# A global study has linked air pollution to lung cancer-driving DNA mutations, particularly in people who have never smoked. Researchers found higher pollution levels correspond to more cancer-promoting mutations, including in the TP53 gene, commonly linked to smoking. The study, involving 871 lung cancer patients across continents, also found air pollution shortens telomeres, a […]
# The George Municipality in the Western Cape has allocated 250-million-rand for new infrastructure projects in the 2025/2026 financial year. It is currently implementing large-scale road and infrastructure upgrades across the city to support the expansion of the GO GEORGE public transport service. The municipality’s spokesperson, Chantel Edwards-Klose says these upgrades form part of a […]
# Minstens vier mense is dood en tientalle word vermis nadat ‘n veerboot naby die Indonesiese vakansie-eiland Bali gesink het. Die Nasionale Soek- en Reddingsagentskap sê die boot het 53 passasiers en 12 bemanningslede aan boord gehad toe dit onderweg van die eiland Java gesink het. Owerhede sê 29 oorlewendes is gered en die soektog […]
# The UK is over halfway to a net zero carbon economy, with significant progress driven by cleaner energy and rising electric vehicle sales. Positive tipping points like cheaper, better electric cars show self-propelling change is possible. Yet, heat pump adoption remains slow, risking 2030 climate targets. Boosting demand, installer confidence, and making heat pumps […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed the release of the 2025 State of Conservation Report by CapeNature. The party says the report highlights urgent concerns, with over 30-percent of ecosystems in the province critically endangered, including coastal marine, freshwater, terrestrial, and estuarine systems. The DA’s Dave Bryant says 16-percent of all indigenous species, including vegetation and animals, are currently […]
# Cosatu sê hy het sy aanbieding oor die 2025/2026-wysigingswetsontwerpe oor die Aanwending van die Begroting en Eskom se Skuldverligting aan die Parlement se staande komitee oor Begrotings gedoen. Cosatu-woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê Cosatu het die bedrag vir kritieke en ekonomiese infrastruktuur verwelkom, wat ‘n bykomende 34-miljard-rand behels, om die totale belegging in infrastruktuur oor […]
# At least four people have died and dozens are missing after a ferry sank off Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali. The National Search and Rescue Agency says the boat was carrying 53 passengers and 12 crew members when it sank on its way to Bali from the eastern coast of the island of Java. […]
# Die EFF verwelkom verskillende rolspelers se voorleggings oor die Privaatlid-wetsontwerp om eienaarskap van die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank aan ʼn demokraties verkose staat oor te dra. Die party sê die wetsontwerp wat sy leier, Julius Malema, in 2018 voorgestel het, het twee keer in die vyfde en sesde Parlement misluk. Die EFF sê dit was nie weens […]
# Cosatu says it has presented its submission on the 2025/2026 Budget’s Appropriation and Eskom Debt Relief Amendment Bills to Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks says the federation has welcomed the positive increase in funding for critical and economic infrastructure, with an additional 34-billion-rand bringing total infrastructure investments over the next three years to […]
