# Namibia’s ministry of Agriculture has lifted the temporary ban on importing and transporting maize seeds from South Africa. The ban was imposed after the detection of Goss’s wilt, caused by a bacterial pathogen, in previous imports. The ministry’s spokesperson, Simon Nghipandulwa says new phytosanitary guidelines have been introduced to prevent plant diseases. Importers must now follow […]
# Die vakbond, Giwusa sê die enigste manier om die verwoesting van massa werkloosheid te oorkom, is om die ekonomie fundamenteel te hervorm. Volgens Statistieke SA het 74-duisend werkgeleenthede in die eerste kwartaal van vanjaar verlore gegaan. President van Giwusa, Mametlwe Sebei, sê die regering van nasionale eeheid se ekonomiese program wat hoofsaaklik op Operasie […]
# Transnet word volgens berigte oorweldig deur die privaat sektor se belangstelling in die spoornetwerk. Die minister van Openbare Ondernemings, Barbara Creecy, sê daar was ‘n sterk aanvraag vanaf privaat ondernemings wat gretig is om te belê en deel te neem aan spoorbedrywighede om die sukkelende sektor te laat herleef. Transnet se spoorinfrastruktuur worstel met […]
# ActionSA sê hy gaan buite stemming bly tydens vandag se mosie van wantroue teen Johannesburg se burgemeester, Dada Morero weens sy versuim om basiese dienste dwarsdeur die stad te lewer. Die party sê hy kan nie Morero se leierskap verdedig, wat hy as wanfunksioneel en traag beskryf nie. Michael Beaumont van ActionSA het bekend […]
# The North West Provincial Initiation Coordinating Committee has shut down fourteen illegal initiation schools and rescued sixty-seven male initiates across the province as the winter initiation season starts. The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs department’s spokesperson, Thebeetsile Keameditse says the committee is also inundated with calls from parents and police reporting cases of missing […]
# The Kruger Street Bridge has re-opened a month ahead of schedule today as the 1.3-billion-rand upgrade of the N4 between Buffelspoort and Dr. Moroka interchanges progresses in North West. The 30-kilometre expansion to two lanes in each direction aims to ease congestion and boost safety. Helen Joseph Interchange Bridge will close from 2 July […]
# Die voormalige Zambiese president Edgar Lungu sal na verwagting vandag in Suid-Afrika ter ruste gelê word, maar daar heers onsekerheid oor die seremonie. Zambië se prokureur-generaal, Mulilo Kabesha, het dringende hofstukke ingedien by die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria om die begrafnis te stop, en verklaar dat Lungu se begrafnis nasionale protokolle moet volg en nie […]
# Transnet is reportedly overwhelmed by private sector interest in South Africa’s rail network. According to Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Creecy, there has been strong demand from private companies eager to invest and participate in rail operations to help revive the struggling sector. Transnet’s rail infrastructure has faced major challenges, including inefficiencies and underinvestment. Government […]
# ActionSA says it will abstain from today’s motion of no confidence against Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero, citing his failure to deliver basic services across the city. The party says it cannot defend Morero’s leadership, which it describes as dysfunctional and unresponsive. ActionSA’s Michael Beaumont revealed that Al Jama-ah tried to get their support to […]
