# Brandbestryders van die Kaapse Wynland-distriksmunisipaliteit hou tans ʼn brand dop in die berge bo Cogmanskloof tussen Ashton en Montagu. Die brand het gister teen die laer hellings van die kloof ontstaan. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Jo-Anne Otto, sê die brand is oornag aangevuur deur digte plantegroei en sterk wind. Sy voeg by vier brandweervoertuie […]
# Die Nelson Mandela Universiteit, in samewerking met Google, het die Digitale Ubuntu-kuberveiligheids-Kunsmatige Intelligensie-seminare vir studente bekendgestel. Die projek wil 100 studente help om kuberveiligheid en kunsmatige intelligensievermoë te bou. Studente sal geleentheid kry om meer te leer oor kuberveiligheid en loopbane in dié veld te ondersoek. Die program word aangebied deur die universiteit se […]
# Hisense South Africa has welcomed 100 young people from Atlantis, Cape Town, into a year-long learnership and skills development programme at its Western Cape manufacturing plant. The initiative, aimed at unemployed youth aged 18 to 28, combines classroom training with full-time workplace experience and culminates in a SETA-accredited qualification. Hisense says the programme empowers […]
# The Southern Africa Network for Immigrants and Refugees says it is concerned that the Immigration Amendment Bill will strengthen enforcement and deportation mechanisms against migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. The bill, which was passed in Parliament last week, sets clear rules for detention and deportation, with magistrates overseeing decisions. The organisation’s Claude Kayitare says the focus […]
# The National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has called for urgent action to protect race horses. Key concerns include the use of tongue-ties and racing underage horses. NSPCA’s Bryce Marock has emphasised that animal welfare must take priority over commercial interests. He is urging for stricter enforcement, criminal prosecution […]
# The South African National Christian Forum says the Christian community is not confused or moved by the Constitutional Court ruling permitting that men can legally take their wives’ surnames. The court confirmed that sections of the Births and Deaths Registration Act were unconstitutional, effectively upholding a lower court’s ruling. The forum’s president, Marothi Mashashane, says […]
# This Heritage Month, the South African National Blood Service and Round Table Southern Africa have launched the Bleed for Change campaign, running until February next year. The campaign aims to ensure there is no blood shortage by inspiring people to become regular donors and emphasising that every donation is a life-saving act. Currently, less […]
# The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services is currently monitoring a fire in the mountains above Cogmanskloof between Ashton and Montagu. The fire started on the lower edges of the kloof yesterday. The municipality’s Jo-Anne Otto says the blaze was fuelled by dense vegetation and strong winds overnight. She adds that four firefighting vehicles […]
# The South African National Taxi Council in the Western Cape says it has noted the provincial government’s resolution to invoke Section 91 of the National Land Transport Act. This empowers the government to impose extraordinary measures in areas where violence, unrest, and instability in the public transport sector have placed lives at risk. Santaco’s […]
