# The Tshwane Tourism Association unveiled a new artificial intelligence-powered WhatsApp chatbot to enhance guest engagement and streamline communication in the hospitality sector. Chairperson Susan Marais describes the tool as a friendly, 24/7 platform to boost guest experiences. Looking to next year, plans include expanding township tourism, launching a heritage circuit, enhancing transport links, and […]
# The City of Cape Town says the illicit scrap metal trade remains a big challenge. Last week, the city received the good news that a cable thief arrested by the City’s Metal Theft Unit two years ago, has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith says Cape […]
# The DA says it distances itself from the proposal to appeal against the recent court order handed down by the Free State High Court regarding the Ngwathe Local Municipality. The party’s Carina Serfontein states supporting such an appeal would be a betrayal of the people. Serfontein says the municipality must not bear any legal […]
# CapeNature het meer as 13-duisend hektaar by die beskermde gebiede in die Wes-Kaap gevoeg om bewaringspogings te bevorder. Ondanks die uitbreiding is 30-persent van die provinsie se ekostelsels onder druk weens ontwikkeling, landbou en klimaatsverandering. Die laaste uitbreiding is deel van groter pogings om bioverskeidenheids-brandpunte en belangrike habitatte te beskerm. Meer as 828-duisend hektaar […]
# Die jurie besin nou in die hoëprofielmoordsaak van ʼn Australiese vrou wat na bewering ʼn dodelike sampioen-ete vir familielede voorgesit het. Die 50-jarige Erin Patterson pleit onskuldig op drie aanklagte van moord en een van poging tot moord nadat sy in Julie 2023 in Victoria ʼn biefstuk-middagete voorberei het. Die aanklaer beweer sy het […]
# CapeNature has added 13-thousand-117 hectares to protected areas in the Western Cape, boosting conservation efforts. Despite this progress, 30-percent of the province’s ecosystems remain under threat due to development, agriculture, and climate change. The latest expansion forms part of broader efforts to safeguard biodiversity hotspots and critical habitats. Currently, the Western Cape has 828-thousand-442 […]
# Die voorsitter van die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Mzwandile Masina, moet ‘n besluit neem oor ‘n EFF-versoek om minister Parks Tau te ontbied. Die EFF-LP en woordvoerder van die party, Sinawo Thambo, sê hulle is bekommerd oor die onlangse aanstelling van drie ANC-lojaliste op die raad van die Nywerheidsontwikkelingskorporasie. Thambo […]
# The jury has adjourned in the high-profile murder trial of an Australian woman accused of cooking a deadly mushroom lunch for relatives. Fifty-year-old Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a Beef Wellington lunch at her house in Victoria in July 2023. The prosecution […]
# Vroue-entrepreneurs in Afrika word geloof vir hul leiding in klimaatsaanpassing. Dit is ten spyte daarvan dat hulle in die meeste dele van die vasteland groter struikelblokke as mans ervaar. Nuwe navorsing in Kenia en Senegal toon sakeondernemings onder vroue se leiding gebruik meer volhoubare strategieë soos om inkomste te diversifiseer of ander gewasse te […]
