Month: October 2020

Soweto, Ivory Park residents hit by “load reduction” The power utility said the so called “load reduction” would last until 9am. Light bulb. Picture: Freeimages.com JOHNNESBURG – Thousands of people in Soweto and Ivory Park on Tuesday woke up without electricity. Eskom deliberately cut them off at 5am, saying it was trying to avoid network […]

According to the department, 888 new infections were picked up which pushed the number of known cases in the country since the start of the outbreak to over 693, 359. JOHANNESBURG – The Department of Health on Monday recorded 83 more COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the death toll to 17,863. According to the department, 888 […]

Enock Mpianzi (14) drowned at a Parktown Boys High orientation camp in January at the Nyathi Bush and River Break Resort in Brits. A picture of Enock Mpianzi is displayed during his memorial service at Parktown Boys’ High on Tuesday, 28 January 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – The family of Parktown Boys High pupil, […]

Case against men accused of murdering 11-year-old Kraaifontein child postponed Duran Visagie was struck in the head by a stray bullet and was rushed to hospital where he died the next morning. Two suspects face charges of murder at the Blue Downs Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 12 October 2020, following the death of an 11-year-old […]

Close to 80 organisations said the COVID-19 social relief of distress grant and the caregivers grant must be extended until the country had a comprehensive plan for guaranteed basic incomes. FILE: Social distancing is enforced at a shopping centre where social grant recipients are collecting their payouts on 30 March 2020. Picture: @The_DSD/Twitter CAPE TOWN […]

Former Free State Human Settlements MEC Mosebenzi Zwane is back at the commission to testify about a R1 billion low-cost housing project. A screengrab of former Cabinet minister and former Free State Housing MEC Mosebenzi Zwane appearing at the state capture inquiry in Johannesburg on 25 September 2020. Picture: SABC/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – The state capture […]

Pupil Enock Mpianzi (13) drowned in the Crocodile River at a lodge in the North West while on a school orientation camp. Enock Mpianzi, the 13-year-old Parktown Boys’ High pupil who drowned during a school camp at the Nyati lodge in the North West. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) […]

In a series of tweets the Transport Minister shared his views on those complaining about him claiming the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa was their milking cow and that his sin was closing the taps for their fake security companies. FILE: Carl Niehaus, spokesperson of the uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association, led supporters […]

In a statement on Monday, the league said the nurses’ union’s calls for Gauteng Premier David Makhura to step aside were ill-informed and irrational. FILE: Gauteng Premier David Makhura. Picture: @GautengProvince/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in Gauteng has defended Premier David Makhura as the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa […]

The group stormed the company’s offices in Bryanston on Monday and blocked its main entrance, calling on management to hear their grievances. Bolt SA drivers protesting at the e-hailing service’s offices in Bryanston on 12 October 2020. Picture: Edwin Ntshidi/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Police have fired rubber bullets at striking e-hailing divers along William Nicol Drive. […]