Month: October 2020

Many claimed that they had not received a cent from the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS). A group of Numsa-affiliated workers protested at the Labour Department’s provincial head offices in Cape Town on 30 September 2020. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN CAPE TOWN – Trade union Numsa handed over a memorandum to the Labour Department on Wednesday […]

The final exam period starts on 5 November and will conclude on 15 December. CAPE TOWN – In just over a month’s time more than 1 million grade 12s will sit for their final exams. This year around things will be vastly different thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. With schools closed for months, […]

The Luyolo claimants on Wednesday visited the Dido Valley site where subsidised housing units will be constructed for them. Luyolo claimants visit the Dido Valley site in Simon’s Town on 30 September 2020 where subsidised housing units will be constructed for them. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN – Land claimants moving back to the Simons Town […]

702 has tweaked its offering – and this is what you have to look forward to! 702 Presenters share their excitement for the new look and positioning by revealing show features they are introducing. presenters-articlejpg For the past few weeks we’ve been gearing up for a big refresh following a series of lineup changes and […]

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkwhebane’s findings indicated that former Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson was misled by the former boss of the Strategic Fuel Fund Association, Sibusiso Gamede on the sale of SA’s oil reserves. FILE: Former Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson. Picture: GCIS CAPE TOWN – Former Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said that while she had seemingly […]

Professor Job Mokgoro is at the state capture commission to testify about a R50 million payment that he allegedly authorised when he was director-general of that province. A screengrab of North West Premier Job Mokgoro at the state capture inquiry on 1 October 2020. Picture: SABC/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – North West Premier Job Mokgoro has conceded […]

It’s understood the suspect, who was linked to the controversial multi-million rand Free State asbestos project, presented himself to authorities in Durban on Thursday afternoon. It’s understood the suspect presented himself to authorities in Durban on Thursday 01 October 2020. Picture: 123rf JOHANNESBURG – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Thursday said a seventh suspect […]

Khayelitsha community urged to mobilise after mass shooting Six men were shot dead and four others wounded when gunmen opened fire in a house in Site C on Wednesday afternoon. A general view of Khayelitsha, in Cape Town, on 31 March 2020. Picture: AFP CAPE TOWN – The motive for a mass shooting in Khayelitsha […]