Year: 2020

Agrizzi, who is due to go on trial for corruption, was rushed to hospital following a decision by the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court to deny him bail last week. Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi appears in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on 14 October 2020. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi […]

Detective Makazukiswe Sigonya, who was stationed at the Msobomvu Police Station in Butterworth, was convicted last month. CAPE TOWN – An Eastern Cape police constable will be sentenced on Thursday for the murder of his girlfriend. Detective Makazukiswe Sigonya, who was stationed at the Msobomvu Police Station in Butterworth, was convicted last month. He assaulted […]

Millions of South Africans were forced to stay home during the implementation of the hard lockdown in March when businesses shut down, with many experiencing pay cuts or unemployment. JOHANNESBURG – The People’s Budget Coalition on Wednesday said the government’s economic recovery plan would not work unless the problem of access to food and what […]

The suspects were nabbed at different addresses across Gauteng in the early hours of Thursday morning. The bodies of two women were found at an industrial site in Polokwane in Limpopo after being shot by four unknown gunmen on 10 October 2020. Picture: Arrive Alive JOHANNESBURG – Limpopo police on Thursday arrested five suspects, aged […]

Businesswoman facing multimillion-rand fraud charges in EC The woman was recently arrested following a three-month-long police investigation. Pair of handcuffs. CAPE TOWN – A businesswoman on Thursday appeared in court facing fraud charges amounting to nearly R5 million. The woman was recently arrested following a three-month-long police investigation. Police said her company was behind a […]

The passenger rail network has lacked proper protection since security companies’ services were terminated late last year. The Cleveland train station in Johannesburg has been vandalised and stripped of its infrastructure during lockdown. Picture: Edwin Ntshidi/EWN CAPE TOWN – The wrecked state of the country’s passenger rail service network has come under the spotlight in […]

According to Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz, 52 were as a result of dockets not being present at court, while 40 investigations were not completed. CAPE TOWN – At least 66 gender-based violence cases have been struck off the court roll between July and September. This has been discovered by the Community Safety […]

The Health Minister said epidemiological reports were showing that in the country, over the last 7 days there had been an increase of 9.1% in new cases. Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize has indicated that after reading and analysing the country’s epidemiological reports on Wednesday […]

Agri SA’s Christo van der Rheede said that they supported calls for the regions affected by wildfires to be declared disaster areas. FILE: A helicopter water bombs a wildfire. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – AgriSA said that farmers in parts of the Free State and the Northern Cape needed urgent help as they faced wildfires. […]

This article first appeared on The Conversation. A wave of panic buying struck many countries when national states of disaster were announced in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Overnight, toilet paper, cleaning products and hand sanitisers became the most sought-after products on the market. This was true in South Africa too. Production facilities for […]