BRITS POS – BRITS – South Africa’s first medicinal, indigenous and herbal seed bank containing more than 20 000 seeds was opened by Sandy Roberts, daughter of the late Margaret Roberts at the Margaret Roberts Herbal Centre in De Wildt last Saturday 17 May, commemorating its 20 years of closure.
The idea of the seed bank germinated in 2001 when Margaret and Sandy visited the Seychelles botanical gardens and saw a seed bank in which all the Seychelles indigenous seeds were safely sealed away for 50 years.
Mei is gesond-heidsmaand!
BRITS POS – BRITS – Die Vroue Landbou-unie Brits-tak se Mei vergadering is saamgeroep deur die gesondheid-strudierigting en die keuse vir ‘n sprekers, is ‘n kenner uit die mediese veld, dr Marlize Cochrane-Boeyens.
Haar toespraak oor mediese-etiek was baie interessant en die 28 bestaande lede én twee nuwe lede, Lynette Ferreira en Elsa van Rooyen, wat die vergadering bygewoon het, het haar toespraak baie insiggewend gevind.
DAMONSVILLE - Vrae gevra nadat seuntjie (8) in riooldam verdrink
BRITS POS – DAMONSVILLE – Die ouers van die 8-jarige Danique Frank, Wessel Frank en Johanna Rooi is in skok en rou gedompel, nadat hulle seuntjie in ‘n riooldam verdrink het.
Na ‘n uitgebreide onsuksesvolle soektog deur familie, vriende en gemeenskaplede, is Danique Saterdag, 14:00 as vermis by die polisie aangemeld.
Wild- en veestrikke
BRITS POS – KAMEELDRIFT - Boere word op hulle knieë gedwing met die aanhoudende en wreedaardige wyse waarop wild en vee in draadstrikke op plase in die Krokodilgemeenskap gevang word. “Van Saterdag tot Dinsdag is 46 strikke van ‘n 40 hektaar kamp op ‘n plaas verwyder en die omheiningsdraad is op twee plekke geknip,” vertel Janus Fourie van die plaaslike GPF. “Al die strikke is nuut, gemaak van elektriese kabels wat gebruik word om geëlektrifiseerde heinings op te rig.” (Foto’s: verskaf)
Why Eskom chased away skilled workers
BRITS POS – BRITS - For years, Eskom prioritised race targets over retaining and developing valuable technical skills. The power utility is now paying the price for this strategy.
During Eskom’s 2025 Winter Outlook briefing, chairman Mteto Nyati said the power utility did not meet expectations.
“We have not been proud of how we have performed. A few metrics showed that things did not align with what we were capable of doing,” he said.
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