# The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa launched a report entitled, Food for Thought. The report aims to better understand how some of the institute’s partners and client groups have been affected by and responded to food insecurity and hunger issues. It says 23.1-percent of households nationally consider their access to food as inadequate or severely inadequate. The institute […]
# Cape Town’s I AM WATER Ocean Conservation Foundation has been nominated for the 2025 Earthshot Prize. The foundation, connecting underserved youth to the ocean, gained global recognition for its Ocean For All initiative. Founder Hanli Prinsloo says ocean connection transforms communities and more than 48-thousand-900 youth have benefitted since 2019. The prestigious Earthshot Prize […]
# Chinese airlines might order up to 300 narrow-body and wide-body Airbus passenger aircraft as soon as next month when European leaders visit Beijing. Bloomberg News quotes industry sources saying China has frequently timed large jet orders to coincide with state visits, but caution negotiations are not guaranteed to result in a deal amid volatility […]
# China has slammed comments made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the world will never forget the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, as an attack on China. Foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian says Rubio’s statements maliciously distort historical facts, deliberately attack China’s political system and developmental path, and seriously interfere in China’s internal […]
# Die Stad Tshwane se Departement van Gemeenskapsveiligheid het ‘n memorandum van samewerking met die Tshwane Metropolisie en Aware.org onderteken. Die departement sê dis ‘n deurslaggewende stap in die stryd teen dronkbestuur. As deel van die ooreenkoms het Aware.org 200 ultramoderne bloed-alkohol-toetsstelle aan die metropolisie geskenk. Die departement sê dit sal beamptes in staat stel […]
# Die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand sê die Wits Food Sovereignty Hub, ‘n meerdoelige sentrum vir voedselproduksie, versterk die veldtog om heheer te neem oor voedselvoorsiening en meer gemeenskapstuine te vestig. Die universiteit sê tuine op die kampus ondersteun studente wat nie kos kan bekostig nie deur vars groente te verskaf. Hulp met die bou […]
# Cosatu says the government must honour its 2018 and 2022 commitments for a comprehensive review of the various fuel taxes and levies, which consume approximately a third of the fuel price. The fuel levy increase has come into effect, after the Western Cape High Court dismissed the EFF’s application to suspend it. Cosatu’s spokesperson, […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap sê geen kind moet in hulle eie gemeenskap verdwyn sonder vinnige en beslissende optrede om hul veilig huis toe te bring nie. ʼn Vrou se liggaam is gister in die Paarl gevind toe die gemeenskap na die vermiste tiener, Chanelle Plaatjies, gesoek het. Die polisie het nog nie bevestig […]
# The City of Tshwane Community Safety Department has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tshwane Metro Police and Aware.org. The department says this is a decisive step forward in the fight against alcohol-impaired driving. Under the terms of this partnership, Aware.org has handed over 200 state-of-the-art blood-alcohol testing kits to the TMPD. The […]
