Author: admin

ActionSA leaders Herman Mashaba and Michael Beaumont will not be attending Parliament. (Deaan Vivier/Netwerk24) ActionSA chairman Herman Mashaba and national chair Michael Beaumont will not be attending Parliament.The pair say they will instead focus on building the party and preparing for local elections in 2026.ActionSA will still send six members to parliament and its leader will be Athol Trollip.ActionSA leaders will not go to Parliament and will instead focus on building the party ahead of the 2026 local government elections.Party leader Herman Mashaba and national chairman Michael Beaumont are not on the final list of six party members to be…

A man blows a horn at Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Jerusalem Day Flag March on June 5, 2024. (HAZEM BADER / AFP) Israeli nationalists marched in east Jerusalem on Monday to mark the city's 1967 reunification.”We send a message to Hamas: Jerusalem is ours,” National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said at the march.He had earlier said protesters intended to storm Al-Aqsa mosque, where tensions are high.Thousands of Israeli nationalists marched through annexed east Jerusalem on Wednesday as authorities deployed police amid rising tensions nearly eight months into the Gaza war.The so-called Jerusalem Day…

At least four states are expected to experience high fire risk. (Shawn Gladwell/Getty Images) The South African Weather Service has predicted high fire danger in at least four provinces, while cold, wet and windy weather is expected in other parts of the country.Impact-Based Warnings An orange level 5 warning for high tides has been issued for the coast between Plettenberg Bay and Buffalo City, which could cause flooding, particularly in low-water coastal areas at the estuary. Disruption to smaller ports, damage to beaches, dunes and estuaries, and even river bank breaches further upstream are expected.A level 2 amber warning has…

Reading Time: 2 MinutesThe African National Congress (ANC) said it had met with at least six political parties with a view to forming a coalition or national unity government at national and provincial levels. This was revealed at a press conference held by the party in Johannesburg this morning. The participating parties are the Democratic Alliance (DA), Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), National Freedom Party (NFP) and Patriotic Alliance (PA). ANC spokesperson Malengi Bhengu Motsili said the party wanted to form a government that would put the interests of South Africans first, but negotiations with the MK…

Reading Time: 3 MinutesEighteen political parties are represented in the Seventh Democratic Assembly, four more than the 18 in the previous Assembly, seven of which are new to the National Assembly. Fifty-two political parties and six independent candidates ran in the national elections. The parliamentary administration has been working since last year to prepare for the new parliament, but what does the increase in political parties in parliament mean for democracy and the administration of parliament? “The problem is that the notion of political pluralism creates space for division because currently we have a shopping list of parties and there…

Combating the pharmaceutical contamination crisis is all about designing more environmentally friendly medicines, not wastewater treatment. (Getty Images) TThe Earth's ecosystems are being polluted by Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), posing increasing risks to wildlife and human health. Environmental protection efforts have focused primarily on upgrading wastewater treatment infrastructure to effectively remove drugs before they are released into waterways. But greener medicines must be designed to minimise their impact on the environment, said 17 international scientists who published a new study in the journal. Natural sustainability on wednesday. “Greener medicines reduce the chance of contamination throughout their entire cycle,” said Gorka…

28 minutes agoTom Espiner,BBC Business CorrespondentJapan Post Horizon IT InquiryPerkins was told that Fujitsu was reducing the quality of its software. The investigation found that former Postmaster General Alice Perkins was warned about potential flaws in the Horizon IT system as early as 2011.At the time, the Post Office was charging hundreds of subpostmasters with fraud based on inaccurate data from its Horizon accounting software.The cases are set to continue into 2015.Perkins, who was testifying at the inquiry into the scandal, said he had not intended to link the two at the time.It was also reported that the Ministry of…

Convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester. (Photo by Fricky Kapp/Gallo Images via Getty Images) CThabo Bester, who was convicted of rape and murder, has asked the Free State High Court to allow the public to sign a petition calling for the release of his death sentence and his co-accused, who he claims had nothing to do with his May 2022 escape from Mangaung Correctional Centre. “If this court is going to accept the petition and the public can sign it and let me rest in peace, this is not the way I want to proceed,” Bester told the Bloemfontein court…

Funds raised will go to Gift of the Givers' efforts supporting relief efforts following the events in Torngaat. KwaZulu-Natal music festivals ZA Fest and KAMERS Makers will go ahead as scheduled later this month, after the festivals pledged to make a donation to victims of the tornado that hit Torngaat. “ZA Fest will donate a portion of ticket sales from our event to relief efforts to help victims of natural disasters,” said ZA Fest co-founder Evan Roberts. Citizen. Giving back “The funds will be donated to Gift of the Givers' efforts to support relief efforts following the unexpected damage and…

About 50 percent of the world's grasslands are degraded, and overexploitation, misuse, climate change and biodiversity loss all pose serious threats to humanity's food supply and the well-being or survival of billions of people, they write. Dr Ian Little.This year's theme for World Environment Day is “Our Land. Our Future”, providing an opportunity for everyone to reflect on the benefits of investing in restoring land and habitats, and protecting people and wildlife.World Environment Day comes just weeks after the release of the UN's World Land Outlook thematic report on rangelands and pastoralists, which shows that around 50% of the world's…