Year: 2020

Gwede Mantashe said information being revealed at the commission chaired by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo illustrated how deep corruption is in the country. Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe at a media briefing on the coronavirus on 25 March 2020 in Pretoria. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – African National Congress (ANC) national chairperson […]

The Finance Minister is expected to paint a grim picture of the current state of the economy, which was already limping when the COVID-19 lockdown brought it to its knees. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Medium-Term Budget Policy Speech in Parliament on 28 October 2020 in Cape Town. Picture: GCIS CAPE TOWN – Finance […]

The Finance Minister delivers an ambitious Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement that will shift government’s priorities, and slash spending. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Medium-Term Budget Policy Speech in Parliament on 28 October 2020 in Cape Town. Picture: GCIS CAPE TOWN – Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has a deeply unenviable task – the political face […]

Colonel Johannes Venter told the court that he was briefed only to allow the president and heads of state into the cemetery. Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema (wearing brown jacket) appears in the Randburg Magistrates Court on 13 October 2020. Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Lawyers for Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema […]

Council Speaker Katlego Mathebe has explained that all political parties have committed to join the sitting. The Tshwane Council. Picture: @TshwaneANC/Twitter. JOHANNESBURG – The Tshwane Municipal Council will hold a special meeting on Friday to appoint a new mayor after failing to convene a sitting for about eight months. Council Speaker Katlego Mathebe has briefed […]

The SA Tobacco Transformation Alliance said the industry was bleeding as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown, which saw a ban on the sale of all tobacco products for months. CAPE TOWN – The South Africa Tobacco Transformation Alliance (SATTA) on Wednesday said that a 100% increase in the tax on tobacco products would kill […]

Paramedics responded to the incident and found teachers providing first aid to two girls and two boys. Four children were hospitalised on 28 October 2020 following a near-drowning incident at Herolds Bay in George. Picture: Supplied. CAPE TOWN – Four children on Wednesday were hospitalised in Herolds Bay in the southern Cape following a near-drowning […]

Maynier said that he hoped there would be positive news in the form of a financial commitment to boost investment in infrastructure and upscale public employment programmes as this would promote economic growth, create jobs and provide immediate relief to struggling families. Western Cape Finance MEC David Maynier. Picture: @DavidMaynier/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Western Cape […]

Tracker said that clients were being contacted by scammers pretending to work for the company and other car tracking companies. JOHANNESBURG – Vehicle tracking company Tracker has alerted clients to a syndicate operating a car theft scam across South Africa. Tracker said that clients were being contacted by scammers pretending to work for the company […]