# The United Nations’ Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says at least 59 children have reportedly been killed or injured in Lebanon in the past week. The ceasefire announced last month has failed to stop the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon’s Public Health Emergency Operations Centre says at least 33 people, including women and children, were […]
# The Western Cape government says the N1 in the Cape Winelands was reopened after storm disruptions, facilitating one direction at a time, while heavy delays are expected. Spokesperson Regan Thaw says roads agency SANRAL has worked tirelessly to reopen the route between Worcester and Paarl, with traffic controls and a stop-and-go system in operation […]
# The City of Cape Town’s electricity teams have attended to more than six-thousand service requests over the deadly storm that hit the metro since Monday. Over 10-thousand-800 service requests were received about storm damage to electrical infrastructure. Mayoral committee member for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says with the storm over, teams remain on the ground […]
# Suid-Afrika bereik hierdie week 365 dae sonder beurtkrag, met die laaste beduidende beurtkrag wat op 15 Mei verlede jaar ingestel is. Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê die mylpaal weerspieël die vordering na bestendige kragvoorsiening. Hy het aan SABC News gesê alle provinsies sal na verwagting teen Maart 2027 ook kragvermindering […]
# Drie-en-twintig plaaswerkers en hul gesinne is gered op ‘n plaas langs die ou N1-pad tussen Worcester en Rawsonville in die Wes-Kaap. Die werkers was volgens berigte sedert Maandag vasgekeer op plaasstrukture se dakke as gevolg van stygende vloedwater. Craig Lambinon van die Nasionale Seereddingsinstituut sê drie plaaswerkers se liggame is ook gevind:
# South Africa will mark 365 days without load-shedding this week with the last significant load-shedding implemented on 15 May last year. Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the milestone reflects progress towards a stable electricity supply. He told SABC News all provinces are expected to overcome load-reduction by March 2027. Ramokgopa confirmed plans […]
# Twenty-three farmworkers and their families were rescued on a farm along the old N1 roadway between Worcester and Rawsonville in the Western Cape. It is believed they had been trapped on the rooftops of farm structures due to the rising floodwaters since Monday. The National Sea Rescue Institute’s Craig Lambinon says the bodies of […]
# Die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, sê haar departement is besig om ‘n diensverskaffer aan te stel om die handboektender van 1,6-miljard-rand te ondersoek. ‘n Gedeelte van die tender vir die publikasie van leerwerk- en onderrig-ondersteuningsmateriaal vir grondslagfase-leerders is toegeken aan die nuutgestigte Lighthouse Publishing, wat oor geen vorige ervaring beskik nie. Gwarube […]
# Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, says her department is in the process of appointing a firm to investigate the 1.6-billion-rand textbook tender. A portion of the tender for the publishing of learning and teaching support materials for foundation phase learners was awarded to newly-formed Lighthouse Publishing, with no track record in the sector. Gwarube […]
