# Agri SA se uitvoerende hoof, Johan Kotzé, sê Suid-Afrikaanse boere verkeer onder toenemende finansiële druk weens bek-en-klouseer, stygende insetkoste, laer winsvlakke en die gevaar van El Niño-toestande. Hy het in ‘n onderhoud met Farmers Weekly sterker ontwikkelings-befondsing gevra vir boere wat nie toegang het tot tradisionele befondsing nie. Kotzé wil ook hê die regering […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê Suid-Afrika moet sy wind- en sonkragbronne benut om energie-sekerheid te versterk en ekonomiese hervorming te bevorder. Hy het gepraat op Windaba 2026 in Kaapstad, met die tema “Implementing Watt Matters: Policy, Power, People”. Ramokgopa sê hernubare energie kan ekonomiese groei, werkskepping en industrialisering ondersteun. Hy […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the need for South Africa to strengthen its local scientific, technological and pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity. Speaking at the launch of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s FuturePharma facility in Tshwane, Ramaphosa said greater local production is essential to protect the country’s health security and build […]
# Agri SA’s CEO, Johan Kotzé, says South African farmers are facing growing financial pressure due to foot-and-mouth disease, high input costs, tight profit margins and the risk of El Niño conditions. Speaking to FarmersWeekly, he called for stronger development finance for farmers who cannot access conventional funding. Kotzé also wants a coordinated response from […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare, wat meer as 250-duisend staatsamptenare verteenwoordig, herdenk vandag Wêrelddag vir Waardige Werk. Die vakbond sê staatsamptenare moet dikwels in onveilige omstandighede werk, hanteer oormatige werksladings en hoë personeelomset, terwyl hul meer moet doen met beperkte hulpbronne. Die woordvoerder, Claude Naicker vra die regering om befondsde vakante poste dringend te vul, […]
# DA Eastern Cape leader Andrew Whitfield says the party has set aside funds to support campaigns by four additional mayoral candidates in municipalities where the ANC failed to submit candidate lists. The candidates are contesting Sundays River Valley, Walter Sisulu, Port St Johns and Ingquza Hill. Whitfield says the mayoral candidates outlined their pledges […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has confirmed plans to prioritise battery storage and gas-to-power under the first Section 34 determination of the Integrated Resource Plan 2025. The determination will allocate four-thousand-600 megawatts to battery energy storage systems and five-thousand megawatts to gas-to-power. He said the combined are intended to address immediate needs for […]
# Die geskorste adjunk-nasionale polisiekommissaris, Shadrack Sibiya, het probeer om ‘n verdoemende opname te verduidelik wat in die hof gespeel is en waarin hy die pa van ‘n 16-jarige dreig wat hy na bewering seksueel voorberei het. Hy verskyn in die Randburgse Landdroshof in Gauteng vir sy borgtogaansoek. Sibiya staan tereg op onder meer verkragting, […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa must harness its wind and solar resources to strengthen energy security and drive economic transformation. Ramokgopa was speaking at Windaba 2026 in Cape Town, themed “Implementing Watt Matters: Policy, Power, People.” Ramokgopa says renewable energy can support economic growth, job creation and industrialisation. He stressed […]
