# South Africa’s major banks are increasingly adopting automation to improve efficiency and reduce operational costs. According to banking software provider Avaloq, many banks are seeking to replace complex legacy systems with integrated digital platforms that streamline processes and reduce reliance on large back-office teams. The company says automation can significantly improve transaction processing and […]
# Civil society movement, the Activists and Citizens Forum, says government and the police need to do more to ensure the safety of South Africans, especially in high-risk crime communities. This follows Tuesday night’s mass shooting in the Jumpers informal settlement in Cleveland, Johannesburg, which claimed the lives of 12 people and left nine injured. […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, sê die land se Weermag het sedert verlede maand ‘n geheime operasie uitgevoer om olietenkskepe deur die Seestraat van Hormuz te laat vaar. Sowat 20-persent van wêreldpetroleumvoorrade word normaalweg deur die roete vervoer, maar verkeer is erg ingekort sedert die Amerikaans/Israelse aanvalle op Iran in Februarie. Trump sê die […]
# US president Donald Trump says the military has since last month executed a secret operation to help oil tankers transit the Strait of Hormuz. Normally, about 20-percent of global petroleum supplies pass through the route, but traffic has remained severely limited since the US-Israeli attacks on Iran in February. Trump says the secret operation […]
# Herstelwerk duur voort aan die elektrisiteits-infrastruktuur in die Witzenberg-gebied in die Wes-Kaap ná verlede maand se ernstige stormskade. Die adjunkminister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Samantha Graham-Maré, sê Eskom het bestendige vordering gemaak met die herstel van beskadigde infrastruktuur, hoewel boere reeds amper ‘n maand worstel sonder krag. Sy verwelkom die bykomende spanne van die […]
# Die onafhanklike veebedryfsgroep, FMD Response SA, het die regering versoek om dringend miljoene bek-en-klouseer-entstofdosisse beskikbaar te stel aan privaat veeartse. Die groep sê uitbrekings versprei steeds en bedreig veeproduksie en landelike voortbestaan. Woordvoerder Andrew Morphew sê Suid-Afrika verwag 14-miljoen entstofdosisse, maar slegs sowat 4,4-miljoen beeste is tot dusver ingeënt. Hy voer aan breër deelname […]
# Die Nigeriese regering sal vandag begin om die eerste groep van 500 Nigeriese burgers uit Suid-Afrika te ontruim. Owerhede sê die repatriasieprogram sal ten volle befonds word, met ontvangs- en herintegrasiemaatreëls in plek vir diegene wat terugkeer huis toe. Die eerste vlug sal vanaand vanaf die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe vertrek en Donderdagoggend in […]
# Independent livestock industry group, FMD Response SA, has called on government to urgently release millions of foot-and-mouth-disease vaccine doses directly to private veterinarians. It says outbreaks continue to spread, threatening livestock production and rural livelihoods. Spokesperson Andrew Morphew says South Africa is expecting 14-million vaccine doses, but only about 4.4-million cattle have been vaccinated […]
# Electricity infrastructure restoration in the Witzenberg area of the Western Cape is continuing following severe storm damage in early May. Deputy minister of electricity and energy Samantha Graham-Maré says Eskom has made steady progress in repairing damaged infrastructure, although farmers have been without electricity for nearly a month. She welcomed the deployment of additional […]
