# Die Verkiesingskommissie het ʼn WhatsApp-kieserregistrasiediens bekendgestel om dit makliker te maak vir kwalifiserende landsburgers om te registreer vir November se plaaslike regerings-verkiesing. Meer as 1,7-miljoen mense het die OVK gekontak tydens verlede naweek se kieserregistrasienaweek. Vrydag is die sperdatum vir registrasie. Die OVK se uitvoerende hoof, Sy Mamabolo, sê die WhatsApp-platform laat gebruikers toe […]
# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement verwerp bewerings dat ʼn pasiënt permanent blind gelaat is weens stukkende toerusting in die Steve Biko-akademiese Hospitaal. Woordvoerder Steve Mabona sê die verlies aan sig hou verband met talle vorige operasies en spesialiste het gewaarsku die prognose vir een oog was reeds swak. Hy erken wel vertragings wat verkryging betref, maar […]
# The Electoral Commission has launched a WhatsApp voter registration service to make it easier for eligible citizens to register ahead of the November local government elections. More than 1.7 million people interacted with the IEC during last weekend’s final voter registration weekend. Friday is the deadline for voter registration. IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo says […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health rejects claims that a patient was left permanently blind because of broken equipment at Steve Biko Academic Hospital. The department’s Steve Mabona says the patient’s vision loss was linked to multiple previous surgical procedures, and specialists advised the prognosis for one eye was already poor. While acknowledging procurement delays, […]
# Die Motorbedryf-personeelvereniging verwelkom die daling in die petrolprys, maar waarsku die skerp styging in diesel- en lampoliepryse gaan arm huishoudings swaar tref en voedselpryse laat styg. Die petrolprys daal om middernag met 52-sent per liter, maar diesel word tot een-rand-38-sent duurder, en lampolie een-rand-52-sent. MISA se woordvoerder, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, sê die regering moet maniere […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association cautiously welcomes the decrease in the petrol price, but warns the steep hikes in diesel and paraffin prices will punish poor households and increase food costs. Petrol prices will drop by 52-cents per litre at midnight, while diesel prices will rise by up to one-rand-38-cents. Illuminating paraffin prices increase […]
# Die dodetal in die huidige winter-inlywingseisoen het tot 48 gestyg, met 18 sterftes in Mpumalanga en 14 in die Oos-Kaap. Die adjunkminister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Zolile Burns-Ncamashe, sê die owerhede is ook bekommerd oor die toenemende aantal sterftes in Noordwes, berigte van inlywings-verwante ontvoerings in Gauteng en die toenemende getal onwettige […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing ondersoek berigte van sardyne wat vrek langs die Wes-Kaapse kus, vanaf Saldanhabaai tot by Gansbaai. Wetenskaplikes het monsters vir toetsing versamel en waarnemers ontplooi om die omvang te bepaal. ‘n Skadelike algebloei is in Saldanhabaai opgespoor, maar geen oorsaak vir die vrektes is bevestig nie. Woordvoerder […]
# The death toll from the 2026 winter initiation season has risen to 48, with Mpumalanga recording 18 deaths and the Eastern Cape 14. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs deputy minister Zolile Burns-Ncamashe says authorities are also concerned about rising fatalities in North West, reports of initiation-related abductions in Gauteng, and the spread of illegal […]
