# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Agriculture says South Africa is making steady progress in controlling Foot and Mouth Disease. This comes as the backlog is expected to be cleared by mid-June. The committee reports that 13.5-million vaccine doses have been ordered, with 11.5-million delivered from suppliers in Argentina and Turkey. Of the latest 3.5-million doses […]
# RISE Mzansi calls for urgent strengthening of crime intelligence following the mass shooting in Cleveland, Johannesburg, which left 12 people dead and several others injured. The party’s Mabine Seabe says the attack highlights a growing crisis of illegal firearms and organised criminal networks operating in the city. He urges law enforcement to improve intelligence-led […]
# Stellenbosch University introduced new residence rules banning the use, possession, and smoking of cannabis in student accommodation. The university says the decision follows legal guidance on whether residence rooms can be regarded as private spaces, particularly where students share rooms or corridors. Dean of Students Leslie van Rooi says shared living environments do not […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng says the Ekurhuleni Government of Local Unity will table its budget for a third time tomorrow after two failed attempts to secure approval. ActionSA has again rejected the proposal, calling it a recycled budget that ignores the cost of living crisis and over-relies on contracted services. The party’s Xolani Khumalo criticised […]
# Herstelwerk duur voort aan die elektrisiteits-infrastruktuur in die Witzenberg-gebied in die Wes-Kaap ná verlede maand se ernstige stormskade. Die adjunkminister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Samantha Graham-Maré, sê Eskom het bestendige vordering gemaak met die herstel van beskadigde infrastruktuur, hoewel boere reeds amper ‘n maand worstel sonder krag. Sy verwelkom die bykomende spanne van die […]
# Union GIWUSA is concerned that manufacturing has declined by 0.8-percent in the first quarter of this year. Union president Mametlwe Sebei says every percentage point decline in manufacturing translates directly into job losses across supply chains, transport, wholesale trade, maintenance, security, cleaning, and catering. He says the 0.8-percent decline in a single quarter, sustained […]
# Die onafhanklike veebedryfsgroep, FMD Response SA, het die regering versoek om dringend miljoene bek-en-klouseer-entstofdosisse beskikbaar te stel aan privaat veeartse. Die groep sê uitbrekings versprei steeds en bedreig veeproduksie en landelike voortbestaan. Woordvoerder Andrew Morphew sê Suid-Afrika verwag 14-miljoen entstofdosisse, maar slegs sowat 4,4-miljoen beeste is tot dusver ingeënt. Hy voer aan breër deelname […]
# Sokker: Die huidige kampioen, Spanje, Frankryk en Denemarke het by Duitsland aangesluit en regstreeks gekwalifiseer vir volgende jaar se Wêreldbekertoernooi vir vroue in Brasilië. Spanje het Ysland 6-1 geklop, Frankryk het ‘n naelskraapse oorwinning van 1-nul oor Ierland behaal, en die Dene het Serwië oortuigend 4-1 verslaan , terwyl Duitsland Slowenië 2-0 geklop het […]
# Die Nigeriese regering sal vandag begin om die eerste groep van 500 Nigeriese burgers uit Suid-Afrika te ontruim. Owerhede sê die repatriasieprogram sal ten volle befonds word, met ontvangs- en herintegrasiemaatreëls in plek vir diegene wat terugkeer huis toe. Die eerste vlug sal vanaand vanaf die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe vertrek en Donderdagoggend in […]
