# Agriculture minister, John Steenhuisen, has noted the interim order issued by the High Court in Pretoria on the procurement and administration of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines. The court ruled that farmers, feedlots and dairy operations can source and administer approved FMD vaccines privately and independently. This is without participating in the state’s vaccination scheme or […]
# Deputy minister of Home Affairs, Njabulo Nzuza, says government acknowledges that South Africa faces serious challenges linked to illegal immigration, including human trafficking and the smuggling of goods into the country. He and his Police Ministry counterpart, Polly Boshielo, will lead a task team of deputy ministers to enforce compliance with the law amid […]
# Anti-immigration civic group March and March Movement has called on the government to declare a state of emergency to address illegal immigration in South Africa. The group has planned a national shutdown on June 30th, which is also the deadline it has set for undocumented foreigners to leave the country. The movement’s founder, Jacinta […]
# Die groepering vir Justisie, Misdaadvoorkoming en Sekuriteit het ʼn taakspan bestaande uit adjunkministers aangewys om saam met wetstoepassingsagentskappe te werk aan die kwessie van onwettige immigrante. Die groepering het gister in Pretoria vergader met verteenwoordigers van politieke partye, groepe en verenigings wat betrokke is by betogings oor ongedokumenteerde migrante. Die minister van Justisie en […]
# Free State Agriculture says the latest order of the High Court in Pretoria marks a decisive turning point in the ongoing fight to protect South Africa’s livestock industry against foot-and-mouth disease. The court confirmed that farmers may procure and administer foot-and-mouth disease vaccines without state permission. Free State Agriculture president, Francois Wilken, says the order […]
# Die Parlement het die name bekendgemaak van die 31 lede wat in die ampsklagkomitee sal dien om president Cyril Ramaphosa se lot te bepaal. Politieke partye het hul verteenwoordigers se name voor Vrydag se sperdatum ingedien terwyl die ANC sy lys oor die naweek afgehandel het. Die ANC het nege lede in die veelparty-komitee, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Afrika kan nie voortgaan om dodelike epidemies in die gesig te staar sonder billike toegang tot diagnose, entstof en behandeling nie. Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie sê dit kan tot nege maande duur voordat ‘n entstof gereed is vir die Bundibugyo-stam van Ebola, wat ‘n uitbreking in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo en […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika sal ‘n aanvanklike 81,5-miljoen-rand bydra tot die Afrika-sentrums vir Siektebeheer en -voorkoming om die vasteland se reaksie op die Ebola-uitbreking te versterk. Die uitbreking, wat hoofsaaklik die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo en Uganda raak, het die lewens van 220 mense geëis, en daar is meer as 900 moontlike gevalle. […]
# The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster ministers have established a task team of deputy ministers to work with law enforcement agencies to address the issue of undocumented foreign nationals in the country. The JCPS Cluster met political party representatives, groups and associations in Pretoria yesterday, who have been involved in protests against undocumented […]