# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, het die eerste massa-inenting van pluimvee in Suid-Afrika aangekondig om plaaslike pluimvee teen voëlgriep te beskerm. Vyftig dieregesondheid-tegnici is op kort kontrakte aangestel om met die inentingveldtog te help. Intussen sê Steenhuisen sy departement het ook 72-miljoen-rand se entstowwe by Botswana gekoop om bek-en-klouseer te bekamp. Hy sê […]
# Finance deputy minister, Ashor Sarupen, has welcomed the recommendations of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Economic Survey, saying South Africa is already working towards achieving sustainable public finances. The survey is an independent and internationally peer-reviewed assessment of the country’s macroeconomic trends, structural reforms, and policy challenges. It suggested, among other recommendations, that […]
# Die regering verwelkom die parlementêre staande komitee oor Finansies se goedkeuring van die fiskale raamwerk en inkomstevoorstelle onderliggend aan die 2025-begroting. Die aanvaarding van die raamwerk is ʼn belangrike stap in die begrotingsproses. Die raamwerk stel ekonomiese beleid en inkomste-vooruitskattings vas en plaas beperkings op staatsbesteding. Regeringswoordvoerder, Nomonde Mnukwa, sê elke rand in die […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen has announced the first mass vaccination of poultry in South Africa to protect the local flock from bird flu. Fifty animal health technicians have been appointed on short-term contracts to help with the vaccination rollout. Meanwhile, Steenhuisen says his department has also procured vaccines from Botswana for 72-million-rand to combat foot-and-mouth […]
# Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, sê besoekers se veiligheid is altyd ʼn nasionale prioriteit. Die Amerikaanse konsulaat in Suid-Afrika het die land in ʼn bygewerkte reiswaarskuwing afgradeer na vlak 2, wat besoekers waarsku om versigtig te wees omdat geweldsmisdaad soos gewapende roof, verkragting, voertuigkapings en diefstal algemeen is. Dit waarsku ook dat […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Nobuhle Nkabane, versoek om ‘n gedetailleerde verslag te voorsien oor die inhoud en behoorlikheid van haar vergadering met die Parlement. Dit volg nadat die minister gekritiseer is omdat sy kougom geëet en gekou het terwyl sy verlede week voor die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor […]
# The government welcomes Parliament’s standing committee on Finance’s approval of the fiscal framework and revenue proposals that underpin the 2025 budget. The passing of the fiscal framework is a key step in the budgeting process. The framework establishes economic policy and revenue projections and sets the overall limits to government spending. The government’s acting spokesperson, Nomonde Mnukwa, says […]
# Tourism minister Patricia de Lille says visitor safety is and continues to be, a national priority. In an updated travel advisory, the US Consulate in South Africa downgraded the country to level 2, which stipulated visitors should exercise increased caution as violent crime including robbery, rape, carjacking, and muggings were common. It further warned […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has requested minister of Higher Education and Training, Nobuhle Nkabane, to provide him with a detailed report on the decorum and substance of her engagement with Parliament. This comes after the minister received backlash for eating and chewing bubble gum while appearing before Parliament’s portfolio committee on Higher Education and Training […]
