# ‘n Indonesiese bemanningslid sterk aan in ‘n Kaapstadse hospitaal nadat hy aan die Kaapse Suidkus vanaf ‘n houerskip gered is. Reddingspanne van die Nasionale Seereddingsinstituut in Hermanus en ER24-paramedici het gereageer op berigte van ‘n ernstige mediese noodgeval naby Walkerbaai. Die NSRI se woordvoerder, Craig Lambinon, sê die pasiënt was in ‘n ernstige toestand, […]
# Die Malawiese regering vra finansiële skenkings en humanitêre hulp om sowat tien-duisend burgers uit Suid-Afrika te repatrieer. Malawiese burgers het by die Sherwood-saal in Durban bymekaargekom, desperaat om huis toe te keer na ‘n vlaag van teen-immigrante-betogings in die land. Die repatriasieprogram word gekoördineer deur Malawi se Departement van Rampbestuursake in samewerking met die […]
# Die Afrika-sentrums vir Siektebeheer en -voorkoming waarsku die Ebola-uitbreking in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo kan moontlik die ergste nóg wees. Meer as 800 gevalle van die seldsame Bundibugyo-stam, waarvoor daar geen bewese behandeling of entstof is nie, is in die land aangemeld, waarvan 192 noodlottig was. Uganda het 19 gevalle bevestig, met twee […]
# South Africa is set to receive a 16-billion-rand loan from the BRICS-backed New Development Bank to upgrade infrastructure in the country’s eight largest metropolitan municipalities. The funding will be used to improve water supply, sanitation and waste management services. The move comes as the government works to address ongoing service delivery challenges in several […]
# The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has warned the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be the worst ever. More than 800 cases of the rare Bundibugyo strain, for which there is no proven treatment or vaccine, have been reported in the country, 192 of them fatal. Uganda has […]
# Renault in France announced it will produce military drones with defence technology firm Thales, marking the company’s further push into defence manufacturing. The car manufacturer will build Thales’ Toutatis remotely operated armed drones at one of its factories. Production of a thousand units a month will start next year, targeting mainly overseas markets. The […]
# The Malawian government has appealed for financial donations and humanitarian assistance to help repatriate an estimated ten-thousand citizens from South Africa. Malawian nationals have gathered at the Sherwood Hall grounds in Durban, desperate to return home after a wave of anti-immigrant protests plaguing the country. The repatriation programme is being coordinated by Malawi’s Department […]
# An Indonesian seafarer is recovering in a Cape Town hospital after being evacuated from a container vessel off the Cape South Coast. National Sea Rescue Institute Hermanus crews and ER24 paramedics responded to reports of a serious medical emergency near Walker Bay. NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon says they found the patient in a serious […]
# eThekwini se burgemeester, Cyril Xaba, sê hulle werk skouer-aan-skouer met alle betrokkenes om Malawiese burgers te deporteer wat tans in Sherwood, Durban, kamp. ʼn Humanitêre krisis is aan die ontwikkel nadat derduisende ongedokumenteerde en ontheemde buitelanders op die perseel toegesak het. Xaba sê ʼn hof is op die perseel opgerig en hy werk saam […]
