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Members of the police tactical combat task team deployed to Khayelitsha recovered two unlicensed firearms and ammunition and arrested 14 suspects on Friday night.

COSATU Free State noted with relief the pronouncement by the ANC National Working Committee concerning the establishment of the Provincial Task Team (PTT). We are relieved that the political leadership vacuum in the province has been filled. We hope and believe that the ANC through the PTT will be able to provide political leadership and oversight in the face of a myriad of challenges that are facing our people in various parts of our province.

Conrad Bornman, Netwerk24 An outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease has been identified in Mtubatuba, KZN. A temporary standstill of all cloven-hoofed animals has been imposed in several regions in the area.  FMD is a severe, highly contagious viral disease which affects livestock with significant economic impact.  A clampdown on the movement of cloven-hoofed animals has been imposed in several KwaZulu-Natal regions after an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in cattle was identified in Mt...

News24 Wire FMD is a severe, highly contagious viral disease which affects livestock and which carries significant economic impact. A herd of cows at Wallington Hall, Northumberland. Picture: iStock A clampdown on the movement of cloven-hoofed animals has been imposed in several KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) regions after an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in ca...

World Bank report ranks SA ports, including Cape Town, at bottom of the list At a position of 347 out of 351, the World Bank has placed the Port of Cape Town at the bottom of a list assessing global container port performance, ranking lower than all other ports in Africa which means our port is less efficient than Djibouti, Abidjan, Beira, Maputo, Walvis Bay, Dar es Salam and Mombasa. While Cape Town is listed as the top performing port in South Africa, this is no indication of success as all o...

Port of Cape Town is bottom of World Bank’s ranking on container port performance By Dieketseng Maleke Share The Port of Cape Town has been ranked at the bottom of the list that assessed global container port performance. The port was listed at position 347 out of 351. According to the information contained in the World Bank’s report titled The Container Port Performance Index 2020, Cape town ranked lower than other ports in Africa. The port is less efficient than Djibouti, Abidjan, B...

May 26 , 2021 The World Bank has placed the Port of Cape Town at the bottom of a list assessing global container port performance, at a position of 347 out of 351. Cape Town ranks lower than all other ports in Africa which means it is less efficient than Djibouti, Abidjan, Beira, Maputo, Walvis Bay, Dar es Salam and Mombasa, according to a press release by the office of the Western Cape Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, David Maynier. "While Cape Town is listed as the top-perform...

Port of Cape Town. Photo: South Africa Cargo Services, Facebook. NATIONAL NEWS - The Western Cape Minister of finance and economic opportunities, David Maynier, said in a media statement earlier today that the Western Cape Government established a port task team to find solutions for the challenges facing the port of Cape Town. This comes after a World Bank report ranked South African Ports, including the port of Cape Town, at a position of 347 out of 351 on a list asses...

Continuing inefficiencies at Port of Cape Town a risk for agricultural exports Following my recent meeting with the Citrus Growers Association (CGA), I wish to register my concern about the current state of service delivery at the Port of Cape Town and its potential negative impact on the export of agricultural products. With the Western Cape being responsible for 50% of South Africas agricultural exports, the Port of Cape Town is a vital cog in the wheel of the Western Cape and South Africas e...

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