# Die Minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, sê die kansellasie van die Nasionale Instituut van Gesondheid se befondsing is ‘n reuse-terugslag vir Suid-Afrika. Meer as 4,5-miljard-rand se navorsingsbeurse vir MIV/Vigs en tuberkulose was oor die naweek beiëndig. Kenners beraam dat die instelling 70-persent van Suid-Afrika se mediese navorsing befonds. Die verwikkeling kan lei tot werksverliese […]
# Build One South Africa sê die laaste bevinding en navorsing deur die Teddiebeer-stigting het die skokkende realiteit blootgelê dat Suid-Afrika se mislukte regstelsel nie die kwesbare kinders in die gemeenskap beskerm nie. BOSA-woordvoerder, Roger Solomons sê volgens die Teddiebeer-stigting, is meer as vyf-duisend sake van kindermishandeling in die laaste vyf jaar by die organisasie […]
# Cape Town’s property market is thriving, fueled by digital nomads bringing billions in economic growth. Prop-tech firm Launchbase reports over 4.8 billion-rand in transactions in 2024, driven by remote workers seeking high-end rentals. The city’s Nomad Week highlights its strategy to attract global talent. While concerns exist over affordability, experts say the trend boosts […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation says it has increased outflows at the Bloemhof Dam by 100-cubic-meters-per-second to over 350-cubic-meters-per-second to allow for the extra water that is expected from the Vaal Dam. Water levels at the dam are currently at 98.69-percent and the aim is to keep it at below 100-percent. The department’s spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa says […]
# Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says the National Institutes of Health funding cancellation is a major setback for South Africa. Over 4.5-billion-rand in US-funded HIV and TB research grants were terminated over the weekend. Experts estimate NIH funds 70-percent of South Africa’s medical research. The move could lead to job losses and halted clinical trials. […]
# Die MK-party het die minister van Justisie, Mamoloko Kubayi, se reaksie op die lang uitstaande geregtelike doodsondersoek na die Cradock-Vier-moorde gekritiseer. Die party beskuldig die regering van ‘n gebrek aan dringendheid om sake van die Waarheids- en Versoeningskommissie af te handel. Veiligheidspolisielede het die anti-apartheidsaktiviste in Junie 1985 ontvoer en vermoor. Die datum vir […]
# Die ANC het die onwrikbare solidariteit verwelkom wat progressiewe parlementslede van regoor die wêreld onder die vaandel van Progressive International getoon het. Meer as 100 lede van parlemente en wetgewers het Suid-Afrika se onafhanklikheid bevestig en die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, versoek om sy uitvoerende bevel van 7 Februarie terug te trek waarin alle […]
# Researchers from Stellenbosch University and China have successfully tested an ultra-secure quantum satellite communication link. They sent an image of the Great Wall of China 12-thousand-900 kilometres from Beijing to Stellenbosch. This groundbreaking achievement marks the longest quantum satellite link ever established, and the first in the southern hemisphere. The project aims to develop […]
# BOSA says the latest findings and research by the Teddy Bear Foundation has laid bare the shocking reality of South Africa’s failing justice system when it comes to protecting vulnerable children in the society. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons says according the Teddy Bear Foundation, more than five-thousand cases of child abuse were reported to […]
