Year: 2020

Asset Forfeiture Unit seizes several luxury cars belonging to Edwin Sodi The unit is attaching assets that were allegedly purchased using cash from the 2014 asbestos scandal in the Free State. Edwin Sodi is the director of Blackhead Consulting, the company at the centre of the asbestos scandal, appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on […]

MPs have compared the fence to the Berlin Wall where people tried to cross into West Germany seeking a better life during the Cold War. FILE: Scopa chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – The controversial Beitbridge border fence is both a “disgrace” and a “sham”. That’s according to members of Parliament’s Standing Committee on […]

The 39-year-old is accused of allegedly enticing and extorting a company director who was issued with a subpoena for outstanding tax returns and payments. JOHANNESBURG – A South African Revenue Service (Sars) official is appearing in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on Tuesday for corruption and extortion. The 39-year-old is accused of allegedly enticing and extorting […]

The High Court in Johannesburg found that the man assaulted his two children at their Hillbrow flat for some time and the mother failed to report the abuse. Picture: SAPS. JOHANNESBURG – A Hillbrow father has been found guilty of murdering his son and the mother as an accessory in the High Court in Johannesburg. […]

Lusindiso Malgas found a way to spread joy and support his family by drawing up funny placards to entertain passersby in Blouberg. After losing his job due to COVID-19, Lusindiso Malgas said relying on his sense of humour always got him through tough times. Picture: Supplied. JOHANNESBURG – Lusindiso Malgas found a way to spread […]

2 UFH staff members suspended over GBV allegations Complaints were laid by a student and another staff member following separate incidents last month. One of the entrances to the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Facebook CAPE TOWN – Two Fort Hare University staff members have been placed on precautionary suspension as […]

Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille’s directive to have the Beitbridge border fence erected has again come under sharp focus from ANC and DA members. FILE: Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille. Picture: @DepartmentPWI/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille has again found herself in the crosshairs of Parliament’s finance watchdog Scopa, […]

The Communications Minister addressed the media on what her department said were material developments in her portfolio on Tuesday. FILE: Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said her department wanted South Africans to not only innovate but also manufacture the technology they designed. Abrahams has been addressing the […]