Year: 2020

The DA says Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has abandoned his commitment to stop costly cash lifelines. South African Airways planes. Picture: Facebook.com CAPE TOWN – Funding for state-owned entities has caused consternation among opposition parties. On Wednesday, it was announced that South African Airways (SAA) was to get a generous bailout from government. The Democratic […]

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has announced that government has allocated another R10.5 billion to the broke airline. JOHANNESBURG – South African Airways (SAA) staff are calling on citizens to give the failed airline “one more chance” after the backlash over government’s latest decision to allocate billions more of taxpayers rands to SAA. Finance Minister Tito […]

MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said Tygerberg Hospital and staff who work there served the whole community and province. Tygerberg Hospital. Picture: Western Cape Government CAPE TOWN – Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo on Wednesday said she was dismayed by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni‘s claim that Tygerberg Hospital was racially segregated. Mboweni made the remark during […]

The trade unions have stopped short of calling Mboweni a liar, saying that his assurances that labour was being consulted about the three-year wage freezes were untrue. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Medium-Term Budget Policy Speech in Parliament on 28 October 2020 in Cape Town. Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – Public sector unions say Finance […]

This comes after an announcement from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office that he’s in self-isolation after a guest he’d attended a dinner with over the weekend tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula addressing the media on 16 September 2020 at the launch of Prasa’s integrated security plan in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni. […]

The red beret’s legal team has resumed its cross-examination of the police officer who’s accused them of assault. EFF leader Julius Malema outside the Randburg Magistrates Court on Thursday, 29 October 2020. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Randburg Magistrates Court is hearing a back-and-forth about whether Julius Malema and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi‘s vehicle formed part […]

Zuma, in an interview with Newzroom Afrika on Thursday morning, said people had what he called ‘a crazy infatuation’ with his former business associates. FILE: Duduzane Zuma at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture on 8 October 2019. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – Former President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane Zuma on Thursday maintained he […]

COVID-19 and the lockdown have crushed many companies, leaving the already battered economy in a difficult position to recover. FILE: Workers protest as public sector unions seek to strike a wage deal on 19 May 2015. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – Civil servants have threatened to go on a national strike if government’s plans to freeze […]

William Carter (71) made his first appearance in the Muizenberg Magistrates Court on Wednesday following his arrest earlier this week. CAPE TOWN – An elderly Cape Town man accused of the premeditated murder of his wife is due back in the dock next week. William Carter (71) made his first appearance in the Muizenberg Magistrates […]

The suspects, which include former CFO Zaitun Shaik were arrested in July. Four suspects accused of looting R30 million from the KwaZulu-Natal Coastal TVET College appeared in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on 31 July 2020. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/EWN. DURBAN – Four suspects accused of looting R30 million from the coastal KwaZulu-Natal TVET are […]