# Gure weer het ‘n provinsiewye rampreaksie in KwaZulu-Natal veroorsaak. Die LUR vir Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, het spanne geaktiveer nadat donderstorms en skadelike wind vroeg vanoggend tot ‘n vlak twee-weerwaarskuwing gelei het. Die departement se woordvoerder, Senzelwe Mzila, sê rampspanne het ook ‘n veldbrand naby Vryheid in bedwang gebring:
# Labour and community organisations under the banner People Against Budget Cuts have criticised ongoing austerity measures, warning they deepen inequality and harm vulnerable communities. The coalition aims to mobilise public opposition to the government’s fiscal policies. Addressing the media in Cape Town, Reverend Allan Boesak called for urgent economic reforms to protect social services […]
# Cycling: The Tour de France will make three circuits of the historic Paris district of Montmartre on its last stage. The new format of the final stage on 27 July is unlikely to decide who wins the 21-day race, but it adds a new edge. The riders will race 16.8-kilometre in Montmartre before the […]
# The Black Business Council has cautioned against altering South Africa’s transformation laws to accommodate Elon Musk’s Starlink. Reports indicate that government may offer Starlink a workaround to the 30-percent black ownership requirement under Black Economic Empowerment policies. The Communications Department has proposed an equity equivalence model, allowing investments in infrastructure instead of direct ownership. […]
# Teachers’ union SADTU will today join civil rights groups outside the Constitutional Court to support the Copyright Amendment Bill. SADTU says the bill promotes inclusive, quality, and decolonised education by allowing fair use of learning materials. They are backing Blind SA, ReCreate SA, SECTION27 and the South African Guild of Actors. The union’s Nomusa […]
# Severe weather has triggered a province-wide disaster response in KwaZulu-Natal. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Thulasizwe Buthelezi has activated teams after early morning thunderstorms and damaging winds led to a level two weather warning. The department’s spokesperson, Senzelwe Mzila, says disaster teams also dealt with a veld fire near Vryheid:
# The Minerals Council South Africa welcomes the launch of the critical minerals’ strategy and the new Mineral Resources Development Bill by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. The council’s Allan Seccombe said these documents come at an important time to boost the mining industry’s role in economic growth and the energy transition. Seccombe […]
# Transnet Hawe-terminale sê daar is ‘n toename van 21-persent in sitrusuitvoervolumes vir April teenoor April verlede jaar. Transnet het 256 bykomende personeel aangestel om die groei te behartig en 100 nuwe masjiene aangeskaf. Die Sitruskwekersvereniging voorspel ‘n styging van 3,6-persent in totale sitrusuitvoere vanjaar, ten spyte van moontlike Amerikaanse tariefverhogings in Julie. Transnet Hawe-terminale […]
# Die uitvoerende hoof van AgriSA, Johann Kotzé, beklemtoon die belangrikheid van gebalanseerde handelsbande tussen Suid-Afrika en die Verenigde State om die huidige spanning te verlig. Kotzé het ná ‘n sake-afvaardiging se besoek aan Washington, kommer uitgelig oor die onlangse Amerikaanse tariewe van 30-persent op uitvoere, insluitend sitrus en makadamianeute. Hy het in gesprek met […]
