# Die VF Plus verwelkom ‘n skikking tussen die Tshwane-metro en die Kleinfontein-aandeleblok, wat deur die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria bekragtig is. Die ooreenkoms beëindig ‘n langdurige regsgeskil oor Kleinfontein se vestiging as ‘n dorp. Kleinfontein moet teen 31 Augustus ‘n nuwe dorpstigtingsaansoek indien. Die skikking stel ook die tariewe vir munisipale boete tersyde wat voorheen […]
# Lesings is op verskeie kampusse van die Kaapse Skiereiland Universiteit van Tegnologie opgeskort, nadat studente dit tot stilstand gebring het met betogings oor verskeie bekommernisse, insluitend die voorgestelde finansiële plan vir 2027. Studente is ook ongelukkig oor ‘n verpligte voorafbetaling van sewe-duisend-rand vir akademiese en koshuisregistrasie. Die president van die Studenteraad, Liyabulela Gela, sê […]
# Die Kaapse Vlakte Veiligheidsforum dring aan die nuutaangestelde Wes-Kaapse polisiekommissaris, Sizakele Dyanti, moet ‘n ander benadering volg as sy voorganger, Thembisile Patekile. Dyanti begin op 1 September in die pos. Die oproep volg op die dood van 11 mense hierdie naweek in afsonderlike voorvalle regoor die provinsie. Abie Isaacs van die forum sê Dyanti […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het vier groot infrastruktuurbeleggingsgeleenthede verwelkom wat aan plaaslike en internasionale ontwikkelingsfinansiers in Sandton aangebied is. Die projekte behels behuising, lugvaart, grootmaatwater en energie, met ‘n gekombineerde skuldfinansieringsvereiste van meer as 53-miljard-rand. Macpherson sê Infrastructure South Africa verbind geloofwaardige projekte met beleggers om hulle na finansiële […]
# Nvidia has partnered with six major financial institutions to raise over 8.1-trillion-rand in third-party capital to fund AI infrastructure. The financiers who signed the memorandum of understanding with Nvidia are Goldman Sachs, Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, and KKR. The move highlights how surging demand for AI computing capacity is drawing institutional investors, as governments, […]
# Navorsers in Queensland het vyf Australiese eksters met GPS-opspoorders toegerus om hul bewegings dop te hou en te probeer uitvind hoe ouderdom, geslag en rangorde hul gedrag beïnvloed. Die voëls het mekaar egter binne enkele minute met hul snawels gehelp om dit los te maak en al die toestelle te verwyder. Die navorsers beskou […]
# Three crew members have been killed in a suspected Houthi attack on a cargo ship in Yemen’s Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Yemeni coast guard and military sources say the Tanzanian-flagged vessel was hit by a projectile off the coast of al-Mokha. Two Pakistani crew members and one Indonesian were reportedly killed. British maritime authorities confirmed […]
# The FF Plus welcomes a settlement between the Tshwane metro and Kleinfontein Share Block, ratified by the High Court in Pretoria. The agreement ends a long-running legal dispute over Kleinfontein’s formalisation as a town. Kleinfontein must submit a new township establishment application by 31 August. The settlement also sets aside penalty municipal rates previously […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has welcomed four major infrastructure investment opportunities presented to local and international development financiers in Sandton. The projects span housing, aviation, bulk water and energy, with a combined debt-finance requirement exceeding 53-billion-rand. Macpherson says Infrastructure South Africa is connecting credible projects with investors to move them towards […]
