South Africa is suffering from one of its worst heat waves and will only turn to more livable climatic conditions by Wednesday.
Vioolsdrif sets new temperature record with 54° Celsius, the highest temperature measurement in the world
Newborn baby died because ambulance service from Kimberley Hospital takes six hours to arrive
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A newborn baby from Kimberley died because the ambulance apparently took six hours to reach her home, which is only 15 minutes from the hospital.
Desiree Abrahams, 32, of Beaconsfield began contracting Saturday morning at 8am and immediately called the ambulance service of Kimberley Hospital.
Jamie Gatyene, Abraham’s girlfriend and neighbor, was with her in the bedroom with other family members to assist her.
Six people each called the ambulance.
She called the ambulance several times, and each time the response was that an ambulance was on its way.
When she called at 11am, Abrahams was told to lie on her side to prevent the contractions from worsening.
“In the meantime, her water broke and we kept calling the ambulance.”
According to Gatyene, the child “came out”, but she is uncertain if the baby was stillborn and whether she was still alive after childbirth.
Abrahams apparently felt the baby move inside her until shortly before birth.
She i
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Northern Cape farmers forced to knees with worst drought crisis in 70 years
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The years-long drought in parts of the Northern Cape has made it the worst crisis the province has experienced in the last 70 years.
Livestock donations and even cash donations are regularly received from organizations and individual donors, but the crisis is far from being far too small.
Estimates made indicate that at least R750m is needed to save the farmers from total ruin.
Many farmers have reduced their livestock to core numbers with which they intend to rebuild a herd when the rain comes, but it will take years to put the total number of livestock back on each farm.
Donors are requested to liaise with organized agriculture as the government is quite reluctant to alleviate the need.
Meeting held in Kimberley end in chaos after diamond diggers and zama-zama gold miners arrive with weapons
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Apparently, the world-renowned diamond city Kimberley’s project to tie the so-called zama-zama gold miners and diamond miners together into a legal structure did not produce good results.
The meeting held in Kimberley became riotous after diggers with arms arrived at the meeting.
The actions of dozens of diamond miners, who illegally exploited the diamond fields without permits, soon struck the national effort to create law and order.
Some of the illegal diggers say they claim their area that has been deprived of them since the 19th century, and the more than 800 diggers who are unlicensed diggers have completely disrupted the meeting.
They work in an area of about 1,500 acres rich diamond field and refuse to give a thumbs up for their “rights”.
A new licensed cooperative structure has been created, but the majority of diggers refuse to join it, while others have apparently been denied shareholders.
The illegal mines and quarries operated by nearly 10
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Orania student-teacher accused of raping a minor while attending Volkskool Orania: Accused born and raised in Orania
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Orania is no stranger to controversy. However, the “whites-only” Afrikaaner town in the Northern Cape found itself in the headlines for a non-racial matter last week. A student-teacher – who grew-up in the isolated settlement – has been accused of raping a minor while attending Volkskool Orania.
The case has rocked locals and outsiders alike, with Orania priding itself on an allegedly “crime-free” reputation. Representatives of the SAPS’s Child Protection Unit turned up at the school to investigate a case of child molestation against the educator-in-training last month.
The area receives assistance from Hopetown SAPS. The location is a 30-minute drive from Orania, and it is at their local magistrates where the alleged rapist will face the music. Orania is still subject to the South African Constitution, so traditional law remains. They are also assisted by authorities in the Pixley ka Seme district.
Here’s what we know about the suspect. No, he
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Drought relief for Northern Cape – ANC-regime promises to assist farmers with R30m in aid– this is like a drop in the ocean
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The R30m pledge to assist farmers in the severe drought of the Northern Cape is hardly a drop in the ocean.
David Mabuza indicated that he may be visiting the drought-stricken Northern Cape to determine for himself the extent of the drought and the conditions in which the farmers find themselves.
The Department is guilty of having spent considerable time in the agricultural sector, and Mabuza owes the farmer an explanation, one of the farmers said.
Meanwhile, he promised drought relief in the form of animal feed to the area’s farmers, but farmers remained skeptical of the promise.
More borrowing, Eskom secures R1.5 billion loan from French Development Agency, they are so deep in trouble, how on earth will they pay it back?
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The utility’s Group Chief Executive, Phakamani Hadebe, said the multi-tranche loan facility will contribute to Eskom’s plans to strengthen and refurbish the transmission infrastructure.
Eskom and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have signed a R1.5 billion (EUR 90 million) loan agreement to support the electricity utility’s investments in extending and strengthening its power transmission grid along the west coast of South Africa.
This loan constitutes the first tranche of a R 6.5 billion (EUR 400 million) multi-tranche loan facility signed between the two institutions in March 2017.
“This first tranche will be dedicated to financing of the Namaqualand Strengthening Phase 2: Juno Gromis Project, which aims to strengthen the power network in the Northern Cape Province, integrate renewable energy sources, and ultimately facilitate cross border transmission,” said the power utility.
Eskom plans to refurbish tran
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