# Die Wes-Kaapse Onderwysdepartement belê 44-miljoen-rand in sy Matriekskoolvakansieprogram voor die eindeksamen. Die fondse word verdeel oor herfs-, winter- en lenteskole. Die DA-lid, Peter Johnson, verwelkom die stap en sê ‘n verdere 25-miljoen-rand per jaar gaan aan wiskunde- en wetenskaps-ondersteuning:
# Die brandreaksie-onderneming Fire Ops SA waarsku oor ‘n skerp toename in struktuurbrande wat verbind word met sonkraginstallasies. Die uitvoerende hoof en adjunkbrandweerhoof, De Wet Engelbrecht, sê data van Fire Force toon een uit elke vier van hierdie brande word verbind met foutiewe sonkragstelsels. Hy sê batterye, kragomsetters en verwante toerusting is verantwoordelik vir bykans […]
# Brent-ruolie-pryse het vandag tot bo 100-dollar per vat gestyg, ‘n hoogtepunt van meer as ses weke, en die simboliese vlak die eerste keer sedert 24 Julie oorgesteek terwyl die verergerende konflik in die Midde-Ooste kommer laat toeneem oor olie-vloei in die streek. Brent-pryse het sedert vroeg verlede maand met 25-persent gestyg terwyl die hoop […]
# Solidarity has expressed concern over growing mining retrenchments after Sibanye-Stillwater announced one-thousand-114 employees and contractors could be affected by restructuring at its Kwezi shaft in Rustenburg, North West. Spokesperson Willie Venter says one-thousand-214 jobs are under threat at De Beers’ Venetia mine and one-thousand-800 at Petra Diamonds’ Finsch and Cullinan mines. He says it’s […]
# Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment committee faces fresh legal challenges after rescinding its recommendation of advocate Thandazani Madonsela as evidence leader. The African Legal Practitioners’ Association and the EFF have filed separate High Court applications, arguing the decision was irrational, despite Madonsela accepting the withdrawal in the Western Cape High court this morning. The committee […]
# Western Cape MEC Ivan Meyer opened EOT Solutions’ new 30-million-rand advanced manufacturing facility at Freeport Saldanha in the Western Cape. The facility supports about 15 direct jobs and introduces world-class metal processing technology, including one of South Africa’s largest fibre laser beam cutting machines. Meyer says the investment supports the province’s Growth for Jobs […]
# Dokters sonder Grense waarsku besnoeiings aan befondsing lei tot die grootskaalse sluiting van klinieke in Soedan, wat beteken pasiënte het nog minder toegang tot gesondheidsorg. Die internasionale mediese humanitêre organisasie vra regerings en skenkers om befondsing vir noodsaaklike gesondheidsdienste te beskerm terwyl sowat 33,7-miljoen mense humanitêre hulp benodig. Die direkteur van Verenigings in Suider-Afrika, […]
# Brent crude oil rose past 100-dollar a barrel today, hitting a more than six-week high and breaching the symbolic threshold for the first time since July 24 as intensifying conflict in the Middle East heightened concerns about oil flows from the region. Brent crude prices have risen by 25-percent since early last month as […]
# Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used by the US military and attacked 10 ships after America said it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers. This is a sharp escalation of the six-month-old war. Increased attacks by both sides have shattered a month of relative calm, hitting […]
