# The Department of Health is calling for urgent action to halt declining immunisation coverage and prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. The decline could reverse decades of public health gains, including significant reductions in infant and under-five mortality achieved since the mid-2000s. Spokesperson Foster Mohale says the proportion of infants under one who have received […]
# Die Lugverkeernavigasiediens worstel met ‘n kritieke vaardigheidskrisis nadat internasionale mededingers soos die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate en Australië talle ervare lugverkeer-beheerders gewerf het. Dit veroorsaak dat belangrike bedrywighede worstel met ‘n tekort aan personeel. Die naderings-beheer-eenheid op die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe in Gauteng, wat ‘n belangrike rol in die bestuur van vlugte speel, werk […]
# Die DA gaan vandag stem teen die EFF se wantroue-mosie in die speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering. Hoofsweep George Michalakis sê die party was wel baie krities oor hoe Thoko Didiza president Cyril Ramaphosa se aansoek benader het om die ampsklagproses teen hom te stuit. Hy sê hulle stem saam dat ‘n duidelike werwingsbeleid […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, waarsku kritieke voedselstelsels en mense se lewens en voortbestaan word bedreig te midde van verskeie konflikte. Daar was verlede jaar die meeste gewapende konflikte sedert die Tweede Wêreldoorlog en ook van die hoogste vlakke van akute hongersnood wat nog ooit aangeteken is, met minstens 266-miljoen mense wat […]
# Die polisie en sy wetstoepassingsvennote het op die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe in Gauteng beslag gelê op twee afsonderlike besendings vermeende kokaïen van ongeveer 200-miljoen-rand. In die eerste voorval is twee groot reistasse by die eindpunt onderskep en 84 kilogram-blokke gevind. Nasionale polisiewoordvoerder Athlenda Mathe sê in die ander voorval is vier houers in […]
# The DA will today vote against the EFF’s motion of no confidence in National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza. The party’s chief whip, George Michalakis, says they have been very critical of Didiza in her approach to the interdict application brought by president Cyril Ramaphosa in the impeachment process. He says they agreed a clear […]
# South Africa’s Air Traffic and Navigation Services is facing a critical skills crisis due to an exodus of experienced air traffic controllers who are being poached by international competitors. ATNS says aggressive headhunting from countries like the United Arab Emirates and Australia has left key operations severely understaffed. The approach control unit at OR […]
# United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned critical food systems and the lives and livelihoods they sustain are under attack amidst several conflicts. 2025 saw not only the highest number of armed conflicts since World War Two, but also among the highest levels of acute hunger on record, with at least 266-million people facing […]
# Police and their law-enforcement partners have intercepted two separate consignments of suspected cocaine worth an estimated 200-million-rand at the OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng. In the first incident, two large travel suitcases were intercepted at the terminal, containing blocks weighing approximately 84 kilograms. National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says in a separate interception […]
