# The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Community Safety Committee is calling for indiscriminate water-splashing during Spring Day celebrations to be outlawed through municipal by-laws and stronger enforcement. The Committee chairperson Bandile Masuku says the practice has led to harassment, property damage, disorder and, reportedly, a fatal confrontation in Refilwe, Tshwane. He calls on parents, communities and […]
# Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp has announced a breakthrough in export negotiations with Egypt, which could provide a significant boost to South Africa’s red meat industry. He says the agreement is a major milestone for the agricultural sector, which has been battling one of the country’s worst foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in decades. Aucamp says South […]
# Die D449 naby Tshedza Ha-Mailula in Limpopo is tydelik gesluit ná ‘n botsing tussen drie voertuie. Die provinsiale Departement van Vervoer en Gemeenskapsveiligheid se woordvoerder, Mashudu Mabata, sê wetstoepassing en noodspanne is tans op die toneel. Motoriste word versoek om alternatiewe roetes te gebruik. Mabata vra motoriste om waaksaam te wees, versigtig te bestuur […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê die stryd teen korrupsie lewer beduidende finansiële invorderings. Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se Batebeslagleggingseenheid het reeds 8,3-miljard-rand se onregmatige winste verhaal, waarvan 3,68-miljard-rand aan slagoffers uitbetaal is en 4,6-miljard-rand aan die Bate-herwinningsrekening. Die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid het die afgelope boekjaar bates en kontant van 936-miljoen-rand ingevorder. […]
# The Water and Sanitation Department is calling on South Africans to rethink how water is used during celebrations and everyday life. This follows widespread water wastage during Spring Day activities where people were throwing water at each other. Spokesperson Wisane Mavasa says this concern is even more pressing as South Africa anticipates the effects […]
# The D449 near Tshedza Ha-Mailula in Limpopo has been temporarily closed following a three-vehicle collision. The provincial department of Transport and Community Safety spokesperson Mashudu Mabata says law enforcement and emergency teams are managing the scene. Motorists are urged to use alternative routes. She calls on motorists to be vigilant, drive with extreme caution […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the fight against corruption is yielding significant financial recoveries. The National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit has recovered 8.3-billion-rand in unlawfully obtained gains. Of this, 3.68-billion-rand was paid to victims, and 4.6-billion-rand went to the Criminal Assets Recovery Account. The Special Investigating Unit has recovered assets […]
# The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa joined COSATU, the broader trade union movement and progressive organisations globally in expressing its solidarity with the people and workers of Eswatini as they continue their struggle for democracy, freedom and social justice. DENOSA supports the Global Week of Action for Democracy in Eswatini and the solidarity […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu is bekommerd oor die inentingskrisis van kinders, wat die Gesondheidsdepartement tot openbare gesondheids-noodtoestand verklaar het. Die hoeveelheid kinders onder een wat nie ingeënt is nie, het gestyg van 12,1-persent in 2017 tot 36,3-persent vroeër vanjaar, wat een uit elke drie babas weerloos laat. Woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê dit keer die groot […]
