# Die minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Sisisi Tolashe, sê dis uiters belangrik om haar departement onder die regering van nasionale eenheid te stabiliseer en armoede te bekamp. Tolashe het aan die media gesê haar onmiddellike fokus is op onder meer vinnige aanstellings in belangrike leiersposte, die uitbreiding van psigo-maatskaplike ondersteuning vir slagoffers van geslagsgeweld en […]
# Die politieke ontleder, Levy Ndou, sê Floyd Shivambu se plaasvervanger as sekretaris-generaal moet met die MK-partyleier Jacob Zuma saamwerk en partystrukture landwyd versterk. Shivambu, is na skaars ses maande in die SG-rol, as ‘n gewone lid in die Parlement ontplooi na sy besoek aan Shepherd Bushiri se kerk in Malawi. Ndou beklemtoon die MK-party […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has condemned the deadly mass shooting at Mfuleni taxi rank, where four people were killed and three injured. Armed gunmen reportedly targeted taxi owners. The DA’s Thomas Walters says public killings like this demand a stronger police presence and a specialised task force to tackle taxi violence and […]
# Kaapstad se Ramprisikobestuursentrum het stadsdepartemente op ‘n hoë gereedheidsgrondslag geplaas nadat die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens waarskuwings vir slegte weer uitgereik het. Geel vlak 2-waarskuwings vir ontwrigtende reën en skadelike golwe word van môre tot Maandag voorspel, met skadelike wind wat van vanaand af verwag word. Sonica Lategan van die sentrum vra inwoners om voorsorg te […]
# # Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê swart boere dra slegs sowat tien-persent by tot Suid-Afrika se kommersiële landbouproduksie wat die behoefte aan groter insluiting benadruk. Steenhuisen het tydens die Black Business Council-beraad beklemtoon dat hoewel baie swart boere aktief is, hulle dikwels op ‘n kleiner skaal werk en meer ondersteuning nodig het […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says the clean cities and towns campaign, launched in Kliptown, Soweto, will expand beyond Johannesburg. Speaking at the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, Mashatile said the campaign aims to promote cleaner, greener, and more inclusive communities. He stressed that the goal is for the government to work with residents to […]
# The South African Weather Service has issued a warning of severe winter weather starting this weekend. A powerful weather system will bring heavy snow, cold temperatures, and strong winds across all provinces except Limpopo. The Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal face possible flooding from heavy rain. Farmers are urged to protect livestock. Forecaster Kevin Rae […]
# The Department of Agriculture expects a 72-million-rand shipment of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines to arrive in South Africa by the second week of June. The deputy director-general for Agricultural Production, Biosecurity and Natural Resources Management, Dipepeneneng Serage, told Moneyweb the vaccines are being imported from Botswana due to South Africa’s limited domestic manufacturing capacity. The […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended condolences to the family of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu and the people of Zambia following his passing in Pretoria yesterday, aged 68. According to the Patriotic Front, Lungu had been receiving medical treatment in South Africa for several weeks for an undisclosed illness. Lungu led Zambia from 2015, […]
