# The National Task Team on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression and Sex Characteristics is calling for a stronger and coordinated criminal justice response to gender-based violence and femicide. This follows the discovery of nine bodies of women in Kempton Park and surrounding areas in Ekurhuleni over period of two months. The NTT says the […]
# The Border Management Authority and the South African Revenue Service say more than one-thousand-800 trucks were processed in a single day at the Lebombo Port of Entry in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, amid ongoing congestion. BMA spokesperson Mmemme Mogotsi says authorities are working with Mozambican counterparts and other stakeholders to improve the movement of traffic while […]
# Die spesialis K9-maatskappy Luna Hounds sê opgeleide honde help Macadamia-boere om plae op te spoor voordat hulle sigbaar word. Robynne Oosthuizen het aan Engineering News gesê, honde wat opgelei is om reukopsporing te doen kan ‘n spesifieke dopluis-insekbesmetting identifiseer met ‘n gerapporteerde 99-persent akkuraatheid, wat produsente in staat stel om behandeling te teiken en […]
# Specialist K9 company Luna Hounds says trained dogs are helping Macadamia farmers detect pests before they become visible. Speaking to Engineering News, Robynne Oosthuizen says the scent-detection trained dogs can identify a specific scale insect infestation with reported 99-percent accuracy, allowing growers to target treatment and potentially reduce insecticide use. The company says a […]
# Die Dierebeskermingsvereniging se Nasionale Raad ondersoek die SAPD-hond, Sky, se dood by die Roodeplaat-fasiliteit in Pretoria. Die raad sê hy het inspeksie gedoen by die fasiliteit, maar wag nog vir noodsaaklike inligting en dokumente voor die ondersoek afgehandel kan word. Intussen het die voorsitter van die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Polisie, Ian Cameron, gesê die […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitees oor Elektrisiteit en Energie; Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing; en Water en Sanitasie het kommer uitgespreek oor voortgesette grondwaterbesoedeling wat met bronne by Eskom se Kusile-kragstasie verbind word. Die komitees noem herhaalde swak watergehalte, damme wat besoedeling moet beheer wat toeslik, beskadigde dam-voerings, en swakhede in die stasie se geslotekring-waterbestuurstelsel. Eskom […]
# Eskom has recorded a 70.4-percent Energy Availability Factor for a second consecutive week, its highest level in six years. The improvement comes as South Africa marks 498 consecutive days without load-shedding, with the last planned outages recorded in May last year. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the utility is strengthening the country’s energy security […]
# The National Council of the SPCA is investigating the death of SAPS service dog Sky at the Roodeplaat facility, in Pretoria. The Council has inspected the facility but says it is still waiting for vital information and supporting documents before the investigation can be concluded. Meanwhile, the chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, […]
# Die regering en die Nuwe Ontwikkelingsbank het ‘n leningsooreenkoms ter waarde van ongeveer drie-miljard-rand aangegaan om ‘n grootmaatwatervoorsieningsprojek in Limpopo te ondersteun. Die befondsing sal aangewend word vir die eerste fase van die Olifants-bestuursmodelprogram. Die projek sal water aan gemeenskappe en nywerheidsverbruikers in die Mogalakwena-munisipaliteit voorsien, uit die Flag Boshielo-dam in die Olifantsrivier. Die […]
