# Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has launched the Safe Customary Initiation Awareness Campaign in Bloemfontein. Under the theme “Mabaye Bephila, Babuye Bephila,” the campaign calls for zero deaths this winter season. This follows 90 fatalities last year. The minister emphasised that initiation must be a journey to life, not death, as […]
# Die burgerlike organisasie Not In My Name International vra dat vroue beter beskerm word, in die lig van Olerato Mongale se begrafnis vandag in Bloemfontein. Mongale is enkele ure ná ‘n afspraak met ‘n man vermoor. Die organisasie sê haar tragiese dood beklemtoon die voortdurende krisis van geslagsgeweld in Suid-Afrika. Een verdagte is doodgeskiet […]
# Not In My Name International has called for stronger protections for women as Olerato Mongale’s funeral is taking place in Bloemfontein today. Mongale was killed just hours after going on a date. The civil organisation says her tragic death highlights the ongoing crisis of gender-based violence in South Africa. One suspect has been killed […]
# The DA is calling for urgent measures to tackle rising cross-border crime along the Lesotho-Free State border. DA’s Roy Jankielsohn says attacks, including a brutal slaughter of 18 cattle near Wepener, amount to a low-intensity war. Roy urges improved policing, technology use, and cross-border hot pursuit agreements. He warns that rural crime threatens food […]
# Die DA eis dringende maatreëls om toenemende oorgrensmisdaad aan die Lesotho-Vrystaat grens aan te pak. Die DA-lid, Roy Jankielsohn, sê aanvalle, insluitend die wrede slagting van 18 beeste naby Wepener, kan met ‘n lae-intensiteit oorlog vergelyk word. Jankielsohn eis verbeterde wetstoepassing, die gebruik van meer tegnologie en ooreenkomste oor oorgrens-agtervolging. Hy waarsku landelike misdaad […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, het die voorkeurbieërs vir die derde ronde van die verkrygingsprogram vir onafhanklike kragprodusente om battery-energie te berg aangekondig. Die inisiatief, ter waarde van 9.5-miljard-rand, sal 616 megawatt stoorkapasiteit in die Vrystaat lewer. Die Noorse onderneming Scatec ASA sal die Haru-projek oprig en die Suid-Afrikaanse onderneming Mulilo […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced the preferred bidders for the third round of the battery energy storage independent power producer procurement programme. The 9.5-billion-rand initiative will deliver 616 megawatts of storage capacity in the Free State. Norwegian company Scatec ASA will build the Haru project, while South African firm Mulilo will […]
# Die Noorse onderneming, Scatec ASA, het as deel van Suid-Afrika se groen energie-oorgang, voorkeurbieërstatus in die land verseker vir ‘n battery-energiebergingsprojek ter waarde van twee-miljard-rand. Die hernubare energie onderneming is as voorkeurbieër vir die Haru-battery-energiebergingsprojek aangewys, onder die derde bodvenster van die Onafhanklike Kragprodusente se verkrygingsprogram. Scatec sal in die 15-jaar-ooreenkoms bergingskapasiteit aan die […]
# Norwegian company Scatec ASA has secured preferred bidder status for a two-billion-rand battery energy storage project in South Africa, as part of the country’s green energy transition. The renewable energy company was named the preferred bidder for the Haru battery energy storage project under the third bid window of the independent power producer procurement […]
