Month: September 2020

The seven activists legally booked the house more than a week ago but have overstayed their welcome. CAPE TOWN – A group of activists illegally occupying a mansion in Camps Bay have been served with an eviction order. The seven activists legally booked the house more than a week ago but have overstayed their welcome. […]

Andrea Hartzenburg is one of 2.2 million people who’ve lost their jobs during the second quarter of this year. Andrea Hartzenberg believes that being retrenched during the lockdown was a blessing in disguise as it allowed her to start her own business. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN – A Cape Town woman who lost her job […]

Trade union Numsa said the protest outside the UIF offices in Cape Town related to non-payment from the Temporary Employee Relief Scheme. FILE: The demonstrators, who are affiliated to Numsa, claim government failed to pay UIF for months. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – Dozens of workers protested at the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) provincial offices […]

Minenhle Mhlongo’s body was discovered in a bush close to her home on Heritage Day. She had been left in the care of a relative while her mother went to work the day before. Minenhle Mhlongo’s body was discovered in a bush close to her home on Heritage Day. Picture: Supplied DURBAN – KwaZulu-Natal police […]

WATCH LIVE: Higher education briefing on level 1 regulations Minister Blade Nzimande is briefing the media on the regulations relating to the COVID-19 level 1 restrictions. Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Blade Nzimande on 9 June 2020 briefed the media in Pretoria on the state of readiness for the phased return of students […]

Five suspects were arrested, one was expected to hand himself over, and one was still at large Hawks arrest one of seven on 30 September 2020 in connection with the R255 million Free State asbestos project. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Hawks on Wednesday said four of the seven suspects rounded up by the […]

Ministers are briefing media on Wednesday afternoon on the directives and regulations related to travel and transport under level 1 of the national COVID-19 lockdown. FILE: International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor. Picture: @DIRCO_ZA/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Government has announced that international travellers from high-risk countries that will get limited access to the country from […]

This was highlighted by Western Cape Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Yolisa Matakata who spoke at a memorial for Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear in Belhar on Wednesday. The widow of Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear lights a candle at a memorial service for his husband on 30 September 2020 held in Belhar. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter CAPE TOWN […]

Busisiwe Mkhwebane has also revealed other reports in the pipeline include one of maladministration on the irregular appointment of staff in the City of Johannesburg during the time of former Mayor Herman Mashaba. FILE: Mkhwebane told Parliament investigations into high profile cases such as the Vrede Dairy project were still not complete. Picture: EWN CAPE […]

This article first appeared on The Conversation. The national state of disaster declared by the South African government on 15 March 2020 was a direct response to COVID-19. But that response inadvertently intensified three other existing disasters: poverty, unemployment and inequality. More South Africans are poor and unemployed now than before the lockdown was imposed. […]