# A thick haze from wildfires in Indonesia is spreading across Southeast Asia as a powerful El Niño brings hotter and drier conditions. Millions of people in Indonesia, Malaysia and neighbouring countries are being exposed to potentially hazardous air. Indonesia has recorded nearly 95-thousand hectares of land burned in July alone, while authorities have detected […]
# Gauteng het ‘n afname van 96,34-persent in nuwe uitbrekings van bek-en-klouseer aangeteken, met 166 gevalle in Oktober verlede jaar wat verlede maand tot slegs ses gedaal het. Meer as 542-duisend diere is ingeënt, terwyl 94-persent buite voerkrale hul aanvanklike inentings ontvang het. Die provinsiale Departement van Landbou en Landelike Ontwikkeling se woordvoerder, Danisile Sathekge, […]
# Die president van die Europese Kommissie, Ursula von der Leyen, veroordeel ‘n beweerde Russiese hommeltuig-sabotasiekomplot op die Leipzig/Halle-lughawe in Duitsland en beskryf dit as ‘n kommerwekkende uitbreiding na die Europese Unie. Von der Leyen en NAVO se sekretaris-generaal, Mark Rutte, sê Rusland se intimidasie sal nie slaag nie. Sy waarsku die EU sal nie […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says the boards of state-owned enterprises must be independent but still held accountable. New research by the organisation calls for merit-based board appointments, independent performance reviews, stronger parliamentary oversight and consequences for governance failures. OUTA’s Robyn Pasensie says fixed pay can help protect board independence, but accountability must be […]
# Gauteng has recorded a 96.34-percent decline in new foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks, with cases dropping from 166 to six between October last year and last month. Over 542-thousand animals were vaccinated, with 94-percent of cattle outside feedlots receiving initial vaccinations. The provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s spokesperson, Danisile Sathekge, says 176 of 308 […]
# Lawyers for former Crime Intelligence deputy head major-general Feroz Khan have hinted at challenging his dismissal, calling the process irregular and procedurally unfair. Khan was fired after failing to attend an internal disciplinary hearing while facing serious allegations. His bid to halt the dismissal was dismissed by the Labour Court this week. His lawyers […]
# Die ATM se regsverteenwoordiger, Kessler Perumalsamy, voer aan president Cyril Ramaphosa het ‘n onregmatige opdrag gegee aan die voormalige hoof van die Presidensiële Beskermingseenheid, Wally Rhoode, tydens die ondersoek na die diefstal op sy plaas, Phala Phala. Hy het aan die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof gesê die Parlement se onafhanklike paneel het bevind daar is genoeg […]
# Die vermeende meesterbrein van ‘n sindikaat wat betrek word by tien-miljoen-rand se bedrog in die Emfuleni-munisipaliteit in Gauteng is vanoggend in hegtenis geneem. Die provinsiale taakspan vir politieke moorde het die voormalige diensverskaffer, die 25-jarige Janitha van Reenen, aangekeer toe sy die Landdroshof in Vanderbijlpark verlaat het waar sy vir ‘n soortgelyke saak verskyn […]
# Rugby: Black Ferns head coach Whitney Hansen have named a 23-strong team to take on the Springbok Women’s team at the FNB Stadium in Soweto in a historic clash before the Springboks take on the All Blacks in the third Rugby’s Great Rivalry Test on Saturday. In the starting 15, Georgia Ponsonby will make […]
