# Die Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit het inwoners en toeriste aangeraai om verspoelde paaie, laagwaterbrûe en rivieroewers te vermy terwyl swaar reën in dele van die Wes-Kaap voortduur. Drie-en-negentig inwoners van De Rust en Welgeluk is gister ontruim en na die Toekomsrus-gemeenskapsaal geneem. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Herman Pieters, sê rotsstortings is ook op die N12 naby die […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie verwelkom die bekendstelling van Beats for My Peeps op SABC 1. Die televisieprogram van tien episodes fokus op verkiesingsopvoeding en vorm deel van die OVK se breër veldtog om kiesers voor te berei op demokratiese deelname in die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing van November. Die program sluit inhoudskeppers uit verskeie dele van die land […]
# Die Kanadese premier, Mark Carney, sê sy Liberale regering gaan binnekort wetgewing instel oor dwangarbeid in voorsieningskettings. Amerika het nuwe tariewe van 10- tot 12,5-persent voorgestel vir meer as 60 lande wat hy sê nie aandag gee aan die invoer van goedere wat met dwangarbeid vervaardig is nie. Die Amerikaanse handelsverteenwoordiger het ‘n heffing […]
# Die Amerikaanse Huis van Verteenwoordigers het ‘n voorstel goedgekeur om president Donald Trump se oorlogsmagte in Iran te beperk. Dit is met 215 stemme teenoor 208 aanvaar toe vier Republikeine daarvoor gestem het. Die besluit moet nog deur die Republikeins-beheerde Senaat goedgekeur word, wat Trump sal verplig om Kongres-goedkeuring te kry vir verdere militêre […]
# Transnet has announced the completion of a four-billion-rand investment in Africa’s largest iron ore export facility, the Saldanha iron ore terminal on the West Coast. The infrastructure expansion project includes the installation of a heavy-duty tippler used to empty rail wagons. Transnet Port Terminals’ CEO Jabu Mdaki says the installation of the new tippler achieved […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says his Liberal government will soon introduce legislation on forced labour in supply chains. The US has proposed new tariffs of 10- to 12.5-percent for over 60 countries it accuses of failing to address the importing of goods made with forced labour. The US Trade Representative’s office has proposed a […]
# Rugby: Nine South Africans were included in the United Rugby Championship’s Elite 15 announced by the organisers and named by a media panel. The Stormers are being represented by Springbok flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, loosehead Ntuthuko Mchunu and eighthman Evan Roos, and the Bulls by hooker Johan Grobbelaar, lock Cobus Wiese and scrumhalf Embrose Papier. […]
# The Garden Route District Municipality has advised residents and tourists to avoid flooded roads, low-water crossings, and riverbanks, as heavy rainfall continues in parts of the Western Cape. Ninety-three community members from De Rust and Welgeluk were evacuated yesterday and are being accommodated at the Toekomsrus Community Hall. The municipality’s spokesperson, Herman Pieters, says […]
# The Electoral Commission has welcomed the premiere of Beats for My Peeps on SABC 1, a ten-episode electoral education television programme. The programme forms part of the IEC’s broader voter education and democracy participation campaign ahead of the local government elections in November. The show features content creators from across the country, sharing their […]
