# Die kabinet sê voorbereidings vir vanjaar se plaaslike regeringsverkiesing op 4 November is goed op dreef. Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê samewerkingstrukture is op alle regeringsvlakke ingestel om te verseker die verkiesing is vry, regverdig, geloofwaardig en vreedsaam. Ntshavheni het die onlangse moorde op raadslede veroordeel en vra Suid-Afrikaners om intimidasie, […]
# Russiese hommeltuigaanvalle het vandag die Oekraïnse hoofstad, Kiëf, en omliggende gebiede getref, met skade aan huise, pakhuise en woonstelblokke. Minstens een persoon is buite Kiëf dood en vier is beseer in ‘n afsonderlike aanval op ‘n huisverbeteringswinkel. Nooddienste sê die Kiëf-streek is die afgelope 24-uur 38 keer aangeval. Lugaanvalsirenes het in die hoofstad weerklink, […]
# Die Minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê Suid-Afrika moet van energiebeplanning na lewering oorgaan, gerugsteun deur ‘n elektrisiteitsbeleggingsprogram van 2,23-duisend-miljard-rand. Ramokgopa het tydens ‘n byeenkoms van rolspelers in die energiesektor in Johannesburg gesê die Geïntegreerde Hulpbronplan mik daarna om teen 2039 sowat 105-duisend-megawatt nuwe opwekkingsvermoë by te voeg. Dit sluit in son-, […]
# Cabinet says government is preparing for the registration and introduction of a new tuberculosis vaccine, should ongoing Phase Three trials prove successful. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the M72/AS01E candidate is being tested in South Africa and other countries and it aims to prevent active pulmonary tuberculosis in adolescents and adults. It […]
# Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, het beloof om die volgende vyf jaar minstens 500-duisend nuwe werksgeleenthede te skep indien die DA beheer behou in die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Hy sê die metro het die afgelope vyf jaar 418-duisend werksgeleenthede geskep, byna die helfte van alle nuwe werksgeleenthede in Suid-Afrika se agt metro’s. Hill-Lewis sê die […]
# Rescue operations in Nepal and bordering Tibet are entering a critical stage as teams search for hundreds of missing people after devastating flash floods. At least 469 people have died in Nepal, with nearly a thousand still missing. In Tibet, 558 people are unaccounted for. Rescue teams have also had to contend with the […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has pledged to create at least 500-thousand more jobs over the next five years if the DA retains control of the city in the local government elections. He says the metro created 418-thousand jobs over the past five years, almost half of all new jobs across South Africa’s eight […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, sê aanvalle op polisielede is aanvalle op die oppergesag van die reg en die gesag van die demokratiese staat. Dit volg ná die onlangse moorde op polisielede in Reigerpark, Gauteng, en Knysna in die Wes-Kaap. Cachalia het tydens ‘n nuuskonferensie oor die misdaadstatistiek vir April tot Junie […]
# Cabinet has welcomed Eskom’s continued progress, with seven provinces achieving load-reduction status ahead of the October target. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says about 1.2-million customers have been restored to normal supply, while affected customers now account for 6.8-percent of Eskom’s base. She also welcomes the reduction in diesel spending by more than […]
