# Die Nasionale Verbruikerskommissie sê Isuzu Motors Suid-Afrika het ‘n veiligheidsterugroep uitgereik vir twee-duisend-582 RG19-bakkies wat tussen 11 Mei en 3 Julie vanjaar in die mark beskikbaar gestel is. Volgens Isuzu is daar ‘n moontlikheid dat die rempedaal se spilpunt kan loskom. Die kommissie se woordvoerder, Phetho Ntaba, sê van die voertuie is ook uitgevoer […]
# The National Consumer Commission says Isuzu Motors South Africa has issued a safety recall of two-thousand-582 RG19 bakkies, which were made available between 11 May and 3 July this year. According to Isuzu, there is a possibility that the brake pedal pivot pin may be loose. The commission’s spokesperson, Phetho Ntaba, says affected vehicles […]
# Nege natuurbewaringsorganisasies uit ses Suider-Afrikaanse lande het die Alliansie vir Veilige Aasvoëlsones begin om die skerp afname in aasvoëlgetalle te bekamp. Die alliansie sluit BirdLife-organisasies in Botswana, Suid-Afrika en Zimbabwe in, asook BirdWatch Zambië, Natuurbewaring Tanzanië en Malawi se Omgewings- en Natuurbewaringsvereniging. Bewaringskundiges sê vergiftiging, verlies aan habitat en kraglyne bedreig die voëls. Aasvoëlgetalle […]
# Nine conservation organisations from six Southern African countries have launched the Vulture Safe Zone Alliance to combat the sharp decline in vulture populations. The alliance includes BirdLife organisations in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, BirdWatch Zambia, Nature Tanzania and the Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi. Conservationists say poisoning, habitat loss and power-line collisions […]
# Die Instituut vir Internasionale Finansies sê Afrika het te kampe met ‘n moontlik ernstige El Niño te midde van ‘n swakker ekonomiese posisie as ‘n dekade terug. Hoër oliepryse, ‘n sterker Amerikaanse dollar en strenger befondsingsvoorwaardes plaas verdere druk op ekonomieë. Weervoorspellers waarsku die klimaatsverskynsel kan lei tot droogtetoestande in Suider-Afrika en oorstromings in […]
# The Institute of International Finance says Africa is facing a potentially severe El Niño from a weaker economic position than a decade ago. Higher oil prices, a stronger dollar and tighter financing conditions are adding pressure. Forecasters warn the climate event could bring drought to Southern Africa and flooding in the east, damaging crops […]
# Die Zambiese polisie het opposisieleier Brian Mundubile vir ondervraging ontbied oor ‘n beweerde komplot wat nasionale veiligheid bedreig. Mundubile, wat tweede gekom het in verlede week se verkiesing, het president Hakainde Hichilema se oorwinning verwerp en beweer die stemming is gemanipuleer. Hy wil die uitslag in die hof betwis. Die polisie sê Mundubile en […]
# Zambian police have summoned opposition leader Brian Mundubile for questioning over an alleged plot threatening national security. Mundubile, who finished second in the August 13 election, has rejected president Hakainde Hichilema’s victory, alleging the vote was rigged, and says he will challenge the result in court. Police say Mundubile and his running mate Makebi […]
# Die Zambiese president, Hakainde Hichilema loop voor in die presidensiële verkiesing, met 58,87-persent van die stemme in 135 kiesafdelings uit 226. Verkiesingsowerhede sê Hichilema het meer as 1,5-miljoen stemme verower, voor sy vernaamste uitdager, Brian Mundubile. Hichilema benodig meer as 50-persent om ‘n algehele oorwinning te behaal. Die verkiesing was grootliks vreedsaam, hoewel die […]