect jobs. Oxford Economics economist Jee-A van der Linde says Tongaat Hulett narrowly avoided liquidation after receiving state-backed financial support, while other […]
# Die onderwysaktivis Hendrick Makaneta moedig jongmense aan om dit te oorweeg om vir die 2027-akademiese jaar aansoek te doen by kolleges vir Tegniese en Beroeps-onderwys en -opleiding. Aansoeke sluit op 30 September. Makaneta sê Suid-Afrikaners moet hul siening oor hierdie kolleges verander. Hy vra jongmense om kolleges as ‘n eerste keuse vir verdere studie […]
# Die adjunkminister in die Presidensie vir Vroue, Jeug en Persone met Gestremdhede, Mmapaseka Letsike, vra sterker streeksamewerking en gesamentlike optrede om geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord te beëindig. Bevindinge van die Raad op Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing toon dat 33,1-persent van vroue van 18 jaar en ouer tydens hul leeftyd fisieke geweld ervaar het. Letsike sê optrede teen […]
# Grade 12 Zimbabwean learners who left South Africa after the June 30 immigration deadline are being brought back to write their matric exams. The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Coordinating Committee Academy says learners will be housed at a boarding facility in Johannesburg ahead of the exams, starting next month. About 35-thousand children reportedly returned to […]
# Die Nasionale Verbruikerskommissie sê Isuzu Motors Suid-Afrika het ‘n veiligheidsterugroep uitgereik vir twee-duisend-582 RG19-bakkies wat tussen 11 Mei en 3 Julie vanjaar in die mark beskikbaar gestel is. Volgens Isuzu is daar ‘n moontlikheid dat die rempedaal se spilpunt kan loskom. Die kommissie se woordvoerder, Phetho Ntaba, sê van die voertuie is ook uitgevoer […]
# Die Rethink Your Drink-veldtog vra ‘n gekoördineerde nasionale strategie om fetale alkohol-spektrumversteuring te voorkom. Vandag is Internasionale Fetale Alkohol-spektrumversteuring-bewustheidsdag, waartydens die gevare van drankgebruik tydens swangerskap uitgelig word. Daar word geraam dat sowat een uit elke tien Suid-Afrikaanse kinders met FASD saamleef. Woordvoerder Kashifa Ancer sê gefragmenteerde pogings deur gesondheids-, onderwys- en maatskaplike dienste […]
