# Die Departement van Landbou het ná agt weke amptelik die verbod op Brasiliaanse meganies-ontbeende vleis en hoender opgehef. Die verbod is ingestel nadat voëlgriep op ‘n plaas in Rio Grande do Sul ontdek is, wat veroorsaak het dat 95-persent van Suid-Afrika se meganies-ontbeende vleisvoorraad afgesny is. Georg Southey van Merlog Foods verwelkom die ooreenkoms […]
# UNAIDS and the South African National AIDS Council are launching the Global AIDS update at the Bertha Gxowa Hospital in Johannesburg, today. Titled AIDS, Crisis and the Power to Transform, the report warns that donor funding cuts, especially from the US, threaten decades of progress. It highlights that nearly 40-million people are living with […]
# The Financial Sector Conduct Authority has revealed that it imposed fines totalling nearly 120-million-rand in the past financial year. This is a decline from the previous year, attributed to the absence of a large-scale fraud case like Steinhoff. The FSCA highlighted ongoing efforts to strengthen market integrity and protect consumers within South Africa’s financial […]
# The DA says the handover of the investigation report into the naval tragedy in Kommetjie, Cape Town, to the Hawks to investigate culpable homicide charges is long overdue, but an essential first step toward justice. Lieutenant-commander Gillian Hector, master warrant-officer William Mathipa and warrant-officer Mokwapa Mojela were killed in the submarine tragedy in September 2023. […]
# AfriForum says it is disappointed that the Department of Basic Education has temporarily halted the rollout of Coding and Robotics as a compulsory subject. According to the department, the process is being put on hold as it first has to focus on improving literacy and numeracy in the early grades. AfriForum’s Alana Bailey says […]
# Die Do More-stigting het sy Mandeladag-veldtog vir vanjaar van stapel gestuur. Dit fokus op die bou van veilige, skaduryke speelterreine, toegang tot skoon water, sonkrag-aangedrewe gereedskap en klimaatopvoeding. Vrywilligers en borge kan help om klimaatveerkragtige speelpakkette te skep en infrastruktuurverbeterings te ondersteun. Die veldtog is ook daarop gemik om jong kinders en gemeenskappe te […]
# Athletics: South Africa’s double Olympic champion, Caster Semenya, will learn today if she can be forced to lower her testosterone levels to compete as a woman. The European Court of Human Rights is expected to make a key ruling after years of legal battles. Semenya, legally identified as female, has refused medication since 2018 […]
# The Department of Agriculture has officially lifted the ban on Brazilian mechanically deboned meat and chicken, after an eight-week suspension. The ban was triggered by a case of bird flu on a single farm in Rio Grande do Sul, which cut off 95-percent of South Africa’s mechanically deboned meat supply. Merlog Foods’ Georg Southey […]
# The Do More Foundation has launched its 2025 Mandela Day campaign. The initiative focuses on building safe, shaded play areas, access to clean water, solar-powered tools, and climate education. Volunteers and sponsors can help create Climate Resilience Play Packs and support infrastructure improvements. The campaign also aims to empower young children and communities to […]
