Year: 2020

The number of discouraged work-seekers in the country has increased by close to 500,000, while the total number of people who are not economically active for other reasons increased to 5.6 million between the first and second quarter of the year. JOHANNESBURG – Stats SA on Tuesday said while the official unemployment rate decreased by […]

The company made a R200 million profit from a R255 million contract for asbestos auditing and removal in the Free State, and another R100 million in Gauteng. A YouTube screengrab of Edwin Sodi, a director of Blackhead Consulting, testifying before the state capture commission in Johannesburg on 29 September 2020. JOHANNESBURG – Blackhead Consulting director […]

The power utility visited the informal settlement on Tuesday morning to disconnect illegal connections. Eskom technicians remove illegal electricity connections in Diepsloot on 29 September 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN DIEPSLOOT – The Diepsloot community on Tuesday said it felt targeted by government, saying officials fought every attempt they made to better their living conditions. Eskom […]

SAA business rescue practitioners suspend airline operations Administrators are putting the state-owned carrier under “care and maintenance” until funding for a restructuring plan is found. FILE: SAA planes. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – The SAA business rescue practitioners have suspended all operations at the struggling airline. Administrators said they were putting the state-owned carrier under “care […]

Stats SA on Tuesday said the country’s unemployment rate declined to 23.3% between April and June from 30.1% in the quarter before. FILE: Cosatu members strike against the country’s high unemployment and the unbundling of Eskom on 13 February 2019. Picture: @_cosatu/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – As South Africans continue to unpack the latest Quarterly Labour Force […]

Edwin Sodi on Tuesday concluded another appearance at the state capture commission of inquiry. A YouTube screengrab of Edwin Sodi, a director of Blackhead Consulting, testifying before the state capture commission in Johannesburg on 29 September 2020. JOHANNESBURG – Blackhead Consulting director Edwin Sodi has denied that his funding of a house for Free State […]

Your EWN Weather Watch update for Wednesday, 30 September 2020. JOHANNESBURG – The South African Weather Service has forecast a partly cloudy Wednesday with isolated showers for Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban. WESTERN CAPE The province will be fine in the west and the northeast in the morning, but otherwise partly cloudy and cool […]

This is the view of Tygue Theron from Energy Partners a company which helps manage utilities. CAPE TOWN – Government may have plans to address the country’s energy crisis, but it will take years for it to be rolled out. This is the view of Tygue Theron from Energy Partners, a company that helps manage […]

Eskom technicians were in Diepsloot on Tuesday morning to remove illegal electricity connections. Eskom technicians, along with the Red Ants and police, cut illegal power connections in Diepsloot on 29 September 2020. Picture: @JoburgMPD/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Eskom technicians were in Diepsloot on Tuesday morning to remove illegal electricity connections. The utility’s officials joined police officers […]

The organisation said the election watchdog’s move was based on a perceived similarity with another political party and the use of the South African flag in its logo. The leadership of ActionSA. Picture: @HermanMashaba/Twitter CAPE TOWN – ActionSA has described the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)’s decision not to register it as a political party as […]