# Die voorsitter van die Suid-Afrikaanse Mediese Vereniging, Mvuyisi Mzukwa, waarsku teen uitbrekings van waterdraende siektes soos cholera en gastro-intestinale voorvalle ná die oorstromings in die Oos-Kaap. Mzukwa het aan Newzroom Afrika gesê hy is bekommerd oor die skade aan die water- en sanitasie-infrastruktuur en die druk op gesondheidsorgfasiliteite. Hy sê gesondheidswerkers is onder geweldige […]
# Drie verdagtes is in Port St. Johns, Oos-Kaap, gearresteer in ‘n gesamentlike intelligensiegedrewe operasie. Die polisie het beslag gelê op ongelisensieerde vuurwapens en militêre toerusting. ‘n Polisiewoordvoerder, Nobuntu Gantana, sê taktiese reaksie- en gevegspanne het twee huise in Tombo en Mthumbane deursoek en op gewere, pistole, ammunisie en AK-47’s afgekom. Die verdagtes gaan van […]
Die Oos-Kaapse premier, Oscar Mabuyane, het 19 Junie as ‘n provinsiale roudag verklaar ter herinnering aan diegene wat in die week se verwoestende oorstromings omgekom het. Tot dusver is 79 sterftes in die provinsie aangemeld. Die premier het aan die media gesê die regering en begrafnisondernemers werk saam om families te ondersteun. Nadoodse ondersoeke is […]
# Three suspects have been arrested in Port St. Johns, Eastern Cape, during a joint SAPS intelligence-driven operation. The police recovered unlicensed firearms and military-grade equipment. Police spokesperson, Nobuntu Gantana, says that tactical response and combat teams raided two homesteads in Tombo and Mthumbane, uncovering rifles, pistols, ammunition, and AK-47s. The suspects face multiple firearm […]
# South African Medical Association chairperson Mvuyisi Mzukwa has warned of potential outbreaks of waterborne diseases such as cholera and gastrointestinal cases following floods in the Eastern Cape. Speaking to Newzroom Afrika, Mzukwa cited damaged water and sanitation infrastructure and overwhelmed healthcare facilities as major concerns. He said healthcare workers are under immense pressure, with […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse premier, Oscar Mabuyane, sê inwoners moenie terugkeer na vloedgebiede nie en sê die grond is onwettig en in privaat besit. Hy het beklemtoon dat munisipaliteite verordeninge moet afdwing om onbeheerde nedersettings in vloedgebiede te voorkom. Met die voorbereiding van tydelike huisvesting vir die dakloses, het Mabuyane gewaarsku dat mense nie kan terugkeer […]
# Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has declared Thursday next week a provincial day of mourning in remembrance of lives lost in this week’s devastating floods. Thus far 79 people have been declared deceased in the province. Addressing the media, the premier said government and funeral homes are working together to support affected families, with […]
# Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane says residents must not return to flood line areas, calling the affected land illegal and privately owned. He stressed that municipalities must enforce by-laws to prevent unregulated settlements in flood prone areas. While temporary shelters are being considered for displaced families, Mabuyane warned that rebuilding on unsafe land cannot […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to avoid building homes in flood-prone areas. During his visit to Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, where floods have claimed at least 78 lives, Ramaphosa said building in dangerous areas puts families at greater risk. The president also called for stronger measures to protect communities from future […]
