# AfriForum says the silence of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister, Dion George, over Tenbosch Mining’s application to establish a coal mine near the Kruger National Park is concerning. Last month, the organisation requested that the department and the South African National Parks issue a public statement on their position regarding the application. AfriForum’s […]
# Die regering vra Suid-Afrikaners in Kinderbeskermingsmaand om saam te staan en elke kind se waardigheid, veiligheid en onskuld te beskerm. Verslae toon dat meer as die helfte van die land se kinders steeds onder die broodlyn leef. Geweld, armoede en wanvoeding, ongelykheid en onvoldoende toegang tot noodsaaklike dienste belemmer ook kinders se oorlewing, groei […]
# ActionSA sê hy gaan die minister van Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologie, Solly Malatsi, skriftelik versoek om dringend by die Staatsnligtingstegnologie-agentskap in te gryp om die leierskap en bestuur bestendig te maak. Alan Beesley van die party sê die onlangse verslag van die Ouditeur-generaal aan die Parlement se staande komitee oor Openbare Rekeninge skilder ‘n […]
# The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and the Uitenhage District Taxi Association have agreed to rebuild two bridges that collapsed during the June 2024 floods. After extensive meetings with stakeholders, National Treasury has approved 89-million-rand in funding. A large portion will go towards road repairs and maintenance. UDTA chairperson, Mbuyiseli Mfengu, told the SABC, that […]
# The City of Cape Town says it continues to support projects to increase the metro’s global connections by air and sea. Prime examples of this are the city-supported Air Access and Cruise Cape Town initiatives, which are both administered by Wesgro. Mayoral committee member for Economic Growth, James Vos, says new flights and cruise […]
# With May being Child Protection Month, government is calling on all South Africans to unite in safeguarding the dignity, safety, and innocence of every child. Reports state that more than half the children in the country continue to live below the poverty line. Violence, poverty and malnutrition, inequality, and inadequate access to essential services […]
# ActionSA says it will write to Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi, calling for his urgent intervention into the State Information Technology Agency to stabilise its leadership and governance. The party’s Alan Beesley says the recent report by the Auditor-General to Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts paints a grim picture of SITA’s performance. He says […]
# ‘n Professor in chemie aan die Universiteit van Pretoria, Patricia Forbes, is aangestel as hoofredakteur van die internasionaal bekende navorsingsjoernaal ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. Die joernaal van die Amerikaanse Chemiese-vereniging bevorder die interdissiplinêre toepassing van chemie op natuurlike materiale en prosesse in die aarde, op sy oppervlak en in sy atmosfeer, asook in […]
# Die internasionale sommeliersvereniging gaan vir die eerste keer in sy 55-jarige bestaan sy algemene vergadering in Afrika aanbied, en wel in Stellenbosch en Kaapstad. Die geskiedkundige geleentheid beklemtoon Afrika se al groter rol in die wêreldwye wynkultuur en baan die weg vir die vereniging se 2027-kompetisie vir Beste Sommelier in Afrika en die Midde-Ooste. […]
