# AfriForum calls for the suspension of the environmental approval process for a proposed coal mine near the southern boundary of the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga. The civil rights organisation accuses the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources and environmental consultant Kimopax of secretly revising key documents and excluding registered stakeholders from a public […]
# Israel has deported Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, a day after the Gaza-bound aid boat she and 11 others were on, was intercepted by Israeli forces in the Mediterranean. According to Israel’s Foreign ministry, Thunberg departed Tel Aviv for France this morning after she agreed to be deported. Five of the six French citizens detained […]
# City of Johannesburg council speaker, Nobuhle Mthembu, says she will engage law enforcement over the safety of councillors following the recent shooting of ward 130’s councillor, Thulani Buthelezi, in Soweto. Mthembu condemned the attack and urged councillors facing threats or intimidation to report them immediately. She urged political parties to protect and support their […]
# Energy regulator Nersa has approved a licence amendment for Island View Storage, trading as Bidvest Tank Terminals, in Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal. The amendment allows the addition of two new diesel storage tanks, each with a capacity of 15-thousand cubic metres. The tanks are under construction and are expected to be completed by the […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Taxiraad het nooddienste geprys nadat hulle drie leerders uit bome gered het in die Oos-Kaap. Dit het gebeur nadat hulle skoolvervoerbus deur vloedwater meegesleur is op die Efata-brug naby Mthatha. SANTACO se nasionale woordvoerder, Mmatshikhidi Phala, sê die bus was op pad na die Senior Sekondêre Skool Jumba:
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says this week’s Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town will unveil the Pan-African Green Hydrogen Report and strategy to drive energy innovation. Speaking in Kempton Park, Gauteng Ramokgopa said solving the electricity crisis is key to economic growth. He emphasised confidence in South Africa’s technical ability, calling […]
# AfriForum het die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, gekritiseer omdat hy stilbly oor SANParke se tenderskandaal van ‘n miljard-rand. ‘n Hof het onlangse bevind dat die inligtings-tegnologie-kontrak wat SANParke toegeken het, onwettig en ongrondwetlik is. Lambert de Klerk van AfriForum sê die stilswye dui op medepligtigheid aan korrupsie aangesien geen […]
# Police have charged a 39-year-old man for the murder of 14-year-old Likhona Fose in Gauteng. Police say their Occult Unit linked him to the crime after questioning him. Likhona’s mutilated body was found in Roodepoort a day after she went missing last week. She was last seen in Durban Deep. The teen was buried […]
# Die DA eis dat die Ouditeur-generaal se verslag oor die mislukte rybewyskaart-tender onmiddelik beskikbaar gestel moet word. Dit volg terwyl Suid-Afrika se enigste kaart-drukker aanhoudend breek, en ‘n agterstand van meer as 730-duisend kaarte veroorsaak het. Chris Hunsinger van die DA sê die koste vir nuwe slimkaarttoerusting het vanaf 486-miljoen-rand tot 898-miljoen-rand gestyg in […]
