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Angelo Agrizzi has been charged in relation to bribes of R800,000 which were paid to former African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament Vincent Smith, whose case was postponed to 3 December. FILE: Angelo Agrizzi appears in the Randburg Magistrate Court on 27 June 2019. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – The State has argued that it […]

The City of Cape Town said that the expenditure on security for land invasions was justified. People take their building materials away as workers (not visible), break down uninhabited shacks in Bloekombos, Kraaifontein, in Cape Town on 6 August 2020. Picture: AFP CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town said that land invaders were […]

Abrahams stood guard while Zelda Van Niekerk was robbed and murdered under a bridge along the N1 in the vicinity of Century City but he was charged with common purpose. Murdered biker Zelda van Niekerk. Picture: facebook.com CAPE TOWN – The last of the three men charged with killing a biker along the N1 highway […]

Magistrate Phillip Venter said that he was satisfied with the State’s case that Agrizzi had the financial means to set up and sustain a comfortable lifestyle outside the country’s borders. FILE: Angelo Agrizzi appears in the Randburg Magistrate Court on 27 June 2019. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Former Bosasa chief operations officer, Angelo Agrizzi, […]

The unit on Wednesday updated the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on its investigations at the power utility, which got underway over two years ago. FILE: Eskom’s Megawatt Park in Johannesburg on 12 March 2015. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – The Special Investigating Unit has told Parliament that it was looking to recover more […]

Winde, Fritz welcome redeployment of LEAP officers to crime-hit areas in CT On Tuesday, Premier Alan Winde and the Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz visited Delft which is one of the areas benefitting from the deployment of 70 Law Enforcement Advance Plan officers. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde (centre) on a patrol with local law […]

The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday hosted a roundtable discussion to talk about the process to form the board of trustees that would establish the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NCGBVF). CAPE TOWN – National government has stressed that a whole of society approach was needed to fight […]

The town has been in the spotlight due to recent tensions following the murder of 21-year-old Brendin Horner, who worked on a farm in nearby Paul Roux. Community members participate in an interfaith meeting in Senekal on 14 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN SENEKAL – The community of Senekal in the Free State said that […]

Moved by boredom at a temporary shelter established during the lockdown, a group of homeless men sought donations for seeds and tools to establish the planting project in June. Homeless men housed at a temporary shelter in eThekwini during COVID-19 have established an agricultural project in the inner-city. With assistance from the municipality and NGOs, […]

Vusi Msimang told Eyewitness News that the association, unlike other structures of the ANC, had no status and should not even have an office at the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters. FILE: Struggle stalwart Mavuso Msimang. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – African National Congress (ANC) veteran Vusi Msimang has echoed some of the sentiments expressed by Transport […]