# Deputy minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Narend Singh, says South Africa is proactively building a more resilient agricultural sector and working on diversifying its trade portfolio. He addressed an event to mark the 80th anniversary of the Independence Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Pretoria yesterday. Singh emphasised that it […]
# The Solidarity Movement has launched the digital cultural home, MyHartland, connecting Afrikaners worldwide with their language, heritage, and community. Inspired by successful diaspora projects abroad, the platform offers news, cultural content, children’s resources, and opportunities to support projects in South Africa. According to Solidarity’s Marisa Engelbrecht, MyHartland, aims to preserve Afrikaner traditions for future generations while […]
# The Institute of Race Relations says the mounting job losses resulting from companies cutting back their operations or leaving the country entirely are concerning. ArcellorMittal SA is set to shut down by the end of September, resulting in three-thousand-500 job losses. Ford Motor Company SA also plans to cut 474 jobs at its plants […]
# The Justice and Constitutional Development deputy minister, Andries Nel, has commended the Small Claims Courts for their vital contribution to ensuring access to justice for all. Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of the Small Claims Courts, which deal with civil claims informally, without the need for lawyers. Nel says today, 418 courts are operating across […]
# The Johannesburg Development Agency, in partnership with the City of Johannesburg’s Development Planning Department, has launched the Urban Agriculture Food Resilience Infrastructure Project. This initiative aims to fight food insecurity, empower new farmers, and expand sustainable urban farming across the metro. The metro’s spokesperson, Virgil James, says the department has created a food resilience […]
# Vyf leerders is met skerp voorwerpe gesteek in ‘n rassevoorval by die Glenover Secondary School in Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal. Die geweld het volgens berigte losgebars na ‘n onderonsie op die sokkerveld waarby ouers en voormalige leerders betrek en tot polisie- en privaat sekuriteits-ingryping gelei het. Die skool het die aanval veroordeel en inwoners gewaarsku om […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het die Artikel 174-aansoek in die Senzo Meyiwa-moordverhoor deur beskuldigde nommer vier, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, van die hand gewys. Maphisa het aangevoer die Staat het hom nie met die 2014-moord verbind nie, maar aanklaers sê hy het voor Meyiwa se meisie, Kelly Khumalo, se huis die gebied dopgehou toe die Bafana […]
# Die DA sê die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Polisie moet dringend die broeiende magstryd oplos tussen die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, en nasionale polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola. Die geskil is veroorsaak deur die terugbesorging van 121 politieke moorddossiere aan die KwaZulu-Natalse taakspan. Lisa Schickerling van die DA glo die magstryd kan ondersoeke vertraag […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Regering het Tasneem Solomons gelukgewens met die verowering van haar tweede Wêreldmeesterstitel in snoeker vir vroue by die Wêreld-agtbalsnoekerkampioenskappe in Ennis, Ierland. Tasneem, van Bonteheuwel, het ook ‘n Ministeriële Aanprysing by die 2024 Wes-Kaapse Sporttoekennings ontvang. Die LUR vir Kultuursake en Sport, Ricardo Mackenzie, het haar toewyding en status as rolmodel geprys:
