# Ghana has temporarily closed its US embassy in Washington, DC, after an alleged visa scam was uncovered. Foreign minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said the closure follows damning audit findings. A staff member and collaborators reportedly redirected visa applicants to a private firm, charging unapproved fees and pocketing the funds. All local staff have been […]
# Die plastiek-herwinningsorganisasie, Polyco en die Wes-Kaapse regering sal hul skool-herwinningsprogram vanjaar uitbrei na nog 13 skole. Elke skool sal meer as 380-duisend-rand ontvang om herwinningsentrums te bou, leerders oor herwinning op te voed en werk vir plaaslike gemeenskapslede te skep. Chantal Philander van Polyco sê die program help skole om geld te verdien met […]
# The City of Tshwane has confirmed that it is in the final phase of restoring the Zwartkop Substation after last week’s fire. Technicians have connected the cable end box to the main transformer, with 95-percent of testing complete. Spokesperson Lindela Mashigo says the final task is linking communication with the Kwagga Infeed Substation:
# The MK Party has accused Communications and Digital Technologies minister Solly Malatsi of ignoring South Africa’s transformation laws by pushing a policy that allows foreign telecom companies like Elon Musk’s Starlink to operate without proper consultation or local partnerships. Speaking during Parliament’s Communications Committee meeting, the party’s Colleen Makhubele said Malatsi failed to support […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die vrystelling verwelkom van die 2024/2025 Konstruksieboek, wat 250 ten volle befondsde projekte ter waarde van meer as 238-miljard-rand uiteensit. Dit verteenwoordig ‘n rekord openbare belegging in paaie, energie, water en logistiek wat hernude fokus na jare van agteruitgang aandui. Die president sê vir die eerste keer sluit die boek […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare verwelkom die onlangse besluit om die Departement van Openbare Werke se ou geboue in skuilings vir oorlewendes van geslagsgeweld te omskep. Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het 15 eiendomme in onderskeidelik Mpumalanga en Gauteng oorhandig, wat vir hierdie doel aangewend sal word. Die vakbond se woordvoerder, […]
# ‘n Totaal van 15-duisend-481 verdagtes is in ‘n week landwyd tydens Operasie Shanela vir verskeie oortredings in hegtenis geneem. Polisiewoordvoerder, Amanda van Wyk, sê dit sluit in 255 verdagtes wat vir verkragting in hegtenis geneem is, met die meeste, naamlik 116 in KwaZulu-Natal. Sy sê dit herbevestig die polisie se onwrikbare toewyding tot die […]
# French deputies vote on a controversial right-to-die bill today, the first step in a lengthy parliamentary process to legally grant patients medical assistance to end their lives in clearly defined circumstances. The initiative has the backing of President Emmanuel Macron, who has insisted, that any authorisation to choose death should be limited to people […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die Simposium oor Volhoubare Infrastruktuurontwikkeling in Kaapstad geloof as ‘n toegangspoort tot eindelose geleenthede. Hy het aan afgevaardigdes die belangrike rol van infrastruktuur in die bevordering van ekonomiese groei deur belegging, maatskaplike vooruitgang en werkskepping in Suid-Afrika beklemtoon. Ramaphosa het infrastruktuur die dryfveer van die ekonomie genoem, noodsaaklik vir die […]
