Year: 2020

The National Assembly Speaker’s call came after an angry crowd stormed the Senekal Magistrate Court, where two men were appearing for the murder of local farm manager, Brendin Horner. FILE: The Speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise on 11 June 2019. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter. CAPE TOWN – National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise on Thursday urged […]

CEO Mark Cutifani said the company would explore base metals across South Africa but was looking for adjustment to legislation. A picture taken on16 January 2013 shows Anglo American Platinum mine in Rustenburg, northwest of Johannesburg. Picture: AFP JOHANNESBURG – With unemployment a major problem in South Africa, Anglo American on Thursday said it wanted […]

The young woman was attacked on school property in March, but the crime only came to light now. CAPE TOWN – Police in the Northern Cape are investigating the rape of a 17-year-old pupil at a Kimberley high school. The young woman was attacked on school property in March, but the crime only came to […]

The accused made a brief appearance in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on Thursday. Seven suspects arrested in connection with the multibillion-rand VBS heist appeared in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on 8 October 2020. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – The case involving seven suspects arrested in connection with the collapse of VBS Mutual Bank […]

Details around the crime are still sketchy, but the woman is said to have been attacked at the KwaMakhuta station late last month. CAPE TOWN – Police watchdog Ipid on Thursday said it was investigating the rape of a woman while she was in custody at a KwaZulu-Natal police station. Details around the crime are […]

Tito Mboweni is expected to use the occasion to chart a way forward for the country’s economic recovery. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Picture: @TreasuryRSA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will table his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament on 21 October. The National Assembly’s programming committee agreed to the date when it […]

Earlier on Thursday, a motorcade of supporters gathered at the Grasmere Toll Plaza, driving slowly to the CBD to deliver a memorandum of grievances in relation to how Ace Magashule was being treated. FILE: ANC secretary general Ace Magashule. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – A group of African National Congress (ANC) members have gathered outside […]

These laboratory-analysed tests determine if a person has contracted the coronavirus and in response developed antibodies to fight the disease. CAPE TOWN – Dis-Chem pharmacy’s drive-through clinics are now offering COVID-19 antibody blood tests. These laboratory-analysed tests determine if a person has contracted the coronavirus and in response developed antibodies to fight the disease. The […]

The Zuma Foundation has responded to the notice and he’s again is calling the commission biased and political. Former President Jacob Zuma at the state capture commission on 17 July 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Former President Jacob Zuma said the Zondo commission’s notice formally informing him about an application for his subpoena on […]