# Agriculture minister, Willie Aucamp says a farm cannot thrive on land alone and South Africa’s farmers also need access to finance, productive assets, livestock and appropriate support to build sustainable enterprises. The minister participated in a panel discussion at the NAMPO Cape fair in Bredasdorp in the Western Cape. The discussion explored farmer-financing models, […]
# Die minister van landbou, Willie Aucamp, sê die departement beplan om die aantal voorligtingsbeamptes wat boere regoor Suid-Afrika ondersteun, te verhoog. President Cyril Ramaphosa het tydens vanjaar se staatsrede aangekondig tien-duisend voorligtingsbeamptes sal ontplooi word om boere te help om voedselproduksie te verhoog en werkgeleenthede vir jong gegradueerdes te skep. Aucamp beklemtoon hoe belangrik […]
# The Western Cape government and Mossel Bay Municipality have agreed to install sandbags at Diaz Beach as a temporary measure to reduce the risk of coastal erosion. The sandbags are meant to reduce the risk of dunes collapsing, help protect nearby properties, infrastructure and the public while a permanent solution is considered. The long-term […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering en die Mosselbaai-munisipaliteit het ooreengekom om sandsakke by Diazstrand te pak as ‘n tydelike maatreël om die risiko van kus-erosie te verminder. Die sakke is bedoel om die risiko van duine wat ineenstort te bekamp en om nabygeleë eiendomme, infrastruktuur en die publiek te help beskerm terwyl permanente oplossings oorweeg word. […]
# Eskom says the energy availability factor has risen to 67,78-percent year-to-date, marking its highst level in six year. The power utility’s spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says unplanned outages has also declined from 26.61-percent to 19.43-percent compared to the same period last year. She says improved fleet reliability and availability have restored three-thousand-500-megawatts of generation capacity […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has wished the Jewish community in South Africa and around the world a peaceful, safe, and joyous Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. As the Jewish community enters the period of the high holy days, South Africans are reminded of the abiding value in faith and family. The President says in Jewish […]
# Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp has announced that plans are underway to increase the number of extension officers supporting farmers across South Africa. During this year state of the nation Adress, president Cyril Ramaphosa announced plans to deploy ten-thousand extension officers to help farmers boost food production and create jobs for young graduates. Aucamp highlighted […]
# Die Afrika-sentrums vir Sieketebeheer en -Voorkoming sê die voortgesette uitbreking van die Bundibugyo-stam van die Ebola-virus in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo versprei vinnig buite die middelpunt. Nuwe gevalle en sterftes het in die middelpunt, die Ituri-provinsie, afgeneem, maar skerp gestyg in die aangrensende Noord-Kivu en Haut-Uele. Ses-duisend-843 gevalle is aangemeld, insluitend drie-duisend-310 sterftes. […]
# Die Valke, in samewerking met INTERPOL, hanteer vanmiddag die uitlewering van ses Nigeriese burgers wat na bewering lede is van die Black Axe georganiseerde misdaadnetwerk. Amerikaanse owerhede soek hulle vir internetbedrog en geldwassery wat met ‘n liefde-slenter verband hou. Die woordvoerder van die Valke, Katlego Mogale, sê die verdagtes het meer as 100 vroue […]
