# The DA says Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane must declare a provincial state of disaster after devastating floods have killed at least 70 people. Hundreds of families are homeless, and damage to homes, schools, and hospitals is extensive, while 500-thousand residents remain without electricity. The DA’s Vicky Knoetze criticised the slow government response and […]
# Die dodetal in die Oos-Kaapse vloede het tot 57 gestyg. Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, sê die owerhede verwag dat die syfer verder sal styg. Hy beskryf die situasie in gebiede soos Mthatha as verwoestend en versoek Suid-Afrikaners om nie op gelyk vlaktes te bou nie, aangesien klimaatsverandering rampe […]
# The death toll following the Eastern Cape flooding has risen to 57. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says the authorities are expecting the casualty numbers to rise further. He described the situation in areas like Mthatha as devastating, and urged South Africans to stop building on flat plains, as climate change […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het aangekondig dat vier nuwe vlagskip-groen waterstofprojekte voorberei word vir voorlegging aan die kabinet. Hy het op die Afrika Groen Waterstofspitsberaad in Kaapstad gesê hierdie projekte sal bou op die vordering wat reeds gemaak is, insluitend die Coega Groen-Ammoniakprojek in die Oos-Kaap en die loodsprojek by Sasolburg in die Vrystaat wat […]
# ActionSA in die Oos-Kaap vra ‘n volledige oudit van die provinsie se brûe, paaie en dreineringstelsels in hoërisiko-munisipaliteite. Die party sê dit volg ná die onlangse vloede waarin 49 mense in die OR Tambo-distrik dood is. Luzuko Gedze van ActionSA sê hulle eis dat die Oos-Kaapse Provinsiale Regering, in samewerking met die Nasionale Tesourie […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that four new flagship green hydrogen projects are being prepared for submission to the cabinet. Speaking at the Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town, Ramaphosa said these projects will build on progress already made, including the Coega Green Ammonia Project in the Eastern Cape and the Sasolburg pilot […]
# Die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, het haar diepe kommer uitgespreek omdat vier leerders steeds vermis word nadat vloedwater ‘n skoolbus in die Dikolini-rivier in die Oos-Kaap meegesleur het. Ses leerders van die Senior Sekondêre Skool Jumba is dood verklaar. Gwarube het in die provinsie gesê die oorstromings het 74 skole beskadig. Sy […]
# ActionSA in the Eastern Cape is calling for a full audit of bridges, roads, and drainage systems in high-risk municipalities in the province. The party says this follows recent floods that claimed 49 lives in the OR Tambo District alone. ActionSA’s Luzuko Gedze says they demand that the Eastern Cape Provincial Government, in conjunction with National Treasury and the […]
# Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube has expressed deep concern as four learners remain missing after a scholar transport was swept away at Dikolini River in the Eastern Cape. Six learners from Jumba Senior Secondary School have been confirmed dead. Speaking in the Eastern Cape, Gwarube also revealed that 74 schools have been damaged by […]
