# The African Transformation Movement has unveiled its Gauteng mayoral candidates for the 4 November local government elections, vowing to tackle corruption, poor service delivery and municipal decline. The party has fielded candidates across several municipalities, including Parliamentary leader Vuyolwethu Zungula for Johannesburg, Mncedi Ndzwanana for Tshwane and Ernest Ndaba for Ekurhuleni. ATM spokesperson Zama […]
# A South African study linked air pollution to a higher risk of pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis. The study analysed 59-thousand cases of invasive pneumo-coccal disease, a serious bacterial infection that can cause pneumonia, meningitis and blood infections. Thee study was conducted by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and other […]
# Indian explosives manufacturer Solar Industries has agreed to pay 21-point-8-billion rand in cash to acquire South African agriculture and mining group Omnia Holdings. Omnia says the deal will help the company grow its mining and agriculture businesses by allowing it to invest more in technology, research and new products. It is also expected to […]
# Former president Kgalema Motlanthe says South Africa must fully realise its democratic process, with land redistribution remaining a fundamental question. Speaking at the second Professor Stan Sangweni memorial lecture in Pretoria, Motlanthe reflected on Sangweni’s concerns about the unfinished business of economic liberation. He says he urged younger generations to continue the work of […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing het sedert vroeg hierdie maand geen verdere berigte van sardyn-vrektes ontvang nie. Wydverspreide vrektes onder die vis is langs die Suid-Afrikaanse en Namibiese kus aangemeld. ‘n Woordvoerder, Zolile Nqayi, sê die volgehoue hoë vlakke van die sardyn-herpesvirus in die vis – insluitend monsters van die Wes- […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has received no further reports of dead or dying sardines since early this month. Widespread sardine mortality were reported along the South African and Namibian coast. Spokesperson Zolile Nqayi says the consistent detection of high levels of pilchard herpesvirus in affected sardines, including samples from the […]
# Die vakbondfederasie COSATU vertrou Transnet se prestasie sal verder verbeter en daarom moet hy in staatsbesit bly. Transnet het einde Maart ‘n wins van 4,6-miljard-rand aangeteken na ‘n netto-verlies van 1,9-miljard-rand die vorige boekjaar. Matthew Parks van COSATU sê die beduidende verbeterings op die land se hawens is bemoedigend, met uitvoerders wat nie meer […]
# Union federation Cosatu remains confident Transnet will continue to improve and therefore must remain a publicly owned company. It recorded a profit of 4.6-billion-rand at the end of March after a 1.9-billion-rand net loss in the previous financial year. COSATU’s Matthew Parks says the major improvements at the country’s ports, with exports no longer […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê BRICS is ‘n belangrike platform vir Suid-Afrika om politieke en ekonomiese bande tot voordeel van die land en sy burgers te ontwikkel. Hy het die naweek die 18de BRICS-beraad in Nieu-Delhi, Indië, bygewoon. Ramaphopsa het in sy weeklikse nuusbrief klem gelê op belegging en handel terwyl BRICS-lande meer as ‘n […]
