# Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says he is confident that the National Treasury’s budget vote will be supported in Parliament today. The budget vote will outline the department’s achievements, progress, as well as the annual service delivery commitments reflected in the Annual Performance Plan. Godongwana told Newzroom Afrika that he is more focused on […]
# Deputy minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, Bernice Swarts, says the department is pursuing the coordination and implementation of the National Greening Programme. The programme supports the Medium Term Development Plan, which includes driving inclusive growth and job creation, and tackling the high cost of living, by integrating fruit trees into food security […]
# Eskom Ekspo vir jong wetenskaplikes bied binnekort ʼn reeks streeks-wetenskapskoue aan in 35 streke reg oor Suid-Afrika. Leerders sal die geleentheid kry om hulle vernuwende idees, wetenskaplike navorsing en probleemoplossing-vaardighede op ʼn mededingende platform ten toon te stel. Vanjaar se deelnemers is uit skool- en distrik-ekspo’s gekies waar meer as 17-duisend-500 leerders hul navorsingsprojekte […]
# South Africa’s national bird, the blue crane, has been reclassified as vulnerable due to a significant population decline, particularly a 44-percent drop in the Western Cape’s Overberg region over 15-years. The population is also declining in the semi-desert region of the Karoo, home to the majority of blue cranes in the country. Endangered Wildlife […]
# Eskom sê hy gaan voort om onwettige verbindings te verwyder as deel van sy pogings om infrastruktuur te beskerm en betroubare elektrisiteit te voorsien. Die kragverskaffer se woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê in sekere gebiede sien hulle ʼn toename in transformators wat veral saans weens oorlading uitskakel. Sy sê dis hoofsaaklik weens meters wat omseil […]
# Die DA sê hy ondersteun die oproep vir ‘n onafhanklike kommissie van ondersoek en leefstyloudits vir alle senior SAPD-amptenare. Dit volg op verdoemende bewerings deur die polisiekommissaris van KwaZulu-Natal, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, teen onder andere die minister van polisie, Senzo Mchunu. Hy beskuldig Mchunu van politieke inmenging in die ontbinding van die taakspan vir politieke […]
# The Department of Home Affairs has extended its operating hours by two hours daily until 21st July, to assist learners to apply for their identity documents during the school holidays. Dedicated counters have been allocated for the collection and processing of Smart ID cards and passports. Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber says he […]
# Die EFF het die vonnisoplegging verwelkom van die moordenaar van ‘n gewese sekretaris-generaal van ANC-jeugliga, Sindiso Magaqa, in 2017. Die Pietermaritzburg-landdroshof het Sibusiso Ncengwa Maandag tot 25 jaar tronkstraf gevonnis. Magaqa is in Umzimkhulu in KwaZulu-Natal doodgeskiet. Twee raadslede wat by hom was, het oorleef. Drie beskuldigdes wat saam met Ncengwa aangekla is, is […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, sê ten spyte van president Donald Trump se dreigemente, sal BRICS-lande nie afgeskrik word nie en die resolusies instel waarop hulle by die beraad in Brasilië besluit het. Trump sê lande wat hulle vereenselwig met die teen-Amerika-beleide van die BRICS-groep, sal ʼn bykomende tarief van […]
