Year: 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered government’s plan to restore the economy at a joint sitting of Parliament on Thursday. President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the State of the Nation Address on 13 February 2020. Picture: GCIS CAPE TOWN – Opposition parties and trade unions on Friday said government’s economic recovery plan presented by President Cyril Ramaphosa was […]

The minister has been caught in a spat on social media with the MKMVA’s spokesperson Carl Niehaus after describing those demonstrating at the start of the week thugs. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula speaks at the Western Cape taxi lekgotla in Cape Town on 15 October 2020. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – African National Congress (ANC) National […]

On Thursday the president addressed a joint sitting of Parliament on South Africa’s economic reconstruction and recovery plan. FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: AFP Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 15 October 2020 to the joint sitting of Parliament on South Africa’s economic reconstruction and recovery plan. I have requested this sitting of the Joint […]

A 52-year-old woman was arrested by the Hawks Narcotics Enforcement Bureau on Wednesday. FILE: Tik confiscated by police. Picture: SAPoliceService/Facebook CAPE TOWN – Tik worth R300,000 has been removed from a house in Grassy Park following a tip-off. A 52-year-old woman was arrested by the Hawks Narcotics Enforcement Bureau on Wednesday. Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani […]

Angelo Agrizzi, whose lawyers say has permanent serious medical conditions, was denied bail after the State argued that his accumulation of undeclared foreign-based assets made him a flight risk. 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 […]

A poster from the youth league in the Fezile Dabi region promises to teach attendants basic military training, hiking, gun handling, guerilla tactics and political education. JOHANNESBURG – An African National Congress (ANC) Youth League executive in the Free State said that the organisation’s planned military training camp had nothing to do with racial tensions […]

The special COVID-19 grant was meant to lapse this month but government has chosen to extend it. A number of civil society organisations have also put pressure on government to extend the benefits. President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a joint sitting of Parliament on 15 October 2020. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – President Cyril Ramaphosa said […]

It is understood that he was being taken to hospital because the prison cannot provide him with the medical care that he needs. Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi appears in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on 14 October 2020. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Fraud and corruption suspect, Angelo Agrizzi, has been rushed to hospital […]

The National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has accused Carollisen of mismanaging the R35 billion state-funded scheme for marginalised tertiary students. Dr Randall Carolissen. Picture: @RJCarolissen/Twitter DURBAN – The Department of Higher Education, Science and Technology (DHET) has defended the extension of the tenure of National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) administrator Randall […]

According to Statistics South Africa, about 2.2 million South Africans were left without work in the first quarter with many companies forced to shut their doors as the economy was grounded to a halt due to the lockdown. President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the country’s economic recovery plan in Parliament on 15 October 2020. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter […]