# Bek-en-klouseer is in Namibië aangemeld nadat tien beeste op ‘n kommersiële plaas in die Karasburg-staatsveeartsdistrik in die Khara-streek positief getoets het. Dit volg terwyl Suid-Afrika met sy ergste uitbreking van die siekte worstel en die regering beplan om 80-persent van sy nasionale beeskudde van sowat 14-miljoen diere in te ent. Die waarnemende minister van […]
# Die Oekraïnse president, Volodymyr Zelensky, het Vladimir Putin as “pasiënt zero” bestempel en gesê die Russiese leier versprei oorlog en onbestendigheid. In sy toespraak voor die Algemene Vergadering van die Verenigde Nasies in New York sê hy hoe meer vryheid Putin het om op te tree, hoe gevaarliker word die wêreld vir almal. Zelensky […]
# Die Landbank het nuwe aansoeke vir sy gemengde finansieringskema tydelik opgeskort nadat die vraag na bekostigbare landboufinansiering die beskikbare toekenningsfondse oorskry het. Die skema het sedert sy bekendstelling in 2022 reeds 540 begunstigdes ondersteun. Die opskorting sal vir die res van die 2026/2027-boekjaar van krag bly, tensy bykomende befondsing beskikbaar gestel word. Die skema […]
# The Land Bank has temporarily paused new applications for its blended finance scheme after demand for affordable agricultural finance exceeded available grant funding. The scheme has supported 540 beneficiaries since its launch in 2022. The pause will remain in place for the rest of the 2026/2027 financial year, unless additional funding becomes available. The […]
# Tennis: Alexander Zverev and Team World captain Andre Agassi have defended the Laver Cup ahead of this year’s London tournament. The three-day event starts tomorrow at the O2 Arena, with Europe facing the rest of the world. Agassi says the atmosphere is spectacular and the competition is always intense. Zverev, who won the US […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has called Vladimir Putin “patient zero,” saying the Russian leader spreads war and instability. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York, he stated that the more freedom Putin has to act, the more dangerous the world becomes for everyone else. Zelensky emphasised that Ukraine’s cause is about protecting […]
# Foot and Mouth Disease has been detected in Namibia after ten cattle tested positive at a commercial farm in the Karasburg State Veterinary District in the Khara Region. This comes as South Africa is battling its worst outbreak of the disease, as government plans to vaccinate 80-percent of its national cattle herd of about […]
# The DA is calling on Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, to account for the last-minute decision to move the national Heritage Day celebrations to the Western Cape. The event was originally planned for KwaZulu-Natal, to coincide with uMkhosi weLembe, the Zulu nation’s annual commemoration of King Shaka. However, McKenzie stated that […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will lead the National Heritage Day celebrations at the Rosemoor Stadium in Thembalethu, George, Western Cape today. The celebration will be held under the theme “Celebrating Our Living Heritage: Strengthening the Ties That Bind Us”. The Presidency says the theme highlights the role of living heritage in promoting national unity, social […]
