Month: October 2020

Jayden Theunissen, 14, was gunned down, allegedly while walking to a tuck shop last week. CAPE TOWN – A man is expected to appear in the Atlantis Magistrates Court this week in connection with the murder of a 14-year-old boy in the area. Jayden Theunissen was gunned down, allegedly while walking to a tuck shop […]

The association planned to hand over a memorandum to both the ANC and to Gauteng Premier David Makhura’s office. About 300 members of Umkhonto WeSizwe Military Veterans Association arrived at the Gauteng Premier’s Office to handover a memorandum during a protest against the ANC ‘being replaced with colours that are different from the ANC that […]

The 24-hour hotline will allow South Africans to report police officers found committing crimes in real time. Ipid head Jennifer Ntlatseng. Picture: @SAgovnews/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Policer Minister Bheki Cele said with the launch of the Ipid hotline, communities would have better access to justice and recourse. Cele – along with the police watchdog’s executive director […]

WATCH LIVE: Mosebenzi Zwane confirms to Zondo that advance payment system used Former Free State MEC and Mining Minister Mosebenzi Zwane is back at the state capture commission on to shed light on a scheme that saw the province spend R600 million with no procurement process in place. A screenshot of Mosebenzi Zwane appearing before […]

The union’s provincial executive committee met over the weekend to discuss the latest developments, including the axing of Health MEC Bandile Masuku over the PPE corruption scandal. Gauteng Premier David Makhura. Picture: @GautengProvince/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Nurses’ union Denosa has called on Gauteng Premier David Makhura to step aside while the on-going investigation into COVID-19 corruption […]

Drivers are demanding that the business be regulated and are also calling for an end to the exploitation of operators. Bolt SA drivers protesting at the e-hailing service’s offices in Bryanston on 12 October 2020. Picture: Edwin Ntshidi/EWN BRYANSTON – E-hailing drivers have blocked the main entrance of an office park in Bryanston where Bolt […]

Bonang Mgwenya is accused of corruption, theft and money laundering after her arrest relating to a R200-million tender for police emergency warning equipment. Palm Ridge Magistrates Court. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – Deputy national police commissioner for human resources, Bonang Mgwenya appeared in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court for her alleged role in a multi-million-rand tender […]

SAPS members were on patrol in the Browns Farm area over the weekend when a cab driver approached them and reported he had been robbed by eight suspects. CAPE TOWN – A police officer has been stabbed in the shoulder while responding to a robbery involving an e-hailing driver. South African National Police Service (SAPS) […]