# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê die regering gryp in om die verwoestende bek-en-klouseer-uitbreking te bekamp. Hy het 274 onopgeloste gevalle in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, die Vrystaat, Noordwes en Mpumalanga bevestig. Steenhuisen sê ook die oorblywende 400-duisend entstofdosisse uit Botswana is ontvang, met 50-duisend wat reeds versprei is. Hy sê die oorblywende dosisse is […]
# AfriForum says only one in five landfill sites in South Africa meets basic safety and environmental standards. The organisation’s new audit shows that of the 169 sites checked, 131 failed to protect communities and the environment. Gauteng and the Western Cape performed best, while the Northern Cape scored lowest at just 13-percent. AfriForum’s Marais […]
# Suid-Afrika se staalreus ArcelorMittal sal na verwagting teen die einde van hierdie maand die sluiting van sy lang staalbesigheid afhandel. Die sluiting sal drie-duisend-500 werkers in Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal, Vereeniging in Gauteng, en die spoorweg- en strukturele eenheid raak. Pogings om die besigheid te red, insluitend regeringsondersteuning, het misluk. Die uitvoerende hoof, Kobus Verster, blameer […]
# The City of Tshwane today launched Arbor month in Hammanskraal, with Santam donating 250-thousand-rand worth of trees to support the city’s urban greening programme. The initiative aims to plant 300-thousand trees over three-years in townships and informal settlements. The city’s Zintle Mahlati called on residents and organisations to join efforts in planting trees and […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says the government is stepping in to curb the devastating foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. Steenhuisen confirmed 274 unresolved cases across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, North West and Mpumalanga. He confirmed the receipt of the remaining 400-thousand vaccine doses from Botswana, with 50-thousand already distributed. He says the remaining doses will target […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Johannesburg het die 25-jarige Mosambiekse burger Phethe Simiao tot lewenslange tronkstraf gevonnis vir die ontvoering, verkragting en moord op die sesjarige Amantle Samane in Oktober 2024. Simiao het skuldig gepleit nadat die kind se liggaam in sy plakkershut in Orlando-Oos ontdek is. Regter William Karam het die misdaad as pervers beskryf […]
# Die minister van Kommunikasie en Digitale tegnologieë, Solly Malatsi, waarsku dat nuusmedia sukkel om te oorleef en hy beskryf dit as ‘n bestaanskrisis. Malatsi het tydens die Media 20-beraad in Johannesburg die 2025 Wêreldpersvryheidsindeks aangehaal, wat bevind het dat media in 160 van 180 lande finansiële druk ondervind. Hy het regerings en die privaat […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority has welcomed the life sentence handed to 25-year-old Mozambican national, Phethe Simiao, for the 2024 rape and murder of six-year-old Amantle Samane in Johannesburg. Her body was found in Simiao’s shack in Orlando East. NPA spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane says Simiao showed no remorse, only self-pity. She praised prosecutors’ resilience in […]
# South Africa’s steel giant ArcelorMittal is set to complete the wind-down of its long steel business by the end of this month. The closure will affect three-thousand-500 workers in Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal, Vereeniging in Gauteng, and the rail and structural unit. Efforts to save the business, including government support, failed. CEO Kobus Verster blames […]
