# Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu, who held power for almost seven years until 2021, died in Pretoria at the age of 68. According to a statement by his political party, the Patriotic Front, Lungu had been receiving specialised medical treatment in a clinic in Pretoria. He had suffered from recurring achalasia, a condition caused […]
# Die Departement van Landbou gaan nuwe reëls instel om die beweging van diere met gesplete hoewe te beheer in ‘n poging om die verspreiding van bek-en-klouseer te bekamp. Dit volg ná ‘n uitbreking by die grootste beesvleisprodusent, Karan Beef, wat besmettings by sy Heidelberg-voerkraal in Gauteng bevestig het. Die nuwe maatreëls sal streng toesig […]
# The Public Servants Association welcomes the suspension of the Mpumalanga Education Head of Department, Lucy Moyane, following a forensic report exposing serious procurement irregularities. The department reportedly spent two-million-rand on just 22 laptops costing over 91-thousand-rand each. The association’s Flip van der Walt warns more senior officials may be involved, calling for urgent disciplinary […]
# Die Black Business Council se jaarlikse beraad – gemik op die uitdagings van die swart sakesektor en die bevordering van inklusiewe groei – beoog om vanjaar weer ministers in sleutelportefeuljes en sakeleiers in gesprek te bring. Die organisasie se president, Elias Monage, sê die tweedaagse beraad sal veral fokus op die befondsing van swart […]
# Build One South Africa het ‘n petisie begin om die bedanking van minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams te eis, na aanleiding van haar mislukte leierskap te midde van stygende jeugwerkloosheid. BOSA beskuldig die minister daarvan dat sy klein-, medium- en mikro-ondernemings verwaarloos, met 4,7-miljoen werklose of onopgeleide jongmense. Die BOSA-woordvoerder, Roger Solomons, sê hulle verwerp ook […]
# Die Stad Johannesburg het ‘n sogenaamde ‘Joburg bomb squad’ van stapel gestuur. Dit is ‘n span wat daarop gemik is om misdaad te bekamp, verordeninge af te dwing en dienslewering te verbeter. Die span word gelei deur die president van die ANC-veteraneliga, Snuki Zikalala, en sluit voormalige stadsbestuurders Blake Mosley-Lefatole, Mavela Dlamini en Trevor […]
# Die maatskappy Aviation Coordination Services sê hulle is daartoe verbind om in goedertrou gesprek te voer met die Lughawensmaatskappy van Suid-Afrika oor ‘n dispuut rondom die skandering van luikbagasie. Dit volg nadat die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, bemiddeling vir albei partye beveel het, met die doel om lughawe-sekerheid te beskerm en ontwrigtings te […]
# The Department of Agriculture will soon introduce new rules to control the movement of cloven-hoofed livestock in a bid to stop the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. This follows an outbreak at the largest beef producer, Karan Beef, which confirmed infections at its Heidelberg feedlot in Gauteng. The new measures will require supervised animal movement […]
# The City of Johannesburg has launched the Joburg Bomb Squad, a new team aimed at tackling crime, enforcing by-laws, and improving service delivery. The team will be led by president of the ANC Veterans’ League, Snuki Zikalala and includes former city managers Blake Mosley-Lefatole, Mavela Dlamini and Trevor Fowler. Mayor Dada Morero said the […]
