Year: 2020

Eskom acting head of legal, Bartlett Hewu, said that they had managed to recoup some money from other contracts. Eskom’s Megawatt Park offices in Johannesburg on 12 March 2015. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – Eskom said that it was making progress in efforts to recover billions in contract overpayments. The power utility on Friday briefed […]

This comes after a three-year legal battle over claims that she leaked Tshwane caucus information to EFF leader Julius Malema. Nkele Molapo. Picture: LinkedIn JOHANNESBURG – The DA has terminated the membership of Nkele Molapo following a three-year legal battle over claims that she leaked Tshwane caucus information to EFF leader Julius Malema. In a […]

The red beret leader addressed scores of supporters who arrived earlier on Friday morning in response to his call to defend state property. EFF leader Julius Malema leads a protest in the town of Senekal in the Free State on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN SENEKAL – Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema […]

The Western Cape Social Development Department said hunger was a very real problem, especially with many losing their jobs this year. CAPE TOWN – It’s World Food Day and this year’s theme is: “Grow, nourish, sustain. Together. Our actions are our future.” The Western Cape Social Development Department said hunger was a very real problem, […]

Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba have been applying for bail after they were charged with Horner’s death. Demonstrators carry placards during a demonstration against farm attacks in Senekal, South Africa, on 16 October 2020, ahead of the appearance of suspects in the Senekal Magistrates Court for the murder case of 22-year-old farm manager Brendin Horner. […]

The Western Cape Transport Department said that the traffic cop had been in service since 2016 and was stationed in Worcester. CAPE TOWN – An on-duty traffic officer who was responding to a crime scene has been killed in a crash near Worcester. It happened on Thursday on the R43 between Villiersdorp and Worcester. The […]

5 more suspects arrested for murder of Normandien farm couple Police said that this followed the initial arrest of a suspect who confessed to the murder. Signs at a farm in Normandien, Newcastle, in KwaZulu-Natal where Glen and Vida Rafferty were killed in August. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Five more suspects have been arrested […]

Interim results from the WHO’s Solidarity Therapeutics Trial show four drugs in a multinational study have little or no effect on 28-day mortality or the in-hospital clinical outcomes of severely ill, hospitalised COVID-19 patients. CAPE TOWN – A South African medical expert said more drug therapies should be investigated for the treatment of COVID19. Interim […]

Forty-seven South Africans are among those being rescued after the geo searcher hit a rock and started taking on water on Thursday. The SA Agulhas II. Picture: South African National Antarctic Programme. DURBAN – A South African research vessel, the SA Agulhas II, is making its way to Gough Island in the South Atlantic Ocean […]

Bowmans director Christopher Todd told the commission that Transnet’s legal advisors said Mafika Mkhwanazi stopped action to recover legal costs from former CEO Siyabonga Gama – even though the High Court had ordered Gama to pay Transnet. A screenshot of former Transnet board chair Mafika Mkwanazi at the state capture commission on Friday 16 October […]