# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment is investigating reports of dead and dying sardines along the Western Cape coast from Saldanha Bay to Gansbaai. Scientists have collected samples for testing and deployed observers to assess the scale of the fish deaths. While a harmful algal bloom has been detected in Saldanha Bay, […]
# Die Departement van Gesondheid sê dis tans Wêreld-borsvoedweek, maar slegs 22-persent babas in Suid-Afrika word die eerste ses maande van hul lewe uitsluitlik geborsvoed. Dis aansienlik minder as die Wêreld-gesondheidvergadering se teiken van 60-persent teen 2030. Foster Mohale van die departement sê dit gaan nie net oor die land en wêreld se teikens nie, […]
# The Department of Health says, with it being World Breastfeeding Week, only 22-percent of babies in South Africa are exclusively breastfed in the first six months of life. This is well below the World Health Assembly target of 60-percent by 2030. The department’s Foster Mohale says it is not just about reaching country and global targets, […]
# Saoedi-Arabië se Ministerie van Buitelandse Sake sê 13 lande steun hul voorstel om ‘n Maritieme Verdedigingsalliansie te stig om internasionale skeepsvaartroetes en internasionale handel te beskerm. Dit volg op die ontwrigting van die Seestraat van Hormoes, wat gewoonlik ongeveer 20-persent van internasionale olie- en gasuitvoere vervoer. Die lande wat die alliansie steun, sluit in […]
# Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry says 13 countries have backed its proposal to establish a Maritime Defence Alliance to protect international shipping routes and global trade. This follows the disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries about 20-percent of global oil and gas exports, due to the US-Iranian conflict. The countries in favour of […]
# Die nasionale direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Andy Mothibi, sê die gewese hoof van die Ondersoekdirektoraat teen Korrupsie, Andrea Johnson, word steeds strafregtelik ondersoek al het sy onlangs bedank te midde van haar getuienis voor die Madlanga-kommissie. Een van die bewerings is dat sy wederregtelik die inhoud van ʼn aanranding-dossier teen die geskorste adjunkhoof van […]
# Die GOOD-party sê die nuwe Wes-Kaapse polisiekommissaris, Sizakhele Dyantyi, het ʼn onmoontlike taak geërf om bendebedrywighede te pak in gemeenskappe op wie munisipale en provinsiale owerhede eintlik hul rug gedraai het. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê die kultuur van bendes en geweld, veral op die Kaapse Vlakte, bestaan steeds en mense se daaglikse […]
# The National Director of Public Prosecutions, Andy Mothibi, says the former head of the Investigating Directorate against Corruption, Andrea Johnson, remains under criminal investigation despite her resignation last week while testifying before the Madlanga commission. Among the allegations is that she improperly shared the contents of an assault docket involving suspended deputy head of […]
# The GOOD Party says newly-appointed Western Cape police commissioner, Sizakhele Dyantyi, has inherited the impossible task of curbing gangsterism in communities on which municipal and provincial authorities have effectively turned their backs. GOOD’s secretary-general, Brett Herron, says the culture of gangsterism and violence, especially on the Cape Flats, has not been eradicated because the […]
