# Heavy rain, flooding, and gale-force winds continue to disrupt Eskom’s network in the Western Cape, leaving thousands of customers without electricity. Spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says repair teams have been deployed to affected areas, but severe flooding and unsafe conditions are making some infrastructure inaccessible. She says the utility is working with provincial disaster management […]
# Swaar reën en sterk wind beïnvloed steeds die Kaapse Wynland-distriksmunisipaliteit. Verskeie laagwaterbrûe is ontoeganklik weens oorstromings, insluitend in Slanghoek, Scherpenheuwel, Bonnievale en Lemoenpoort. Burgemeester Elna von Schlicht sê kragonderbrekings raak Witzenberg, De Doorns en Touwsrivier. Sy vra inwoners om binne te bly, verspoelde gebiede te vermy, selfone gelaai te hou en amptelike weerkanale te […]
# Die speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, gaan hierdie week met die Parlement se regspan vergader ná die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak oor die Phala Phala‑saak. Dit hou verband met president Cyril Ramaphosa se hantering van miljoene rand se diefstal op sy plaas in Limpopo in Februarie 2020. Daar is bevind die Parlement […]
# Eerste minister Benjamin Netanyahu sê Israel hoop om sy afhanklikheid van Amerikaanse militêre hulp binne ‘n dekade te beëindig. Die land wil bande met Golfstate versterk. Steun vir Israel vanuit die Amerikaanse Kongres en die publiek het afgeneem sedert die oorlog in Gaza in Oktober 2023. Netanyahu het aan 60 Minutes op CBS gesê […]
# Heavy rain and strong winds continue to affect the Cape Winelands District Municipality. Several low-level bridges, including those at Slanghoek, Scherpenheuwel, Bonnievale, and Lemoenpoort, remain inaccessible due to flooding. Mayor Elna von Schlicht says electricity outages affects Witzenberg, De Doorns, and Touws River. She urges residents to stay indoors, avoid flooded areas, and keep […]
# National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza will meet Parliament’s legal advisors this week following the Constitutional Court ruling on the Phala Phala matter. The allegations concern president Cyril Ramaphosa’s handling of the theft of millions of rand from his farm in Limpopo in February 2020. The court found Parliament’s impeachment rules unconstitutional, forcing lawmakers to […]
# Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel hopes to end its dependence on US military aid within a decade. The country pushes to strengthen ties with Gulf states. Support from the US Congress and the public for Israel has decreased since the outbreak of the war in Gaza in October 2023. Netanyahu told CBS’s 60 […]
# Indonesiese owerhede probeer 20 stappers red nadat die vulkaan Dukono op die Halmahera-eiland uitgebars het. Nege stappers is van Singapoer en die res van Indonesië. Twee buitelandse burgers en ʼn inwoner van Ternate is dood. Die land se vulkaan-agentskap sê die stappers was in ʼn gebied wat sedert 17 April vir besoekers gesluit is […]
# Indonesian authorities are working to rescue 20 hikers after a volcanic eruption of Mount Dukono on Halmahera Island. Nine of the hikers are Singaporean, and the rest are Indonesians. Three people, two foreign nationals and a resident from Ternate, have died. The country’s volcanology agency says the hikers are in an area that had […]
