# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it is outraged at the escalating jobs bloodbath, devastating every sector of the country’s economy. ArcellorMittal SA is set to shut down by the end of September, resulting in three-thousand-500 job losses. Ford Motor Company SA also plans to cut 474 jobs at its plants in Pretoria […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê pogings om bek-en-klouseer te bekamp en te beveg word belemmer deur mense wat diere onwettig vervoer. Die minister het gister Rysmierbult buite Ventersdorp in Noordwes besoek om toesig te hou oor ʼn bees-inentingsveldtog. Daar is sowat 274 uitbrekings van die siekte in vyf provinsies met KwaZulu-Natal wat […]
# National Assembly Speaker, Thoko Didiza, says she is still considering the MK Party’s motion of no confidence against president Cyril Ramaphosa. The motion was tabled last month in the wake of allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi against Police minister Senzo Mchunu. This happened as the party had approached the Constitutional Court […]
# Die Departement van Gesondheid het bevestig die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, het ʼn suksesvolle oogoperasie by die Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospitaal se Sint John-oogkliniek in Johannesburg ondergaan. Die minister het ʼn oogprobleem gehad wat die operasie genoodsaak het. Die departement se woordvoerder, Foster Mohale, sê die kliniek is ʼn regeringsfasiliteit wat behandeling bied […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation says with the onset of spring and early summer, the eastern and south-eastern regions are forecast to receive above-normal rainfall during early- to mid-spring. It is envisaged that the Vaal and Bloemhof dams will be at least 100-percent capacity. The department’s spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa, says while the anticipated […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê die regering versnel die Grondhervormingsprogram terwyl hy landbouproduksie en belegging in die grond ondersteun. Die adjunkpresident, wat voorsitter is van die inter-ministeriële komitee oor grondhervorming en landbou, het die week ʼn oorsigbesoek aan die Wes-Kaap gebring. Mashatile sê as deel van die projek om staatsgrond oor te dra, is die Departement van […]
# Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says efforts to contain and combat the foot-and-mouth disease in the country are being hindered by people illegally transporting cattle. The minister visited Rysmierbult outside Ventersdorp in the North West yesterday, to oversee a Cattle Vaccination Campaign aimed at combating the spread of the disease. There are about 274 unresolved […]
# The Department of Health has confirmed that minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, has undergone a successful eye operation at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital’s St John Eye Clinic in Johannesburg. An eye problem has plagued the minister for some time, which has required an operation. The department’s spokesperson, Foster Mohale, says the clinic is a […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says government is accelerating the Land Reform Programme while supporting agricultural production and investment in the land. The deputy president, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Land Reform and Agriculture, conducted an oversight visit to the Western Cape this week. Mashatile says as part of the State Land Transfer Project, the Department […]
