# Rethink Your Drink and the DG Murray Trust are calling on government to action against the increase foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in the country. Rethink Your Drink’s Kashifa Ancer say South Africa has the highest rates of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in the world. She says nationally, one in 12 children are affected. She adds […]
# The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa says the 30-percent US import tariff is worsening pressure on South Africa’s struggling steel sector. Speaking at the Rand Mutual Assurance Prevention Conference in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, marketing executive Nuraan Alli said production fell by 1.4-percent last year, reversing 2023’s gains. She warned that the tariff […]
# The Green Connection’s strategic lead, Liz McDaid, says the State and Shell are seeking to appeal the High Court’s ruling that overturned government approval for offshore drilling along the South-West Coast in Block five–seven. Legal Advisor Shahil Singh calls the decision a major win for climate justice, coastal communities, and small-scale fishers. McDaid says […]
# Forum for South Africa kritiseer AfriForum en Saai se oproep vir internasionale sanksies teen EFF-leier Julius Malema. Dit gaan oor die liedere wat hy sing, veral Kill the Boer. AfriForum beplan om later vanjaar ʼn afvaardiging na Europa te stuur om ondersteuning te werf vir geteikende sanksies teen Malema. Die forum se leier, Tebogo […]
# As the world commemorates International Day of Charity today, Inyathelo, the South African Institute for Advancement, is calling on citizens to support the non-profit sector. This day is to raise awareness and mobilise people, NGOs, and stakeholders globally to help others through volunteer and philanthropic activities. Inyathelo’s Feryal Domingo says citizens must also engage in […]
# Die Stad Tshwane sê hy gaan voort om aan die onderhoud en infrastruktuur in openbare ruimtes in Streek 4 voorkeur te gee deur die Geïntegreerde Bestuursplan. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Korporatiewe en Gedeelde Dienste, Kholofelo Morodi, sê stormwaterkanale in Valhalla en Olievenhoutbosch is skoongemaak en word onderhou om die gevaar van oorstromings in die komende […]
# Forum for South Africa has criticised AfriForum and Saai’s call for international sanctions against EFF leader Julius Malema. This is over the struggle songs he sing,s particularly ‘Kill the Boer’. AfriForum is set to send a delegate to Europe later this year to garner support for targeted sanctions against the EFF leader. FOSA leader, […]
# Die Good-party het die aanstelling van Sarah Helena Roberts as die Wes-Kaap se nuwe Kommissaris vir Kinders verwelkom Die kantoor val onder die Wes-Kaapse Wet op die Kommissaris vir Kinders van 2019 en is verantwoordelik vir ondersoeke en ondersteuning aan rolspelers van die regering. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê Roberts beskik oor die […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus in Tshwane eis ‘n dringende ondersoek na die geheimsinnige verdwyning van vier vesoekskrifte wat die party by ‘n raadsvergadering in Mei voorgelê het. Die vier hou verband met kragonderbrekings in Wyk 55, die openbare swembad in Hillcrest, onwettige geboue in Wyk 98, en ‘n versoek om Centurion tot rampgebied te verklaar […]
