# Cosatu has welcomed the passing of the Older Persons Amendment Bill in Parliament, and has now been sent to president Cyril Ramaphosa for his signature. Once operationalised, among other things, the new piece of legislation will enable the relevant authorities to move an older person to temporary safe care without a court order. Cosatu’s spokesperson, […]
# South Africa’s Le Grand Domaine has won two top trophies at the 2025 International Wine Challenge this week for its 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon. Competing against global giants like Bordeaux and Napa, the Stellenbosch winery clinched the International and South African Cabernet Sauvignon trophies. Winemaker Debbie Thompson called the award a proud moment for local […]
# The City of Cape Town has confirmed that the implementation date of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences has been moved out to the first of October this year. Reports indicated that AARTO was going to be effective today. The metro’s Traffic Services spokesperson, Maxine Bezuidenhout, says the AARTO is set to introduce a […]
# Cricket: Plans to hold a European T20 franchise tournament in July have been pushed back to 2026. The European T20 Premier League, partly owned by Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, was set to feature teams from Ireland, Scotland, and the Netherlands, and played in cities including Dublin, Glasgow, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam. According to reports, the […]
# Rugby: Munster scrum-half Craig Casey has been named Ireland captain for next month’s tour of Georgia and Portugal, in a 32-man squad that includes eleven uncapped players. The debutants include Alex Kendellen, Darragh Murray, and Paddy McCarthy. After missing out on selection for the British and Irish Lions, Jack Crowley and Sam Prendergast have been included […]
# Die Stad Tshwane sê hy het aansienlike sukses behaal met onlangse inentings-uitreikprogramme in verskeie gemeenskappe wat op kinders jonger as 15 jaar gemik is. Die metro het op gebiede soos Lotus Gardens, Alaska-plakkerskamp, Westford, Jeffsville en Matlejoane gefokus en kon die gesondheid en welstand van minstens een-duisend-710 kwesbare kinders beïnvloed. Die metro sê die […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security portfolio committee has endorsed a motion for the devolution of policing powers to the metro. The resolution will be tabled at the next full sitting of Council. Committee chairperson, Mzwakhe Nqavashe, says the resolution demands that the national government devolve investigative powers to the metro for crime categories […]
# The Gauteng Legislature’s portfolio committee on Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development has expressed concern at the outbreak of foot and mouth disease at Karan Beef’s feedlot facility in Heidelberg. Currently, there are 120-thousand cattle at the feedlot and only two-percent are infected with the disease. Committee chairperson, Jaco Mulder, says they commend Karan Beef […]
# Stud Game Breeders het beurse van 900-duisend-rand aan studente van die Tshwane-universiteit vir Tegnologie in die Departement van Natuurbewaring toegeken. Die beurse is aan 52 studente oorhandig wat verskeie kwalifikasies volg, insluitend diploma’s in Natuurlewebestuur en Natuurbewaring, ‘n nagraadse diploma in Bewaringsbestuur en ‘n meestersgraad in Toegepaste Wetenskappe asook doktorsgraadprogramme. Die Stud Game Breeders […]
