# The Forum for South Africa has welcomed the National Prosecuting Authority’s decision to reopen the inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko. Justice and Constitutional Development minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, approved the NPA’s request to reopen the case, with the support of the Biko family’s legal representatives. Biko died under mysterious circumstances while […]
# The DA has launched a national investigation into the alarming rise in child pregnancies in South Africa. The probe will assess how provincial departments implement the Children’s Act to ensure perpetrators of statutory rape are prosecuted. In the Eastern Cape alone, 117 girl children between 10 and 14 years gave birth between April and […]
# Die finaliste vir die 14de Eco-Logic Toekennings is amptelik aangekondig. Dit erken prestasies in 12 kategorieë, insluitend oplossings vir klimaatverandering, waterbesparing, sirkulêre ekonomiese projekte, eko-modes en gemeenskapgedrewe projekte. Die finaliste sluit in Sankub, Wildlife ACT Innovations, Re.Bag.Re.Use en die Volhoubaarheidinstituut. Die stigter van die toekennings, David Parry-Davies, sê die finaliste verteenwoordig die beste Suid-Afrikaanse […]
# University of Witwatersrand has launched the AI and African Music project. This initiative aims to empower creatives to explore the intersection of cutting-edge technology and African musical traditions and sounds. Musicians, producers, composers and music educators living across Africa are invited to submit AI-driven music project proposals. Individuals selected will receive 30-thousand-rand per month […]
# Bosbou Suid-Afrika sê aangeplante woude speel ʼn belangrike rol om die land se inheemse bome te beskerm. Suid-Afrika het sowat 1,2-miljoen hektaar kommersiële boomaanplantings in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, die Oos- en die Wes-Kaap. Die organisasie se direkteur van navorsing en bewaring, Ronald Heath, sê mense kan egter nie langer net staatmaak op aangewese bewaringsgebiede […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Plaaslike Regeringsvereniging sê hy bly verbind tot die versterking van aanspreeklikheid, etiese leierskap en beter dienslewering in munisipaliteite. Die vereniging het ʼn prestasiekoers van 98-persent aangeteken, asook sy 13de agtereenvolgende ongekwalifiseerde ouditmening. SALGA se president, Bheke Stofile, sê hulle doelwit is om munisipaliteite se vermoë te versterk, raadslede en amptenare te ondersteun […]
# Action Society veroordeel die onlangse aanvalle op die land se regstelsel. Hierdie voorvalle sluit in die moord op die bekende insolvensieprokureur, Bouwer van Niekerk, in sy firma se kantoor in Johannesburg, en die moord op twee mense buite die Athlone- en Mitchells Plain-landdroshof in Kaapstad. Action Society-woordvoerder Juanita du Preez sê hierdie geweldsdade raak […]
# Forestry South Africa says planted forests play a vital role in protecting the country’s indigenous tree species. South Africa has around 1.2-million hectares of commercial timber plantations across Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape and Western Cape. FSA’s Research and Protection director, Ronald Heath, says people can no longer rely on designated conservation areas […]
# Eskom sê deur e-mobiliteit verminder hy koolstofvrystelling en verseker dat elke gemeenskap baat by die oorgang na volhoubare vervoer. Die kragverskaffer het die eerste 20 elektriese voertuie by sy vloot gevoeg. Die Verenigde Nasies beraam dat indien 60-persent voertuie op paaie battery-elektries en inprop-hibriedvoertuie is, sal daar teen 2050 meer as 60-miljard ton koolstofdioksied […]
